Judge Aaron Persky, who made the controversial ruling to give student Brock Turner a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, will no longer be hearing criminal cases per his own request for at least one year.

A video clip of Al Roker engaging in a heated discussion on the talk show Today, in which he repeatedly points out how swimmer Ryan Lochte "lied" about being robbed in Rio, has been widely circulating on Twitter along with the hashtag #LochteLied.

Gawker Media founder and CEO Nick Denton published the final post on his company's flagship site Gawker.com yesterday, which is shutting down following the company's purchase by Univision. Online, many reacted with joy by celebrating the end of the online tabloid, while others mourned the closing and blamed billionaire Peter Thiel for its demise.

Cincinnati Zoo director Thane Maynard, who recently had his Twitter account hacked, revealed he wants the internet to stop making Harambe-related memes in an interview with the Associated Press, claiming that the "constant mention" of the deceased gorilla was making it difficult for the staff to move on.

A year ago today, one Imgur user decided to take it upon himself to create and share a new "badly photoshopped photo of Michael Cera" every day. Exactly one year and hundreds of poorly 'shopped Michael Cera images later, the diligent artist behind the project has finally put his project to rest.