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A Dunkin’ employee filmed washing his feet in a kitchen sink aboard the Staten Island Ferry has triggered a city health investigation. The footage, posted to TikTok on Aug. 11, shows a worker standing at a sink behind the counter…
MacKenzie Scott, 56, has begun serializing her first novel since her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos on Substack, releasing “Last Days in Two Nations (A History in Eighteen Minds)” in daily installments starting August 8. The 80,000-word dystopian work is…
Rico Rodriguez, 28, turned heads with a dramatically different look at a red carpet event this week. The former child star stepped out at the season six premiere of Netflix’s Cobra Kai in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 12, sporting…
A viral photo comparison is highlighting the extreme divide between two prisons that represent opposite philosophies of incarceration. El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, known as Cecot, and Norway’s Halden Prison sit at polar ends of how nations punish and potentially…
Dolly Parton has spoken out about going through “hard times” with her health while insisting she is still working through her recovery. In a new interview, Parton, 80, opened up about the medical issues that have kept her off stage…
Bunnie Xo is speaking out about her baby plans after finalizing her divorce from Jelly Roll. The Dumb Blonde podcast host, 46, appeared on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle in an episode that aired on August 20, where she confirmed…
Amy Slaton, 38, has unveiled an AI-generated music project on Instagram ahead of her TLC show’s return. The Kentucky native shared a clip from a music video for her track “Pounds Hollow” on August 26, showing herself in a bralette…
The family of Iryna Zarutska has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, and its private transit security contractor, alleging systemic failures left the light-rail system dangerously unprotected on the night she was killed. The…
Laura Roscioli, 30, has turned her crippling fear of physical touch into a career writing about sex and relationships. The Melbourne, Australia native spoke about how a phobia so severe that she “didn’t want anyone to touch” her — including…
Conservative commentator Bethany Mandel is calling out the crowd of women rallying for accused child-killer Lindsay Clancy outside a Massachusetts courthouse. Mandel, who writes and podcasts at The Mom Wars, published a blistering essay this week as hundreds of supporters…
The body of Alisa Goods, 63, has been found near Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, ending a nearly two-week search. Goods, a Brooklyn grandmother and mother of five, was last seen on Aug. 8 when she left her…
A Japanese father was reprimanded by police after he left his 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji and continued climbing toward the summit with his older child. The 48-year-old dad, from Nagoya, was hiking the Fujinomiya Trail last Thursday with…
Terry Schanz, chief of staff to California Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor, is facing formal HR complaints after crashing a journalist’s sidewalk interview with a crude sign. Schanz, who earns $207,828 annually in taxpayer-funded compensation, allegedly interrupted independent journalist Nick Shirley on…
Hunter Biden, 56, apologized to his father “every day” since his addiction battles became public. Appearing on Friday night’s broadcast of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the author and recovery advocate addressed the toll his substance abuse took on…
Alexis Rowan has spoken out about surviving a slashing attack during her Arizona birthday hiking trip. Rowan, 27, was on a 10-mile hike on the Havasupai Reservation in Arizona last Wednesday when she stopped to ask Taylor Nardo Paya, 29,…
Portuguese President António José Seguro has enacted a law banning most face coverings in public spaces. Seguro, 63, signed the measure last month after it cleared parliament in July, with fines for violators running from 150 euros to 3,000 euros…