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The house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year is being demolished today, Dec. 28, The Associated Press reports. The former owner of the rental home in Moscow, Idaho — which has been boarded up and cordoned off by a security fence — donated it to the …

Another woman has filed a lawsuit against a West Hollywood restaurant,alleging the establishment “intentionally created a dangerous and hostile environment” and allowed female patrons to be abused and sexually assaulted by former porn star Ron Jeremy. The plaintiff, who filed as anonymous Jane Doe 7105, alleges that Rockin’ Horse Inc., …

Tom Smothers, one-half of the famed Smothers Brothers comedy duo, who brought a revolutionary hit of music and political satire to late Sixties television, has died, The New York Times reports. He was 86. Smothers died at his home in Santa Rosa, California, following a “recent battle with cancer,” according …

“Get woke, go broke,” a favorite rallying cry of conservative culture warriors, echoed far and wide in 2023 as one company after another was targeted for a boycott over supposed leftist tendencies. Raging right-wingers bashed cans of Bud Light, trashed displays at Target stores, and backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …

Jodi Hildebrandt, podcast co-host and business partner of infamous mommy vlogger Ruby Franke, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of felony aggravated child abuse, news station KUTV reports. Similar to Franke’s plea last week, two of Hildebrandt’s counts were dropped as part of a currently undisclosed plea deal. (Representatives for …

I settle into the seat, check my controls, and lift off. The aircraft lifts off, not takes off. It’s like a helicopter at first, as the propellers start to spin. But unlike a chopper’s long floppy blades, these props look like an airplane’s but point straight up. Out of the …

For journalists who work —or used to work— at G/O Media, the disclaimer at the bottom of numerous articles on the company’s e-commerce site, The Inventory, offers an unsettling vision of the future: “This article was generated by an AI engine which may produce inaccurate information.” That warning appears on …

Hyperloop One, a futuristic transportation startup highly touted by Elon Musk, is shuttering its airless tubes. The company is laying off employees, selling remaining assets (which include a test track and machinery), and closing its offices, Bloomberg reports. After hiring more than 200 people in 2022, remaining workers — who …

IT’S NIGHTTIME, and you’re in a forest of tall trees and glowing mushrooms. There are others with you in this particular clearing, which appears to be lit up by fireflies. Before you can get your bearings, the sparks in the air begin to fade, and a giant screen comes into …

I n the early morning hours of Sunday, May 27, 2018, Spencer Mugford, 20, and Sofia Mckenna, 21, headed to the Long Island Sound to set off on an adventure. The friends took a small, unlocked sailboat with no mast or rudder from the University of Connecticut Avery Point’s campus …