After a 25-year hibernation, the beloved comic strip The Far Side returned Tuesday with a revamped website, unseen sketches and the promise of new comics in the future. In September, cartoonist Gary Larson hinted on the long-dormant Far Side website that the comic would reappear in 2019 in some capacity; …
Read More »A Pack of Feral Hogs Sniffed Out a Cocaine Stash in Italy
A pack of feral hogs in Italy sniffed out, dug up, and destroyed a stash of cocaine buried in a forest in eastern Tuscany, the Italian edition of The Local reports. The stash was reportedly worth €20,000 (about $22,000) and had been left in a forest near the town of …
Read More »Mexican Authorities Arrest, Release El Chapo's Son During Chaotic Shootout
Authorities in Mexico arrested and then released one of the sons of notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, during a violent shootout Thursday, The New York Times reports. The chaos began after 30 soldiers reportedly took control of a home in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa State. They …
Read More »Will New York Expand its Medical Marijuana Program in Light of the Vaping Crisis?
On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker held a joint press conference warning New Yorkers to avoid vaping in light of hundreds of people in 33 states developing lung ailments as a result of using e-cigarettes. Many of the cases have been linked to black-market …
Read More »How Teens on TikTok Drew National Attention to a Teachers' Labor Issue
Grown-ups tend to believe that teens are only obsessed with Snapchat kitty filters, Lil Nas X, and crawling into bathtubs with dead squids. But this is both unfair and inaccurate. When all is said and done, the kids are alright, as demonstrated by the recent efforts of Gillian Sullivan, a …
Read More »More Than a Dozen Jeffrey Epstein Accusers Have Come Forward Since His Indictment
More than a dozen women have come forward with sexual abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced hedge fund manager who was arrested last Saturday on sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy charges. In the days following Epstein’s arrest, more than four women have approached attorney David Boies with additional …
Read More »Stanford Sailing Coach, Convicted in College Admissions Scandal, Gets One Day in Prison
Stanford’s former sailing coach, John Vandemoer, will receive just one day in prison for his role in the college admissions scandal, according to NBC News. This is the first sentencing to occur as a result of the sweeping scandal surrounding William Rick Singer, the ringleader who helped children of rich …
Read More »Howard Stern: Donald Trump 'Did Not Want to be President'
Howard Stern offered his take on Donald Trump‘s psyche and said “deep down he did not want to be president” during an interview with The New York Times. Trump was a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show from the early Nineties through 2015, when he announced his presidential campaign. …
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