Adnan Syed will be released from prison. On Monday, a Baltimore judge ordered the release of Syed — whose murder conviction was captured on the podcast Serial in 2014 — after prosecutors filed a motion to vacate his murder conviction earlier this year. The judge in the case, Baltimore Circuit …
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Peak, one of the telemedicine companies advertising psychedelic therapy via ketamine doses on TikTok, has announced they are “winding down” their controversial membership service. Less than a month after Rolling Stone reported on how “personalized psychedelic therapy programs” have been promoting ads aimed at zoomers on social media sites like …
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The cast assembles on the megachurch stage, each taking their turn in a pool of light. There are doomsaying prophets with curved shofars, aspiring politicians lamenting election fraud, and naturopathic physicians warning of demonic invasion. Mike Lindell steps forward and says evil forces are undoing the nation. Roger Stone gives …
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Joe Biden met with the wife of Brittney Griner on Friday at the White House, marking the first time the president has had a face-to-face conversation with the WNBA star’s family since she was detained in Russia on drug charges in February. Griner was found guilty of smuggling illegal narcotics …
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Day ZERO, U.S. Army basic training: I struggled to hold a 50-pound green army duffel bag over my head, trying not to wince at the drill sergeant’s yells. I wondered to myself: Did I just join another cult? The thought brought me some comfort. I knew how to do this. …
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In July 2018, a 34-year-old mentally ill man named Pankaj Bhasin walked into an alley near the Window Universe store in Alexandria, VA to look at boxes he believed contained human DNA. He saw Brad Jackson, the 65-year-old store manager, in the alley and followed him into the store, thinking …
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Chrissy Teigen has revealed that the miscarriage she suffered in 2020 when she was 20 weeks pregnant with Jack, her and John Legend’s third child, was actually a life-saving abortion. “I had to make a lot of difficult and heartbreaking decisions,” she explained during a recent appearance at social impact …
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Martha Stewart is having something of a moment. The celebrity-homemaker-turned-lifestyle-guru-turned-white-collar-criminal-turned-weed-influencer has been spending the last few years quietly unveiling a chiller, more 420-friendly version of herself (the BFF-ship with Snoop doesn’t hurt). Recently, she’s made even more of a pivot on Instagram, where she is currently on a thirst trap …
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Yoga teacher Francesca Caviglia knew something was off about the studio where she worked when she got scolded for touching the money too much. At the donation-based Yoga to the People on St. Marks Place in New York City, which operated from 2006 to 2020, cash was collected in an …
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Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis players of all time with 20 Grand Slam titles to his name, and still the holder of a record 237-straight weeks ranked Number One, has announced his professional retirement. Federer revealed his decision Thursday in a note on social media. Noting the challenges …
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