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The California mom accused of encouraging sex abuse at booze-fueled parties she arranged for young teens has long been known as a “liar” who leaves a trail of destruction in her wake wherever she goes, a source close to the family told The Daily Beast.

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Every human brain is made up of seemingly countless connections that come together as a type of biological map of the mind. Scientists call this map the “connectome.” Enrico Amico, a neuroscientist with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Switzerland, told The Daily Beast he likens it to a fingerprint, because no two connectomes are alike.

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On a morning in early 2019, with spring in the air, traffic was stalled on both Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue by half a dozen police cars idling near the Frick Museum and, across the street, the mansion home of Jeffrey Epstein.

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A 25-year veteran of the Capitol Police Department faces charges for allegedly encouraging a Jan. 6 rioter to cover his tracks on social media after the insurrection.

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Comedian Hannah Gadsby is not happy that Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is citing her stand-up specials as evidence that the platform does not have a Dave Chappelle problem.

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I’m a highly sensitive person. One of the tell-tale markers of a highly sensitive person, especially in childhood, is that they’re “weird about their socks.” I usually went without socks as a kid, choosing Keds or slip ons and letting my stinky feet sweat freely into my canvas shoes.

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Antonio Salvatore is a whirlwind. Now in his early thirties, he has already cooked at Michelin starred El Chaflán in Madrid, worked in London and the Canary Islands, and been the private chef for the Vatican’s Ambassador to Russia—that trumps whatever surreal career stop you’ve had, right?

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Already under a microscope after the brutal June murder of his wife and son, South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh made national headlines over Labor Day weekend after making an emergency call to authorities to claim an unknown truck driver shot him in the head while he was fixing his car on a remote backcountry road.

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Five years ago, the British member of parliament Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death while doing her job. On Friday, it happened again.

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ROME—At least one thing you could always count on when flying Alitalia was that they’d never try to pawn off sticky pasta as an actual meal—even back in economy. The coffee was always good, the flight attendants always stylish and the queue to board always proved that Italians simply don't do well with standing in line. But it was also a symbol of all that is wrong with Italy, the complacency with ineptitude, the labyrinth of labor laws that keep businesses alive on life support long after the plug should be pulled... Читать дальше...

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This October, as Americans mark another Breast Cancer Awareness month, many organizations and advocates are looking for ways to support the cause. But there’s one group donors may want to avoid: The American Breast Cancer Coalition.

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“I am thrilled. I am literally over the moon—well, not literally, but virtually,” exclaimed LeVar Burton, about his latest achievement, post-Jeopardy!: The Rose Parade in Pasadena last week named Burton its 2022 grand marshal. And he spoke about it on a day two of his fellow Star Trek stars also reached new heights, one quite literally: “The Shat went to space and came back safe. It’s a good day!”

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Christenings are the most simple, joyous of ceremonies. Funerals aren’t (usually) much fun and weddings, as the royals know only too well, often come with a substantial side-serving of emotional disturbance.

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When Chad Bianco—the outspoken Sheriff of Riverside County who has drawn criticism for his ties to a far-right militia group and his opposition to public-health rules—was first elected in 2018, he was unknown but seemed like an improvement from the previous sheriff.

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The Democratic Party has been tearing itself to pieces debating whether its latest reconciliation bill should spend $3.5 trillion or $2 trillion or even $1.5 trillion. Less noticed, but perhaps more important, has been the quiet death of the progressives’ bold “tax the rich” utopia.

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Three boys who loved the faux violence of one of the internet’s most popular battle royale shooting games were lured away from their families by a criminal network promising them glory and riches if they traded the make-believe for Mexico’s real-life world of violence.

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Two of the big telecom companies are hitting pause on new texting rules that campaigns and advocacy groups say could cut off their most effective communications channel to reach voters, provide accurate voting information, and carry out public advocacy campaigns following pressure from Congress.

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In 2019, President Donald Trump was already planning to end his second term in office with a mighty blast that would secure his place in history. He would get Americans back on the moon in 2024—four years sooner than NASA planned.

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In February 2020, about three weeks before New York City locked down, Jo Firestone decided to start teaching stand-up comedy to senior citizens. What at first seemed like terrible timing ended up being a blessing in disguise. Now, Firestone and her elderly students are the subject of the new documentary special Good Timing, which premieres Friday, Oct. 15 on Peacock.

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The annual National Police Week honoring fallen officers is normally held in May, but this year’s observance was moved to Oct. 14-16 due to the pandemic.

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What the fuck is wrong with Kyrsten Sinema?

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My Italian grandmother, who grew up in the Emilia-Romagna region, used to cut pasta with a razor blade every weekend. I usually paid a call on Sunday dinner and was always hungry. Once, as a teen, I grew impatient and said, “When is this going to be ready?” She looked at me with her big, green eyes and said, “Don’t try to rush me. Making food, and making love: they’re not on the clock, these two things.” I scoffed, and she said, “You’ll understand one day... Читать дальше...

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The Brooklyn Nets announced that star shooting guard Kyrie Irving would not join the team this season—which starts on October 18th—until he’s able to be “a full participant.” That means no practices, no games, and of course missing at least half of his game checks, amounting to millions of dollars in losses.

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Two and a half years ago, The Lehman Trilogy played in New York City’s cavernous Park Avenue Armory—and from where this critic was sitting it was lost, airless, and pretty unintelligible. Somewhere, over on my left, a stage consisting of a fancy glass cube fashioned into a variously partitioned office revolved in jerky fashion, as the story of the evolution of the famous banking family unfolded. Necks were craned, hopes the stage would draw closer were dashed. And this went on for over three and a half hours. Читать дальше...

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