Faruk Dewan is a 63-year-old Pickering, Ontario, art instructor who was arrested in August 2026 after Durham Regional Police accused him of repeatedly sexually assaulting two female children. Police say Dewan knew both victims’ families and allegedly touched the girls inappropriately during visits to their respective homes in Pickering and Toronto between November 2025 and … Read more
Hope Florida, the welfare-assistance initiative championed by Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis, became the center of a major political scandal after $10 million from a state Medicaid settlement was directed to the Hope Florida Foundation and then rapidly transferred through nonprofit organizations to political committees fighting a 2024 marijuana legalization amendment. In August 2026, a … Read more
Jim Thornton, the longtime announcer for Wheel of Fortune, was suspended by Sony Pictures Television on September 1, 2026, while the studio investigates unspecified allegations concerning him. Multiple reports linked the investigation to an incident aboard an American Airlines flight in May in which another passenger complained about Thornton to a flight attendant. The pilot … Read more
Nicholas Allan Dzendzel is a 43-year-old former Virginia Beach City Public Schools teacher who was arrested in August 2026 and charged with taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial relationship. Prosecutors allege Dzendzel had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student he taught between March 2013 and August 2014. The … Read more
Luis Alberto Cheley Barrientos is a 25-year-old former Sunday school teacher at the Salvation Army Gresham Corps in Oregon who was arrested on August 21, 2026, after police accused him of grooming and sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl he met through the church. Prosecutors say Barrientos exchanged thousands of messages with the teenager, met her … Read more
Nathaniel Michael Carrasco is a 22-year-old San Antonio man accused of using an Anthropic artificial-intelligence chatbot to discuss carrying out a mass shooting at Serna Elementary School in North East Independent School District. Investigators say Carrasco repeatedly wrote about obtaining a gun, killing children at the school and making sure there would be “no escape.” … Read more
Keren Urinov is a music-industry executive and former tour manager who was sued by Alanis Morissette in September 2026 over an alleged blackmail scheme involving a bag seized by British border authorities. Morissette alleges that Urinov initially told authorities that the bag and alleged drugs inside belonged to Urinov, but later threatened to accuse Morissette … Read more
Skylar N. Thompson is a 31-year-old former Jackson County, Indiana, sheriff’s deputy who was arrested after prosecutors accused him of repeatedly using the department’s Flock automated license plate reader system to track his girlfriend’s vehicle for personal reasons. Investigators say Thompson searched the same license plate 2,055 times between December 31, 2025, and August 2, … Read more
Sean Farrell is a 58-year-old corporal with the Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who was charged with voluntary manslaughter on September 1, 2026, in the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old college student Glenwood Earl “Bubba” Pysher IV. Prosecutors say Pysher had accidentally gone to the wrong house after a night out … Read more
The “My Favorite Person” trend is a viral TikTok and social-media format in which someone secretly records the reaction of a child, partner, parent, friend or other loved one while explaining why that person is their favorite. The most popular version involves parents asking their children to help them record a video without revealing that … Read more
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