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Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teen who went missing after escaping a probation center where she was serving a sentence for involuntary manslaughter and willful injury, has been found.  According to the Associated Press, Lewis, 18, was being held in an Iowa jail as of Tuesday. A corrections department spokesperson told …

PayPal said Friday that the company will no longer sponsor the Phoenix Suns if owner Robert Sarver remains part of the franchise when his suspension ends. PayPal said its current partnership deal with the Suns ends after the coming 2022-23 season, meaning it will expire during Sarver’s one-year suspension from …

Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence later this month, a state attorney told a federal judge Monday. James Houts, a deputy state attorney general, told U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. that it is “very …

More than 5,700 cases of Capri Sun’s wild cherry flavored juice pouches are being voluntarily recalled due to possible contamination with cleaning solution, Kraft Heinz announced Monday. “Diluted cleaning solution, which is used on food processing equipment, was inadvertently introduced into a production line at one of our factories,” Kraft …

A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members. The ruling from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana …

A Florida lawmaker stirred controversy after he tweeted President Biden will “learn” if guns are taken away, less than a day following the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.  On Tuesday, Biden condemned the shooting hours after it happened, and urged …

New York’s attorney general asked a state judge Thursday to issue an order of contempt against former President Donald Trump, claiming he has failed to comply with a previous ruling requiring him to turn over documents by March 31 as part of an investigation into his company’s financial practices. The …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill into law Monday, prohibiting classroom discussion or instruction on sexual orientation and identity in kindergarten to third grade or in older grades in “a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate.”  The measure, known by critics as …

UCLA announced Tuesday afternoon a former instructor who allegedly posted an alarming video and sent some students and faculty a threatening email was taken into custody in Boulder, Colorado. In a note to its students, the school said it will return to in-person learning Wednesday after switching to remote instruction …

Neil Young had a strong message for Spotify on Monday: “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.” The 76-year-old rocker apparently doesn’t want to share a platform with Joe Rogan, whose podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience” has an exclusive deal with Spotify and has frequently spread false information about …