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Morristown Minute

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nine individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in Newark, distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

16 Arrested in Major Drug Bust: Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl & Heroin

Vice

We sat down with Mauritius-Melbourne fashion designer, Erik Yvon, to chat about his beginnings in the industry, collaborating with musicians, and his proudest career moment so far.

Fashion Designer Erik Yvon on Breaking Into the Industry

We had Young Franco speak to us about finding influences in music, first gigs at 3am, and how each song has changed his life.

Young Franco On How To Make Music That Matters

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

The Coffee County Drug Unit, along with deputies from the department, apprehended two individuals last week in separate incidents, one allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine and the other the subject of a prior narcotics investigation who attempted to evade law enforcement.

Coffee Drug Unit Arrests Two in Separate Incidents; Meth Possession and Fleeing Suspect Apprehended

Jacksonville, FL

Lane Pittman is a Jacksonville legend. Though he’s best known as the guy who headbanged in a Category 5 hurricane, Pittman was actually a local star long before that. In fact, he’s one of the rare oddballs to have earned the name “Florida Man” in news headlines not once but twice.

The Florida Man Who Headbanged in a Hurricane

It’s news to exactly no one that, in 2024, nearly every aspect of financial life is conducted online: transferring funds, scheduling credit card payments, setting up auto pay for bills. It’s good for seamlessly managing your finances; it’s bad for potentially falling for a scam, done at the hands of increasingly savvy scammers ready to swindle you out of thousands of dollars.

The Not-So-Secret Language Of Financial Scammers

In the UK, hip-hop culture started emerging in the early 80s with rappers, DJs, graffiti writers and breakdancers taking their cues from what was happening stateside and putting their own spin on it. Crews formed across the country as like-minded people started making music together and building communities. And in London, there was a British-Jamaican teenager with a film camera documenting it all.

An Insider’s Guide to the Golden Era of UK Hip-Hop

Arkansas State

Todd Matthews was one of the first “cyber detectives.” An amateur sleuth who used the internet to solve the decades-old Tent Girl mystery, he later launched the Doe Network, a nonprofit that works with law enforcement to solve missing persons cases. A few years ago, VICE interviewed Matthews...

The Pioneering Cyber Detective Who Cracked a 30-Year-Old Cold Case

In news both strange and yet strangely predictable, wellness influencers on TikTok have started using an ancient laxative to try to cure itchy skin conditions and baldness. Castor oil has long been infamous for its ability to leave people groaning on the toilet. It was used in small quantities to induce labour in Ancient Egypt and in far larger doses as a humiliating torture method by Benito Mussolini’s fascist blackshirts.

TikTok Influencers Are Trying to Cure Baldness with Laxative

“From Romford” … “to Sydney”. The crowd whooped as the words illuminated the stage of the Sydney Opera House’s concert hall behind party pioneers Underworld. British duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have been producing rousing techno ballads and all-consuming, charging dance tracks for three decades. Climbing from Wales, to east London, to the silver screen with “Born Slippy (Nuxx)” (one of the 90s’ most iconic songs that scores the climax to Trainspotting), to music directing the 2012 London Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, and now to headline Vivid, a state-government funded arts festival, in the most famous building in the world.

Underworld Review: Does 'Born Slippy' Make Sense In the Opera House?

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Silicon Valley’s wealthy elite are viewing doomsday as a serious threat, building bunkers in preparation for the potential destruction of all mankind. In 2017, just after Trump’s inauguration, media theorist Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to tech executives at an exclusive resort about the digital future. However, when he showed up, his hosts had other plans. He recounted the story on VICE TV’s series ‘While the Rest of Us Die.’

Billionaires Are Building Luxury Bunkers to Escape Doomsday

NEWARK, N.J. — Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of a star from Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," was convicted today of planning an assault on his ex-wife’s current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The 59-year-old Franklin Lakes resident was found guilty after a two-and-a-half-week trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court.

Real Housewives Star's Ex Convicted of Violent Assault

Suffolk, VA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

MIFFLINVILLE – A trucker from the Hampton Roads region of Virginia is facing charges after...
The post Virginia trucker threatens to kill Zion Grove woman in apparent fit of road rage. first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Virginia trucker threatens to kill Zion Grove woman in apparent fit of road rage.

Asha Puthli shines like the brightest star in the solar system. The 79-year-old jazz singer’s escapades include shooting for Studio 54, acting in a James Ivory film, and singing about finding a lover in outer space. But Puthli has been retired for almost 40 years since then, skipping past the 90s and much of the 21st century. Her 1976 album The Devil is Loose is easily one of the most spellbinding and influential albums to come out of the 70s and is said to have inspired enigmatic disco legend Donna Summer. A sonic concoction of psych rock, free-jazz, pop, rock and disco throughout the album forged a path for radical musical experimentation at a time when many artists had only begun to scratch the surface. And Puthli has always been a renegade – almost 50 years after the album’s release, her freak flag continues to fly.

Asha Puthli Forever

Northern Kentucky Tribune

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Monday on the Senate floor regarding Iran:. “Last night, Iran confirmed that its president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash. The condolences from sympathetic regimes were swift.

Opinion – Sen. Mitch McConnell: Untimely death of president of Iran does not change regime’s threats

Last Friday night Sydney’s drainers were treated to a showcase of Scandinavian avant-garde royalty at the Sydney Opera House. Headlined by Ecco2k and Yung Lean [performing under his side project, jonatonleandoer96] and supported by Japanese pop-star Aya Gloomy, Swedish DJ duo oqboqo and Scandinavian Star, and Frederik Valentin, who backed Leandoer’s crooning ballads – the all-star esoteric lineup was conjured by the collective dreams of every drainer, emo, hype beast, sad boy and fashion girl across the eastern seaboard.

All the Best Outfits at Ecco2k and Yung Lean's Sydney Show

Tattoo artist and skateboarder Ben McQueen was always going to feature Mike Gigliotti in the first episode of his new VICE series, Let It Kill You, which you can now watch below. Based on McQueen’s 2022 photo book of the same name—and blurring a day-in-the-life style with that of Epicly Later’d—the series will chart the creative union between skating and art as seen through the lives and careers of heavyweights in the space. Gigliotti, or Lottie, was high up on the list because A) he’s a good friend of McQueen’s, but B) he’s a constant fountain of artistic output, and his skate shop, Lotties, was a huge deal for the LA skate community and beyond.

The First Episode of ‘Let It Kill You’ Is Out Now

Nashville, TN

Murray, KY

The Murray Sentinel

MURRAY – A Murray couple was arrested last week after two juveniles in their care were admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, for severe weight loss with supporting evidence of malnutrition and physical abuse.

Foster parents arrested after children found to be extremely malnourished

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

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Cults, Corruption and Scams: Here's Some of Our Top Crime Stories

It’s hard to establish a “best of” list of crime reporting, because true crime stories can make pretty horrific reading. But they’re often the most impactful,...

Cults, Corruption and Scams: Here's Some of Our Top Crime Stories

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