Artist and activist Yulia Tsvetkova is on trial for sharing illustrations of vaginas online. The colorful drawings were posted to an online group she founded to debunk taboo surrounding genitalia. According to Russian authorities, Tsvetkova's works amount to "production and dissemination of pornographic materials."Tsvetkova's trial began on April 12. If found guilty, she faces up to six years in prison. The artist is no stranger to clashes with Russia's oppressive government -- in 2019, she was ...

On April 11, Minnesota police officer Kim Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a routine traffic stop. Police chief Tim Gannon claimed Wright was pulled over for an expired vehicle registration, but Wright's mother, Katie, told reporters he was stopped for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror. Minnesota law prohibits drivers from suspending anything to their rearview mirrors, a rule that the ACLU says is often used as an excuse to target people ...

NASA has announced plans to land the first person of the color on the moon. The goal is part of the agency's Artemis program, which will send astronauts on the moon for the first time since 1972's Apollo 17 mission.The news comes shortly after President Joe Biden requested to set aside increased funds for NASA as part of the government's 2022 discretionary spending. "The president's discretionary request increases NASA's ability to better understand Earth and further monitor and predict the imp...

Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song have announced the birth of their baby boy, Dakota Song Culkin. The couple's first child was born on April 5 in Los Angeles, weighing six pounds and 14 ounces.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Culkin and Song named their son after Culkin's sister, who died in a car accident in 2008. "We are overjoyed," the two shared in a joint statement.For those unfamiliar with Culkin and Song's relationship timeline, the both of them met on set in 2019 in Thailand while s...