Eating ultraprocessed foods increases your risk of early death: study
Those chips you’ve been snacking on may actually be killing you. There is a 14 percent risk of early death with every 10 percent increase in proportions of ultraprocessed foods consumed, according to a...
View ArticleBuzzFeed votes to unionize after massive layoffs
BuzzFeed employees announced Tuesday they have formed a union after more than 200 people were laid off last month. Over 90 percent of editorial employees supported the unionization, which was delivered...
View ArticleAt least 2 Americans killed in Kenya plane crash
A small plane crash in Kenya on Wednesday has left at least two Americans dead, according to reports. The Cessna aircraft was heading from the Maasai Mara nature reserve to Lodwar with five occupants,...
View ArticleWoman who called Michelle Obama an ‘ape in heels’ defrauded FEMA of $18K
A former West Virginia nonprofit director who called Michelle Obama an “ape in heels” pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency out of thousands of dollars. Pamela Taylor...
View ArticleWoman assaults cops, EMT after losing money to pinball machine in bowling alley
What a pinhead! A dangerously drunk Monroe woman assaulted police officers and an EMT after she lost money to a pinball machine at a Pennsylvania bowling alley. Kilee Nicole Cunningham, 36, was asked...
View ArticleYoung Baltimore police officer dead after heroin overdose at motel
An off-duty Baltimore police officer fatally overdosed on heroin at a motel on Feb. 22, according to reports. Officer Joseph Banks Jr., 25, was using drugs with his girlfriend at Tim’s Motel in...
View ArticleAir Force major bought ax and ‘burn barrel’ after wife went missing: cops
An Air Force major has been arrested on charges of evidence tampering in the investigation of the disappearance of his wife. Andreen McDonald, 29, was reported missing when she didn’t show up for work...
View Article5 killed in Massachusetts house fire, investigation ‘complicated’: DA
Five people were found dead after a fire broke out at a home in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The bodies were discovered in the house on Home Road after firefighters responded to the blaze that was...
View ArticleValve removes over 100 Steam profiles praising New Zealand mosque shooter
Valve has removed over 100 profiles from the popular gaming platform Steam after users glorified the suspected New Zealand mosque shooter, according to reports. Some of the pages removed used the name...
View ArticleMegan Rapinoe defends her national anthem protests
US women’s national soccer team star Megan Rapinoe defended her decision to kneel during the national anthem in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, conceding that she was aware the protest would make...
View ArticleMom busted for driving while kids sat in inflatable pool on top of car
An Illinois woman was arrested for allegedly driving her SUV while her daughters sat in an inflatable pool on its roof. Jennifer A. Janus Yeager, 49, was pulled over Tuesday afternoon by police after...
View ArticleMarvel is auctioning off props from canceled Netflix shows
Bad luck for a trio of Marvel TV shows is good news for rabid memorabilia collectors. Marvel and Prop Store are auctioning off over 850 authentic props from ill-fated Netflix shows including...
View ArticleSaudis angry over dip in press freedom ranking after Khashoggi murder
Saudi officials were upset to hear that the country’s rating had fallen on a press freedom index less than a year after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Reporters without Borders (RSF)...
View ArticleCop fired after $500 goes missing from homicide victim’s wallet
An Atlanta police officer has been axed for allegedly mishandling $500 in cash from a homicide victim’s wallet, authorities said. Officer Keisha Richburg’s bodycam footage released by the Atlanta...
View ArticleMysterious safe unearthed from synagogue parking lot
A mysterious, 3,000-pound safe has been unearthed from the parking lot of a Chicago synagogue — but officials there have decided not to let their curiosity get the better off them. “We’re excited about...
View ArticleHerbal supplement Kratom linked to serious side effects, deaths: study
Kratom — an herbal supplement used to manage chronic pain and treat opioid addiction — is more dangerous than previously suspected, according to a new study linking it to dangerous side effects and...
View ArticleBarbara Corcoran calls brother’s death ‘tremendous loss,’ but unrelated to...
Real estate maven Barbara Corcoran on Thursday called her brother’s death in the Dominican Republic a “tremendous loss” — but maintained it’s unrelated to the spate of mysterious tourist fatalities on...
View ArticleCops find ‘Wolverine’ claws, weapons cache at Bronx home
They picked the right house, bub. NYPD officers responding to a call in the Bronx discovered a pair of claws worthy of X-Men’s Wolverine among a cache of weapons, according to cops. “Let’s start with...
View ArticleAt least 1 injured in shooting at Jackson State University
At least one person was injured Wednesday when someone opened fire on the Jackson State University campus in Mississippi. A university spokesman said an individual was shot in the leg near the corner...
View ArticleBaby Yoda is coming to Build-A-Bear
You can soon make your own Baby Yoda — and you don’t need the Force to do it. The adorable breakout star of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian,” is coming to Build-A-Bear workshops in the Spring, the company...
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