Joseph Malinowski, the 54-year-old Florida man who made headlines ahead of Hurricane Milton by claiming he would ride out the massive storm on a boat harbored in Tampa Bay — despite evacuation orders — was arrested on Friday, adding to his already substantial rap sheet. Malinowski was charged with “two …
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 people who alleged they were sexually abused as children by priests and other clergy. The settlement brings the total payout by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to settle sex abuse lawsuits to more than $1.5 billion. In …
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What makes a Mario Party worth attending? Sure, it’s great to get some friends together for an evening filled with mini-games, backstabbing, and luck-based turnarounds, but it’s been a while since the series felt relevant. Like a middle school dance, Mario Party games often feel more fun in your memory …
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On Sunday, Justine Moore, a partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, tweeted about a curious discovery. It was an Instagram account with the handle @ethos_atx, which purported to represent an upscale restaurant called Ethos in Austin, Texas. But, as Moore noted, no such business exists — …
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Outside of the CasaSur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a makeshift memorial filled with letters, flowers, and candles has been growing since the untimely death of Liam Payne, who rose to fame as a member of the 2010s British boy band One Direction. On Wednesday evening, David Kraventz, the …
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By one major investor’s estimate, Elon Musk‘s X Corp. — the social media business that most prolific users will probably never stop calling “Twitter” — has plummeted some 80 percent in value since the world’s richest man purchased it for $44 billion two years ago. That may not currently bother …
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You don’t have to have ever touched a PlayStation controller to recognize the console’s Nineties-era blocky graphics. Big studios may have been churning out shiny remakes of 20-year-old games like Resident Evil 4 (2023) and, more recently, Silent Hill 2 (2024), but indie gaming has taken a more rustic approach …
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Family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez gathered outside a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to call for the brothers’ release from prison. The relatives, more than 20, gathered amid ongoing concerns that key evidence was excluded or not yet available when the brothers were convicted and sentenced to …
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What does it mean to oversee another life? A child, a pet — someone who’s entirely dependent on you for nurturing and care. And as that life grows and takes on new meaning beyond you, how do let go? These are the key questions behind the artsy new indie game …
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“Metaphor ReFantazio is fantasy Persona” is the sentiment that circulated widely before Atlus’ latest RPG launched on Oct. 11, 2024. It’s an apt description on the surface, but an unhelpful one for folks who haven’t the foggiest idea what a Persona game is. Sure, Metaphor ReFantazio shares some basic things …
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