Approximately 60,000 cannabis convictions will be dismissed and sealed, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Monday, saying his office aimed to “reverse the injustices of drug laws.” “Dismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands of disenfranchised people who are receiving this long-needed relief. …
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You know how it can be with overwhelming topics like global warming and crushing poverty. Sometimes you want to acknowledge and confront them, and other times you want to run in the other direction given how weighty and fraught it can all be. That dynamic played out at the New …
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Moments after John Prine‘s family accepted a posthumous Song of the Year award for the singer-songwriter’s final release, “I Remember Everything,” Prine’s friends and stylistic inheritors Amanda Shires, Margo Price, and Brandi Carlile took the stage at the 2021 Americana Honors & Awards to perform the gorgeous ballad. The event …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Laptops have gotten a lot thinner and lighter over the past 10 years, but their increased portability came at the cost of speaker quality. It’s hard to fit …
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The 47th season of Saturday Night Live will premiere October 2nd with host Owen Wilson and musical guest Kacey Musgraves. It will continue October 9th with Kim Kardashian West and Halsey, October 16th with Rami Malek and Young Thug, and October 23rd with Jason Sudeikis and Brandi Carlile. This will …
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Time to reset the clock:after dozens of empty threats, Donald Trump has made good on a promise to sue a journalist — or, in this case, three: the trio of Pulitzer Prize-winningNew York Times reporters who revealed, back in 2018, decades of tax dodges and even instances of “outright fraud” …
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By the time the prosecution rested its case against R. Kelly on Monday, it had presented a formidable body of evidence against the disgraced singer: A woman testified that Kelly trapped her in his studio and raped her; a former backup dancer said she saw the singer perform oral sex …
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Pearl Jam performed a handful of songs from their latest LP Gigaton live for the first time and paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen and Charlie Watts Saturday during the band’s headlining set at Asbury Park, New Jersey’s Sea.Hear.Now Festival, a gig that also marked Pearl Jam’s first concert in over …
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Earlier this week, Rick Astley — a much less dour crooner from the north of England than Morrissey — performed a spritely and unexpected cover of the Smiths’ “This Charming Man” at a show in London. A few days later, the magic of the internet brought the clip to the …
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Baby Keem raps in an exasperated rasp, with an abrupt rise in his tone, as if he were stunned by something he just recalled. That the Carson, California native has seen a lot in his 20 years is evident in each well-enunciated bar, which seems to boil down his distinctive …
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