The Department of Justice has reached a $138.7 million settlement with victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar. The athletes say that the Federal Bureau of Investigation failed to protect them after receiving several “credible complaints” and “corroborating evidence” of his crimes.
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Lyric Theatre and Broadway's Solea Pfeiffer celebrated the works of Jason Robert Brown on April 17 in Kendall Hall. Brown is a Tony award-winning playwright, composer and lyricist. Pfeiffer is known for playing Eliza in the first “Hamilton” national tour. She also starred in a 2018 Off-Broadway concert of Brown’s “Songs for a New World.”
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Nyle DiMarco spoke to students about growing up in a four-generation deaf family, his Hollywood career and his college years on Thursday night in Brower Student Center. DiMarco won both “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing with the Stars.” He has since made a career as an actor, producer and advocate for the deaf.
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NBC announced the hiring of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel on March 22, but by the end of the week, the network had parted ways with her.
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Following March Homeland Security raids on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Los Angeles and Miami residences, the rapper and producer faces his sixth sexual abuse lawsuit since November.
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Drake Bell spoke out in the recently released documentary, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” to share his story about the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Nickelodeon vocal coach Brian Peck. The four part documentary series by Investigation Discovery scrutinizes Nickelodeon’s production and programming from the ‘90s to the late 2010s under Dan Schneider’s leadership.
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Director Yuval Abraham is contending with accusations of antisemitism and threats of violence after condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestine in his Berlinale acceptance speech.
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Former family Youtuber Ruby Franke was sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison for aggravated child abuse on Feb. 20. Franke pleaded guilty to four counts related to separate incidents of abuse, each carrying a consecutive sentence of 1-15 years. However, Utah law limits consecutive sentences to a maximum of 30 years.
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At Saturday’s Jersey Jalwa, the University of Minnesota–Junoon and the University of California–Riverside Aag took home first and second places, both with routines inspired by the Netflix hit show “Squid Game.”
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A cease-and-desist notice issued in December 2023 demanded Ground Control creator Jack Sweeney to stop tracking Taylor Swift’s private jet, over the danger that it poses to the star’s safety and wellbeing. The letter has been in headlines since Feb. 6 when it was posted to the TaylorSwiftJets subreddit.
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