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One of the more controversial things Donald Trump ever said was that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the violent protests that erupted during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. (Nineteen were injured and one was killed that day when a white nationalist named James Fields plowed his Dodge

A lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman argued that the drug kingpin deserves a new trial, primarily based on a report of alleged jury misconduct.  Guzman’s lawyer, Marc Fernich, made his argument before a three-panel judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, October 25th. The appeal had been in the works essentially since

A Georgia man is facing a wire fraud charge for using Covid-19 relief money to allegedly purchase over $55,000 worth of Pokémon cards. Prosecutors in the Southern District of Georgia accused Vinath Oudomsine of lying on an application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), one of a handful of small relief programs overseen by

The director of Rust has spoken out on the moment he witnessed Alec Baldwin fatally shoot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie’s set in New Mexico. Hutchins died during the movie’s production last week after Baldwin fired a prop gun that had been wrongly declared safe for use, while director Joel Souza was hospitalized. In a

Anti-vax protestors descended on Brooklyn’s Barclays Center ahead of Sunday afternoon’s Nets game in support of Kyrie Irving, who is currently unable to play basketball at home games due to the city’s vaccine mandate. Video from outside the arenas shows dozens of protestors waving flags, touting anti-vax signs and chanting “No vaccine mandate, Stand with

The NFT landscape is a wide-open frontier right now, and with any new playing field, there are newbies frantically trying to cash in on a bubbling trend, obvious scammers, and Trojan horses. Enter Aiko, an artificially intelligent “companion” who looks like an anime character and will live on the Internet — or, more specifically, in

A Colorado teen who alleges she was sexually assaulted at a Utah facility for “troubled” youth is suing Phil McGraw and ViacomCBS for negligence, alleging the star of the popular Dr. Phil show and his staff recommended and arranged for her treatment at Turn-About Ranch. Plaintiff Hannah Archuleta, 19, says in her complaint filed this

Millionaire skyscraper scion Robert Durst has been charged with the decades-old murder of his first wife, Kathie Durst, a medical student who went missing in New York in 1982, officials confirmed Friday. “The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office can confirm that a complaint charging Robert Durst with the murder of Kathleen Durst was filed in

A Connecticut man was found guilty of coercing two women and a 17-year-old girl into sex trafficking during the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami, the Department of Justice announced Friday. A federal jury convicted 48-year-old Edward Walker on charges of sex trafficking by force and coercion, sex trafficking of a minor and by force and

Married during the pandemic, Joseph and Emily Ferlazzo were supposed to be celebrating their first wedding anniversary with a scenic Vermont camping trip. The couple left Northfield, New Hampshire, on Friday, October 15th, driving the converted bus that was also their home, which they lived in on Emily’s parents’ property. They traveled a little more

Authorities have used dental records to identify the remains of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the murder of his fiancée Gabby Petito. Laundrie was missing for more than a month before his remains were found in the Carlton Reserve in North Port, Florida, earlier this week, the Tampa FBI announced Thursday. Laundrie was

Simone Biles revealed she’s still suffering from “the twisties” — a disorienting condition that forced the gymnast to withdraw from events during the Tokyo Olympics — in a new interview with the Today show. “I’m still scared to do gymnastics,” Biles admitted. “To do something that I’ve done forever and just not be able to

Authorities in Florida discovered human remains along with personal items belonging to Brian Laundrie — a person of interest in the death of his fiancée Gabby Petito — in a North Port, Florida, park Wednesday, Oct. 20. Michael McPherson, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Tampa Field Office in Florida, confirmed the findings in

Are Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly cosplaying as Bella and Edward from Twilight? This is one of the many questions posed by TikTokers after a now-iconic British GQ cover story came out about the pair, featuring steamy black-and-white photos and such choice quotes as “Even our first kiss, she wouldn’t kiss me. We just put our lips

Katie Couric revealed that she conducted her own external research into the accusations of sexual misconduct against Matt Lauer in a conversation with Today anchor Savannah Guthrie. Lauer, Couric’s co-host of nine years, was fired from the morning show in 2017 after several women accused the anchor of inappropriate sexual behavior. Couric said she tried

Meghan McCain offered up her version of her tumultuous tenure on The View, covering everything from Whoopi Goldberg’s infamous, “Girl, please stop talking” moment to the time Joy Behar made her cry, in a new excerpt from her memoir, Bad Republican (via Variety). McCain joined The View in 2017 and was essentially the show’s lone

The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane after he reportedly submitted a fake Covid-19 vaccination card. Using a fake vaccination card is illegal in the United States and Canada, and it is also violates NHL policy. Kane, who has been suspended without pay for 21 games, won’t be eligible to play until

Alex Murdaugh’s alleged insurance schemes continue to unfold. The prominent South Carolina attorney, charged with hiring a hitman to kill him so his son could claim the insurance money  — and whose wife and son were shot outside his house in an unsolved killing in June — is facing new charges. This time, he’s been

Amid the parade of new trailer reveals during the 2021 DC FanDome, the comic book company announced that a significant change in the iconic Superman motto. The Man of Steel’s “mission statement” “Truth, Justice and the American Way” — which dates back to the early 1940s, when the U.S. was involved in World War II

Truth be told, we are a nation of spectacular liars. We lie to ourselves about our origin, our exceptionality, that our wealth and power stems from that exceptionality rather than from economic systems of exploitation. Lies are embedded in our founding and our growth and probably our eventual doom. Spurred on by Sam Adams, a

Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 17 people during a 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, will plead guilty to all charges, The New York Times reports. Cruz is facing 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Cruz was 19 at the time of the shooting and