Altria agreed to buy e-cigarette maker NJOY for $2.75 billion in cash as the Marlboro maker looks to strengthen its portfolio of smoke-free products. The deal for privately held NJOY, one of the few e...
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His Hollywood Sexual Abuse Crimes, Explained
Topline Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday on one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault, adding to an existing 23-year prison sentence, afte...
Crypto scammers abuse ‘lax’ UK company laws to fool victims: Report
The United Kingdom is host to at least 168 companies accused of running fraudulent crypto or foreign exchange (forex) scams, according to an independent analysis. A joint investigation by media firms ...
Tether moves to combat child abuse content marketplaces
Tether aims to increase visibility and mitigate controls of cryptocurrency payments used in child abuse content marketplaces through a collaboration with INHOPE. The stablecoin operator will work wit...
Tether and INHOPE Join Forces to Fight Child Abuse Material Online
Tether is hoping that by collaborating with INHOPE, it will be possible to increase the visibility of bitcoin payments used in content marketplaces that promote child abuse and make it simpler for aut...
Three words crypto execs love to abuse
People on cryptocurrency Twitter are overjoyed at the prospect of helping you, and are quick to offer life, diet, entrepreneurial, and other advice; but never financial. It’s a common-held belief that...
Former FTX lawyer tipped off US prosecutors on SBF fund abuse: Reuters
Collapsed crypto exchange FTX’s former top lawyer, Daniel Friedberg, shared his knowledge of founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s use of customer funds with U.S. prosecutors. Friedberg joined a mee...
Sites selling child abuse material for crypto taken down
An international investigation took down two communities and one crypto-powered market dedicated to exchanging child sexual abuse material on the deep web. An international joint investigation led by ...
In New Recordings, Former Georgian President And Putin Foe Alleges Abuse Amid Claims He Is Being Poisoned
Lawyers representing Mikheil Saakashvili, whose health has declined since his imprisonment in October 2021, claim he will die without immediate medical treatment. Former Georgian president Mikheil Saa...
Telegram founder wants to build new decentralized tools to combat power abuse
Telegram is set to build a set of decentralized tools, including noncustodial wallets and decentralized exchanges, said founder Pavel Durov via his Telegram channel on Nov. 30. The initiative is a res...
Michelin Green Star Awarded To Unique Restaurant Aimed At Substance Abuse Recovery
The small village of Coriano is set in the rolling hills of Rimini, in the southern part of the … [+] Emilia Romagna region getty Vite, a restaurant set in the hills of Rimini in Emilia Romagna,...
Baltimore Catholic Archdiocese Covered Up Sexual Abuse Of More Than 600 Victims, Probe Finds
Topline A criminal investigation into the Archdiocese of Baltimore revealed clergy members and other church staff sexually abused more than 600 young victims over 80 years, according to a court filing...
Shocking: Websites accepting crypto for child abuse material rise in 2022
The number of websites selling child sexual abuse material for crypto has doubled yearly since 2018. According to the data shared by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity foundation aiming to...
Mango Markets Exploiter Launches Shitcoin to Abuse Bots, Warns Twitter Community
Last week, Mango Markets lost $115 million worth of crypto due to a “profitable trading strategy” employed by Avraham Eisenberg and his team. While technically an exploit of the Mango Markets platform...
England And United States Women’s Teams Show Solidarity For Abuse Victims At Wembley
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 07: Players of England and USA pose for a photograph with a banner reading … [+] ‘Protect the Players’ prior to the Women’s International Friend...
Angelina Jolie Accuses Brad Pitt Of Physical Abuse In New Court Filing
Topline Angelina Jolie disclosed new details about a 2016 incident with her former husband Brad Pitt in a court filing Tuesday that alleges Pitt was physically violent with Jolie and several of their ...
U.S. Soccer Failed To Protect Women’s Players From ‘Systemic’ Abuse And Sexual Misconduct, Report Finds
Topline Abuse and sexual misconduct within women’s soccer are “systemic” from youth leagues to the highest levels of the game, according to a damning report published Monday after a yearlong independe...
R. Kelly Convicted On Child Pornography And Sex Abuse Charges
Topline A Chicago jury found R. Kelly guilty of child pornography for taping his sexual encounters with underage girls, according to multiple reports, just months after the R&B singer was sentence...
Anna Kendrick And Director Mary Nighy Dive Deep Into The Important Cinematic Storytelling Of ‘Alice, Darling’
Wunmi Mosaku, Anna Kendrick and Kaniehtiio Horn in their new film “Alice, Darling” Lionsgate Both on-screen and in our everyday lives, terms like “gaslighting” and “toxic” have often been ...
BYU Finds No Evidence Of Racial Abuse Against Black Duke Volleyball Player
Topline Brigham Young University said Friday it did not uncover evidence of a fan uttering a racial slur at Duke University volleyball player Rachel Richardson and lifted a ban on the person who alleg...
Bernstein launches coverage of Canada’s Tilray, Cronos and Canopy Growth but stops short of any buy ratings
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Nadine Sarwat initiated coverage of three Canadian cannabis stocks on Wednesday but stopped short of any buy recommendations at current levels. “Is the buzz gone...