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Hunter’s Women: The Three Exes Tangled Up in Biden’s Trial

One is a church-going non-profit executive. One is a dancer at a strip club. One was a school counselor married to Hunter Biden’s brother, Beau. But...

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Hallie Biden Testifies: I Had to Google Crack When I Started Dating Hunter

The widow of Beau Biden took the stand in her brother-in-law Hunter Biden’s federal trial on Wednesday, detailing her whirlwind romance with Hunter...

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Grisly New Details Revealed on Accused Serial Killer’s 2 More Victims

Rex Heuermann, the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, has been charged in the deaths of two more women—including one whose murder was not...

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Georgia Court of Appeals Pauses Racketeering Case Against Trump

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Hunter Biden's Ex-Wife Takes the Stand in Federal Gun Trial

Hunter Biden’s ex-wife took the stand on Wednesday in his federal gun trial, where she is expected to testify as a prosecution witness about his...

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‘Central Park Five’ Prosecutor Settles Netflix Defamation Lawsuit

Just days before Linda Fairstein’s defamation lawsuit against Netflix was set to go to trial in Manhattan federal court, the prosecutor of the...

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Hunter Biden’s Wife Goes Off at ‘Nazi Piece of Sh*t’ Outside Courtroom

For the first time in American history, the son of a sitting president is facing criminal charges for allegedly illegally owning a firearm. But the...

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Trump Is a Convicted Criminal—and Bars Are Cashing In

Former President Donald Trump is now officially a convicted criminal. So for bars in Washington D.C. and New York City, it’s time to drink—at a...

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Stormy Daniels Was ‘Emotional’ After Trump Conviction, Lawyer Says

Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the center of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case, was “pretty emotional” when she learned the former...

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Doomsday Author Chad Daybell Convicted of Triple Murder

After five years and an investigation that spurred a wild true-crime saga, Idaho Doomsday author Chad Daybell had been convicted of killing his first...

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Dog Beds, Gifts, and Brunch: Inside the Ethics Investigation into Murdaugh Court Clerk

A court clerk once accused of tampering with the South Carolina jury that convicted Alex Murdaugh is now facing over six dozen ethics violations after...

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New Harvey Weinstein Accusers May Testify in Retrial, Prosecutors Say

Ahead of Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial this fall, Manhattan prosecutors say they may issue a new indictment against the disgraced movie prosecutor...

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Justice Samuel Alito Throws His Wife Under the Bus for 2nd Flag Incident

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has spoken out at length about two Jan. 6-related flags flown at his Virginia and New Jersey homes—and has...

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Doctor Reveals Shocking Injuries Sustained by Karen Read’s Boyfriend

After he was found unconscious on a snow-covered front lawn in late January 2022, Boston police officer John O’Keefe arrived at a local hospital...

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Identity Thief Claims He’s Behind the Threat to Sell Graceland

An alleged dark web ringleader and identity thief is claiming to be behind the mysterious attempted foreclosure auction of Elvis Presley’s...

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Spa, Sushi, Posh Digs: The Bougiest Way to Climb Everest

It’s that time again: Mount Everest season. For two months starting in March, thousands of ambitious voyagers are set to travel more than 16,000...

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Witness Undercuts Doomsday Dad Chad Daybell’s Story of Wife’s Death

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‘This Means War’: Utah Mom Accused of Poisoning Hubby Speaks Out

The Utah mom accused of poisoning her husband and later writing a children’s book about grief has spoken out for the first time since her 2022...

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Karen Read’s Lawyer Goes Scorched Earth on Key Witness

Karen Read’s defense lawyers went scorched earth on a key prosecution witness on Tuesday, grilling her for hours about the 2022 evening that ended...

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Chad Daybell Introduced Family to Lori Vallow a Day After Wife’s Funeral, Son-In-Law Says

The day after Chad Daybell held a rushed 2019 funeral for his wife of nearly 30 years, the Doomsday author introduced his grieving family to his...

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Doomsday Dad Chad Daybell’s Kids Take Stand in Murder Trial

The night before Tammy Daybell was found dead in her Idaho bedroom in October 2019, the doomsday novelist’s wife told her son that all she wanted...

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This Accused Murderer Has Superfans Bankrolling Her Defense

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Coroner: Boeing Whistleblower’s Death Was a Suicide

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Chad Daybell Smiles as FBI Reveals Lori Daybell’s Name for His Penis

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Farmer Boss on Noem’s Puppy-Killing Excuse: That’s Cow Dung!

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Stormy’s Testimony: Old Spice, Silk Jammies, and No Condom

Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the center of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial, spent five hours on the witness stand on Tuesday, detailing her...

