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A Texas woman testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the subject of the harm of abortion bans tore into her senators on Wednesday, saying she nearly died as “a direct result” of the policies Ted Cruz and John Cornyn support.

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David Ehrlich, the former manager of rising pop artist—and one-time American Idol contestant—Lauren Spencer-Smith, is suing UMG Recordings, Island Records, and Republic Records for $45 million, citing libel, slander, and tortious interference with contract.

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A supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy launched a powerful jet of matter away from it—and astronomers caught it on camera.

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The 79-year-old former journalist E. Jean Carroll took the stand on Wednesday to describe how Donald Trump, in her own words, raped her at a department store nearly three decades ago.

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A Lamborghini-owning, tank-driving gun dealer accused of having multiple bombs at his palatial Arkansas home allegedly lied about being a Pentagon official, boasted about doing business with Pakistan’s intelligence services, and was mysteriously barred from entering Turkey last year.

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We’re about to string together a bunch of strange sentences together, so take a deep breath and start reading slowly.

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In Baby J, John Mulaney’s excellent new stand-up special (now on Netflix), he ends his 80-minute set with perhaps his biggest self-own. This comes after a hilarious (and harrowing) recounting of his rock bottom: A life-threatening coke habit that resulted in a trip to rehab in December 2020. In typical Mulaney fashion, he spins this story with a sense of humor that softens the blow of the relentless darkness.

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The lead singer of an iconic Motown music group has accused a Detroit-area hospital for racial discrimination after he revealed his celebrity status to employees—and they responded by putting him in a straitjacket.

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After a years-long political feud between Ron DeSantis and Walt Disney Co., the Mouse is taking the Florida governor to court.

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Doomsday mom Lori Vallow’s 7-year-old son was allegedly strangled to death by a plastic bag over his head and duct tape over his mouth, an Idaho forensic pathologist said Wednesday.

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Neurodegenerative conditions like dementia impact tens of millions of people worldwide every year. While there’s still a lot we don’t understand about diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s, we do know that the issues largely seem to stem from misfolded proteins—or, rather, our body’s inability to clear them out of our brains.

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Geraldo Rivera said on Wednesday that Tucker Carlson’s “perverse” conspiracies about the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection were “bullshit,” kicking some dirt on his ex-colleague’s proverbial grave following the primetime star’s ouster from Fox News.

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From COVID and the 2020 election to ChatGPT and Twitter’s downfall, the world has been doing Black Mirror better than Black Mirror does Black Mirror lately. It’s been almost four years since Netflix released a new season of the dystopian anthology series, and finally, the show is returning for a sixth season in June. Is it about to stoop to new levels of low, considering the dark themes we’ve witnessed in the past few years in this society?

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We are a country in need of healing. We are a country in need of unity. We are a country in need of Che Diaz.

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Canadian socialite Jasmine Hartin pleaded guilty to manslaughter by negligence on Tuesday, nearly three years after accidentally shooting a Belize police superintendent in the head with his own gun. The plea, submitted just before a trial was slated to begin, ends a lengthy saga that had captivated the Central American nation.

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Charges against a homeless man accused of viciously assaulting San Francisco’s former fire commissioner could be dropped after major new allegations emerged, according to reports.

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Netflix is welcoming in May with several celebrations. Bridgerton has always felt like a springtime show, thanks to those gorgeous lilacs around the Ton, so it’s fitting that the show will return next month. Further, the streamer has something to offer for Mother’s Day and anyone swooning over a potential summer fling.

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Who amongst us hasn’t had a dream in which Gina Gershon is wearing leather devil horns and cooking cacio e pepe?

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On Sunday night, police carried out a wellness check at the home of a revered neurosurgeon who had failed to show up at a family party. In the attic of the property belonging to Dr. Devon Hoover in Detroit’s historic Boston-Edison District, officers found a scene of horror.

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If it’s any consolation, even Carol Burnett gets emotional when she hears “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together.”

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With the Motion Picture Association making it harder to see sex on the big screen over the years, TV has had to pick up film’s mantle. In the 1990s, HBO led the way with sex scenes that would blow the minds of viewers who stuck to normal cable. With the advent of unregulated, uncensored streaming platforms, now we can binge-watch sexy shows on the regular.

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A newly repaired bridge in western Pennsylvania. Brand-new permanent homes for unhoused people near Austin, Texas. Almost half a billion dollars for expanding high-speed internet access in California. A renewed $77 million K-12 summer program in Reno, Nevada. A million dollars in affordable housing in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

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In almost 70 years, our understanding of how Parkinson’s disease wreaks havoc on the nervous system has grown tremendously. Advances in genetic sequencing, for instance, have revealed that up to 15 percent of all cases of Parkinson’s can be attributed to inherited mutations in a person’s DNA. But large gaps in our understanding remain, including what causes the majority of cases and how to definitively test for the disease.

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The Broadway play Leopoldstadt begins with joy. It is 1899, and a wealthy Jewish family living in Vienna is gathering for Christmas. They are drinking, teasing each other, and chasing after kids. The men are debating Zionism, Jewish identity, and culture. One daughter gossips with her aunt about a crush. A son starts talking about his dreams for the future.