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☆ How Mother Figures Impact Our Lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

For Mother’s Day, The Times asked readers to tell us about the mother figures in their lives. KELLY SANDOVAL, 48, SQUAMISH, B.C., CANADAI come from a multicultural background, but the Puerto Rican side of the family lived far away. When I showed up, Linda, my host mother, picked me up from the bus stop and made me tea and crumpets. If I had a nightmare and woke my mother up, she would tell me to climb into bed with Rita. During that year I also moved into my first apartment, away from the guidance of my mother.

Persons: Sara Walcott, “, ”, Walcott, Ruth, she’d, JUDITH SHAPIRO, Halbeck, ZEVA OELBAUM, Jacqueline, ” Jacqueline, It’s, JESSICA CHAHINE, Patty, darlin, KELLY SANDOVAL, Alina, “ Fallon, FALLON ALVAREZ, Linda, We’re, BELLA MUNTZ KIRCHNER, AUSTIN , TEXAS Tenzin, CHANTAL TORTOROLI ROBERTS, Mom, idealists, ANNETTE EUFEMIO, Miss Jordan, MARJORIE GEORGE, Yoshibe, I’m, MARY HAYES, Viola, Lois, Aunt Flossy, Frankye, DOUG MOURER, MANSON, Colleen, WENDY, Greenberg, Bach, MANUEL FIGALLO, Rita, HARRIET LISS, MARY EILEEN CONNERY McDONNELL, Wilma, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, MADLYN DICKENS, Dunn, —, Parkinson’s, I’ve, ” GENEVIEVE GEER, ANYA SANCHEZ, mami ”, Kitty ” —, KITTY CHACHRA Organizations: The Times, SOUTH, CANADA, Radio City Music Hall, Miss, Gloucester Cathedral, THE, The Locations: Macon , Ga, McLEAN , VA, Kansas City, Mo, New York, MONTCLAIR, N.J, France, Paris, SQUAMISH, Puerto Rican, PORTLAND, Cambridge, England, AUSTIN , TEXAS, LARCHMONT, MANILA, PHILIPPINES, BROOKLYN, N.Y, Japan, INDIANAPOLIS, Walla Walla, Wash, Northern Idaho, Swedish, Seattle, I’m, BELLINGHAM, ARLINGTON , VA, STAMFORD, CONN, GEORGETOWN, THE BRONX, MARATHON, Cava, Spain, BOULDER, COLO, India, Toronto, longhand, Delhi, WATERLOO , ONTARIO

☆ ‘Mad Men’ star Christina Hendricks is married
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Actor Christina Hendricks is a married woman. The “Mad Men” actor wed her partner of four years George Bianchini, a camera operator who works in the entertainment industry, on Saturday at the historic Napoleon House in New Orleans, according to People magazine. The southern locale is a special place for the couple, according to Hendricks, who told the outlet in an interview published on Sunday that New Orleans was a place both Hendricks and Bianchini each loved to visit before they met. Shirley Manson, the lead singer of the band Garbage and a close friend of Hendricks’, officiated the ceremony. I will love and care for him forever.”Hendricks was previously married to actor Geoffrey Arend for 10 years before announcing their separation in 2019.

Persons: Christina Hendricks, George Bianchini, Napoleon, Hendricks, Bianchini, ”, Matt Weiner, Christian Siriano, Mae Whitman, Katya Katya, Shirley Manson, Hendricks ’, ” Hendricks, Geoffrey Arend Organizations: CNN, Napoleon House, People Locations: New Orleans, Orleans

☆ Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died. Gossett became the third Black Oscar nominee in the supporting actor category in 1983. "More than anything, it was a huge affirmation of my position as a Black actor," he wrote in his 2010 memoir, "An Actor and a Gentleman." "I knew too little to be nervous," Gossett wrote. Gossett went to Hollywood for the first time in 1961 to make the film version of "A Raisin in the Sun."

Persons: Louis Gossett Jr, Oscar, Gossett's, Neal L, Gossett, Nelson Mandela, Louis Gossett, Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, John Amos, Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Susskind, Ed Sullivan, Red Buttons, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, Steve Allen, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Landau, Steve McQueen, Frank Silvera, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billy Daniels, Sammy Davis Jr, Melvyn Douglas, Anne Baxter, Patrick O'Neal, Royce Corniche, Richard Pryor, Sharon Tate's, Charles Manson's, Louis Cameron Gossett, Louis Sr, Sadat, Dave Karger's, Satchel Paige, Josephine Baker, Oscar didn't, Satie, Robert Gossett, Hattie Glascoe, Christina Mangosing, Cyndi James, Reese Organizations: HOLLYWOOD, TCM, Associated Press, Oscar, Globe, Broadway, New York University, Hollywood, Beverly Hills Hotel, Universal Studios, Eracism Foundation, Rockford, Mamas, White Locations: CA, Hollywood , California, Santa Monica , California, Malibu, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills, Coney, Brooklyn , New York, Malibu .

