Nick Reiner, accused of murdering his parents, director Rob and producer Michele Reiner, has filed a legal petition to tap his trust fund for his criminal defense.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Murdaugh, 57, was convicted in March 2023 of murdering his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family’s sprawling hunting estate in Colleton County in June 2021.
Fans cool people, not rooms, so turning them off in empty spaces avoids wasting energy.
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Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
The legendary musician opened up about living with inclusion body myositis (IBM), which, according to Johns Hopkins, is an inflammatory muscle-wasting disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness.
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Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
It was compounded when a West Contra Costa storage unit caught fire, destroying Alvin’s belongings, their mother testified.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Truly domesticating bees required a hive with movable frames, one that would allow beekeepers to examine their bees and harvest honey without destroying the colony.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised authorities for neutralizing the gunman, while the nation’s controversial security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, released a video standing next to what appeared to be the gunman’s blurred body.
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Robert Blankenship,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2026
An additional $250 million is being directed toward tracking and neutralizing suspect drones.
One human staffer answers the hotline, another handles finishing the dishes, and the third works the handoff to delivery drivers.
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Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
But since the calendar flipped to June, Webb has morphed back into the workhorse who has led the National League in innings pitched for three consecutive seasons, finishing in the top six in Cy Young voting eachof those years.
Larry Hayes, 86, and Bill Moniz, 79, hit the tennis courts in Mountain View three to four times a week — whacking balls across the net as teammates for one to three hours a week.
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Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
And the crowd clearly expected that pucks whacking the nets would be at a premium in this series, too.
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