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Tupac’s stepbrother files wrongful death suit, cites new turns in 29-year-old murder case
As a trial approaches for the sole suspect charged in the slaying of Tupac Shakur, the rapper’s stepbrother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit stating that for “the first time in nearly 30 years, threads are starting to come together” regarding the various parties involved in the infamous murder. Maurice Shakur, known by his stage
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The Jaw-Dropping True Story Behind Netflix’s Should I Marry a Murderer?
Caroline Muirhead and Alexander “Sandy” McKellar in ‘Should I Marry a Murderer?’ —Courtesy of Netflix Would you ever ask your partner, “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” Such is the starting point for not one but two new projects out this month. The first was A24’s buzzy marital dramedy The Drama. The second is
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When Robots Have Their ChatGPT Moment, Remember These Pincers
A robot’s claw hurtles toward a light bulb on a table. I wince, waiting for the crunch. But suddenly the claw decelerates. It starts gingerly pawing around the table, as if searching for its glasses on the nightstand. It gently positions the bulb between its two pincers. The bulb rolls away. The claw goes chasing
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John Seymour, Anaheim mayor and U.S. senator, dies at 88
John Seymour was the rare politician who didn’t mind harming his career if it meant doing right by his constituents. As the newly elected mayor of Anaheim in 1978, he angered the city’s Police Department by suggesting the creation of a citizens oversight commission after residents complained that officers regularly harassed and beat them. The
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What haunts America’s animal shelter workers
For nearly a decade, Lauren served as the animal control manager for a county in North Georgia. It was a round-the-clock, always-on kind of job, in which she and her employees responded to animal cruelty and neglect cases, dog attacks, and animal escapes. Saving animals was, and still is, Lauren’s passion in life. But some
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Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted Over Alleged Trump Threat
Former FBI Director James Comey appears as a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on May 20, 2025. —Scott Kowalchyk—CBS/Getty Images The Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey over a 2025 social media post of seashells that allegedly threatened President Donald Trump. The new charges include “knowingly and wilfully” making
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Sicko pleads guilty to paying for sexual torture videos involving monkeys for online group: ‘Sick person’
A woman from Illinois is pleading guilty after paying thousands of dollars to have others make so-called “animal crush videos,” which included depictions of adult and baby monkeys being mutilated and tortured for users in a deranged online chat group. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent out a press release Monday indicating Amanda Leigh Fourez, a US citizen
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If AI Can Model Cells, Science Can Deliver Cures
—Pobytov—Getty Images My journey into medicine started when I lost my grandpa to cancer. I remember him dropping me off at my sixth-grade classroom in the morning, and by the time I got home, he was gone. I bought an oncology textbook not long after that. Science had always been my favorite subject, and I
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The Justice Department Has Destroyed Its Voting Rights Section
When a new administration moves to Washington, DC, there are always changes in policy priorities and personnel. Alex, a lawyer in the Department of Justice’s Voting Section, had survived Donald Trump’s first term, and thought he could make it through the second. Within hours of the president’s inauguration, he knew he had misjudged the situation.
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Melania’s repulsive zinger outdoes even her odious husband
The first lady’s war on “corrosive” rhetoric has a massive blind spot — it’s her husband, the king of corrosiveness. On Monday, Melania Trump took to X to demand that ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel because he told a joke about her having the “glow of an expectant widow.” His words, she fumed, were “corrosive.” He