Larry Nassar, the disgraced gymnastics physician and admitted sexual abuser, was stabbed multiple times at a federal prison in Florida over the weekend, The Associated Press reports. During an altercation with another inmate Sunday, July 9, Nassar was reportedly stabbed in the back and the chest. As of Monday, he …
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Sarah Silverman is part of a new copyright class action suit against OpenAI, which alleges that ChatGPT was illegally trained on copyrighted books. Silverman is one of three lead plaintiffs, alongside the authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey. They claim, on behalf of the prospective class, that their books were …
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Keke Palmer is The Cut’s latest cover star. However, as she snapped the cover photos — glamorous but low-key — and sat with writer Danya Issawi for an interview, the father of her 4 month-old son had chastised her online for wearing a revealing dress in a video that quickly …
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Threads, a brand-new social app from Instagram that bears more than a passing resemblance to Twitter, has already pulled in a massive user base, notching 50 million signups just a day after launch. The Silicon Valley shakeup is exacerbating tensions between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, with attorneys for the …
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Buying concert tickets shouldn’t be frustrating — it should be easy, stress-free and exciting. To help calm your nerves, we went straight to the experts at leading ticket marketplace Vivid Seats for their best tips to make sure your coveted concert tickets are good to go. With over 100 million …
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On social media, the supposed “miracle drug” that’s on everyone’s lips at the moment is Ozempic, the medication created to treat type 2 diabetes that is now being used as a weight loss treatment. But with access to Ozempic waning with increased demand and prices rising, social media users have …
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Patrick Crusius, the white supremacist who pleaded guilty to federal charges after killing 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in prison, the El Paso Times reports. Crusius changed his plea to guilty in February after federal prosecutors told the court …
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Within four hours of launching Threads, Mark Zuckerberg posted that 5 million people had registered on the platform. The Twitter competitor went live in the App Store on Wednesday, a day earlier than expected, and as users signed up in droves, Zuckerberg highlighted the milestone. “Just passed 5 million sign …
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“If you buy her one margarita, she will spread her legs!” If you’re even a casual user of TikTok, you’ve probably heard this line before. It’s from a speech by Cynthia Smock, a campus evangelist who has spent 40 years touring southern US campuses to preach against drugs, alcohol, sexual …
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OceanGate Expeditions, the company whose Titan submersible imploded last month, announced Thursday that it will be shuttering most of its business offerings. “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations,” a note on the company’s website reads. The Titan submersible went missing on June 18, prompting worldwide media attention. Four …
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