Oliver Willis Tracking the controversy surrounding The Washington Post’s September 2025 firing of longtime opinion columnist Karen Attiah over social-media posts following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In August 2026, an independent arbitrator ruled that the Post lacked sufficient cause to fire Attiah and ordered the newspaper to reinstate her with full back pay and … Read more
Tracking the controversy surrounding an August 2026 Iranian state television broadcast that explicitly targeted President Donald Trump’s 20-year-old son Barron Trump, purported to map his movements and security arrangements and referred to a $10 million reward connected to killing him. The operational claims and existence of an independently verifiable $10 million bounty have not been … Read more
Kelly Lee Brower Sr. is a 68-year-old Arizona man charged with capital murder in connection with the 1981 killing of 23-year-old Yolanda Herrera in Universal City, Texas. Herrera was sexually assaulted and beaten to death after leaving a local bar and walking toward home. Her murder remained unsolved for more than four decades until preserved … Read more
Tracking the scandal surrounding South Carolina-based Pawleys Island Community Church and its former Pawleys Island Christian Academy after church leaders were accused of knowingly allowing convicted sex offender Warren Spence Perry to work around young children, triggering five arrests, multiple lawsuits, allegations of child sexual abuse, leadership resignations and the closure of the church-run school. … Read more
Spanish influencer Erola Jons sparked a controversy at the 2026 Vuelta a España after using her trademark flirtatious social-media style while working as an official content creator for the race, including an awkward interaction with cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar. Critics accused the content of sexualizing riders, disrespecting professional cyclists and undermining women who had spent … Read more
Benjamin Charles Parker was a 36-year-old man identified by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office as the suspect in the killings of five people found dead at a rural property outside Forest Grove, Oregon, on August 22, 2026. Several animals were also found dead at the property after firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle … Read more
Tracking the controversy surrounding RESCENE member Woni after a short clip of her cutting an unopened Pokémon trading-card pack in half during an August 2026 livestream went viral, prompting criticism from some Japanese Pokémon fans and accusations of anti-Japanese behavior. Longer footage showed that the card-shop owner suggested the stunt and that Woni repeatedly hesitated … Read more
Tracking the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of 22-year-old Christopher Hawley, who died after suffering a severe brain injury following a June 2022 ride on the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Hawley’s family alleges the coaster caused his fatal injuries; Six Flags and other defendants have denied liability. … Read more
Tracking the lawsuit filed by former Disney child actress Raquel Lee Bolleau alleging that Disney failed to protect her from repeated sexual abuse by an unnamed company employee while she was filming the 2001 Disney Channel movie The Poof Point at age 14. The allegations have not yet been adjudicated, and Disney had not publicly … Read more
Tracking the investigation into the death of Worcester Police Officer Kurt Solomon, a 31-year veteran of the department who was found fatally injured at his Worcester, Massachusetts home on August 18, 2026. His wife, first-responder mental-health advocate Karen Solomon, is the subject of an arrest warrant and remained missing as of August 24. Kurt Solomon … Read more