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When Patty Hearst was violently kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment in 1974, she became a nationally known victim. Just a few weeks later, she was a criminal – or a badass revolutionary, depending on whom you asked. In the end, it seemed the granddaughter of media magnate William Randolph Hearst …

The WWE announced on Sunday that Rich Swann, who was arrested in Gainesville, Florida over the weekend and charged with a misdemeanor of simple battery and a felony of false imprisonment of his wife, Vannarah Riggs, has been suspended indefinitely. “WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence,”the WWE …

Charles Manson, the cult leader of the Manson family who masterminded the Tate-LaBianca killings of 1969 and one of the most reviled and fascinating figures in American pop culture, died Sunday night, CBS Los Angeles reports. He was 83. Manson had been rushed to a Bakersfield, California hospital from Corcoran …

While much of the focus on the NFL this season has been on the African-American quarterback who is not in the league, it is also important to give attention to the ones who are. As much as Colin Kaepernick deserves to be on a team based on his talent, we …

What advice do you wish you could give your younger self?I don’t think I could give advice to my younger self because she probably wouldn’t listen. See 50th Anniversary Photo Issue Gallery How did you get involved with Rolling Stone?Between my second and third years at the San Francisco Art …

Rose McGowanwas temporarily suspended from Twitter after including someone’s private information in a post meant to highlight her troubled history with Harvey Weinstein, his brother Bob and top brass at the Weinstein Company, The Washington Post reports. In a statement, a Twitter representative explained that McGowan’s account was “temporarily locked …

It isn’t over yet for Steven Avery. Yesterday, a Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Circuit Court Judge denied the Making a Murderer subject’s request for a new trial, stating that the defense had not met the legal standard for overturning his conviction for the 2005 murder of 25-year-old Teresa Halbach. “Given the …

New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard finally made his appearance on HBO’sGame of Thrones on Sunday. Syndergaard was onscreen fleetingly, but long enough to identify as a muscular Lannister soldier at the episode’s climax – wherein he reckoned with a fire-breathing dragon. But some Mets fans on social media couldn’t …