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Former New York mayoral candidate and radio host Curtis Sliwa owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid child support, according to a new lawsuit filed Saturday.

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The father of a woman who died after falling 27-stories down a trash chute at a luxury New York apartment now says she was murdered by her husband and an unidentified hit-man.

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Jurors in the trial of doomsday mom Lori Vallow this week heard the atrocious details of how two of her children were murdered and buried in her apocalypse-obsessed new husband’s Idaho backyard.

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Congressman Shri Thanedar is desperate to go viral.

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Bill Maher conducted a chummy interview on Real Time Friday with “likable guy” Elon Musk, with the two bonding over what they deemed to be threats to free speech and what Musk has long derided as the “woke mind virus.”

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The prominent feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon in 2020 published a law review article making an argument that has become depressingly common—that the First Amendment has been transformed over the last century from “a shield of the powerless to a sword of the powerful,” including “authoritarians, racists and misogynists, Nazis and Klansmen.”MacKinnon is by no means alone.

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The Carnegie Library of Reims is an undeniable, art deco dream. But it’s also incredibly easy to miss. Located right across the square from the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims, the building is literally dwarfed by its ostentatious neighbor, a UNESCO World Heritage site that traditionally served as the location for the coronation of French Kings. During World War One, the church was also notable as a safe haven, with a big Red Cross Flag marking the structure off-limits as a military target. Читать дальше...

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A brochure for the Wasatch Peaks Ranch pitches it as the perfect getaway: a pristine, snow-covered ski resort 35 minutes from Salt Lake City, with more than 5,000 acres of barely-touched powder and 24 continuous peaks—the kind of place where anyone with a passion for skiing and $500,000 to spare for a membership would die to get away for a weekend.

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The race is on to land human explorers on Mars, possibly as early as the 2030s. NASA, the European Space Agency and the China National Space Administration all have plans, however vague, to put people on the Red Planet.

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Until he was indicted last week on nine fraud and corruption charges, Vinny Palermo was vice president of the Omaha City Council, the man who took charge whenever the mayor and the council president were out of town.

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When two nepo babies get married in Europe, we should all be paying attention, apparently.

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Conservative media pundit Steven Crowder took to Twitter late Friday to apparently vow retaliation for the release of footage purportedly showing him verbally abusing his now ex-wife.

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A person of interest was taken into custody Friday in connection to the brutal execution of a Detroit neurosurgeon last weekend, but questions still remain about who killed the beloved doctor.

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Just days before Limp Bizkit, Rick Ross, and Papa Roach were set to take the stage, one of New Jersey’s most iconic music festivals imploded in spectacular fashion on Friday after its organizer was accused of hoodwinking and cyberbullying fed-up fans.