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In the early hours of July 1st, 1981, for the umpteenth time in his life, Scott Thorson found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Specifically, he was at a drug kingpin’s house when the man gave the order for one of Los Angeles’ most infamous mass killings: …

Nancy Salzman, the co-founder of the controversial self-improvement group, multi-level marketing organization, and alleged sex cult NXIVM, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Salzman, 66, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy back in 2019. Prosecutors recommended that Salzman serve about three and a …

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys and a known federal informant, was sentenced to over five months in jail after pleading guilty to burning a Black Lives Matter banner in Washington, D.C., The Associated Press reports. Tarrio pleaded guilty to the destruction of property charge …

W hen Jonathan Webb arrived at the 500-acre former cattle farm he purchased in 2019, it was essentially an empty green field. He bought an RV and set it up on a hill with the water tower behind him and Daniel Boone National Forest out front. When massive, earth-moving construction …

In June 2021, pop singer Billie Eilish put out the music video to her newly released single, “Lost Cause.” The video features Eilish at a sleepover with a handful of her girl friends. As a promotion for the video, she posted a set of photos of behind-the-scenes moments with the …

William F. Nolan, the science fiction author best known for co-penning the 1967 classicLogan’s Run with the late George Clayton Johnson, has died, a representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 93. Nolan passed away on July 15th after a brief hospital stay following complications from an infection. The prolific …

Early in the morning of December 5th, 1982, a trucker stopped at a weigh station along I-10 in Jackson County, Mississippi, to call 911. He thought he’d seen a body in a river, he told the dispatcher. It looked like a person wearing a blue-checkered shirt floating near an ice …

Let me preface this by saying that vaccines are kind of my jam. My father is a doctor. I believe in science, not conspiracy theories. When a pediatrician has offered one of my kids a vaccine in the past, I have accepted that offer as I would a free upgrade …

UPDATE (5/21):Danny Masterson will stand trial on charges that he raped three women on separate occasions between 2001 and 2003, Variety reports. Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo issued the ruling Friday, May 21st, following a preliminary hearing that began earlier this week and featured testimony from all three of the actor’s …

Willie Nelson and Luck Presents have announced the virtual cannabis convention Luck Summit: Planting the Seed, kicking off April 26th. Margo Price, Beto O’Rourke, Tommy Chong, Charlie Sexton, Billy Strings and Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller will serve as panelists for the event, Variety reports, with United States Cannabis …