☆ The horrific true story behind the 1969 Manson Family murders that changed America forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( James Pasley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The Manson murders closed out one era for the US, and heralded the arrival of another. The Manson "Family" killers were following orders from their cult leader, Charles Manson. One of the seven victims was pregnant actress Sharon Tate.

Persons: —, Manson, Charles Manson ., Sharon Tate, Quentin Tarantino's, there's Organizations: Service Locations: Hollywood

☆ Rolling Stone’s Top Editor Steps Down
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | More About Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Wenner told employees in a separate note that Mr. Shachtman would be replaced in the interim by Sean Woods, the magazine’s deputy editor, and Lisa Tozzi, its digital director. The magazine will begin a search for a new top editor in the coming weeks, he said. The former top editor of The Daily Beast, Mr. Shachtman imported the news website’s hard-nosed, investigative sensibility to Rolling Stone. During his tenure, the magazine published investigations into prominent musicians and actors, including Jonathan Majors and Marilyn Manson. After his comments were published, he was ousted from the foundation and condemned by the Black Rock Coalition, a conflagration that Mr. Shachtman had pushed Rolling Stone to cover.

Persons: Wenner, Shachtman, Sean Woods, Lisa Tozzi, he’s, ” Mr, Jonathan Majors, Marilyn Manson, Stone, Jann Wenner, Gus Wenner’s Organizations: The Times, Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Black Rock Coalition

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson, who was sentenced to community service for blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire, recently completed his time at an organization that provides meeting space for Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, according to court paperwork. A certificate of completion was filed by the Assistance League of Los Angeles with a New Hampshire court on Jan. 30. Manson had to file proof of his service by Feb. 4. A no contest plea means Manson did not contest the charge and did not admit guilt. Several women have sued Manson in recent years with allegations of sexual and other abuse.

Persons: — Marilyn Manson, Manson, Brian Warner, Andrew Livernois, ”, Westworld, Evan Rachel Wood, Wood, Illma Gore, Esmé Bianco Organizations: CONCORD, Anonymous, Windsor Club of, Alcoholics Anonymous, Assistance League of Los, Bank of New Hampshire, Stone, “, Associated Press Locations: N.H, New Hampshire, Windsor Club of Glendale, California, Assistance League of Los Angeles, Laconia, Concord, Gilford, Hampshire

☆ Serial killer Ted Bundy stole Kurt Russell's food during an escape from police custody, say Kate and Oliver Hudson
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kate and Oliver Hudson said Ted Bundy stole food from their stepdad, Hollywood icon Kurt Russell. AdvertisementKurt Russell narrowly escaped a run-in with serial killer Ted Bundy, according to his stepchildren, Oliver and Kate Hudson. AdvertisementAt the time, the serial killer was on trial in Pitkin County for the 1975 murder of 23-year-old nurse Caryn Campbell. Bundy escaped by jumping out of a second-story window, and headed straight for the mountains outside Aspen, per ABC News . The serial killer broke into a cabin while evading the authorities for six days, and later stole a car.

Persons: Kate, Oliver Hudson, Ted Bundy, Kurt Russell, Russell, Bundy, Goldie Hawn, —, Oliver, Kate Hudson, Jimmy Kimmel, Tex Watson, Charlie Manson's, Kurt, Caryn Campbell, Hawn, Bill Hudson Organizations: Service, ABC, St Patricks Locations: Hollywood, Pitkin, Aspen , Colorado, Pitkin County, Aspen

☆ The Best Books About California
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Soumya Karlamangla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Looking for your next absorbing read? Today I’m updating our California Reading List, a project of this newsletter that’s intended to guide anyone looking to learn more about the Golden State through adeptly written prose. Readers have sent in hundreds of wonderful recommendations, and I’ve been sorting through them for weeks. Please keep emailing your suggestions to CAtoday@nytimes.com, and include your full name and the community where you live. (If you have recommendations for the best local spots to read, send those, too.)

