Hillary Clinton, a noted fan of mystery novels, is teaming up with award-winning author Louise Penny (The Cruelest Month,The Brutal Telling) on a mystery novel of her own. The book, Stateof Terror, will sound familiar to anyone aware of Clinton’s biography: A “novice” secretary of state, working in the administration …
Read More »'OnlyFans: Selling Sexy': Bella Thorne Invades Site in Clip From Hulu Doc
Bella Thorne’s controversial foray into OnlyFans is the focus of this clip from OnlyFans: Selling Sexy, a new Hulu documentary about the subscription platform where creators sell content directly to their fans. The site, a favorite of the sex work community, reached the mainstream in August 2020 when, amid the …
Read More »Why Are Country Music Wives Pushing Baseless Conspiracy Theories?
On Wednesday night, just a few hours after a mob of Trump supporters, egged on by President Donald Trump, forcibly broke into the U.S. Capitol, Brittany Aldean shared an image of two of the rioters on her Instagram stories. “Antifa disguised as Trump supporters,” the wife of country singer Jason …
Read More »Trump Supporters Are Spreading Lies That the Rioters Were Antifa
Far-right extremists have been pushing the unfounded conspiracy theory that antifa was behind the attempted coup at the Capitol on Wednesday, a claim that has no evidence to support it. In reality, Donald Trump had been urging his followers for weeks to come protest the counting of the electoral college …
Read More »New Podcast Explores How a Mysterious 'Apology' Hotline Consumed Its Creator
Wondery has released a new trailer for The Apology Line, an upcoming podcast about a mysterious confessional hotline that popped up in the Eighties and slowly consumed its creator, Allan Bridge. The show will be available to Wondery Plus subscribers January 12th, before hitting Apple Podcasts on January 19th. A …
Read More »After Weeks of Protests, #EndSARS Has Become a Rallying Cry for a New Nigerian Generation
In the early 1990s, the Nigerian government set up the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The squad was tasked with cracking down on violent crime. But what was once supposed to be a beacon of safety and hope turned into one of the most feared police groups in the world, with …
Read More »Doc Antle, Roadside Zoo Owner Featured in 'Tiger King,' Indicted on Wildlife Trafficking Charges
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, the owner of a “roadside zoo” in South Carolina who was featured in the Netflix docuseries Tiger King, has been indicted on wildlife trafficking, animal cruelty and other charges. The indictment comes after a months-long investigation conducted by the Animal Law Unit of Virginia Attorney General Mark …
Read More »Rusten Sheskey Named as Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation has named the Kenosha police officer currently being investigated in the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake. Rusten Sheskey has been with the Kenosha Police Department for seven years, according to a release. The DCI is heading up the investigation into Sheskey, …
Read More »Reopening Plans for Georgia's Public Universities Are Under Fire from Students and Faculty
Though the coronavirus is still, as President Trump put it last week, a “thing,” universities around the country are opening for the fall semester, albeit with an array of restrictions in place that are intended to tamp down the virus’ spread among students and faculty. But those restrictions seem to …
Read More »Daisy Coleman of 'Audrie and Daisy' Dead by Suicide at 23
Daisy Coleman, the rape survivor who was featured in the 2016 Netflix documentary Audrie and Daisy,was found dead by suicide at the age of 23. Coleman’s mother Melinda posted about the death of her daughter on Facebook, writing that police found her body after she requested a welfare check on …
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