High Schoolers Are Adding Erotic Fan Art And Memes To Google Maps
You may be searching for your school, but you'll see photos of potatoes, erotic fan art, and even ALF.
Caroline Haskins
A Library Wouldn't Let These Artists Hang A Poster About Safer LGBTQ Sex
The problem was a poster with the "dos and don'ts of fisting."
Lauren Strapagiel
I’m Serving 5 Years In State Prison And I’m One Of The Only People Here Not On Drugs
While I went to high school with casual weed smokers and worked at various jobs with weekend coke snorters, I was entirely unprepared for what I’ve seen in state prison.
Dan Rosen
Influencers Are Celebrating Christmas Way Too Early This Year
This week's newsletter: The ever-shortening time between Halloween and Christmas, and what I learned from having a front-row seat at a behind-the-scenes Instagram photo shoot.
Tanya Chen
I’ve Reported In Ukraine For 10 Years. Please Read This Before You Say Anything Else About Impeachment.
IT’S NOT THE UKRAINE, SO HELP ME GOD.
Christopher Miller
A Teen Says Her Catholic High School Forced Her Into Counseling For Being Gay. Her Parents Had No Idea.
"They took it upon themselves to parent our daughter, to counsel her, to lecture her," her mother said.
Claudia Koerner
Democrats Have Spent All Year Freaked Out About "Electability." That Panic Is Increasingly Focused On Medicare For All.
Democratic voters are linking Medicare for All with the thing they see as the most important issue in the campaign: electability. It could be a new problem for Elizabeth Warren.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Ride-Hail Driver Who Said He Saw UGNazi Hackers Dump Tomi Masters' Body Was Challenged In Court
In a Wednesday court appearance, the hackers' attorney questioned a ride-hail driver who says he drove the pair to a river where they dumped her body, and filed a motion to dismiss.
Kimberly dela Cruz
Trump's False Claims About Hurricane Dorian Created A Shitstorm For Weather Service Employees
"These are getting very personal," one National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employee emailed staff about a barrage of angry emails.
Brianna Sacks
Officials Charged A California Woman With Murder After They Found Meth In Her Stillborn Fetus's System
It's not the first time in the US a pregnant woman has been charged with a crime, including murder, for behavior that prosecutors allege endangered a fetus.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
A Man Whose Legs Were Severed In A Crash Is Finally Getting A Wheelchair After Being Denied By His Insurance
After months of wrangling — and after his story caught national headlines and the notice of presidential candidates — Mark Poss said his insurance company has finally approved his claim for a wheelchair.
Salvador Hernandez
A Popular Teen YouTuber Broke Down In Tears While Recording A Vlog About The Pressures Of Being Perfect
"The downside of all of this is the pressure: the pressure to not mess up or say anything that’s going to offend anyone."
Tanya Chen
Republicans Railed Against Secret Impeachment Hearings, But Now Say They Won’t Watch The Public Ones
“I’ve got a day job so it’s hard to watch TV.”
Paul McLeod
Twitter Is Trying To Fix The Dunk And Ratio
Small experiments may add up to big changes down the road.
Alex Kantrowitz
After Being Unified So Far, Some Democrats Are Pushing For Trump's Racism To Be Included In Articles Of Impeachment
“We have to try to tell a comprehensive story faithfully while at the same time zeroing in on the criminal charges where we think the evidence is decisive and irrefutable.”
Addy Baird
Trump Was Ordered To Pay $2 Million In Damages For Abusing His Foundation To Help His Campaign
The Trump Foundation dissolved last year after the New York Attorney General's Office alleged a "pattern of illegal conduct."
Zoe Tillman
A Nursing Home Employee Who Allegedly Took Photos Of Dead Patients Has Now Been Charged
Police say she told them she did it because her ex-boyfriend "liked that kind of thing."
Julia Reinstein
Hasan Minhaj Weighed In On Justin Trudeau's Brownface Scandal And Cancel Culture
"I would've asked him, 'How much shoe polish do you use?'" Minhaj told BuzzFeed News.
Michael Blackmon
Under Trump’s New Project, Border Patrol Agents Have Approved Fewer Than Half Of Asylum Screenings
An asylum officer said that Border Patrol agents “have an enforcement mindset that isn't appropriate for humanitarian work," such as conducting credible fear screenings.
Hamed Aleaziz
A Far-Right Journalist Took A Swing At Glenn Greenwald On A Live Radio Show
A Brazilian far-right journalist tried to strike Greenwald after a heated argument during the live taping of a radio show in Brazil.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Impeachment Today Podcast: Gordon Sondland Paid A Million Dollars And All He Got Was This Lousy Impeachment
The bizarre story of the Trump donor who put up a million bucks, and in return got caught up in a historic presidential scandal.
Impeachment Today
She Was Allegedly Raped And Couldn’t Bear Going To Trial. So She Met Her Attacker In Person To Work Things Out.
Marlee Liss now wants other survivors to know that the traditional justice system isn’t their only option.
Lauren Strapagiel
T.I.'s Interview Where He Talked About His Daughter's Gynecologist Trips Has Been Removed
T.I.'s comments sparked a fierce backlash that spilled over into a number of one-star reviews for the Ladies Like Us show on Apple Podcasts.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
Texting With Bill Weld: “100% Democratic Rule” If Senate Republicans Listen To Trump
In The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' political newsletter, Bill Weld, who is challenging Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, says Republicans are abandoning their duty to the Constitution and explains his weird Reese's Pieces habit.
Ben Smith
The Trump Administration Launched A Secretive Program To More Quickly Deport Mexican Asylum-Seekers
“It’s another brick in the virtual wall they are creating to block asylum-seekers from entering the US,” an analyst said.
Hamed Aleaziz
A White Man Allegedly Threw Battery Acid On A Latino Man's Face And Told Him To Go Back To His Country
Mahud Villalaz is still recovering from his extensive injuries after an attacker called him an "illegal" and threw acid on him outside a restaurant. Villalaz is a US citizen.
Brianna Sacks
A Jury Saw Records Of Trump’s Phone Calls With Roger Stone After The DNC Announced It Was Hacked In 2016
Roger Stone’s trial on charges that he lied to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign began Wednesday.
Zoe Tillman
Facing Scrutiny Of Their Donation To Top Republicans, Giuliani's Associates Turned To A Major Trump Ally For Help
A firm run by Andy Surabian, who has worked with Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Jr., says Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the business partners at the center of the impeachment inquiry, still haven’t paid for work done last year.
Emma Loop