Ali Abulaban may be in jail facing murder charges, but his social media presence remains unshaken. On Monday, a judge ordered the TikTok personality to stand trial for the murder of his wife and another person. Abulaban faces two counts of first-degree murder for the October 2021 shooting deaths of …
Read More »'A Huge Scam': Fans Who Bought Tekashi 6ix9ine-Backed NFTs Are Pissed
Saliva is dripping out of the corners of a serpentine-tongued man’s mouth, which hangs open in a toothy smile. His eyes lack proper pupils; instead, rainbow dollar signs glow in their place as his fingers wrap around the handle of a bloody chainsaw. It sounds ridiculous — but, for some, …
Read More »O.J. Simpson's Parole Ends Early: He's 'a Completely Free Man'
O.J. Simpson is “a completely free man,” according to his lawyer in Las Vegas. The former football star and actor who was acquitted for murder in California and convicted in Las Vegas for armed robbery was granted early parole. The Division of Parole and Probation submitted an early discharge request …
Read More »Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year Shows Just How Much of a Bummer 2021 Was
Dictionary giant Merriam-Webster released its Word of the Year contenders, with “vaccine” taking the top spot, followed by words like “woke,” “insurrection,” and “cicada.” Merriam-Webster chooses its Word of the Year based on lookup volume on its website, and Editor at Large Peter Sokolowski said searches for “vaccine” increased by …
Read More »NFL Fines Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers for Covid-19 Protocol Violations
The National Football League has fined the Green Bay Packers and their quarterback Aaron Rodgers for violating Covid-19 protocols, CNBC reports. On Tuesday, the NFL announced it would fine the Packers $300,000. Rodgers was fined $14,650 for going to a party unvaccinated. Rodgers was caught on video unmasked at a …
Read More »'Rust' Director Recounts Fatal Shooting of Halyna Hutchins
The director of Rust has spoken out on the moment he witnessed Alec Baldwin fatally shoot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie’s set in New Mexico. Hutchinsdied during the movie’s production last week after Baldwin fired a prop gun that had been wrongly declared safe for use, while director Joel …
Read More »Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Plan Is Approved, Allowing the Sackler Family to Escape Legal Accountability for the Opioid Crisis
A major push to hold the Sackler family legally accountable for their role in the opioid crisis essentially ended today when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruled that the family’s company, Purdue Pharma, creators of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, would be dissolved and the family owners would pay $4.5 billion to …
Read More »Connecticut Is on the Verge of Legalizing Marijuana
Connecticut is primed to become the 18th state to legalize cannabis for recreational use. The state’s House of Representatives passed legislation to do so on Wednesday night, and with the Senate approving the latest version of the bill on Thursday, the only thing still needed to make it official is …
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell Faces Sex Trafficking Charges
UPDATE (4/23): Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded not guilty to the additional charges of sex trafficking in the federal case against her Friday, which also marked the British socialite’s first in-court appearance since her July 2020 arrest, Reuters reports. – Federal prosecutors on Monday expanded their case against Ghislaine Maxwell, former associate …
Read More »Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright Charged With Manslaughter
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright was charged with second-degree manslaughter, Wednesday April 14th. According to a statement from the office of Washington County Attorney, Pete Orput, Potter was taken into custody by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Wednesday. A …
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