BALTIMORE -- The white truck rumbled into the old wagon yard and deposited 11 more men. A stench of rat-infested garbage bins fouled the air. From the other side of massive concrete walls rimmed with concertina wire came shouts and curses.
One of the handcuffed men, 22-year-old Ronnie Turner, gaped in awe at the Gothic, century-old Corner House of the Maryland State Penitentiary, which loomed 70 feet above him into the misty afternoon sky. Read More...
Explore More “The Idol” is finally over — but not without one more headline-making moment. A scene in Sunday’s season finale of the controversial, “torture porn” HBO series — streaming on Max — featured Jocelyn’s (Lily-Rose Depp) management fearing that the troubled pop star could have trouble filling seats on her upcoming tour. Jocelyn’s agent offers: “You know, f—kin’ Kanye [West] was filling arenas until he decided to start following Adolf Hitler. Read More...
Explore More Three young Bolivian brothers were hospitalized after getting a black widow spider to bite them — thinking it would turn them into Spider-Man, according to officials.
The Marvel-loving siblings — ages 12, 10 and 8 — found the spider while herding goats in Chayanta, a Ministry of Health official revealed at coronavirus briefing Saturday, according to Telemundo.
Thinking it would give them superhero powers, they prodded it with a stick until it bit each of them in turn, said the official, Virgilio Pietro. Read More...