Lisa Plante

Alix Earle has been having a tough month. A few weeks back, the University of Miami grad came under fire after someone with a great memory dug up a few disturbing posts from a decade ago. Fans of the TikToker, who has 7 million plus followers, demanded to know why she used the N-word on her old account on ASKfm, a dating site. On Monday, the New Jersey native finally broke her silence — digitally. Earle didn’t deny she was the one who used the racial slur via an Instagram Stories, and took full accountability. ant to make it clear that I was 13 years old and did not understand the deeply offensive meaning behind that word,” wrote the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model. “That is no excuse for using that word in any context or at any age. That absolutely is not the way I speak or what I stand for.” The local influencer add

As per the police report obtained by the Miami Herald, on Aug. 14, English was interviewed by detectives via Zoom, claiming she was a victim of human trafficking stemming from 2007, and that her “perpetrator” was Sean Combs. “The victim alleged that around 2007 while working as an entertainer at one of Combs ‘white parties,’ she felt obligated to engage in sexual intercourse with three different men,” the report reads. “The victim believed she would be compensated for her services, but was not.” The next step is for the feds to take a look at her case. “Human trafficking detectives will confer with federal investigators,” the MBPD report concludes.

Police are using drones and specialist officers to hunt for two dogs believed to have been involved in an attack that killed a man in the West Midlands. The 33-year-old man was found dead in the back garden of a home where the dogs are thought to have come from. Officers say he had been attacked by at least one dog, which “may have contributed to his death”. Two dogs were seized at t

The Internal Revenue Service is going to get its piece of your hard-earned, tax-deferred retirement savings accounts — it’s just a matter of when. A harsh reality? Perhaps. A chance to think strategically about your retirement accounts? Absolutely That’s because there may be ideal times — and less ideal times — for people to get the taxes on their IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b)s and other tax-deferred accounts over and done with, if they haven’t already, according to retirement savings experts. Spotting a good time is an art and a science, they say, that involves cold, hard numbers and regulations. But it also involves tougher-to-pin questions about a person’s future needs and future taxes. Turning retirement money into the version that comes out tax-free may not be right for everyone, said Devin Carroll, the owner of Carroll Advisory Group in Texarkana, Texas. But people should know what the process entails when it comes to converting a traditional IRA and other tax-deferred accounts to a

An Ankeny man pulled his neighbor from a burning garage on Saturday. The neighbor told Ankeny firefighters he felt an explosion and witnessed fire and smoke from the garage. He was able to pull the man out after calling 911, according to a news release from the city of Ankeny. The Ankeny Fire Department reported finding "heavy smoke and fire" coming from the garage when firefighters arrived to the 2300 block of Northwest 71st Place at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the news release said. The man pulled from the garaged suffered extensive burns throughout his body. A medical helicopter flew him to the University of Iowa’s Burn Unit. The cause of the fire is under investigation. There were no updates as of Sunday morning on the person who was injured