If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When it comes to leaf blowers, the first thing that comes to mind may be a noisy, gasoline-fueled machine. But today’s leaf blowers have primarily gone electric in …

Prominent QAnon figure Ron Watkins has announced his plans to run for Congress in Arizona via a dramatic video on Thursday. Earlier in the day he filed a “statement of interest” to run in Arizona’s first congressional district against Democratic Rep. Tom O’Halleran, an initial step to petition for signatures …

Even in casual conversation, Cimafunk can’t help making music. On a Zoom call in Spanish from New Orleans, the Afro-Cuban artist constantly erupts into melodies and impersonations, scatting and singing nearly every chance he gets. When he describes his live shows, he talks about his audience itching to dance: “You …

Damon Albarn has shared another track off his upcoming LP The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, this time traveling to “The Tower of Montevideo.” Unlike the majority of the Blur/Gorillaz frontman’s pandemic-recorded, Iceland-inspired LP, the new song focuses on the titular Uruguay wonder — the Palacio Salvo, …

Robyn has linked up with Smile — the duo of Swedish producer Joakim Åhlund and Peter Bjorn and John’s Björn Yttling — for a new song, “Call My Name.” The track will appear on Smile’s upcoming album, Phantom Island, out November 19th via Chimp Limbs/Ingrid. “Call My Name” has a …

Donald Trump, the man who has described himself repeatedly as “the least racist person there is,” reportedly made an incredibly racist joke right before meeting the prime minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuân Phúc, who is now president of the country. The account of the incident comes from a new book …

The Trump administration failed to properly handle foreign gifts, several of which were unaccounted for at the end of Trump’s term, The New York Times reported on Monday. The White House is understandably required to report anything gifted from foreign dignitaries in order to avoid suspicion of under-the-table dealing or …

For anyone who thinks R. Kelly was “railroaded” at his recent racketeering and sex trafficking trial, victim Faith Rodgers wants you to consider this: She wasn’t even alive when the marriage certificate showing R. Kelly had wed 15-year-old singer Aaliyah in 1994 was first unearthed by Vibe magazine that same …

A group of Republican lawmakers in North Carolina who call themselves the House Freedom Caucus are conducting their own investigation into election fraud, saying they will do “whatever it takes” to inspect voting machines in Durham County, even if they have to use police to force the inspections. State Rep. …

Jussie Smollett, who faces felony disorderly conduct charges over what prosecutors allege was staging an attack in 2019 while in Chicago, is headed to trial, as Chicago’s WTTW reports. On Tuesday, Cook County Judge James Linn said jury selection for the case will begin on November 29th. Smollett has pleaded …