On Wednesday, April 17th, 60 doctors, nurses, and pharmacists in seven states were arrested in a sweeping sting targeting medical professionals who illegally prescribed opioids to patients, sometimes in shockingly unethical circumstances. Officials have called it the “single largest prescription opioid law enforcement operation in history.” According to the indictments, …
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The college admissions scandal, a.k.a. Operation Varsity Blues, has been full of confusing and aggravating twists and turns. In the latest development in the case, former Full House star Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, have pled not guilty to charges of mail fraud and money laundering conspiracy, …
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Update April 4, 4:55 p.m. The FBI has released a statement saying that DNA test results prove that the teenage boy is not Timmothy Pitzen. A teenage boy found wandering the streets of Newport, Kentucky, has identified himself as Timmothy Pitzen, a six-year-old boy who was reported missing after his …
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Days after Robert Kraft reportedly rejected a plea deal stemming from his charges of soliciting prostitution, the New England Patriots’ billionaire owner issued his first statement related to the charges Saturday. “In deference to the judicial process, I have remained silent these past several weeks,” Kraft said. “To correct some …
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For well over a century, the identity of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious serial killer of the Nineteenth century, has remained a mystery. Yet a new study claims to have used DNA analysis to reveal the man behind the brutal slayings. According to a study in theJournal of Forensic …
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A Maryland appeals court has reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man who was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee 19 years ago in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed’s case received international attention after it was featured in the first season of the podcast Serial. The 4-3 split …
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Six weeks after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. represented a culminating moment. High school students had taken the fear, grief and anger that the February 14th, 2018 shooting forced into their lives and mobilized these …
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In the six-part podcast series Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc., The Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team — best known for their groundbreaking investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church — took an in-depth look at the life and death of the young football player who was convicted of murder …
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On January 16th, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the final rules and regulations governing the state’s cannabis industry, a little over a year after legal recreational sales went into effect. The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of Public Health …
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Since last year,Rolling Stonehas been tracking the bizarre story of NXIVM, a secretive alleged sex cult founded bymulti-level marketing guru Keith Ranierein Albany, New York. This investigative podcast from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation looks at the case from the inside perspective of actorSarah Edmondson, a high-ranking NXIVM memberwho alleged to …
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