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Mollie Tibbetts’ accused killer took the stand on his own behalf Wednesday, sharing a dramatic story with jurors about how he was kidnapped by two armed, masked men and ordered to track down the University of Iowa student before one of them murdered her.

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Last week, Sofia Franklyn decided to dedicate the latest episode of her podcast “Sofia with an F” to the topic of toxic relationships. Instead of opening the show with stories from her troubled past romantic pursuits or even the disastrous and nearly litigious fallout of her friendship with her former “Call Her Daddy” podcast co-host Alex Cooper, Franklyn surprisingly chose to address a childhood friend.

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The queen gave Prince Harry permission to make his documentary series on mental health with Oprah Winfrey, believing it would focus on military veterans, it was claimed today, and is reported to have been aghast when Harry used the five part Apple TV+ show to slam his father and the monarchy.

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Scouting Report: Despite the price tag, this easy breezy tee has features that make it feel like it’s really a pack of three tees stuffed into one.

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In the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s mass shooting at a San Jose rail yard that left at least five dead, Fox News turned to former New York Police Department detective Pat Brosnan to give his expert analysis on the developing situation. And, oh, did he ever deliver.

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The long-delayed 74th annual Tony Awards, for shows and performances from the 2019/2020 Broadway season cut short by COVID, will take place on September 26, reconceived as a general celebration of the official reopening of Broadway earlier that month.

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For nearly four decades, the disappearance of 35-year-old Linda Seymour, who disappeared without a trace just before Christmas, has stumped Illinois investigators.

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It’s apparently cool to not like Friends. Maybe that’s always been true.

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Scouting Report: The Curve Love High Rise Mom Short from Abercrombie are the grown-up denim cutoffs you’ve been waiting for. The longer inseam is flattering and slightly conservative, but that doesn’t mean they’re frumpy.

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The first vaccine is always the hardest.

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Multiple people are dead after a gunman opened fire early Wednesday at a light rail yard in San Jose, California, officials said.

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Scouting Report: Not only is this bug repelling device ingenious, it’s the most beautiful one I’ve ever come across, too.

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The ex-wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund who was dramatically hauled off an international flight at JFK airport accused of sexually assaulting a maid at a Manhattan hotel in May 2011, has finally broken her silence.

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It normally takes decades for the full behind-the-scenes story of how a government messed up its response to a once-in-a-generation crisis to be shared with the public. This time, thanks to Boris Johnson’s former top adviser, all it took was a few short but devastating hours.

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The owner, manager and service director of a northern Italian cable company are facing manslaughter charges after allegedly admitting that they deactivated the emergency brake system on a cable car that plummeted to the ground Sunday morning.

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What was the first good wine you ever drank? “The first great wine I drank was a Napa Valley Cabernet. I don’t remember the winery, but I remember the occasion. My friend Dikembe Mutombo and I used to go to dinner together when we were on the road with the Rockets. Dikembe always wanted steak. We shared a bottle of Napa Cabernet and I enjoyed it very much.”

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June typically means celebration in the LGBTQ community. From Pride marches to weddings, and the marking of milestones like the end of DOMA, marriage equality, and the Stonewall Riots, it is usually a rousing month.

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The Republican Party remains as dedicated to owning the libs as they were during the Trump administration, but President Joe Biden still seems to think that passage of a massive, bipartisan infrastructure deal is right around the corner.

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Calla Walsh still has Ed Markey’s victory speech pinned to her bedroom wall. The 16-year-old from Massachusetts went all-in on the septuagenarian senator’s ultra-progressive campaign in 2020, devoting countless hours toward organizing for his primary victory against Joe Kennedy III.

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A tough-talking anti-human-trafficking organization with ties to former President Donald Trump relied on a tip from a psychic for at least one of its failed “raids” in Haiti, according to reporters who have tracked the group.

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A few months before she vanished from the small town of Buchanan Dam, Texas, Holly Simmons confided to a friend that she was desperate to get away from her landlord.

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Viewers could be excused for thinking Robert De Niro was just being a good fella in an ad promoting safe buildings amid the COVID pandemic, along with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and Michael B. Jordan.

They would be wrong.

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Republicans didn’t just lose the House, the Senate and the presidency—they lost what was left of their damn minds.