If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Apple’s AirPods are great, but even on sale, they’ll run you close to $200 for a pair of AirPods Pro online. If you’re looking for a great AirPods …
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How does a 61-year-old former pot dealer named “Texas” end up filming videos in front of Z-marked tanks on the Russian side of the frontline in Donbas? Russell “Texas” Bentley has gone viral this week with a YouTube video in which he wears a black leather jacket and a revolutionary’s …
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For most of February, a Twitter user named @SpicyPandaAcc churned out one uplifting tweet after another about the 2022 Winter Olympics and their host city Beijing. The Spicy Panda account celebrated Chinese aerial skier Xu Mengtao, a gold medalist and a “role model” who “tells us love and persistence will …
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The international community has imposed a flurry of sanctions on Russia since the nation invaded Ukraine last week. World Taekwondo stepped up on did its part on Monday, stripping Vladimir Putin of his honorary black belt. “World Taekwondo has decided to withdraw the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to …
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ “Searching for My Love” gets a weathered storybook journey in a newly shared music video directed by Matt Mahurin. The video follows Julia Lucey and Rolan Meyer through a narrative that spans land and sea, blending the storylines of an ocean-bound mermaid and a treasure-hungry …
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In the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 24, Russia began a coordinated invasion into Ukraine. First, it was airstrikes — rockets raining down on all the country’s major cities — later, the ground troops began to move in. Many Ukrainians hadn’t believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would actually start …
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In September 2021, Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square was plastered with DONDA billboards. The out-of-home (OOH) marketing displays taking over prime billboard locations promoting Kanye West’s new album in Drake’s hometown marked the latest larger-than-life salvo in the rap superstars’ intermittent feud and continued a time-honored tradition in the music industry. The …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Coursera, the online learning platform that allows you to take classes offered by top-ranked schools like Yale and Duke has partnered with Google to introduce the Google Professional …
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Mdou Moctar unleashes a mighty solo on his new song, “Nakanegh Dich,” an upbeat outtake from last year’s celebrated album, Afrique Victime. “This is Mdou’s very first time using a wah pedal,” bassist and producer, Mikey Coltun, said in a statement. “At some point, Mdou called Rob [Schnapf, co-producer] into …
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AVDIIVKA – On Saturday afternoon, as Irina Holobatenko ushered me into her spare flat on the ground floor of an apartment complex on the edge of Avdiivka, an industrial suburb in far Eastern Ukraine, two dull booms from artillery sounded in the distance. “Privyet!!” Irinia’s husband, Vitaliy, chuckled. Avdiivka was …
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