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One of the most notorious fugitives of all time didn’t escape in some Cool Hand Luke-esque scheme: he walked away while Christmas shopping. Almost 46 years after Lester Eubanks’ not-so-daring escape, ABC News’ Senior Investigative Reporter Matthew Mosk and the U.S. Marshals have teamed up for a new ABC podcast …

In the years following the 2016 election, we’ve all slowly become aware of how widespread misinformation is, as well as the extent to which Big Tech has largely turned a blind eye to it. What we don’t really talk about, however, is how susceptible many of us are to fake …

The Stonewall Riots weren’t the beginning of the gay civil rights movement — they weren’t even the first gay riots in the United States. And when the plainclothes police officers walked in the Stonewall Inn at 2 a.m. and shut down the bar, it was the second time they’d raided …

When Toni Natalie spoke to Rolling Stone on the morning of jury deliberations for the Keith Raniere trial, she predicted the jury would reach a guilty verdict by, “3, 3:30.” The former girlfriend of Raniere, the leader of the spiritual organization Nxivm, was only about an hour off. After six …

Since his arrest last year in Mexico on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, tabloids have referred to Keith Raniere, the head of the self-help organization NXIVM, as the leader of an all-female “sex cult” called DOS. The 58-year-old spiritual leader known as the “smartest man alive” was worshipped by followers, …

K-pop stars BTS announced that their very own mobile game, BTS World, will arrive on June 25th. BTS World will be a “story-based mobile simulation game” with interactive elements, based on the career beginnings of the seven-member K-pop group. Users will play the role of BTS’s manager, pushing the group …

H oward Stern hasn’t released a book in 24 years. Back in those days, he was a guy who didn’t think twice about calling Rosie O’Donnell a “fat pig”; using a giant, rotting fish as a mallet to spank a naked woman on the air; or viciously mocking a member …

Not long after the polls closed in Denver on Tuesday night, news outlets were reporting that the nation’s first citywide initiative to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms had failed. Disappointment washed over the psychonaut community on social media — the initiative, reports were saying, had lost by 3%. Meanwhile, at least 25% …

A culture of misogyny, fear and ultimate control reigned supreme at NXIVM, according to witness testimony at the Keith Raniere trial from a former member who testified to being a sex “slave” within DOS, a secret, all-female organization within NXIVM. RELATED: A Guide to the NXIVM Trial Dressed in loose-fitting …

Most people associate the Kentucky Derby with mint juleps, giant hats and Instagram posts of bros wearing pastel shorts. But an ominous warning from Kentucky state Attorney General Andy Beshear suggests that the Derby is a prime target for sex traffickers as well. In advance of this year’s event on …