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Anna Venarchik is a breaking news intern for The Daily Beast. She’s currently a graduate journalism student at New York University, where she's studying literary reportage. She has been a podcasting fellow at NYU's Production Lab and a reporting intern at Bedford + Bowery. Her work has also appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and The Belladonna. Before becoming a journalist, she taught high school literature in Chicago. You can reach her at anna.venarchik@thedailybeast.com.
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Former Marine Pleads Guilty to ‘Sextorting’ Women for Nudes
LINE OF DUTYHe vowed he’d “ruin their lives” by threatening their friends and families, or by sending photos to their boyfriends, employers, or porn sites.

Teen Busted for Allegedly Threatening School Shooting Online
COPY CATSCops received multiple calls about the alarming post.

13-Year-Old Opens Fire During Heated Custody Exchange: Cops
CHILD LOCKThe 38-year-old man was trying to collect his 3-year-old child with the help of deputies, authorities said.

Teen Enraged by Dad’s Engagement Admits to Slaying Fiancée
TOO SOONAuthorities said the 16-year-old was upset that his father, a prominent physician, became engaged only 11 months after his mother died.

Texas Lt. Guv Dan Patrick Drops Out of NRA Convention
‘ADDITIONAL PAIN’But Patrick still insisted he’s “a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an NRA member.”

Jeff Bridges Says He Almost Died Battling COVID and Cancer
‘Dancing With My Mortality’“[Chemo] strips you of all your immune system. I had nothing to fight it,” the actor said. “COVID made my cancer look like nothing.”

Oxford High Students Stage Walkout to Honor Uvalde Victims
U FOR UVALDEThe protest began around noon and the students marched through campus to the football field.

Rioter Guilty of Making 140 Vile 911 Calls on Way to Capitol
‘COMING TO YOUR DOOR’When a dispatcher refused to connect him to a superior since he didn’t have an emergency, he threatened, “I’m gonna cut your throat. I’m gonna make you eat your f***ing nose.”

Yankees’ Baseman Apologizes to Jackie Robinson’s Family
RACISM ROWAmid claims he made a racist remark to White Sox player Tim Anderson, Donaldson says the incident was “a misunderstanding based on multiple exchanges between us over the years.”

Noem and Lewandowski Reunite After Scandalous Claims
BIRDS OF A FEATHERThe pair parted ways after Lewandowski was accused of making inappropriate sexual advances on a GOP donor at a charity event.
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