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When Formula 1 racers sit in the driver’s seat of a professional car, they’re pulling all of their skills, training, and focus to speeding a custom-made vehicle close to 200 miles per hour down a track — pushing the limits of their body and a turbocharged engine toward a crowded …

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard said she has “taken accountability” for her role in the death of her abusive mother, and now plans to “take back my life.” On Instagram earlier this week, Blanchard shared a lengthy statement after completing her parole program on June 24. “When I accepted my sentence, I accepted …

They may be smaller than their refillable counterparts, but some disposable e-cigarettes actually emit more toxic metals than older vapes and traditional cigarettes, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis, published in the journal ACS Central Science. Disposable e-cigarettes are the newest nicotine delivery systems on …

One of the many ways that Donald Trump‘s first presidential term was unprecedented is that his brazen self-dealing triggered multiple federal lawsuits alleging violations of the Emoluments Clause, or the provision of the U.S. Constitution that bars federal officials from accepting money and gifts from both foreign and domestic actors. …

Fresh off her acquittal, Karen Read is turning her two-trial ordeal over the 2022 death of her then-boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, into a feature film. Just last week, Read was acquitted of charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter under the influence, and leaving the scene of the …

When Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani announced his campaign to run for mayor of New York City in October 2024, he was a virtually unknown state assembly member up against a Trump-friendly incumbent, Eric Adams. He wasn’t just a longshot —for many New Yorkers, he felt like an impossibility. But that …

The “Liver King” Brian Johnson, who was arrested after making alleged “terroristic threats” against Joe Rogan, was released from a Texas county jail after posting a $20,000 bail. Now, he’ll face a restraining order and will have to undergo a mental health evaluation within a week. Travis County Court records, …

Readers of Sunday’s New York Times were treated to an unusual full-page ad from a rival newspaper — the venerated satire periodical The Onion. Most of the available space was taken up by a mocking editorial piece with a headline that blared: “Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs …

Social media influencer Liver King has been arrested and charged with making alleged “terroristic threats” against Joe Rogan, Austin’s KXAN reports. The 47-year-old born Brian Johnson shared a series of Instagram videos earlier this week in which he challenged the podcaster to a fight. “Joe Rogan, I’m calling you out, …

For a supposed democracy that prides itself on the principle of free speech, the United States hasn’t done a great job of protecting that right in recent years. Speaking out on hot-button issues can cost you a job offer or a college diploma. Protesting government policies in the streets (or …