This story includes discussions of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, you can get help from the Suicide and Crisis lifeline by calling or texting 988. It’s a relatable feeling. You’re feeling unwell, have multiple symptoms, and you decide to Google what might ail you. Sometimes doom …
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Environmental advocates are celebrating in Laguna Beach — but not with balloons. The hilly seaside city known for stunning ocean views and rolling bluffs is banning the sale and public use of balloons to curtail the risk of devastating wildfires and eliminate a major source of trash floating near the …
Read More »Actor and producer Alec Baldwin is facing a new lawsuit over the shooting on the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021 that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Attorney Gloria Allred announced on Thursday the filing of a new suit against Baldwin and several other parties involved in the production of …
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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board apparently have solved the mystery of why no one was found behind the steering wheel of a Tesla that crashed in Texas two years ago, killing two men. The agency said in an investigative report released Wednesday on the fiery April 17, 2021 …
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A suspect has pleaded guilty to a hate crime charge stemming from the 2021 fatal assault of an Asian man in New York City, authorities announced Thursday. The victim spent more than eight months in a coma before he died. Jarrod Powell, 51, pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court …
Read More »The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit this week against JP Morgan Chase, alleging that the banking giant benefited from Jeffrey Epstein’s illegal sex trafficking enterprise and helped conceal the ongoing exploitation of women and girls at his property on Little St. James. The suit, filed …
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Scott Peterson, who was convicted by a California jury of killing his pregnant wife Laci Peterson in 2002, has been denied a new trial. The 50-year-old Peterson and his legal team argued that a juror in his 2004 murder trial committed misconduct and he deserved a new trial. However, on Tuesday …
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One student was killed in a shooting at a Seattle high school Tuesday morning, police said. A suspect is in custody. Officers responded to shots fired inside Ingraham High School just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said during a briefing. Police found one student with …
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Elon Musk on Sunday tweeted and deleted a link to an article pushing an unfounded conspiracy theory about the attack on Paul Pelosi. The tweet from Musk, who now owns Twitter, raised concerns about the type of content that will be allowed on the social media site under his control. In …
Read More »A former Philadelphia Sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on allegations he sold two semi-automatic pistols to a confidential FBI informant, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. The guns were sold to the informant after they had been used in the fatal shooting of a high school student last month, according to court …
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