The Daily Populous

On April 24, 1973, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department received a phone call from Edmund Kemper.

He told them that he was responsible for murdering his mother (Clarnell Strandberg) and her close friend (Sara Hallet).

This wasn’t the first time Kemper had placed a phone call admitting to the murder of a family member. »

Rip Torn, a prolific actor best known for HBO’s “The Larry Sanders Show” and the “Men in Black” franchise, died Tuesday at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut, his representatives said.

Born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. in Temple, Texas in 1931, Torn studied acting at Texas A&M and the University of Texas, and served a stint in the Army before heading to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s.

As news of his death became public, Torn’s friends, former colleagues and admirers paid tribute to him on social media:. R.I.P Rip Torn. »

They gave legal force to a mind-set—let’s call it automobile supremacy—that kills 40,000 Americans a year and seriously injures more than 4 million more.

As a teenager growing up in the shadow of Detroit, I had no reason to feel this was unjust, much less encouraged by law.

Less well understood is how the legal framework governing American life enforces dependency on the automobile. »

A new accuser has come forward to claim that Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her when she was 14 and then raped her at the age of 15 inside his New York City townhouse.

Once there, she said she was initially treated well, given wine and a tour of the house before being handed $300.

Araoz said Epstein showed her his massage room—where erotic paintings hung around the massage table—which he said was his favorite room in the house. »