Fotis Dulos, the husband of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, died at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx two days after attempting suicide at his home Tuesday, his attorney said. Dulos was 52 years old. Earlier this month, Dulos had been arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping in connection …
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The Food and Drug Administration has announced a ban on most flavored vaping cartridges in an attempt to check e-cigarette use among teenagers and children. In a press release, the FDA said the ban covers fruit and mint flavors, leaving manufacturers only able to produce tobacco or menthol-flavored vaping cartridges. …
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The best advice about seeing The Inheritance on Broadway — which you definitely should if you’re looking for a head-spinning, heart-rending theatrical experience — is to forget the hype surrounding it. And that won’t be easy. Playwright Matthew Lopez, a Puerto Rican transplanted to New York City from the Florida …
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Sesame Street will tackle the opioid crisis and its impact on families with the help of a new Muppet whose parent has a “grown up problem.” Earlier this year, Sesame Street introduced the green-furred character Karli to its free online program Sesame Street in Communities, with the six-year-old Muppet moving …
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Robert De Niro’sCanal Productions, has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a former employee, accusing her of embezzling money and binge-watching Netflix on the job, Variety reports. The lawsuit was filed in New York state court on Saturday against Chase Robinson, who was hired as an assistant to De Niro …
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A Wisconsin circuit court judge rejected Making a Murderer subject Steven Avery’s bid for a new trial Thursday. The legal team for Avery, whose conviction for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach is the focus of the hit Netflix docuseries, argued that investigators mishandled bone evidence related to the case, …
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A generic version of Truvada, the only drug approved to prevent HIV infection, will be available in September 2020, NBC News reports. Developed by Gilead Pharmaceuticals, Truvada is used for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, and when taken daily can keep HIV-negative people from contracting the virus. The new generic …
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YouTube singer Austin Jones was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty in February of child pornography charges. Jones was arrested in June 2017 after two underage girls accused the then-23-year-old Jones of coercing them into sending him sexually explicit videos in order ” to ‘prove’ they …
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You probably think you already know all there is to know about Elizabeth Homes, CEO/Silicon Valley wunderkind/wolf-puppy-haver who fell from grace when she was accused of building her health care company Theranos on sham science. The story of Theranos has been adapted into a book (John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood), a …
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In his latest bid to win over the hearts and minds of the left leading up to his 2020 presidential campaign, Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) has rolled out a new federal marijuana legalization bill. On Thursday, Booker and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the Marijuana …
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