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During our Women Shaping the Future event on March 4, Can-Am On-Road SVP Josée Perreault sat down with Rolling Stone editor Amy Wang to discuss her experience as a business leader, the barriers she’s faced in her career and the roadblocks she sees for women who ride. “(Only) one in …

Katherine Johnson, the mathematician and NASA scientist who played a critical role in the Apollo 11 moon landing, died Monday in Newport News, Virginia, the New York Times reports. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed her death, writing on Twitter, “Our NASA family is sad to learn the news that Katherine …

Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband and suspected murderer of a Connecticut woman who was reported missing last May, was found unconscious at his home following an attempted suicide. Although initial media reports stated he was dead and his family had been notified of his death, his lawyer Norm Pattis told …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will abdicate their royal titles and repay taxpayers $3.1 million as part of the arrangement that will allow the couple to “step back as senior members of the Royal Family,” Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. While Harry and Markle will not be stripped entirely of their …

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and the subsequent Anthrax attacks, America was on edge. Terrorists had breached the boarder — were they going to do it again? In October 2002, when a man in Washington, D.C., was shot in a grocery store parking lot, and five more seemingly …

When it comes to assessing the prevalence of sexual assault, there’s still a lot we don’t know. We do know, for instance, that sexual assault is underreported, but we don’t know by how much — and that’s particularly true for incidents that fall in the “grey area” of sexual assault, …

This week, a new pocket of Twitter “stan” culture — the passionate fanbases that typically rally around pop stars — seemed to emerge when a “war” broke out between Charles Manson and Ted Bundy superfans. This feud started as internet-based ones often do: an innocuous tweet pitting two “stars” against …

A power outage affected a vast portion of Manhattan Saturday night, causing nearly all of the evening’s Broadway shows to cancel their performances. However, the cast of some of the musicals ensured theatergoers’ plans weren’t completely ruined by the blackout by providing impromptu street performances outside their respective theaters. The …

Bruce Linton, founder and co-CEO of the massive Canadian cannabis conglomerate Canopy Growth, said he was fired from the company after it announced his exit Wednesday, CNBC reports. Canopy Growth announced the leadership change in a press release that suggested the split was somewhat amicable, writing that “Bruce will step …

Nearly four in 10 LGBTQ youth contemplated taking their own lives in the past year, according to a new report. A survey released on Tuesday by youth suicide prevention organization the Trevor Project found that 39% of LGBTQ respondents between the ages of 13 and 24 “seriously considered suicide” within …