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C omedian Catherine Cohen had a hole in her heart, and there was only one thing that could mend it: a visit from Dr. Love. Actually, any number of cardiologists probably could have helped, but it was Dr. Love at Mount Sinai on the Upper East Side who came to …

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl that captured the hearts of New Yorkers a year ago after escaping from the Central Park Zoo, died Friday after colliding with a building. “We are saddened to report that Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl discovered missing from the Central Park Zoo after his exhibit was …

A new, fifth lawsuit against disgraced anti-trafficking activist Tim Ballard, whose exaggerated rescue missions abroad were the inspiration for the hit film Sound of Freedom, has also taken aim at Angel Studios, the distributor of the controversial 2023 movie. It’s the first civil action targeting Ballard that simultaneously goes after …

You’d think being royalty would afford one all kinds of privileges, but in the case of Nintendo’s Princess Peach, it’s been a mixed bag. Despite appearing in dozens of games since her initial appearance in 1985’s Super Mario Bros. — including as a skilled tactician in Super Mario RPG and …

When Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict went to school on Feb. 7, months of bullying over their gender identity boiled over into a physical fight between them and three older girls in the school bathroom. The next day, Nex was dead. Now, as the circumstances around their death continue to develop, …

As a young aspiring artist of minimal talent, Adolf Hitler had difficulty drawing human figures, according to the professors who rejected his application to Vienna’s fine arts academy. Google‘s AI model Gemini has its own issues with generating images of people, and, curiously, some of those angriest about its shortcomings …

On Feb. 7, Nex Benedict was involved in a fight at Owasso Public High School in Oklahoma. The 16-year-old, who identified as nonbinary, was rushed to a hospital a day later and died. Relatives of the 10th-grader, who used they/them pronouns, said Benedict had been bullied over their gender identity, …

“I’m playing like shit right now,” Kristen Stewart says, laughing as a ball rolls forlornly across her pool table and comes up short of the pocket. “But that’s good,” she adds, “because we’ve actually begun talking. And I can’t very well have you over here and then just beat the …

The family of Gabby Petito has reached a settlement with the family of Brian Laundrie — who killed Gabby during a road trip in 2021 before dying by suicide weeks later — to avoid trial in the Petitos’ emotional distress lawsuit against Laundrie’s parents. The two families previously settled a …

W HEN KEVIN HART tells you to “stop being a bitch,” you listen. “He was like, ‘Put the grind in. Put the hustle in,’” says Druski, a viral comedian known for racking up millions of views on his made-for-social sketches. “‘Do the hard work, do the stand-up.’” But even though …