Pamela Adlon opensed up for the first time in a new interview about her life in the aftermath of sexual misconduct claims against her friend and collaborator, Louis C.K. The Better Things co-creator previously issued a statement saying she was “devastated by and in shock after the admission of abhorrent …
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The Menendez brothers may not be part of official collectible sets of killer trading cards — which sparked outrage when they were first introduced in 1992 and have continued to be controversial as new editions pop up every few years — but their surprise cameo on an NBA trading card …
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At Purdue Pharma’s launch party for OxyContin in 1996, one of the company’s owners, Dr. Richard Sackler, told the audience to imagine a series of natural disasters — an earthquake, volcanic eruption, hurricane — before gleefully predicting that the opioid painkiller would generate “a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury …
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From where we sit,Dr. Deathresoundingly wins the award for most disturbing podcast of 2018. Produced by Wondery, the network behindDirty John,this gripping series manages to make an extreme case of medical malpractice addictively compelling. Hosted and reported byscience journalist Laura Beil,Dr. Deathtells the story ofDr. Christopher Duntsch, a now-47-year-old neurosurgeon …
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In 2018, pot reached a tipping point. A clear majority of Americans now wants to see the drug made fully legal. California and Canada began selling marijuana to anyone over 21. Corporate behemoths like Altria (parent company of Marlboro cigarettes) and Constellation Brands (parent of Corona beer and Svedka vodka) …
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