An economics professor breaks down how the Empire built the Death Star.

McKinney, Texas police officer who assaulted and threatened black teenagers leaving a pool party resigns. The local Chief of Police calls his actions “indefensible.”

Obama administration to deploy 450 more troops to Iraq to combat ISIS. 

Does Joyce Carol Oates think this Jurassic Park photo is real? 

Humpday hotness courtesy of German model André Hamman. 

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart share a smooch.

After 26 years of marriage, Homer and Marge Simpson are calling it quits. And Lena Dunham is to blame. 

Speaking of The Simpsons, The Simpsons game “Tapped Out” celebrates Pride month.

Michelle Kwan joins the Clinton campaign.

Raven Symone joins The View.

Get ready, Pitches: Pitch Perfect 3 is in the works.

Jared Leto looks positively frightening as the Joker in Suicide Squad. 

Scientists are going to study surfers’ butts to measure levels of pollution in the world’s oceans. 

Violence against gays and lesbians is down while violence against trans women and LGBTQ people of color is on the rise. 

Pope Francis creates tribunal to judge cases where bishops are accused of failing to protect children in from predators within the Church.

Franklin Graham: President Obama and the gays are to blame for the end of times. 

Nasa Orbiter finds glass on Mars.