The man who disarmed the Monterey Park shooting suspect after he entered a second dance hall with a gun recalled the harrowing confrontation in a new interview with Good Morning America. Brandon Tsay, 26, was at the Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio, which he helps run with his parents, in …
Read More »Feds Charge Former Kansas Teacher With Leading All-Female ISIS Battalion
A former Kansas schoolteacher has been arrested and charged with leading an all-female ISIS battalion in Syria over the past decade. Allison Fluke-Ekren, a 42-year-old U.S. citizen, was charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, the Department of Justice announced Saturday, …
Read More »'It Was Destroying Someone's Life': One of the West Elm Caleb Women Speaks Out Against TikTok Harassment Campaign
At first, it seemed like harmless fun, a plotline directly lifted from female buddy romcoms likeThe Other Womanor John Tucker Must Die: a group of women discovered, via the power of social media, that they had all been dating the same man. West Elm Caleb, as he soon came to …
Read More »Novak Djokovic Detained As He Faces Possible Deportation From Australia
Things just aren’t looking up for Novak Djokovic — and, if the Australian government has its way, the 34-year-old tennis star could soon be packing his bags and heading home without hitting the clay court at next week’s Australian Open. According to court documents filed by Djokovic’s lawyers, the nine-time …
Read More »Epstein Accuser Questions FBI Account of Her Alleged Abuse in Maxwell Trial Testimony
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell continued on Wednesday in federal court in downtown Manhattan, where the British socialite is facing sex-trafficking charges for allegedly assisting her late associate, Jeffrey Epstein, in abusing underage girls. In today’s testimony, the defense cross-examined the government’s first alleged-victim witness, who, to protect her privacy, …
Read More »Stephen Sondheim's Death: Stars Pay Tribute to Broadway Legend
Following the news of Stephen Sondheim‘s death on Friday, there was an outpouring of tributes and condolences on social media dedicated to the musical theater icon. Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist, died at the age of 91 at his Connecticut home, according toThe New York Times. He penned …
Read More »Lawyer Who Botched Suicide-by-Hitman Charged With Stealing Insurance Money From Housekeepers' Sons
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 …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Assault in L.A. Jane Doe Case
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein entered a new not-guilty plea on Monday to a reinstated charge in his California criminal case, the same day prosecutors filed a motion to introduce uncharged, so-called “prior bad-acts” material at his upcoming trial. The charge, which represents the sole count for one of the five …
Read More »'QAnon Shaman' Pleads Guilty to Charge Related to Capitol Riot
The “QAnon Shaman,” one of the more prominent rioters that stormed the Capitol building on January 6th, pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in the insurrection attempt. Jacob Chansley — or Jake Angeli, as he was known when he was first arrested a day after the riot and …
Read More »TikTok Is Full of Videos of People Promoting Ivermectin, the Horse Deworming Medication Falsely Touted as a Covid Cure
“How y’all doing? I don’t know how y’all been vaccinating, but I’m gonna show y’all how I have been,” says the man in the video. He pulls out a small needle and a syringe, followed by a box with a horse on it. He puts one cc of the medication …
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