The Los Angeles County District Attorney issued a statement opposing the resentencing of convicted murderers Lyle and Erik Menendez. DA Nathan Hochman recommended that a motion for resentencing filed by his predecessor be withdrawn, citing the Menendez brothers’ continued refusal to take “complete responsibility” for murdering their parents and their …
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Today, Elon Musk‘s X feed offered the usual mix of paranoid politics, attacks on Democrats and government agencies, and content from accounts affiliated with President Donald Trump (who still prefers his own web platform, Truth Social). But mixed in were a number of posts about Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer …
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Michelle Obama will co-host the video podcast IMO, with her brother and basketball executive Craig Robinson. Higher Ground, a production company founded by the Obamas, announced the podcast Monday. IMO, which stands for “in my opinion,” will feature special guests including Issa Rae, Keke Palmer, Seth Rogen, and Tracee Ellis …
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When Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his classical pianist wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead on the floor in different rooms of their New Mexico home last week, investigators set to work unraveling the mystery of what happened. On Friday, they said testing determined Arakawa, 65, died from a rare …
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In January, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren ordered Morgan Geyser’s release from Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The 22-year-old wassentenced to 40 yearsin a mental institution in 2018 after pleading guilty to attempted murder for the 2014 attack she carried out with her friend Anissa Weier. After seven years, Bohren …
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Two children were forced to participate in acts of torture that led to the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old trans man, prosecutors investigating the killing in upstate New York have alleged. The shocking new allegations were revealed in an 11-count indictment that charged the seven people allegedly involved in …
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Ryan Wedding, a former Olympian turned alleged drug kingpin, was named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list today. A $10 million reward was announced for his capture. In January, Rolling Stone detailed how Wedding went from a snowboarding prodigy who raced for Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City …
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Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was the subject of the hit podcast Serial, was officially freed from prison after a judge agreed to reduce his sentence to time served. A judge approved Syed’s sentence reduction bid in a decision handed down March 6, just over a week after an emotional …
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Accused rapist and sex trafficker Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are under criminal investigation in Florida, according to the state’s Attorney General James Uthmeier, after the pair arrived in Fort Lauderdale last week. “These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, …
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Neil Gaiman’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit in Wisconsin brought by a former nanny, Scarlett Pavlovich. Pavlovich sued Gaiman in Wisconsin, New York, and Massachusetts last month, accusing the author of rape and sexual assault. She also accused Gaiman’s ex-wife, Amanda Palmer, of “procuring and …
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