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Detroit Police chief James Craig said local authorities are investigating a potential serial killer who seems to be targeting sex workers, CNN reports. Since March, the bodies of three women have been found in abandoned homes on the east side of Detroit. Though police have not identified any of the …

About a half hour before one of his mile swims near his Bay Area home, entrepreneur and gym rat Jim McAlpine does something seemingly counterproductive: He tosses down a hefty does of THC. “About 10 or 20 minutes in,” he says, “I start to feel it, and I get a …

The trial for Keith Raniere, the founder and leader of NXIVM who allegedly used the spiritual organization as a front for a “sex cult,” began on Tuesday morning at a federal courthouse in downtown Brooklyn. Raniere — who is charged with seven criminal counts, including racketeering, forced labor conspiracy, wire …

In the early hours of Thursday morning, former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed that he would be running for president in the 2020 election. Following months of speculation as to whether or not he would run, at 6:00 a.m. EST, Biden finally formally entered the race by posting an ellipsis- …

As more states legalized recreational marijuana use, Lizzie Post found herself fielding many cannabis-related questions: Is it cool to light a joint at a dinner party? Am I obligated to offer my house stash to guests? A 20-year cannabis consumer living in Vermont, Post, the 36-year-old co-president of the Emily …

Last month, when 50 people, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, were indicted in connection to a college admissions scam, the FBI said that more indictments were likely to be coming down the pipeline. As it turns out, they weren’t kidding — and Loughlin, who is best known for …

When alleged Gambino family boss Francesco “Frank” Cali was gunned down in front of his car outside his Staten Island home earlier this month, many people were stunned. The murder was the first killing of a New York area mob boss in more than 30 years, since Gambino family boss …

Mar. 25, 2019, 12:46 p.m.: This story has been updated. After nearly a year and a half of debate, both houses of the New Jersey state legislature were expected to vote on a controversial cannabis legislation bill on Monday. Yet the vote has been called off, according to a statement …

Lacey Baker, Nyjah Huston, Brighton Zeuner and Tom Schaar are among the skateboarders named to the first U.S. national skateboarding team. The men’s and women’s teams feature eight skateboarders each, with four competing in the street discipline and four competing in park. The national team announcement comes as USA Skateboarding …

On the heels of their hit podcast The Dropout, ABC News and 20/20 are releasing a two-hour documentary of the same name about Elizabeth Holmes and the decade-long scam she allegedly pulled off, convincing the world that her company, Theranos, would revolutionize the healthcare industry. Instead of doing that, it …