Alex Dobuzinskis
By Alex Dobuzinskis
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Fast Forward ‘Future Dead Cops’ Tweet Has College Lecturer In Hot Water
A lecturer at a New York City college of criminal justice who wrote on social media that he teaches “future dead cops” was placed on leave on Friday as the city’s mayor called the academic’s comment “vile.” “Some of y’all might think it sucks being an anti-fascist teaching at John Jay College but I think…
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Fast Forward Carrie Fisher Died From Sleep Apnea
The death last year of actor Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise, was due to sleep apnea and other causes, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said. Fisher died aged 60 on Dec. 27, four days after she became unresponsive on a flight from London to…
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Fast Forward Robert Durst Faces Mystery Witness In ‘The Jinx’ Murder Trial
Robert Durst, the real estate scion tied to several slayings explored in HBO’s series “The Jinx,” returned to a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday to face a prosecution witness whose identity was being kept secret until taking the stand. Durst, 73, is charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a writer and longtime…
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Fast Forward Ashton Kutcher’s Kabbalah Rabbi Ordered To Pay $177K in Sex Suit
A woman who brought a sexual misconduct suit against the former co-director of the Kabbalah Centre, a spiritual group whose brand of Jewish mysticism has drawn many celebrity devotees, was awarded $177,500 in damages by a jury on Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found Yehuda Berg, 43, known in Hollywood as “a…
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Culture Bob Dylan, Known for Silence on Stage, Speaks for 40 Minutes at Tribute
(Reuters) — Bob Dylan, known for playing concerts with barely a word spoken to his audience, gave a lengthy speech on Friday at a gala in his honor where he chronicled the roots of his music while also praising and ribbing famous figures. The 73-year-old Dylan, considered by many musicians and critics to be the…
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Fast Forward Bess Myerson, First Jewish Miss America, Dies at 90
(Reuters) — Bess Myerson, 90, the first Jewish Miss America and a frequent companion of the late New York Mayor Ed Koch who later fell from grace in a city scandal, has died after a long battle with dementia. The Bronx-born Myerson, who served as Koch’s commissioner of cultural affairs and often appeared with him holding…
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