You’ve probably seen mom “influencers” on Instagram—they regularly post photos of their stylish, almost-too-perfect families on the app. Now JCPenney is targeting these women with a new brand, Peyton and Parker. Gearing up for the holiday season, JCPenney is looking to pull in a new demographic. “We were inspired to create a line that made it easy for mom … Read more
Fitbit data has once again been used to help solve a crime, in this case, the murder of a San Jose woman. Ninety-year-old Anthony Aiello visited his 67-year old stepdaughter Karen Navarra in mid-September. Five days later, a concerned colleague visited her home and discovered her dead. Aiello said that he brought Navarra pizza during a brief … Read more
Could this be your new gig? Looking to make a nice chunk of change over just a brief period of time? The U.S. Census Bureau might have an opportunity for you. The 2020 Census is just around the corner and the government agency says it needs to hire hundreds of thousands of employees to carry … Read more
It only costs $1! Halloween may be a few weeks away. But if you’re like most people, you started celebrating the ghoulish holiday as soon as the clock struck midnight on October 1. Creepy decorations adorn your home and your schedule is already booked solid with spooky plans. As for your Halloween costume choices, you planned those months in … Read more
Twitter announced an update to its elections integrity work on Monday, which includes a breakdown of its plans to fight back in the war against fake news. The upcoming midterm elections present a challenge for sites like Twitter and Facebook after disinformation campaigns marred the 2016 presidential election and plagued the social networks. Twitter’s been hard at … Read more
Orri Páll Dýrason, the drummer for Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, has left the band after sexual assault allegations were made against him. In a now-deleted Instagram post, artist Meagan Boyd said that Dýrason sexually assaulted her twice in 2013, when the band was in Los Angeles recording its album Kveikur. The two spent the night together and shared a … Read more
The Seattle Police Department just launched new safety measures to protect streamers and online personalities from “swatting,” or when a perpetrator phones a fake 911 call in order to send heavily armed police officers to an innocent person’s house. But some internet users think Seattle law enforcement’s solutions place too much onus on the victim and not enough … Read more
The true test of the movement’s impact on the criminal justice system has yet to come. When Bill Cosby was sentenced last week to three to 10 years in prison, some observers saw it as a #MeToo milestone. Jenny Jarvie of the Los Angeles Times called Cosby “the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be locked up.” Kevin Fallon, a … Read more
The rapper will be ordered to appear in court for her role in a strip club fight. Cardi B surrendered to police in New York on Monday morning and received a summons in connection with a fight at a New York strip club, according to the Associated Press. She was charged with two misdemeanors, assault and reckless endangerment, … Read more
Thursday presented us with a tale of two Senate hearings, and what a harrowing tale it was: A parable that laid bare the ways in which gender cleaves our conception of acceptable behavior. Watching Hon. Brett Kavanaugh scream for long hours, many women will have fumed over the double standard. If a woman fell into … Read more