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The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who according to his spokesperson was “murdered” Friday at an Arctic penal colony where he spent his final months, won’t be released to his family until officials complete an investigation.

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Infamous race pretender Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2017 made her first public comment after losing her teaching job because of her OnlyFans, and it honestly seems like she’s vibing.

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“Put up or shut up,” former congressman George Santos likes to tell his haters. Now, he’s adding late night host Jimmy Kimmel to that list.

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A fossil considered significant in understanding the evolution of early reptiles was found to be mostly paint, according to new scientific analysis published on Thursday.

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Charles Grice ‘Lefty’ Driesell, who has been called “the greatest program builder in the history of college basketball,” died in his home in Virginia Beach on Saturday, according to his grandson Ty Anderson. He was 92.

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Bill Maher tore into Republican talking points that President Joe Biden is the cause of every single thing going wrong in America.

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Prince Harry was serenaded by Michael Bublé with a version of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” featuring lyric changes that nodded to the Duke of Sussex’s independent streak.

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Former president Donald Trump shocked just about everyone when he announced on Truth Social Friday his plans to attend Sneaker Con in Philadelphia on Saturday.

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The 19-year-old student found dead at UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr Campus on Tuesday has been identified as Marco Troper, the son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.

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After the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a voice in the Republican wilderness is demonstrating moral clarity; she is condemning both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (for coddling said strongman). And her name is Nikki Haley.

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Ever since Travis Kelce’s gloriously meteoric promotion from mere superstar NFL tight end to Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, his every move, word and outlandish outfit has been scrutinized and picked over ad nauseam, both by avid Swifties trying to get the measure of their “new dad” and by perplexed casual news consumers who are vaguely curious to see what all the fuss is about.

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When a former Navy SEAL with ties to a raft of Trumpworld figures landed in Haiti nearly a decade ago, his putative mission was to lead raid and rescue operations that would recover a missing American child. But by his own account, he did little work in that direction—and The Daily Beast has discovered he instead fell into a morass of the Caribbean state’s thorny politics, and into an unbelievable business deal: control of a paradisiacal... Читать дальше...

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What we know today as Botox was lightning in a bottle until it became a docile servant of humankind thanks to Alan Scott who launched his career in medicine with the words, “I wanted to ask questions and find some answers.” But the convoluted story of Botox starts earlier in southern Germany in the late seventeen hundreds.

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This week:

Belt That Song With Your Chest, And?

I didn’t expect anyone to find a way to make a new Ariana Grande bop that samples Madonna’s “Vogue,” with a music video that references Paula Abdul, any gayer and/or appeal directly to me. But a remix arrived Friday of “yes, and?” that features Mariah Carey belting lyrics like “say that shit with your chest” alongside Grande. If these two ever perform the track live together, I might have a minor cardiac episode. Читать дальше...

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What is it about “Platinum-Grade nepo baby” Dakota Johnson that makes her such a viral clip and quote machine? Best known for the Fifty Shades franchise, 2018’s Suspiria remake, and foreshadowing the downfall of Ellen DeGeneres’s public image, she seems to occupy a specific, almost illegible place in the public imagination. Case in point? The Madame Web press tour, which has forced her to weather questions both predictable and inane (and even a... Читать дальше...

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Furry friend Messi, who starred as Snoop the dog in Anatomy of a Fall, is the first one to greet me into the room where he’s participating in interviews. The border collie rushes to the door as soon as I walk in; he smiles up at me, as if to say, “Welcome in! I have just met you, and I love you.” Immediately, it’s easy to see why this pup has won over stars like Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and pretty much the entire class of this year’s Oscar nominees. Читать дальше...

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We’ve reached a new era in Disney Channel nostalgia: Disney Channel celebs have started making their own Disney Channel rewatch podcasts. In Magical Rewind, former Disney Channel stars Will Friedle (Boy Meets World, Kim Possible) and Sabrina Bryan (The Cheetah Girls franchise) dive into Disney’s vast catalog of made-for-TV films, including Disney Channel Original Movies and those produced for ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney.... Читать дальше...

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Eric Trump echoed several of his father’s grievances after the pair found out Friday that they, along with Donald Trump Jr., have to pay a $364 million fine—before interest—for committing bank fraud, and insisted that his family’s real estate business is actually “amazing.”

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Scot Pollard, who spent 11 seasons in the NBA and competed on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng, underwent successful heart-transplant surgery on Friday, his wife said on social media.

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“Reality TV Star Found Guilty of Fraudulently Inflating His Assets”

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Two people were found shot dead in a dorm room at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus on Friday, according to Colorado Springs police. Just before 6 a.m., university police received a call reporting that there had been shots fired. When they arrived they found two deceased people, each with at least one gunshot wound, and promptly notified Colorado Springs Police.

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Former President Donald Trump responded to a judge ordering him to pay $364 million in his civil fraud trial on Friday by claiming that the ruling spelled the end for the Empire state.

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The CEO of the online learning company Skillshare is suing an aggrieved former employee for a minimum of $1.5 million, claiming her “inexplicable and meritless hatred of the company has led her to pursue a four-year campaign of harassment of Skillshare and its directors and employees.”

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A defense attorney connected to the “Young Slime Life” racketeering trial has been arrested on unrelated gang charges, police said.

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The family home of Alex Murdaugh, who murdered his wife and son near the property in 2021, has been sold for $1 million to an unnamed buyer that plans to operate a horse farm there.