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Pop Tort: A Disgruntled Consumer Is Suing Pop-Tarts Over a Lack of Strawberry Filling

The delicious defendant.

Pop Tort: A Disgruntled Consumer Is Suing Pop-Tarts Over a Lack of Strawberry Filling

The Ghost Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder

Elva Zona Heaster.

The Ghost Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder

14 Sounds You Probably Didn't Realize Were Trademarked

Using Darth Vader's breathing sound without permission is gonna cost you.

14 Sounds You Probably Didn't Realize Were Trademarked

New California Law Will Require Period Products to be Free In All Public Schools and Colleges Beginning in 2022

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New California Law Will Require Period Products to be Free In All Public Schools and Colleges Beginning in 2022

7 Everyday American Food Additives Banned in Other Countries

Your bread and your yoga mat might have something in common.

When Hundreds of Vampire-Hunting Children Invaded a Scottish Cemetery—And Helped Spur a Comic Book Ban

A modern mural in Glasgow of the Gorbals Vampire.

Mandatory Vaccines for Schools Began in Boston Nearly 200 Years Ago

Preschoolers waiting to be vaccinated for smallpox outside their doctor's office.

Inside the Yellowstone National Park Jail and Justice Center

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Traffic Citation vs. Ticket: What's the Difference?

"You have a terrible day, sir."

Notorious RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work Will Be the Subject of a New Exhibition at the New-York Historical Society

Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a Supreme Court photo shoot in 2006.

35 Outlawed Baby Names From Around the World

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9 Fascinating Facts About Oscar Wilde

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The Company That Makes Those Always-Broken McFlurry Machines Just Got Smacked With a Restraining Order

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How HIPAA Works, Explained

HIPAA gives patients rights, but some of them are misunderstood.

Justice Branch: Tree DNA Helps Secure Conviction of a Lumber Thief

Tree DNA just made legal history.

Why Do Police Officers Wear Blue?

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