Persons: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s, Carey, Octavia Butler’s unsettlingly, Joan Didion, “, Joan Didion’s ‘, Jim Morrison, Charles Manson, ”, Christine Tse Kuecherer Organizations: Reading, Golden State Locations: Golden, “ California, Burbank

☆ Citigroup to cut 20,000 employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Citigroup will lay off 20,000 employees over the next two years, CFO Mark Mason said Friday. The reduction comes after the company reported a $1.8 billion net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023, its worst quarter in 15 years. The bank expects the reduction in headcount to save $2.5 billion over the long-term. These layoffs are part of Citi CEO Jane Fraser’s years-long effort to cut red tape at the company and boost lagging profits. Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser first announced her sweeping restructuring efforts last September.

Persons: Mark Mason, Jane Fraser’s, Fraser, ”, Manson, Jane Fraser, “ We’ll, ” Fraser Organizations: New, New York CNN, Citigroup, FactSet, Citi Locations: New York, Argentina

LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and a fine on Monday after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer at a 2019 concert in New Hampshire. Manson pleaded no contest to just the nose-blowing charge in a fully negotiated plea agreement with prosecutors. A no contest plea means Manson is not contesting the charge and does not admit guilt. Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesThe judge agreed to allow Manson to serve his community service in California. Manson has to give proof of his community service by Feb. 4.

Persons: — Marilyn Manson, Manson, Brian Warner, videographer Susan Fountain, Fountain, ” Manson, Warner, Andrew Livernois, Kent Barker, “, ” Barker, ”, “ Westworld, Evan Rachel Wood, Wood, Illma Gore, Esme Bianco, ___ Whittle Organizations: Bank of New Hampshire, “, Associated Press Locations: LACONIA, N.H, New Hampshire, Laconia, Concord, Gilford, Hampshire, California, Portland , Maine

☆ This Beverly Hills mansion with a strange history had its price cut by $30 million — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Beverly Hills mansion built in 1996 on the site of the Tate murders is seeking $55 million. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The house has been on the market for over a year and took a major price cut recently. Altman doesn't think that's why the 21,000-square-foot mansion has been on the market since January 2022, when it was originally listed for sale for $85 million. Buyers are unphased by its eerie history and willing to spend serious money for a unique home, Altman said.

Persons: Tate, Jeff Franklin, Matt Altman, Douglas Elliman, Altman, Josh, Sharon Tate, Manson Organizations: Beverly Hills, Service Locations: Beverly, Wall, Silicon, Beverly Hills , California, Beverly Hills, Angeles

☆ Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Released From Prison After More Than 50 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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CNN —Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, a prison spokesperson told CNN. Van Houten was released to parole supervision, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Mary Xjimenez said. Van Houten will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year, Xjimenez said. In 1994, Van Houten described her part in the killings in a prison interview with CNN’s Larry King. “I went in and Mrs. LaBianca was laying on the floor and I stabbed her,” said Van Houten, who was 19 at the time of the murders.

Persons: Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson, Van Houten, Mary Xjimenez, Xjimenez, Manson, ”, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary, Gavin Newsom’s, Van, Newsom, Van Houten’s, Erin Mellon, “, ” Melton, Jay Sebring, Governor Newsom, ” Sebring’s, Anthony DiMaria, CNN’s Laura Coates, ” DiMaria, rampages, Nancy Tetreault, CNN’s John Berman, that’s, ” Tetreault, Berman, she’s, Tetreault, –, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, CNN’s Larry King, LaBianca Organizations: CNN, California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, California Gov, California Supreme, Gov Locations: California, Los Angeles, Van Houten, United States

☆ Former Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Is Released on Parole
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower who played a role in the gruesome double murder of a Los Angeles couple in the summer of 1969, was released on parole on Tuesday after serving more than half a century in prison, according to her lawyer. Ms. Van Houten’s lawyer, Nancy Tetreault, said she was taken early Tuesday morning to transitional housing at an undisclosed location. “She’s going to have to learn to live in the world after 53 years in prison,” Ms. Tetreault said in an interview. “So that’s going to take some time.”The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed her release to The Associated Press. Mr. Newsom had reversed Ms. Van Houten’s parole grant three times since taking office, most recently in March 2022.

Persons: Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson, Van Houten’s, Nancy Tetreault, “ She’s, ” Ms, Tetreault, Gavin Newsom, Newsom Organizations: Los, California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Associated Press, California Gov Locations: Los Angeles

Her release had been expected after California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced he would give up trying to deny parole for Van Houten, 73, who was serving a life sentence. In May a California appeals court overruled Newsom and found Van Houten was entitled to parole. "She was a model prisoner from the day she entered prison," Tetreault said. Van Houten was 19 when the murders were committed, making her the youngest of Manson's devotees. Van Houten was convicted of fatally stabbing grocery owner Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their Los Angeles home on Aug. 10, 1969.

