Back in 2017, former Today Showanchor Matt Lauer was fired following sexual misconduct allegations from a show staffer. At the time, however, both the identity of his accuser and the nature of the allegations against him were not publicly revealed. Excerpts from the upcoming book Catch and Killby journalist Ronan …
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Amidst concerns over the vaping crisis, the CEO of Juul Labs, the beleaguered e-cigarette company accused of marketing directly to teens, has stepped down. The company has also promised to suspend all advertising campaigns in the United States. Kevin Burns, the chief executive of Juul, is set to be replaced …
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A 14-year-old boy in the small town of Elkmont, Alabama has confessed to killing five members of his immediate family, including his father, his stepmother, and his three siblings. The weapon, a handgun, was found on the side of the road shortly after his confession, Steve Young, a spokesperson for …
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Two former NYPD detectives who were accused of raping an 18-year-old girl in custody on a marijuana possession charge have reached a plea deal that will ensure they don’t have to serve any jail time. Eddie Martins and Richard Hall were accused of raping the Brooklyn woman in the back …
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Seth Rogen has enlisted Broad City’s Ilana Glazer, Anderson .Paak, Nick Kroll and more for the first Hilarity for Charity County Fair, taking place September 14th at Skylight Row DTLA in Los Angeles. Rogen announced the event with a ridiculous video in which he plays a low budget carnival barker …
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The New York City Chief Medical Examiner has determined the cause of socialite sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s jail-cell death as suicide. A statement by Barbara Sampson released to the media reads: After careful review of all investigative information, including complete autopsy findings, the determination on the death of Jeffrey Epstein …
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As Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign nears, and the “Build the Wall” rhetoric echoed by his supporters begins anew, a viral Instagram video of children playing on a seesaw positioned between the U.S./Mexico border sent a strong message in favor of connection and unification. The project was designed by professors Ronald …
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If there’s anything true crime fans love more than stories about unsolved murders and serial killers, it’s speculating wildly about serial killers and unsolved murders. Playing armchair sleuth has become something of a sport in itself, and entire podcasts are devoted to little more than gossamer theories about who may …
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Every summer, it seems, your mom texts you a link to a news story about some brain-eating amoeba or infectious bacteria found in a swimming hole or water park. This summer, the concern seems to be over the spread of flesh-eating bacteria, or necrotizing fasciitis, a rare bacterial condition that, …
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An Alaskan teenager is accused of masterminding a plot to lure her best friend to the woods and have an accomplice fatally shoot her in the head — all on the instruction of a man she had met on the internet, who claimed he would pay her millions of dollars …
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