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Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird revealed she made more than $10,000 on her first day on OnlyFans. View this post on Instagram Efird, 26, disclosed the eye-popping figure during an appearance on “the podcast” Thursday, telling the outlet she now pulls in…
Newport Beach Police released body-cam footage Friday of an officer smashing a car window to rescue five dogs trapped in lethal heat. The May 18 incident unfolded on the 2400 block of Holly Lane in Newport Beach, California, where an…
An Orange County mother has been discharged from the hospital after a rogue wave swept her into the ocean and stopped her heart during a beach walk with friends. Teresa Tran had gathered with friends for a stroll along Aliso…
Como Mayor Alessandro Rapinese, 50, is banning bicycles from 30 streets in his Italian city’s historic center after being struck by an e-bike himself. The independent mayor, elected in 2022, announced the crackdown on both pedal bikes and electric bikes…
Two 13-year-old boys were arrested Friday after allegedly attacking a California dad in his jacuzzi for a TikTok stunt. Greg Medina, 48, of San Bernardino, California, was sitting in his jacuzzi on Aug. 14 when the teens approached him from…
Police in Ireland have issued a public statement debunking viral videos that appear to show a Cat in the Hat-like figure stalking residential streets. The footage, which first surfaced in Limerick, Ireland, before spreading to Cork, Tipperary, Dublin and Wexford,…
Sophia Maddox has revealed that her father still has not watched her documentary about their family’s Manson connection. The 26-year-old filmmaker spoke out about the ongoing rift with Daniel Arguelles, 66, during recent press for “My Grandfather Charles Manson,” which…
Grace Ryan, a 25-year-old DSA member who calls herself “Lulu Lenin,” defended her wealthy upbringing on X this week. The chocolate heiress, who graduated from NYU this spring and worked on Brad Lander’s congressional campaign, fired back at critics Tuesday…
Colombian influencer Yeferson Cossio has agreed to a one-year ban from Avianca after settling the legal dispute over his mid-flight stink bomb incident. The 30-year-old content creator, who commands more than 12 million Instagram followers and roughly 19 million on…
Jan Demczur, John Paczkowski and George Phoenix reunited 25 years after their shared harrowing experience, appearing together in the National Geographic documentary 9/11 Reunited. The three men, who were strangers before that morning, found themselves trapped together in an express…
Michael Polansky has broken years of silence about the AI and biology startup he co-founded with Lady Gaga’s involvement. Polansky, 46, who is engaged to Stefani Germanotta — the Grammy winner known professionally as Lady Gaga, 38 — co-founded Outer…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A flea infestation that began at a Northern California playground has spread to a temporary fire station, forcing firefighters to relocate and prompting town leaders to approve a second emergency pesticide exception. The Fairfax Town Council unanimously voted Thursday to…