Former Suffolk County police chief James Burke was arrested on Tuesday morning on multiple sexual misconduct charges, according to Associated Press. The 58-year-old, who once helmed the Gilgo Beach killings investigation, was taken into custody in Farmingville, New York. He now faces charges for offering a sex act, public lewdness, …
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In theory, the “community notes” feature on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter till it was inexplicably renamed by owner Elon Musk), is intended to refute or provide more context for a given tweet, which is — again, in theory — supposed to curb the spread of misinformation on …
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Director Paul Feig, actress Bridget Everett, and other friends and allies are remembering Laura “Lauri” Ann Carleton, who was allegedly shot and killed for hanging a Pride flag outside her store near Lake Arrowhead in California on Friday night. According to authorities, San Bernardino County deputies responded to the shooting …
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A federal judge has ruled that artwork created solely by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted because “human authorship is an essential part of a valid copyright claim.” The decision, issued by Judge Beryl Howell, stemmed from computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s efforts to copyright an image he said was created by …
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Who is behind Lil Tay‘s Instagram account now that we know the viral child rapper isn’t actually dead? Earlier this month, a since-deleted post shared to her official account claimed that both Tay Tian, 15, and her brother Jason Tian, 21, had died. The scarcely-detailed rumor was later revealed to …
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Michael Lewis, the author of the book that inspired The Blind Side, defended former NFL lineman Michael Oher’s (alleged) adopted family, the Tuohys, and blamed Hollywood for the financial situation that resulted in Oher filing a lawsuit against the family. Earlier this week, Oher sued Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, …
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When YouTube game personality MatPat posted his first YouTube video in 2011, he was a recent graduate of Duke University,held a degree in theater and neuroscience, and was struggling to find a job. But what started as an in-depth discussion of quantum mechanics and the 1995 video game Chrono Trigger …
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Sean Tuohy, the alleged adoptive father of former NFL player and Blind Side subject Michael Oher, said the family was “devastated” after Oher filed legal documents claiming the Tuohys never adopted him and profited wildly from his life and story. Marty Singer, an attorney representing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, …
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Books are being pulled from the library shelves of an Iowa school district following new legislation from Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, which purports to protect children from obscene material, The Gazette reports. The new legislation, Senate File 496, prohibits “instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, …
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The Blind Side, the 2009 film starring Sandra Bullock, turned the story of a gifted high school football player into a lucrative well of money for the family who brought him in and changed his life. Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy have proudly presented themselves as retired NFL athlete Michael …
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