President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle released a statement mourning the sudden passing of Prince on Thursday afternoon, saying “the world lost a creative icon.”

According to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), ESPN made the wrong decision by dismissing baseball analyst Curt Schilling after he argued that transgender individuals should use bathrooms that conform to their birth sex.

Prince, the prolific, gender-bending, genre-pushing artist who sold over 100 million records worldwide, died Thursday at the age of 57, according to his publicist. Beyond his music, the eclectic artist was known for his flamboyant appearance and wild outfits.

Below is a selection of photos of the iconic artist through the years.

Sarah Palin lamented ESPN’s decision to fire baseball analyst Curt Schilling for sharing several memes offensive to transgender people in a Thursday morning Facebook post.

ESPN announced Wednesday night that it was firing former World Series champion Curt Schilling from his role as a baseball analyst after he posted several anti-transgender memes to his public Facebook profile.

Under fire for sharing several memes disparaging transgender people and facing scrutiny from his employer, ESPN, baseball analyst and former World Series champion Curt Schilling on Tuesday night accused his critics of manufactured outrage.

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Officials at the Westchester County Board of Elections say that the votes were wildly miscounted, and that Ben Carson received only 162 votes in the sixteenth precinct and 9,900 statewide.

Reginald A. LaFayette, one of the county’s election commissioners, told The New York Times that it was likely a matter of human error: “Someone could have called in something wrong.”

As Tuesday night’s presidential primary results proved, New Yorkers have little love for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). In one congressional district, Republican voters even chose to support Ben Carson—who dropped out of the race in March—over the Texas senator.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) argued in a Tuesday night tweetstorm that the “sacrifices” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says he has made during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination pale in comparison to those made by American workers.

Fresh off a suspension for sharing an Islamophobic meme, ESPN baseball analyst and former star pitcher Curt Schilling on Monday shared memes disparaging transgender people on his Facebook page.

A man was fatally shot on Saturday while filming or photographing a group of people firing guns at an area commonly used as a shooting range, the Alaska Dispatch News reported.