Persons: Leslie Van Houten, Manson, Charles Manson's, Gavin Newsom, Van Houten, Newsom, Nancy Tetreault, Tetreault, She's, Jerry Brown, Sharon Tate, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary, Tate, Roman Polanski, Daniel Trotta, David Gregorio Our Organizations: California Supreme, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, California, Corona, Angeles, Europe, Carlsbad , California

☆ This Drug Could Help Survivors Heal From Cults Like NXIVM - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Maia Szalavitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The best way to prevent this — or mitigate harm, if it cannot be prevented — is through social support, via good parenting and other loving relationships, which calm the brain’s stress systems. A study of mice recently published in Nature suggests that psychedelics can reopen what’s known as a critical period for learning social and emotional skills that occurs during the animal’s adolescence. And psychedelics known to produce a longer “trip” in humans seem to reopen the critical learning period in mice for a longer period of time. This ability to specifically enhance social learning is why these drugs may be so useful for helping those who are harmed by cults or early life trauma. NXIVM did not drug its victims, although other cults have — most notoriously the murderous “family” led by Charles Manson, who gave his followers LSD.

Persons: It’s, NXIVM, ”, Charles Manson Organizations: India, NXIVM

[1/2] Leslie Van Houten listens during her parole hearing in Corona, California, June 28, 2002. In May a California appeals court overruled Newsom and found Van Houten, 73, was entitled to parole from her life sentence. The governor could have appealed the decision to the California Supreme Court. Van Houten was 19 when the murders were committed, making her the youngest of Manson's devotees. Van Houten was convicted of fatally stabbing grocery owner Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their Los Angeles home on Aug. 10, 1969.

Persons: Leslie Van Houten, Van Houten, sprees, Read, Gavin Newsom, Charles Manson's, Newsom, Erin Mellon, Van Houten's, Nancy Tetreault, Jerry Brown, Manson, Sharon Tate, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary, Tate, Roman Polanski, Abigail Folger, hairstylist Jay Sebring, Daniel Trotta, Kim Coghill Organizations: California Supreme, NBC News, Thomson Locations: Corona , California, California, Los Angeles, Angeles, Europe, Carlsbad , California

☆ You May Not Have Asked; He Answered Anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Dan Piepenbring | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I know that time travelers may have sunk the Titanic by visiting it in excessive numbers. By now you can see that “The Theory of Everything Else” is all over the map. Its broadness is mainly an asset — it makes the book suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party. Schreiber brings a formidable amount of research to bear, and he’s careful never to mock any of his subjects, even those who may deserve it. But he’s sometimes too adept at quarantining the weirdness, too certain of where the rational ends and the irrational begins.

Persons: Schreiber, William McKinley, Nancy Reagan, Sylvester Stallone’s, Bram Stoker, Queen Elizabeth I, Dan Piepenbring, Charles Manson, Dan Schreiber, William Morrow Organizations: CIA Locations: Bermuda

Malindi, Kenya CNN —The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. The cult was preparing for the end of the world under the instruction of their its powerful pastor, say investigators. Many find it difficult to comprehend the dark path that Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly took his followers along. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesAt a recent hearing Mackenzie denied all knowledge of the horrors that witnesses, inspectors, and survivors believe happened in the Shakahola forest. ‘Intoxicating power’To understand the Shakahola cult, the focus must be on Mackenzie, says Rick Ross, a leading American cult expert who has studied destructive cults for decades.

Persons: Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, Paul Mackenzie, David McKenzie, ’ ”, Agnes, Mackenzie, “, ”, Yasuyoshi Chiba, Rick Ross, “ It’s, Ross, Charles Manson, David Koresh, Joseph Kibwetere, Geoffrey Wango, Wango, Ruto, Nxivm, God, Naomi Kahindi's, Mwangi, Francis Wanje, Wanje’s, It’s, Wanje, Khalid Hussein, Mackenzie's, Monicah Mwangi, Jesus, couldn’t, didn’t, David Man’ong’o Organizations: Kenya CNN, CNN, Good News International Ministry, Criminal Investigations, Getty, Nairobi University, Kenyan, Reuters, . Police, Public Prosecutions Locations: Malindi, Kenya, Galilee, Bethlehem, Shakahola, AFP, American, Africa

