On Thursday, January 17th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was taking unprecedented steps to encourage drug companies to develop over-the-counter (OTC) versions of the overdose antidote naloxone in an effort to increase access and cut costs for consumers in hopes of reducing opioid deaths. “FDA-approved versions of …
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Last year, NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert — which starred starred John Legend as Jesus alongside Sara Bareilles (Mary Magdalene), Alice Cooper (King Herrod) and Brandon Victor Dixon (Judas) — introduced an entirely new generation to the iconic rock musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Now, …
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Attorneys for former Smallville actress Allison Mack have filed new documents in Brooklyn Federal Court to support their motion to dismiss criminal charges for her involvement in an alleged “sex cult” within a purported self-help organization known as NXIVM (pronounced “nexium”). In April 2018, Mack and NXIVM founder Keith Raniere …
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan released a damning preliminary report Wednesday on her office’s findings that the Catholic dioceses in the state had withheld the names of over 500 priests accused of sexually abusing minors. The investigation is ongoing, though the report says “the Office has reviewed enough information to …
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Sex doll brothels are, apparently, the future of sex work, popping up in places like Russia, Canada and, soon, the United States, where some laws banning prostitution would not apply. But with the aid of advancements in AI robot technology, could they also change how human consciousness perceives sexual consent? …
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Reputed cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera has spent much of his time in court focusing on his translator, or craning his neck to get a view of his beauty-queen wife, who dutifully sits in the second row of the courtroom in Downtown Brooklyn. But on Wednesday, as the …
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Seven women are suing Dartmouth College for failing to protect them from three tenured professors they say sexually harassed and assaulted them, and perpetuated an “alcohol-saturated ‘party culture’” in their department. For over ten years, the plaintiffs say, professors Todd Heatherton, William Kelley and Paul Whalen of the psychology and …
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The FDA announced in the Federal Register on Wednesday that the agency is seeking public comment on the “abuse potential, actual abuse [and] medical usefulness” of several substances, including marijuana. This comes as the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) prepares to discuss the international scheduling of …
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In Netflix’s 2015 documentary, Hot Girls Wanted, Riley Reynolds, now 29, was portrayed as a clean cut, business-minded alternative to the sleazy porn agent stereotype, taking young amateur hopefuls under his wing, moving them into South Florida “model apartments” and guiding their careers through his talent agency, Hussie Models LLC. …
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The third of four victims allegedly killed by Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz, who authorities are calling a serial killer, has been identified as 28-year-old transgender woman Janelle Ortiz. Though they share the same last name, she was not related to her killer. Janelle was one of two victims …
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