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MrBeast's Amazon gameshow launches under a cloud of scrutiny over poor conditions claims

December 19, 2024

Amazon’s big bet on one of YouTube’s most popular — and increasingly contentious — personalities is here.source

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A young woman's body was chopped up for science — as her mother desperately fought to bring her home

December 19, 2024

Aurimar Villegas’ family fought to bring her body home to Venezuela. Instead, it was sent to the University of North Texas Health Science Center, where it was cut up for science.source

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Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men found guilty in French rape trial

December 19, 2024

A court in France sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was knocked out, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade. Gisèle Pelicot spoke to reporters after the verdicts and sentences had been read out.source

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Cookie the Ty gingerbread plushie are stealing people's hearts

December 19, 2024

Cookie, a blue-eyed gingerbread Ty toy, has stolen people’s hearts online.source

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Atlantic City mayor indicted and accused of asking daughter to retract claims that he abused her

December 19, 2024

Marty Small Sr., and his wife, the superintendent of schools, were previously indicted on charges tied to endangering the welfare of their teenage daughter.source

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Texas mom deported after missed hearing due to emergency C-section, attorney says

December 19, 2024

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was following the orders of an immigration judge and the parents decided for the infants to go to Mexico with her.source

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U.S. reports first severe human case of bird flu, in a patient hospitalized in Louisiana

December 19, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first severe case of bird flu in a human. The patient is hospitalized in Louisiana.source

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Georgia prosecutors urge appeals court not to toss Trump election interference case

December 19, 2024

The Fulton County district attorney’s office said the president-elect had presented the court with an “underbaked” argument for dismissing the case.source

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Syrian mass graves show the worst abuses 'since the Nazis,' top prosecutor says

December 19, 2024

Mass graves uncovered in Syria in the days since President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown are exposing evidence of some of the worst abuses since the Nazis, a top international war crimes prosecutor said.source