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Extra Extra: Mafia Fugitive Tracked Down Thanks To YouTube Cooking Channel
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Published Mar 31, 2021
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- The Times reports that Rep. Matt Gaetz is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether "he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him." In response, Gaetz went on Fox News and claimed he was the victim of a convoluted extortion plot.
- The Cut has an interview with photographer Salgu Wissmath about their striking photo series “Documenting Dysphoria,” which is all about "affirming and offering visibility to the trans and nonbinary experience through a queer lens."
- Vox breaks down everything you want to know about "vaccine passports" and digital vaccination records.
- A mafia fugitive was arrested after seven years on the run because cops tracked him via the YouTube cooking channel he started with his wife.
- Deno’s Wonder Wheel in Coney Island announced that it will reopen on weekends starting April 9th.
- Can Alamo Drafthouse survive bankruptcy? At least the company sounds optimistic.
- This is no April Fools joke: upstate New York is supposed to get up to 10 inches of snow overnight.
- My Bloody Valentine have put their entire catalogue onto streaming services, and they're teasing two new albums in the works that I'm sure will be released at some point in the next 30 years or so.
- Do you remember the night "some 46 million grasshoppers took wing and then clustered over the brightest parts" of Las Vegas?
- Infamous "SoHo grifter" Anna Sorokin is reportedly in ICE custody after reporting to immigration authorities in Manhattan.
- Watch the trailer for A24's Zola, an adaptation of an unforgettable Twitter thread.
- And finally, I have no idea what is going on here, but I like it:
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