☆ ‘The Idol’ Series Premiere Recap: Does it Live Up (or Down) to the Hype?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Esther Zuckerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Season 1, Episode 1: ‘Pop Tarts & Rat Tales’In the background of an early scene in the new HBO series “The Idol” you can hear Fiona Apple’s 1990s hit “Criminal.” The pop star heroine of the series, Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), is posing for her album cover. Areolas are not allowed per the nudity rider — a detail that neither Jocelyn nor her team seem to care about. As Apple’s track plays, two of the members of Jocelyn’s entourage describe her alternately as Brigitte Bardot and Sharon Tate — the latter reference, to the actress and Manson murder victim, is meant to make you shudder. Still, the use of “Criminal” stood out to me among the onslaught of cultural references Sam Levinson throws at the audience. (Levinson, who created the series with Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, wrote and directed Sunday’s premiere.)

Persons: Fiona Apple’s, Jocelyn, Lily, Rose Depp, Brigitte Bardot, Sharon Tate, Manson, Britney Spears, Tedros, Abel Tesfaye, Donna Summer, ”, Sam Levinson, Levinson, Tesfaye, Reza Fahim, “ I’ve, Mark Romanek, Apple, Angelou Organizations: HBO, Apple, MTV

But in granting her petition, the appellate judges wrote that Newsom's conclusion "fails to account for the decades of therapy, self-help programming, and reflection Van Houten has undergone in the past 50 years." It marks the first time a court has overruled a governor's denial of parole to a Manson follower, according to the Los Angeles Times. Van Houten was convicted of fatally stabbing grocery owner Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their Los Angeles home on Aug. 10, 1969. Van Houten's 1971 original conviction and death sentence were initially overturned on appeal, but she was retried, convicted and sentenced to prison in 1978. Reporting and writing by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson's, Van Houten, Newsom, Jerry Brown, Van Houten's, Van, Manson, Sharon Tate, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary, Tate, Roman Polanski, Abigail Folger, hairstylist Jay Sebring, Gary Hinman, Donald, Shorty, Shea, Steve Gorman, Daniel Trotta, Leslie Adler Organizations: ANGELES, Court, California Supreme, Los Angeles Times, Thomson Locations: California, Los Angeles, Angeles, Europe, Carlsbad , California

☆ 13 New Books Coming in May
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Joumana Khatib | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Guest , by Emma ClineAlex has been kicked out of her wealthy lover’s vacation house on Long Island’s East End just days before summer ends. Instead of returning to New York City, she flits around the island, charming her way into homes, parties and clubs while waiting for her romantic spat to blow over. Cline’s last novel, “The Girls,” was a psychological portrait of women in a Manson-like cult, and she brings the same perception and sensitivity to young women in extremis to this new work of fiction. Random House, May 16

☆ What is Atomwaffen? The small neo-Nazi group uses violence to try and bring about societal collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russell is a founding member of Atomwaffen, which uses violence to try and bring about societal collapse. Russell is named by the FBI complaint as the founder of Atomwaffen Division, a terroristic neo-Nazi group known for its far-right ideals and obsession with violence. "It's an incredibly dangerous group," Schubiner told Insider. Even at the height of the organization's relevance, extremism researchers estimated there were only 30 to 80 active members, according to The New York Times. "But certainly as we've seen," she added, "some of the people in the group have not stopped engaging in violence."

☆ ‘Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street’ Review: Ponzi Scheme of a Sociopath
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The subject of director Joe Berlinger ’s captivating, penetrating, four-part “Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street” is described by one of its kinder voices as a “financial sociopath.” Later, someone just comes right out and calls him a “serial killer.” All of which may help explain our persistent obsession with the man who perpetrated the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. After so many productions, dramatic and documentary, shouldn’t we be tired of Bernie Madoff ? One might as well ask if we’re tired of Charles Manson , or Jack the Ripper. It’s certainly not violence that makes the Madoff story magnetic, although the death toll does begin to resemble the post-heist body count in “Goodfellas” after Madoff’s nearly $65 billion rip-off goes belly up in 2008. Madoff, who died in 2021, is very matter-of-fact about the crimes he committed, dispassionate, even clinical.

☆ NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin, Caps overtake Canucks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

With 7:16 remaining in regulation, Ovechkin slid the puck onto the stick of Sheary, who converted the go-ahead goal. Ovechkin, who had one assist in the first three contests, added some tip-in insurance with 2:58 left to play. Tyler Seguin, Jani Hakanpaa, Joel Kiviranta and Miro Heiskanen each scored a goal and Mason Marchment added two assists for Dallas. Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who earned their second win in a row. Linus Ullmark made 37 saves for his second win of Boston's three this season.

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