W hen Sergiy Antonenko came to, he was on fire. As he regained consciousness, the Ukrainian sniper realized the blaze set off by the makeshift explosive was all around him. It took nearly every remaining ounce of energy he had to roll into the river abutting the nameless village at …
Read More »A Tropical Island, a Chocolatier, and a Brutal Double Murder — Who Killed the Hollywood Expats?
T he Caribbean island of Dominica is a kind of thorny paradise — a land of jewel-toned flowers and lush foliage that’s a refuge for sunburned foreigners looking to avail themselves of the waterfalls and hot springs, not to mention lucrative tax shelters. Woven through the tropical escapism is a …
Read More »It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Space Trash!
O n the evening of March 25, 2021, Karen Levy relaxed with some friends on her front porch in Seattle. They were having dinner, enjoying the cool evening weather and cloudless skies, when they noticed something odd. A bright squadron of fiery objects had invaded the night sky and was …
Read More »'The Umbrella Academy' Showrunner Accused of 'Toxic, Bullying, Manipulative, and Retaliatory Behavior'
Months before The Umbrella Academy’s premiere in February 2019, showrunner Steve Blackman knew he’d delivered Netflix a hit series. Forty-five million households would tune in to the first season —making it Netflix’s third-most-watched television series that year, behind Stranger Things and The Witcher. Anticipating a quick greenlight for Season Two, …
Read More »'Lawyers, Judges, Technology': Roger Stone Touts Plan for Trump Win in Secret Recording
If there’s anything more alarming than Donald Trump and his allies’ plans to wreak havoc on the 2024 election, it’s how comfortable they are telling anyone who asks exactly what they plan to do. In an undercover recording obtained by liberal journalist Lauren Windsor, longtime Trump consultant and professional electoral …
Read More »Inside Snapchat's Teen Opioid Crisis
A lex Neville was one of those boys who was always in costume, wearing his obsessions on his sleeve. At three, he went around dressed as a mummy, earnestly explaining the embalming process to children in Aliso Viejo, a town in Orange County, California. At seven, he was SoCal’s shortest …
Read More »People Blamed an Influencer's Murder-Suicide on the Eclipse. What Really Happened?
O ne night in 2021, Sharonda Johnson had a dream. A figure was standing over a baby’s bassinet. She couldn’t tell what it was, but she sensed this figure emanating overwhelming dread. “I remember saying to myself, ‘I don’t know how anyone can fight this,’” she says. Sharonda woke up …
Read More »Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America 'Can't Be Compromised'
Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully” with ideological opponents in the face of “fundamental” differences that “can’t be compromised.” He endorsed what his interlocutor described as a necessary fight to “return our country to …
Read More »Martha-Ann Alito Condemns Pride Flags, the Left, and the Media
Martha-Ann Alito, wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, is incensed about seeing rainbow Pride flags during Pride Month, according to a new recording obtained by Rolling Stone. If it were up to her, she would be flying a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag in response. Or she might design …
Read More »'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024
T he presidential election this year will come down to seven states — but there’s one that Donald Trump and his most committed lieutenants see as a blueprint for corrupting future local and national elections: Georgia. The Peach State is unique — it’s the sole battleground state in which the …
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