Bucking the National Rifle Association, the House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming margin Thursday to reauthorize an expanded version of the Violence Against Women Act — including provisions to disarm domestic abusers and stalkers. The vote total was 263-158, with nearly three dozen Republicans backing the measure. In recent …
Read More »Khalid Holds Out Hope for Love Interest in New Song 'Don't Pretend' Featuring Safe
Khalid laments a love interest that continues to haunt him in his new song, “Don’t Pretend,” which features Toronto’s Safe. The song appears on the R&B singer’s forthcoming Free Spirit LP, which will be released on Friday. The album also features a collaboration with John Mayer (“Outta My Head”) and …
Read More »See the Killers Perform Stirring 'Land of the Free' Live for First Time
The Killers performed their politically charged recent single, “Land of the Free,” for the first time live in their Las Vegas, Nevada hometown during Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday. The TV show, which normally broadcasts from Los Angeles, is shooting in Vegas this week. The Killers also delivered 2004’s Hot …
Read More »'Amazing Grace' Review: The Gospel According to Aretha Franklin
It’s the closest thing to witnessing a miracle — just some cameras, a crowd and a voice touched by God. Over two days in January of 1972, Aretha Franklin got up to sing out her gospel at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, backed by the Southern California …
Read More »What Would Happen If Trump Actually Closed the U.S.-Mexico Border
After capping the last season of Border Crisis with a dramatic national emergency declaration, the Trump administration is searching for bold ways to keep ratings high as asylum-seeking migrants continue to head toward the United States. Last week saw the president cut off hundreds of millions in aid to three …
Read More »Read Brian May's Effusive Def Leppard Rock Hall Induction Speech
Queen’s Brian May praised pop-metal heroes Def Leppard, and recalled the time frontman Joe Elliott literally saved his life, during a gushing speech inducting the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. May has been a longtime friend and fan of the band, joining Def Leppard onstage numerous …
Read More »Witness to a Vanishing Arctic
Paul Nicklen is different from the rest of us. He likes to swim in 29-degree water beneath the Arctic ice, alone, in search of potentially predatory animals. Which can sometimes get him into trouble, like when he was nearly body-slammed by a 7,000-pound elephant seal. “The only thing, almost ever, …
Read More »Will the Internet's War on Anti-Vaxxers Work?
For the past few months, Big Tech has been waging a public, if not highly effective, battle against the scourge of Fake News, with platforms like Facebook and YouTube taking aim at content promoting conspiracy theories, from the silly (Flat Earth) to the more menacing (QAnon). Now, following a handful …
Read More »Review: George Strait's Old-School Country Flashback 'Honky Tonk Time Machine'
This second LP since George Strait’s retirement from touring — his 30th studio LP — is a trip back to when country radio didn’t suck as a rule: Eighties pop shine cut with pedal steel/fiddle poetry, Texas swing, cantina blues and achingly-crooned nostalgia that generally doesn’t feel hard sell, even …
Read More »RS Daily News: Michael Avenatti Arrested; Lil Nas X Removed from Country Charts
In our daily news show, Rolling Stone’s Charles Holmes checks in on a few of the headlines everyone is discussing. For today’s episode, watch the video to get a quick take on: Rolling Stone Cover: Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner Michael Avenatti Arrested for Allegedly Extorting Nike Lil Nas X …
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