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Cops Barred From Guarding George Floyd’s Killer for Not Being White Just Got Paid

08.10.22

By Trone Dowd
News

A Corrections Officer Allegedly Did Nothing for 15 Minutes as an Inmate Hung Himself

04.27.21

By Paul Blest
News

Texas Jails Were Freezing and Smelled Like Urine

02.18.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

COVID-19 Devastated Prisons. Now Some Inside Don’t Want the Vaccine.

01.29.21

By Keegan Hamilton
News

Prisoners Are Loading COVID Victims Into Mobile Morgues for $2 an Hour in Texas

11.16.20

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

Venmo and Paypal Are Stalling Urgent Efforts to Bail People Out of Jail

06.12.20

By Samantha Cole
News

Third Inmate Dies From COVID-19 at Louisiana Prison as Entire Federal System Goes on Lockdown

04.01.20

By Keegan Hamilton
News

Inside the Federal Prison That’s ‘Ground Zero’ For the Coronavirus Outbreak

03.30.20

By Keegan Hamilton
News

Mexican Top Cop Allegedly Bribed by El Chapo Wants Out of Jail Because of Coronavirus

03.25.20

By Keegan Hamilton
News

Coronavirus Is Spreading Through America’s Prisons and No One Is Ready

03.24.20

By Tess Owen
Health

Looming COVID-19 Disaster in US Prisons Has Advocates Pleading for Releases

03.18.20

By Anna Merlan
News

A Rikers Guard Tested Positive for Coronavirus as New York City Considers Releasing Some Inmates

03.18.20

By Tess Owen

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Daily Horoscope: November 18, 2024

Saturn retrograde returned direct over the weekend, returning the faraway planet’s disciplinarian focus toward external obligations.

11.18.24

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Life

Gold Watch Gifted to Titanic Hero Auctioned Off for More Than $1.6 Million

A captain of a nearby ship was gifted the pocket watch by three Titanic widows, who appreciated his life-saving efforts.

11.17.24

By Paige Gawley
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Gaming

In Defense Of: Rare’s Grabbed by the Ghoulies

I think it’s high time I let y’all know how underrated Rare’s ‘Grabbed by the Ghoulies’ is! It didn’t deserve your animosity!

11.17.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images

Life

10 Newborns Killed in Fire at Hospital’s NICU

Ten babies being treated in the NICU of an Indian hospital are dead after a fire broke out. Sixteen newborns remain in critical condition.

11.17.24

By Paige Gawley
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Sports

AEW Collision: Mariah May and Anna Jay Deliver a Hardcore Classic

The AEW Collision main event was for the sickos.

11.17.24

By Haley Miller