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Miriam Pawel has defended the University of California’s test-free admissions policy in the outlet guest essay, acknowledging that students on UC campuses “may struggle with basic math” while praising record graduation rates. Pawel, a journalist and historian promoting her new…
Disturbing photos of bruises covering a Japanese adult film star have resurfaced after her death by suicide. Hana Kuraki, 25, posted the images to her public Instagram on June 24, where she had built a following of 147,000. The pictures…
Scientists have extracted a precise body temperature from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils for the first time, and the predator ran almost as warm as a human. The reading comes from a new study led by geochemists at the University of California,…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is drawing fresh fire for offering condolences over an accused murderer’s death while saying nothing about the victim the man allegedly killed. The controversy erupted Thursday when Mamdani, 33, posted on X about the death of Luis…
Colin Farrell has debuted a freshly shaved head during a Los Angeles outing. The Irish actor, 50, was photographed on Wednesday sporting a completely smooth dome while grabbing lunch in the city. He paired an olive green T-shirt with casual…
Udhyam Amin has spoken out about the medical team he credits with saving his life after a pub roast chicken dinner left him in multi-organ failure. The 64-year-old British father of three, a businessman from South London, was rushed to…
Kyle Delaney, 25, the former “New Teacher of the Year” at Gonzales Middle School, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting two men in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Delaney, a 7th grade social studies teacher, was taken…
The family of slain NBCLA helicopter reporter Eliana Moreno has spoken out for the first time since the fiery crash that claimed her life. Moreno, 38, died Tuesday alongside pilot George Marciniw and pedestrian Edy Gutierrez Mejia when the news…
Charles Spencer has revealed that King Charles III demanded to walk directly behind Princess Diana’s casket at her 1997 funeral despite their bitter split three years earlier. The 9th Earl of Spencer, 62, makes the claim in his forthcoming memoir…
Lady Gaga has revealed her newborn daughter’s name. The 40-year-old pop superstar and fiancé Michael Polansky, 42, have named the baby Rose Bean Polansky, according to a birth certificate on Thursday. Rose was born June 9 at 11:19 p.m. At…
Prince Harry stepped out solo for his first official engagement since returning to the United Kingdom last month. The Duke of Sussex, 41, attended the Invictus Spirit Gala Dinner & Awards at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London…
Ollie Kinder is warning families about viral wellness supplements after his wife suffered catastrophic health consequences from a popular TikTok product. The 44-year-old British father has gone public with the ordeal of Lois Kinder, 44, a mother of two from…
The FBI is expanding its probe into deceased Philadelphia pornographer Raymond “R.C.” Horsch after discovering footage of women who appeared unconscious or dead inside his Olney home. Special Agent in Charge Wayne Jacobs of FBI Philadelphia addressed reporters at a…
Nichole Schmidt is calling out online sleuths who continue to spread conspiracy theories about her daughter’s murder five years after the fact. Schmidt, the mother of slain travel vlogger Gabby Petito, said US that “armchair detectives” keep pushing false narratives…
Georgia health officials have issued a statewide warning after confirming one death and eight human cases of West Nile virus this year. The Georgia Department of Public Health, 46, is urging roughly 11 million residents to take precautions against mosquito…
A former NYPD chief has endorsed the actions of roughly 60 Metro-North passengers who escaped through emergency windows after a woman declared they were living their final day. Robert Boyce, who once led the department’s Detective Bureau and now contributes…