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On Tuesday, February 5th, Pope Francis offered his first public comments on what the Associated Press called a “global and pervasive” scandal that has quietly plagued the Roman Catholic Church for decades — the sexual abuse of nuns by bishops and priests. Last year, the Vatican refused to comment on …

Update April 8, 3:38 p.m.Gadsby has announced a new four-week limited engagement run of Douglas in New York, July 23rd to August 17th at the Daryl Roth Theater. Tickets go on sale Sunday, April 14th at 10:00 a.m. Hannah Gadsby will follow her 2018 breakout Netflix stand-up special, Nanette, with …

Jussie Smollett issued a statement Friday, the Empire actor’s first public comments since he was the attack victim in a possible hate crime earlier this week in Chicago. “Let me start by saying that I’m OK,” Smollett said in a statement to Essence. “My body is strong but my soul …

Customs and Border Protection agents discovered 254 pounds of fentanyl in a truck this weekend, NBC reports. It was the largest seizure of the synthetic opioid, which has caused countless overdose deaths, in U.S. history. The bust took place Saturday when a tractor-trailer was stopped trying to enter the U.S. …

The wife of Joquín “El Chapo” Guzmán played a key role in successful plot to break the accused drug lord out of a maximum-security prison in 2015, according to a former high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. Emma Coronel Aispuro, Guzmán’s American-born wife who is more than 30 years his …

The sun reflects brilliantly off the waves of the Pacific, throwing shadows on the charred hills where tufts of green were just starting to emerge from blackened soil. “There’s no place like home” plays on the radio. The last embers from the Woolsey fire — the destructive wildfire that burned …

Rob Waltman tried to tell his partner, Peter Dovak, he looked fine. He didn’t need to look any different. He especially didn’t need to inject himself with silicone to look bigger. “Peter had the worst body dysmorphia out of anyone I ever knew,” Waltman tells Rolling Stone. “For years it …

The mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts was first in line to legally purchase marijuana at one of the town’s new dispensaries, CBS reports “I think there’s a lot going on here in trying to bring marijuana out of the shadows,” Mayor David Narkewicz said. Massachusetts voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, …

Judge Brian M. Cogan had what he called an “open rebellion” on his hands Wednesday morning when, after announcing the selection of a jury in the trial of Joaquin Archivaldo “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, one juror broke down crying, begging to be taken off the jury. The woman told Cogan …

Kim Kardashian, Meek Mill andThe Sentencedirector Rudy Valdezwill be among the speakers at the upcoming Criminal Justice Reform Summit co-hosted by Rolling Stone and Variety. The event, featuring a keynote address and conversation with activist Van Jones, will take place November 14th at Los Angeles’ Jeremy Hotel. The summit aims …