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Throughout the history of American art, there are certain people everyone knows by a single name: Madonna, Beyoncé. Others, like Slash or Prince, are known for their catchy given nicknames. But the artist that takes the proverbial cake with a nickname ab

In a lively night with great new MCs, judges, and beloved familiar faces in the Red Bull Batalla family, Oner wins a spot in the International Final. Here’s a recap of 2022’s USA National Final.

In today's edition: Google is changing its notoriously long recruitment process, and new drone footage shows how Tesla makes its Model Y SUV.

The battle rap competition names G.I.O for the competition qualifier.

Photo by Ian Witlen February 14, 2018, was meant to be a Valentines Day like any other for the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Instead, a day thats meant to celebrate love in all of its iterations became forever entwined with scenes of horror. That fateful day, former MSD student Nikolas Cruz gunned down 17 people — 14 students and three teachers — at the Pa...

At the beginning of March 2020, when concern about the impending pandemic began to take over the world, people questioned whether it was safe to hold large-scale events. Well, it wasnt, and Ultra Music Festival — along with Calle Ocho — swiftly got the ax. Many expected that 2021 would be the year everything would return to "normal" — including Ultra. But in January, Billboard reported that the festivals organizers had requested a permit for March 25-27, 2022, at Bayfront Park. The fe...

Eddie Guy Holden Comeau, a former pro triathlete, is working hard in third place in the Zwift National Championship race, with about 600 meters to go. He sees the two cyclists ahead of him start to pull away but patiently waits until the 100-meter mark to make his move. When it’s in sight, he stands up to hammer and deliver max sprinting power—1,353 watts—into his pedals. It’s just enough to edge past the two leaders—and maintain his lead against the 750 other competitors—to win th...