Mars has introduced its first new M&M character in more than a decade. The new purple “spokescandy” is a peanut M&M designed to represent acceptance and inclusivity, the brand’s parent company Mars said in a press release. Purple joins the company’s other characters, Red, Yellow, Green, Brown, Orange and Blue, …
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Chrissy Teigen says she had an abortion in 2020 “to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance”
Chrissy Teigen said this week that she has come to understand that the miscarriage she said she had in 2020 was instead an abortion. Teigen said it took her over a year to realize she’d had an abortion, which she said was necessary to “save my life for a baby …
Read More »Serena Williams center of attention at U.S. Open
They came to the U.S. Open on Monday from far and wide for Serena — no last name required, befitting someone as much an icon as superstar athlete — eager to see her play or, if not lucky enough to hold the right ticket, hoping for an autograph, a glance …
Read More »Suspect in L.A. shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog
The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for James Howard Jackson, the alleged gunman wanted in connection with the February 2021 dog-napping of musician Lady Gaga’s pet French bulldogs in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Five people were originally arrested for their involvement in the theft, all of …
Read More »Guilty verdict for former nurse in death of woman accidentally given wrong medication sets “dangerous precedent,” nurses warn
The moment nurse RaDonda Vaught realized she had given a patient the wrong medication, she rushed to the doctors working to revive 75-year-old Charlene Murphey and told them what she had done. Within hours, she made a full report of her mistake to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Murphey died …
Read More »Mary Jane Thompson murder: Edward Morgan arrested in 1984 killing of aspiring model
Investigators arrested a 60-year-old Dallas man on a capital murder charge in the 1984 killing of a 21-year-old woman after linking him to the crime through genealogical databases, prosecutors said. Edward Morgan was arrested in the killing of Mary Jane Thompson, who was also sexually assaulted, the Dallas County district …
Read More »Second guilty plea planned in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
A man charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to documents filed Monday, giving prosecutors a second insider who could be a key witness at a March trial. Kaleb Franks said he willfully conspired with five other men to kidnap …
Read More »Minnesota school shooting suspects charged with murder as police describe witness accounts
Two teenagers have been charged with murder after a shooting in a Minnesota high school parking lot killed one student and seriously injured another. Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 18, and Alfredo Rosario Solis, 19, are both facing three charges of second-degree murder with intent – not premeditated, according to court documents filed …
Read More »Florida State Senator Lauren Book pushing for new law after being threatened with extortion over nude images stolen from her
Florida State Senator Lauren Book often has told the story about how she was sexually abused by her nanny for six years when she was a child. She channeled the pain into a lifetime of helping other abuse survivors. Now after years of working hard to heal herself and restore …
Read More »Man accused of killing UCLA student at L.A. furniture store arrested, police announce
The man suspected of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old UCLA graduate student while she worked alone at a furniture store last week has been arrested. Shawn Laval Smith, 31, was taken into custody just before 12 p.m. local time Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department tweeted. Authorities found Smith in the …
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