Tyler Richard Blevins, the popular YouTuber and streamer who goes by the name Ninja, announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer. In the post, Blevins, 32, shared that he went to a dermatologist a few weeks ago after his …
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Not that long ago, a dark thriller featuring Kevin Spacey as a smooth-talking stranger who arrives in a small town with an apparent vendetta against one of its inhabitants might have been a major movie event. He was, after all, a hugely popular and critically acclaimed actor, known for playing …
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A judge on Monday granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from X Corp. — the company formerly known as Twitter — against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an anti-extremism watchdog. The group had drawn the ire of the company’s owner, Elon Musk, by sharing research that revealed …
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Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani issued his first public comments since he became embroiled in a betting scandal involving his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. The athlete said he was “saddened and shocked” by the illegal gambling allegations against his longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, and denied placing bets on sports. …
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The Prince and Princess of Wales issued their first joint statement Saturday since Kate Middleton revealed her cancer diagnosis. “The Prince and Princess are both enormously touched by the kind messages from people here in the U.K., across the Commonwealth and around the world in response to Her Royal Highness’ …
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Despite the hype of March Madness, the NCAA as we know it is doomed. Every week there is another story about a lawsuit threatening the NCAA: student-athletes at Dartmouth voting to unionize, kids in California claiming to be college employees, or a tennis player suing for prize money she won …
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A round 8 a.m. on a cool, clear Monday in mid-November, James Cox Chambers Jr. is in Gresham Park, in southeast Atlanta, bouncing on the balls of his feet, shadowboxing the air in front of him. Dressed in a black hoodie with a Palestinian flag on it, black sweatpants, black …
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‘Orgasm is a good comparison, but there aren’t really any words for that feeling,” is how Art Williams described the first time he counterfeited to Rolling Stone back in 2005. A heavily disadvantaged, gifted kid from Chicago’s South Side, he learned the age-old criminal craft from his mother’s boyfriend, then …
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A Tulsa County district attorney said that no charges will be filed in the fight that took place in the bathroom of an Oklahoma high school last month and involved 16-year-old Nex Benedict, whose death the following day was ruled a suicide. District attorney Stephen A. Kunzweiler released a statement …
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On March 20, lawyers for Shohei Ohtani accused the Dodgers star’s longtime interpreter and close friend of stealing millions of dollars from the athlete to cover bets with an alleged illegal bookmaker under federal investigation. It’s a remarkable story with many layers. There’s the alleged betrayal by Ippei Mizuhara, who …
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