If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. No sweat A crucial week for Prince Andrew lies ahead. Monday will see Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s 2009 settlement with Jeffrey Epstein unveiled, and…Continue Reading
Of all the return-to-normal rituals, not many felt as frivolous as award season’s comeback. After a debilitating 2020, did we really need to watch rich, beautiful people dress up? The answer surprised us. After we saw Lil Nas X in slinky, glittering Versace at the Met Gala, or Harry Styles in a Gucci feather boa,…Continue Reading
One warm summer day, I met the composer Caroline Shaw in New York City, where we spent an hour in Central Park talking about her music. Not long after we found a bench, it began to rain, lightly at first and then harder and then really hard. But we had brought umbrellas, so we decided…Continue Reading
The music gods giveth and the music gods taketh away, because for every Adele and Taylor who dropped blockbuster albums in 2021, there was also a Rihanna and a Kendrick who left us hanging.But no matter—2022 is already shaping up to be a superb year on the new music front, with releases from The Weeknd,…Continue Reading
As recently as a year ago, Alex Murdaugh’s life was the stuff of Southern fantasy.A father of two and partner at a successful law firm founded by his great-grandfather over a century ago, the 53-year-old seemed virtually untouchable. The former president of the state trial lawyers association, he was sitting atop a legal dynasty that…Continue Reading
Investigators are trying to determine what sparked a massive fire in a suburban area near Denver that burned neighborhoods to the ground and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings. Three people are missing.The Boulder county sheriff, Joe Pelle, said on Saturday authorities were pursuing tips and had executed a search warrant at “one particular…Continue Reading
One in three Americans believe violence against the government is sometimes justified, according to a new Washington Post poll.The survey, with the University of Maryland, was released on New Year’s Day – five days short of a year since rioters attacked the US Capitol in an attempt to overturn Donald Trump’s election defeat by Joe…Continue Reading
The rapper Kodak Black was arrested on a trespassing charge on Saturday in south Florida. The Broward county sheriff’s office said Black was taken into custody in his hometown of Pompano Beach early on Saturday morning, according to the South Florida SunSentinel. Investigators did not immediately release details about what prompted the arrest. Black, whose…Continue Reading
Individual experiences and suffering are, of course, at the heart of the pandemic. But one way to understand what has happened is through putting those experiences together – and statistics are those personal stories writ large. And this pandemic has brought unprecedented demand to explain all the numbers that have been flying around.This has not…Continue Reading
With a large wave of retirements expected throughout Connecticut state government next year, discussions are underway about how to ensure many of those soon-to-be vacant positions will be filled with more diverse workers, in addition to making sure the state can continue to adequately provide services.The examination comes as recent data indicates certain executive branch…Continue Reading