Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was accused by an Arizona woman of sexual assault and choking her unconscious, according to court filings in which the woman accused Bauer of raping her and getting her pregnant in late 2020. According to USA Today, which first reported on the court filings, the …
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Four women in the U.K. have now united to prepare legal actions against Andrew Tate, the misogynistic social media personality, alleging rape, physical assaults, and coercive behavior. The legal firm McCue Jury & Partners served Tate with a legal letter of claim at the Bucharest residence, where he’s serving house …
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Ingrid Newkirk has no plans to retire. Having just turned 74, the president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which she co-founded in 1980 with fellow activist Alex Pacheco, has seen plenty of changes in how we value the lives and wellbeing of non-human creatures. Fur coats …
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Another day, another multibillion-dollar corporate giant in the crosshairs of the “anti-woke” right. This time, it’s Activision Blizzard, the fifth-largest video game firm in the world, that aggrieved reactionaries are threatening to boycott. As with so many of these stories, the inciting “controversy” is ridiculously minor. Nickmercs (real name Nick …
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J. Harrison Ghee started their day eating a bacon, egg, and cheese McGriddle. They ended the night making history as the first non-binary performer to win a Tony Award for best leading actor in a musical for their role as Jerry/Daphne in the new musical comedy Some Like It Hot, …
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The tragic thing about the Miami Heat making the 2023 NBA Finals is that Jimmy Butler will never be able to enjoy it. The Heat were a virus — a collection of veterans and second-rounders, slinking through the Eastern Conference playoff bracket, exploiting the weaknesses of every team they encountered …
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In a new interview, Twitter creator and co-founder Jack Dorsey claimed that the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, attempted to force Twitter to shut its doors in the country. Dorsey, who quit as chief executive of the social media platform in 2021, discussed the situation on YouTube news show …
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This will be the last interview Caroline Calloway gives before she’s officially a memoirist. A scammer? Perhaps. Guided by grandiose ambitions? Definitely. But she’s about to have fulfilled the largest, most infamous promise she’s known for having broken: She finally wrote a book. For those who aren’t terminally online, Calloway …
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Cormac McCarthy, the celebrated novelist known for his stunning, apocalyptic visions of the American West, died Tuesday, June 13. He was 89. McCarthy’s publisher, Penguin Random House, confirmed his death in a statement, according to The Washington Post. A cause of death was not given. McCarthy’s work was often bleak …
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We did it, folks. After a nearly five-year battle that completely overshadowed the lead single potential of Charlie Puth‘s 2018 song “Empty Cups,” the pitch-perfect thirst trapper has finally admitted to telling his driver those two blessed words: “I’m hungies.” Don’t know what I’m talking about? Bless you, my child, …
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