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Weinstein Sent to Rikers After Backlash to ‘Cushy’ Hospital Digs

Notoriously noxious Hollywood has-been Harvey Weinstein was transferred from a hospital prison unit to notoriously noxious Rikers Island—but his...

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This Viral ‘Song of the Summer’ Was a TikTok Joke No One Got

If you’ve scrolled through TikTok in the last week, the voice of Megan Boni singing about a tall, blue-eyed finance bro is likely living rent-free...

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Nathan Wade Speaks Out About Workplace Romance With Fani Willis

Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County special prosecutor in Trump’s election interference case, has spoken out for the first time since his affair...

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Perjury Claim Is New Twist in Karen Read Murder Trial

The case against Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly running over her cop boyfriend and leaving him for dead in a blizzard, took...

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Doomsday Dad Chad Daybell’s Family Describes His Alarming Religious Spiral

Family members of Chad Daybell—who’s accused of killing three people before fleeing with his new wife to Hawaii—took the stand on Thursday,...

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First Responders Recall Karen Read’s Freakout Near Boyfriend’s Body

Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe was wearing just a long-sleeve T-shirt and jeans when paramedics found him lying unconscious on a fellow...

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Weinstein Wheeled Into Court as Prosecutors Vow to Retry Him

A noticeably thinner Harvey Weinstein was wheeled into Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday for the first time since an appeals court’s shock...

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Florida Abortion Ban Is ‘Reality Check’—and Checkbooks Open

The place to be earlier this month in Central Florida was the 242-seat Planned Parenthood Orlando Benefit Dinner, a pink-and-black themed event titled...

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The French #Metoo Scandal Unraveling in Weinstein’s Shadow

French actor Gérard Depardieu was ordered to stand trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women on a film set three years ago, marking the...

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‘Karen Read Was Framed’: Murder Case That Divided a Town Kicks Off

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of fatally hitting her police officer boyfriend with an SUV after a night of drinking, is being...

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Jury Foreman Shocked, Angry Weinstein Conviction Was Tossed

The court decision overturning Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction came as a shock to victims, activists—and the man who was the foreman...

27.04.2024 10

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Harvey Weinstein to Appear in New York Court After Conviction Overturned

Harvey Weinstein is coming back to court. The disgraced Hollywood producer is set to return to Manhattan Supreme Court next week, less than a week...

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Where the Men Taken Down With Harvey by #MeToo Are Now

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Weepy Weinstein Can’t Wait to Return to NYC

The news that Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction was overturned left his victims and #MeToo advocates reeling in disgust. But the disgraced...

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Weinstein Can’t Wait to ‘Tell His Story‘ at Retrial, Lawyer Says

Harvey Weinstein has been “dying to tell his story” for years—and he wants to do it on the witness stand. Hours after the New York Court of...

25.04.2024 10

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Legal Experts: Harvey Weinstein Bombshell Doesn’t Mean He’s Getting Out

For years, Harvey Weinstein’s New York City sex crimes conviction signified a landmark legal victory for the #MeToo movement. But the victory that...

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Coroner Recalls Emotional Day Doomsday Dad’s First Wife Died

When Fremont County Coroner Brenda Dye arrived at Chad Daybell’s Idaho home in October 2019, she immediately had questions about how the prominent...

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Bail Set for Woman Who Crashed Into Boat Club Killing 2 Kids

A Michigan woman is facing several charges after allegedly drunk driving into a building over the weekend—killing two young children and injuring 13...

23.04.2024 10

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Trump Picks Another Fight With Judge as He Waits for Contempt Ruling

Donald Trump just can’t help himself. Moments after a contentious hearing about whether Trump should be held in contempt for violating his narrowly...

23.04.2024 20

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Shrinks Think New York Times’ Wordle Is Becoming a Problem

Wordle is actually making us crazy. Therapists tell The Daily Beast that some of their patients are confessing just how much time they are spending on...

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Prosecutors Zero in on Chad Daybell’s Suspicious Google Searches

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Oh Great, Now Rudy Is Banging the Barron Graduation Drum

Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday joined the chorus of critics falsely claiming the New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial...

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‘Perfect Storm’: A Sleep Expert Analyzes Trump’s Trial Nap

Is something keeping Donald Trump up at night? The ex-president appeared to fall asleep during the first day of jury selection in his historic...

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Chad and Lori’s Lovey-Dovey Call as Cops Found Kids’ Bodies

Dozens of law enforcement officers were descending on doomsday author Chad Daybell’s Idaho home, where they would eventually find the buried bodies...

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