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Reddit Turns 20: Where Are Its Founders and Early Employees Today?
Chris Slowe and Steve Huffman pictured during the company’s early days. Courtesy Reddit Reddit’s story began in the same place as many other Silicon Valley startups: a college dorm room. The popular online discussion board was launched exactly 20 years ago by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. It has since grown into…
Read MoreFrom Snoo to Subreddits: How Reddit’s Look and Features Evolved Over 20 Years
Reddit’s logo went full-on orange ahead of its 2023 IPO. Spencer Platt/Getty Images In the spring of 2005, University of Virginia students Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian pitched the business idea of a text message-based food delivery service to the then-nascent startup incubator Y Combinator (YC). The concept failed to win over investors, but YC…
Read MoreAnti-ICE activists help migrant child rapist escape arrest in Colorado: officials
Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activists in Denver, Colorado, managed to thwart agents trying to arrest an illegal migrant wanted in Italy for child rape. ICE Colorado said on Friday their agents were trying to detain Jose Reyes Leon-Deras, a criminal alien from El Salvador who was convicted of child rape in Italy, when members of a local anti-ICE…
Read MoreThis Majestic Monkey Has Become a Beloved Neighbor for Millions in Vietnam
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For the critically endangered red-shanked douc, proximity to an urban center has had surprising benefits By Alex Fox Photographs by Megh Roy Choudhury July/August 2025 Red-shanked doucs are adept communicators, growling with a fixed stare when they’re threatened, or squealing harshly and slapping tree branches when they’re in distress or startled. Megh Roy Choudhury With…
Read MoreBest Early Shoe Deals for Amazon Prime Day 2025: Save Up to 50% on Adidas, Crocs, & More
Our writers and editors independently determine what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, E! may earn a commission. Learn more. Once upon a time, I squeezed my feet into sky-high heels and trendy-but-torturous shoes—all in the name of looking cute. The result? Limping home, begging my feet for forgiveness. But now that…
Read MoreSun conjunct Jupiter 2025 — the luckiest “day of miracles” happens this week
Mark your calendars, place your bets, grease your palms, blink open that third eye, and ready your wishes, my babies — fortune awaits us this week. On June 24 at 11:16 a.m. ET, we will experience a once-a-year Jupiter conjunction, also known as a cazimi. In astrology, a conjunction is akin to a mouth kiss between two planets or…
Read MoreLA Sheriff’s department deletes posts calling US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘tragic’ following backlash
The LA County Sheriff’s Department has deleted a social media post calling the US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “tragic” after being dragged online. “Our hearts go out to the victims and families impacted by the recent bombings in Iran,” the department wrote on X Sunday in a now-deleted post. “While this tragic event happened…
Read MoreDear Abby: My boyfriend scolds me in public — and makes me apologize to strangers
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend embarrassed me when he told me to apologize to a woman standing behind him in line at the market. He was about to pay for the groceries when I said I’d run to get an item I had forgotten. It took less than a minute, and the order was still being…
Read MoreTony Award winning actress Kristin Chenoweth slammed by NBA fans for Game 7 national anthem
NBA fans blasted Tony Award winner and Oklahoma native Kristin Chenoweth’s national anthem performance ahead of Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. Chenoweth, 56, was center court in front of a packed house at Paycom Center Sunday night to perform her rendition of the anthem — during which she held…
Read MoreGov. Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls upcoming special legislative session
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Governor Greg Abbott vetoed one of the most scrutinized bills of the legislative session — a total ban on all consumable hemp products that contain the intoxicating chemical in cannabis — less than a hour before the veto deadline. Thousands of Texans on both sides of this issue sent petitions to the…
Read MoreHow Luis Torrens is approaching elevated role as Mets’ everyday catcher
PHILADELPHIA — The Mets optioned Francisco Alvarez largely because the former No. 1 prospect in the sport has not performed, and the club believes the 23-year-old needs everyday reps to straighten himself out. But they also optioned Alvarez because they have Luis Torrens. One of the more impressive backup catchers in the game no longer…
Read MoreMiranda Devine: Trump’s ‘spectacular’ Iran strike could carve his place in history as most courageous leader since Ronald Reagan
What an impressive sight it was Sunday, when the futuristic B-2 stealth bombers sliced through the powder-blue Missouri sky on their triumphant return to home base in the American heartland after dropping their Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs on Iran’s underground nuclear sites. The strikes were “a spectacular military success,” President Trump told the world Saturday…
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