Latest

Stuff

Cry-Baby of the Week: Some Parents Tried to Get a Halloween Display Taken Down for Being Too Scary

Also this week: Some parents got upset because a school taught kids about ISIS.
Jamie Lee Taete
10.16.15
my favorite things

Why Comedian Aparna Nancherla Wants You to Stop Calling Her 'Nice'

In our column My Favorite Things, interesting people tell us about their features that receive the most compliments. In this installment, Aparna Nancherla talks about why hearing "you're so nice" makes her want to be mean.
Monica Heisey
10.16.15
leaguepass alert

The Miami Heat Have All the Ingredients to Contend

After a lost season, the Heat have built a uniquely tasty roster. If everything goes right, they'll be really good. There is also another way it could go.
Jordan White
10.16.15
Music

Pitchfork and the Mob

Why did the site need to sell when it already had a fulfilling media existence?
Carles Buzz
10.16.15
Premieres

Cross-Breeding Grunge and Trap, Mackned's "Hurt Cobain II" Drags Seattle's Legacy Feels-First into 2015

The bridge between Kurt Cobain and Young Thug, Seattle-bred MC Mackned is gunning for the throne.
Emma Garland
10.16.15
asia & pacific

Uzbeks Reportedly Forced to Glue Cotton Back Onto Bushes to Please Prime Minister

Pleasing visiting dignitaries is one thing, but undoing weeks of back-breaking work after a harvest that is regularly criticized for using forced labor is something else entirely.
Liz Fields
10.16.15
Breaking News

Angolan Rapper Luaty Beirão's Hunger Strike Hits Day 26

Four months ago the rapper and activist was arrested and has since been held without trial on charges of attempting to overthrow the Angolan president.
Reed Dunlea
Derek Scancarelli
10.16.15
Holy Shit

Watch Will Smith's Music Video Return in "Fiesta"

Fresh til death.
John Hill
10.16.15
Stuff

A Drug that Reverses Opioid Overdoses Is About to Be Sold Over-the-Counter in Australia

Easier access to naloxone could lead to a sizable decrease in opioid-related deaths.
Paul Gregoire
10.16.15
Art

Insta of the Week: The Sickest Photos from Frieze London

From 3D nudes and rainbows to a surreal 'Wheel of Fortune,' there's a lot worth seeing at London's 2015 Frieze Art Fair.
Beckett Mufson
10.16.15
free rasool

Reporter Threatened for Asking Turkish President About Jailed VICE News Journalist

Mohammed Ismael Rasool has been imprisoned in Turkey for seven weeks on baseless charges. Earlier this week, a reporter was threatened for asking Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the case.
VICE News
10.16.15
Art

This Glitch Art Video Wall Is Like Being Inside a Broken Computer

Enter the mind of a machine in Norimichi Hirakawa's massive video sculpture, 'The Indivisible (Prototype No. 1).'
Nathaniel Ainley
10.16.15
1666226421