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Billie Eilish is facing growing backlash and ‘cancel’ calls after an old video resurfaced that appears to show the singer using a racial slur and mocking different accents, the Daily Mail reports. The scandal erupted after a TikTok user this week posted a compilation of unverified footage, appearing to depict...

Don’t ask a question when you may not like the answer. CNN anchor Chris Cuomo learned that lesson the hard way Thursday, as Twitter users proved all too willing to point out examples of biased and unethical behavior by the “Cuomo Prime Time” host. The trouble began for Cuomo after...

Noted basketball wife La La is divorcing Carmelo Anthony and NBA Twitter came through with only the funniest memes to react to the news. After 11 years of marriage, La La and Carmelo Anthony are getting a divorce. TMZ broke the news, calling the divorce amicable and noting that the...

Cole Beasley is not a fan of the NFL's new COVID-19 protocols. The Bills receiver took issue with the league's new policy that allows vaccinated players more freedom than unvaccinated players. The rule adjustments are as follows, per NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. Most notable among the NFL's new rules is...

The Canadiens are going to be short-handed for the critical Game 3 of their Stanley Cup semifinal series against the Golden Knights. Interim coach Dominique Ducharme will be unable to get in on the action. He has tested positive for COVID, per the Athletic. All other members of the Canadiens have tested negative.

Chances are if you’ve ever played fantasy football, you’ve found yourself wondering why you ever played fantasy football. Usually around Week 4. You’re 1-3 and starting Derek Carr, a tight end whose best-case scenario is catching one of two targets for a garbage-time touchdown, and a running back who was washed during the Obama Administration (admit it, you started Adrian Peterson at least once last year). In these moments you’ll swear up and down that you’ll never do it again, but something always keeps you coming back. What is it? The camaraderie? Invested interest in Lions-Texans on Thanksgiving? Something to do, pure and simple?

Richard Bland. 48 years old. One career European Tour win. Two career U.S. Open appearances. Top of the leaderboard at Torrey Pines on Friday evening. Nickname: Dick. There you go. You’re officially caught up on the man—NAY, the sensation—known as Dick Bland. Bland has come out of virtually nowhere (yes, we know he won the British Masters in May) to take Golf’s Greatest Test by storm, and while golf fans would usually bemoan his lack of star power on the major stage, Bland has defied the definition of his last name with American shorthand of his first. That fortuitous twist of fate sent golf’s punchline makers running for the keyboards on Friday and the results, no matter where Bland finishes this weekend, will be etched on the U.S. Open Trophy in our hearts for years to come.

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A hashtag saying “Free Dave Portnoy” trended on Twitter Friday after the Twitter account for Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was suspended. Portnoy has 2.5 million followers on the platform and is an influential figure. Here is how his account looked when it was suspended:. There was some speculation that...

The long-running legal fight over whether state Rep. Chuck Clemons had the right to block a constituent from his Twitter account can end, a federal judge has ruled. In a June 7 order, Chief U.S. Dist. Judge Mark Walker dismissed plaintiff Peter Morgan Attwood's claims with prejudice, meaning the case can't be filed again.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy was briefly suspended from Twitter Friday evening. Portnoy’s account, which is followed by more than 2.5 million users, was inaccessible as the hashtag FreeDavePortnoy trended around 8:30 p.m. Visitors to his profile were greeted by the message, “Account suspended,” followed by the words, “Twitter suspends...

“We need to get out there in person and in public—no more tweeting and Facebook and calling folks. We have got to show up and demonstrate. I think that’s what moves things in this country,” says Beto O’Rourke on the fight against voter suppression across the country.

Indian police have summoned Twitter's top local executive over a viral video on the site of a Muslim man being assaulted, with authorities accusing the US social media giant of stoking sectarian tensions. The order comes as a battle rages between foreign tech giants and the Indian government over new...

Twitter faces deeper trouble in India after its boss in the country was summoned by police over allegations the firm failed to stop the spread of a video said to incite 'hate and enmity' between Hindu and Muslim communities. Julian Satterthwaite reports.