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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
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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
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A 47-year-old woman who allegedly hosted alcohol-fueled parties for her teenage son and his friends — gatherings where incidents of sexual abuse reportedly occurred — faces 39 criminal counts, including felony charges of child abuse and sexual assault. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges Monday against Shannon O’Connor, a former Los
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Addison Rae, the influencer and aspiring movie star largely responsible for the mainstreaming of TikTok, was temporarily booted from the platform on Thursday night, according to a tweet she posted on her account. “Well time to get a job,” the 21-year-old influencer, who has 85 million followers, tweeted, accompanied by a screengrab of a notification
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Robert Durst, the eccentric outcast of a powerful New York real-estate dynasty, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole Thursday for the execution-style murder of his best friend Susan Berman more than two decades ago. “There is sufficient evidence, indeed overwhelming evidence, of guilt,” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham said
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For decades, Victoria’s Secret was a mall lingerie giant. In recent years, however, the brand has fallen from grace as executives faced allegations of harassment, bullying, fat-shaming, and promoting a company culture of misogyny. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, between 2015 and 2020, the company’s sales dropped by more than $2 billion. Beyond that, the former owner
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Gymnastic champions Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman joined forces to pressure Congress to terminate the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s board of directors after it allegedly failed to protect them from longtime team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, as The Wall Street Journal reports. Nassar abused an estimated 300 young athletes
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Jon Gruden has resigned as Las Vegas Raiders head coach following reports that he used racist, homophobic and misogynistic language in emails, as NFL Network reports. The news comes following damning reports from The Wall Street Journal on Friday and the New York Times on Monday. “I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I love the
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After the Biden administration announced last month that all federal employees must be vaccinated, most major airlines (which are technically government contractors) have followed suit, requiring their workers to get vaccinated as well. As a result, there’s been an emerging sub-genre of disgruntled airline employees coming forward on social media to complain about being subject
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“Maybe people should stay and fight and take back the schools, which belong to us. They’re ours.” So said Tucker Carlson to millions of viewers on Tuesday night. It was the latest installment of the Fox News host’s months-long crusade against school mask mandates, one that has included multiple calls for concerned Americans to take
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Kyrie Irving is living in the shadows of vaccine denial. The Brooklyn Nets superstar has also vanished from the opening of his team’s run at the NBA championship, apparently because he refuses to comply with a New York City law requiring proof of vaccination against Covid-19 at indoor sporting events, players included. He is banned
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