After writer Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) made a joke suggesting AOC was "shackled" to her "bin raccoon" partner, Riley Roberts, following his appearance in the documentary Knock Down the House, the comments took on a life of their own as people defended him.

After an exchange during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in which Attorney General William Barr demurred over whether President Trump had ever asked for an investigation into his political opponents, Democrat Kamala Harris asked the Justice Department's inspector general to open a probe into whether Trump made such a request.

Author André Aciman revealed the cover to Find Me, which will build on the relationship between Elio and Oliver that he created in Call Me by Your Name and brought to the screen with the help of Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet and director Luca Guadagnino.

As first reported by CBS News, Kelly joined the board of directors of Caliburn International, the parent company of Comprehensive Health Services, which runs multiple shelters for unaccompanied migrant children in Texas.

Billy McFarland is reportedly writing a memoir from prison tentatively titled Promythus: The God of Fyre, which he plans to self-publish. New York Magazine has the scoop.

No more shoulder pain. No more multiple bags. No more tasteful-yet-impractical-totes. It’s backpack time.

Minneapolis will pay a record $20 million to the family of Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk, who died after being shot by a US police officer in July 2017. It is the largest police misconduct payout for the city.

Paris Hilton has a new song, Best Friend's Ass, coming soon, and it looks like Kim K makes an appearance in the video.

While play wasn't stopped, fans watching Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Sixers and Raptors were quick to pick up on a low blow by the Australian forward. Update: On Friday, Simmons was fined $20,000 and given a flagrant one foul for making contact to the groin of Kyle Lowry.

The Vancouver Canucks forward told a Swedish media outlet that there's tension between him and Vancouver Canucks coach Travis Green.

The Cubs pitcher was about as efficient as you can get on the mound, achieving the rarely seen 81-pitch shutout.

President Trump confirmed the call in a series of Tweets on Friday, adding that the political turmoil in Venezuela was also a subject of a phone conversation with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Referring to the report's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election while clearing the Trump campaign of conspiracy, Trump said he and Putin discussed the "Russia Hoax."

The South African runner set a world-leading time at the Doha Diamond League in what many think could be her last race after she lost an appeal over the IAAF's new testosterone regulations.

Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler presented Attorney General Barr with a deadline of 9 am on Monday to respond to a request for the unredacted portions of the Mueller report and other related materials.

Tribe President Julian Bear Runner issued a letter to Kristi Noem after she helped pass a law targeting demonstrators. The Pine Ridge Reservation takes up approximately 3,500 square miles of the state. The governor's office has issued a response.

The 27-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, won the competition on Thursday night.

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is now out on Netflix in most places. Zac Efron fans have been waiting for this moment.