‘COLLECTIVE GRIEF’
Violent protests over George Floyd’s death raged into Sunday evening, as protesters faced tear gas and rubber bullets—and even a rogue trucker speeding down a Minneapolis highway.
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POMP AND PANDEMIC
“We didn't have a prom. We don’t get a grad night. Don’t get to finish our last sports season ... We just want this last memento from our childhood.”
‘DEMENTED MIND’
Michael Bear Carson, the self-proclaimed “witch killer” behind a string of California murders, will face a parole board today as his only child begs for him to stay locked up.
FLIPPERED FRIENDS
A new documentary details the titanic battle between a former Marineland trainer and whistleblower and the Canadian sea park over the fate of a very special walrus.
CORONA CREWCUT
The state’s attorney general sent a cease-and-desist letter to Stag Barbershop for refusing to shut down business in a Snohomish strip mall.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
A former teen tech tycoon is promoting what he claims is a possible vaccine for COVID-19—but experts warn against amateur studies contributing to a flood of misinformation.
TRUE PORTRAITS
Maria Farmer was a young art student when Jeffrey Epstein threatened to ruin her career if she told of his abuse. Now, she’s picking up her paintbrush again to agitate for justice.
PANDEMIC PSYCHOPATHS
Henry Sylvain Gindt II, who claims he’s a former White House official, is accused of selling stolen coronavirus testing kits and never giving consumers their test results.
SILVER SNAKE OIL
The disgraced holy roller is battling the state of Missouri and a new class-action lawsuit seeking to ban him from peddling a bogus cure for coronavirus and HIV.
CORONA CHAOS
Activists say that communities of color are being targeted with aggressive measures to enforce social distancing while white “sunbathers” get a free pass in wealthy neighborhoods.
