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D4vd Bought Chainsaws and Body Bag on Amazon After Murder, Prosecutors Say, in the Most Grisly Case of Internet Brain Rot We’ve Ever Heard
In September, the remains of 14-year-old California native Celeste Hernandez were discovered inside the front trunk of an impounded Tesla — a grisly finding that attracted national headlines when the vehicle was found to be registered to buzzy alternative musician David “D4vd” Burke. After a lengthy investigation, Burke was arrested earlier this month and charged
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‘Chonkers,’ the massive sea lion, is drawing crowds at San Francisco pier
A particularly massive sea lion has Bay Area tourists and residents flocking to Pier 39 in San Francisco to spot the mammal affectionately named “Chonkers.” “Chonkers” is a Steller sea lion, which is a heftier variety of the species, compared to his California sea lion counterparts. The animal first showed up at Pier 39 about
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Lucas Museum unveils inaugural exhibitions curated by George Lucas himself
It will be more than a “Star Wars” bonanza when the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public Sept. 22. The highly anticipated $1-billion museum on Thursday announced about 20 inaugural exhibitions curated by George Lucas across more than 30 galleries — and only one is related to cinema, with a focus on
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2026 Emmys: Jesse Collins Returns as Producer for 4th Consecutive Year
Jesse Collins is back again with the Television Academy, producing the 78th Emmy Awards for the institution. NBCUniversal and the Television Academy announced Thursday that Jesse Collins Entertainment would return to the biggest night in television, producing the awards show for the fourth consecutive year. Partners Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay will return alongside Collins
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Married Santa impersonator, 68, busted in Florida child predator sting
This Santa is on the very, very naughty list. A married Santa Claus impersonator who sat “thousands and thousands of children” on his lap over the years has been nabbed in an undercover child sex sting Thomas Allen Hicks, 68, a white-bearded professional Santa and preacher of 40 years, allegedly responded to an online ad
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills Ends Senate Bid, Clearing the Way For Graham Platner
Graham Platner and Gov. Janet Mills of Maine. —Graham Platner for Senate; Scott Eisen—Getty Images Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate Thursday, all but ensuring progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November. The announcement marks a stunning denouement for the two-term governor and former attorney
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David Allan Coe, controversial ‘outlaw country’ pioneer, dies at 86
David Allan Coe, a controversial figure who helped pioneer the 20th century “outlaw country” musical subgenre, penning hits including “Take This Job and Shove It” and “Would you Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone),” has died. Coe died Wednesday night, his representative David Wade confirmed to The Times. He was 86. No other
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Judge ‘clearly annoyed’ at Trump DOJ over ‘unprecedented’ move in would-be shooter hearing
U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya was reportedly “clearly annoyed” after President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice prosecutors tried an “unprecedented” move at a detention hearing for the alleged White House Correspondents’ Association dinner gunman. During Thursday’s hearing, attorneys for Cole Allen conceded that their client would be detained without bail. However, prosecutors demanded the
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Why Meryl Streep initially refused ‘Devil Wears Prada’ role
She knows her worth. Meryl Streep revealed that she initially refused to star as Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada.” “I knew it was going to be a hit,” she told host Jenna Bush Hager on Wednesday’s “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle” of the 2006 cult classic. “I read the script — the script
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What Can We Learn from America’s Centennial?
Nearly 10 million people attended the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. —RockingStock—Getty Images As we get ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding—in an America stressed by authoritarian overreach, economic anxiety, and partisan trench warfare—we might look back for a lesson or two to 1876, when the United States threw