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A new UK survey reveals young women hold sharply negative views of men at rates far exceeding male negativity toward women. The poll by Britain’s New Statesman found 21% of women under 30 harbor negative views of men, nearly quadruple…
A crowdsourced surveillance-mapping app sparked viral confusion about Flock cameras in New York City, where the controversial devices do not actually operate. The DeFlock app, which maps automated license plate readers nationwide, drew intense Reddit attention after the outlet report…
Pablo Aguilar-Alvarez, 36, was turned over to ICE after a fresh arrest for driving without a license. Aguilar-Alvarez, an El Salvador native, was busted by Riverhead police on Monday, Suffolk County authorities said Tuesday. The arrest came less than two…
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at 77, just weeks after the band canceled a Hollywood Bowl concert due to his health issues. Beard, 77, died August 17 after a stay in hospice, the Fort Bend County Medical Examiner’s…
Chantel Brooks’ family is pleading for answers three weeks after the 36-year-old vanished from a Fairfield parking lot. Brooks was last seen shortly before 2 a.m. On July 17 in the parking lot of a CVS off Travis Boulevard in…
A former Florida state lawmaker running for re-election as a court clerk was arrested Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and molesting a young boy. Michael Caruso, 67, a Republican who served in the Florida House until last year, was taken…
Levi Lum, a UC Berkeley student and Mission High School graduate, has spoken out about how easy grades were to earn at his alma mater as the school posts California’s highest acceptance rate to the elite university despite rock-bottom test…
A federal judge has ordered a massive trove of sealed case files from a Jeffrey Epstein-related lawsuit to be made public, potentially exposing new evidence against the dead financier and his imprisoned accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Miami Herald reporter Julie K.…
Lesley Vogel has broken her silence following the death of her estranged daughter Hayden Panettiere. View this post on Instagram Speaking with NBC, Vogel, 64, addressed the circumstances surrounding the 36-year-old actress’s death on Sunday evening, August 16, at a…
Audrey Austin is speaking out after a savage pit bull attack left her needing facial reconstruction surgery while she was 24 weeks pregnant with twins. The Topeka, Kansas, woman, who is now recovering after at least 14 hours of surgeries,…
Riley Jane English, 25, was sentenced to 63 months in prison Tuesday for a plot to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English, of South Deerfield, Mass., pleaded guilty on March 26 before US District Judge Rudolph Contreras to unlawful receipt,…
A 16-year-old girl fought off a sexual assault during her morning walk to a Northern California high school last Saturday, according to police. The student was en route to Alisal High School in Salinas, a city in Monterey County just…
A family-owned California market has been left devastated after dozens of looters stormed the business during a street takeover. The owners of A-Z Market in Bellflower are speaking out after roughly 40 to 60 people ransacked their store around 3:30…
Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were both present when Hayden Panettiere died at a South Carolina apartment complex on Sunday, according to a police report. The siblings were at Judson Mill Lofts in Greenville when the “Heroes” alum, 36,…
Rosie O’Donnell took another shot at Donald Trump during her debut as guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! O’Donnell, 64, opened her weeklong hosting stint on August 17 with a monologue that leaned heavily into her self-imposed exile to Ireland…
Fresno Unified Board Trustee Keshia Thomas is facing intensifying demands to resign after admitting she falsely accused a high school football coach of calling her son a racial slur. Thomas, who has served on the board of California’s third-largest school…