‘Star Trek’ icon Michael Forest dead at 97

‘Star Trek’ icon Michael Forest dead at 97

Actor Michael Forest, best known for his appearances in the “Star Trek” franchise, has died. He was 97. Forest died Wednesday, according to his friend, James A. Brown, who announced his death Friday in a post on Facebook. “It is with great sadness that I report that we have lost Michael Forest,” Brown wrote. “I…

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SF tech bro pulls plug on controversial video game that let players kill ‘homeless people’

SF tech bro pulls plug on controversial video game that let players kill ‘homeless people’

A San Francisco tech developer who created a video game that turned the city’s notorious Tenderloin neighborhood into a zombie-killing zone has pulled the plug after furious critics claimed the game allowed players to target homeless drug users. Creator Pierre-Louis Biojout, who had bragged about the game, changed reversed course on Friday in announcing he took…

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Insane video shows half-naked maniac shooting flamethrower at cops inside California sex shop

Insane video shows half-naked maniac shooting flamethrower at cops inside California sex shop

Dramatic police bodycam footage captured the moment a madman armed with a makeshift flamethrower confronted officers inside a California adult shop, leaving three injured and a police dog with burns. The San Diego Police Department released the video on Thursday, showing multiple angles of the September 16 confrontation that ended with 33-year-old suspect Saul Sandoval…

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For Sarah Zapata, Weaving Is a Radical Act

For Sarah Zapata, Weaving Is a Radical Act

Installation view: Sarah Zapata’s “In escape from the vices of idleness” at Sargent Daughter’s. Photo: NICHOLAS KNIGHT Two sharply opposing threads run through many of New York’s September shows. One finds artists openly confronting the grotesque and the paradoxical at a moment when the very notions of intelligence, embodiment and lived experience feel under pressure…

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