Red, white, and blue tents filled with student protesters sit perched outside the Howard University Armour J. Blackburn Center. For almost month, demonstrators have gathered to bring attention to concerns about the health and safety of those living on campus. Complaints about housing insecurity, mold in the residence halls, and …
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I n 2016, newlyweds Marco and Karissa moved to Los Angeles, seeking sunny skies and the chance for a happy life together. The couple had just gone through a miscarriage, and Marco hoped the pleasant climate would help Karissa’s depression. “She was very weather dependent,” he says. “She needed always …
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Married during the pandemic, Joseph and Emily Ferlazzo were supposed to be celebrating their first wedding anniversary with a scenic Vermont camping trip. The couple left Northfield, New Hampshire, on Friday, October 15th, driving the converted bus that was also their home, which they lived in on Emily’s parents’ property. …
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The family of Mona Rodriguez is demanding criminal charges be levied against a school safety officer who fired into a moving car outside a high school in Long Beach, California, shooting the 18-year-old and leaving her brain dead. On Tuesday morning, the family held a press conference in front of …
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On September 8th, Jordana Victor, a 22-year-old criminology student at Carleton University in Canada, uploaded a video of herself on TikTok taking a Church of Scientology personality test. Called the Oxford Capacity Analysis assessment (despite the fact that it has no affiliation whatsoever with Oxford University), the test presents itself …
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After 44 years, a woman known only as Escatawpa Jane Doe has been identified as Clara Birdlong of Leflore County, Mississippi, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday. Investigators believe she was murdered by Samuel Little, the so-called “most prolific serial killer” in U.S. history, who died in 2020. Two …
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Wall Street billionaire Leon Black allegedly pushed a New Jersey model into a “backbend” over a massage table in disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion and raped her in 2002, new court documents claim. The unidentified woman makes her harrowing allegation in a proposed amended complaint filed Monday by lawyers …
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Since Hurricane Ida made landfall this past Sunday, the storm has caused significant damage across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, with six confirmed deaths as of Tuesday night and thousands of other Gulf Coast residents left without a home, clean water, or power. As the fifth strongest hurricane to ever …
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California will now require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test to attend large indoor gatherings of more than 1,000 people, according to a public memo released by state officials on Wednesday. The state previously held these restrictions for large indoor gatherings of 5,000 people or more, but officials …
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Much like the bad guy in a slasher film, author Grady Hendrix had one book idea that just kept coming back. He wanted to take on the horror movie trope of the final girl — the last character standing at the end of the flick — and bring it into …
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