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How Jodi Hildebrandt Enabled Ruby Franke’s Child Abuse

A new documentary revisits the disgraced therapist’s past while revealing where she stands now after pleading guilty and being sentenced to prison.

By Sara Kettler, Tyler Piccotti and Catherine Caruso
TTS audio available12 min
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‘Marty Supreme’: Who Was Marty Reisman, the Real-Life Ping-Pong Hustler Behind the Movie?

Meet the table tennis legend whose skill, swagger, and spectacle changed the sport.

By Catherine Caruso
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The True Story Behind Murder in Monaco

By Catherine Caruso
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The True Story of the New Movie Eden

By Michael Natale
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What to Know About ‘The Carman Family Deaths’

By Tyler Piccotti
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How Rob Reiner Fell in Love with Michele Singer

By Tyler Piccotti
TTS audio available7 min

Notable Now

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Jake Paul

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Jesus Christ

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Dick Van Dyke

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William Shakespeare

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True Crime

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Where Is Brian David Mitchell Today? Everything We Know About Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapper

Here’s the latest on the self-proclaimed prophet, who is serving a life sentence in federal prison for abducting Smart in 2002, ahead of Netflix’s Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart.

By Tyler Piccotti
TTS audio available9 min
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Elizabeth Smart

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Timeline: Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapping and Rescue

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Where Is Andrea Yates’s Ex-Husband Rusty Now?

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Andrea Yates

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Why Andrea Yates Was Found Not Guilty of Murder

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Where Are Ruby Franke’s Kids and Ex-Husband Now?

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Ruby Franke: The “Momfluencer” Who Became a Felon

this image taken from body camera footage provided by washington county attorneys office shows jodi hildebrandt, left, and ruby franke, center, being arrested on child abuse charges on aug 30, 2023, in ivins, utah the twelve year old son of franke, a utah mother of six who gave parenting advice to millions via a once popular a youtube channel, had escaped through a window and approached several nearby homes until someone answered the door, according to documents released friday washington county attorneys office via ap

Where Is Ruby Franke Now?

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People You Should Know

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These 10 Latin Artists Changed Music Forever. Here’s How They Did It.

Bad Bunny, Shakira, and Selena are just a few artists who have popularized Latin music in the United States.

By Catherine Caruso
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10 of the Greatest Hispanic American Athletes

By Tyler Piccotti
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24 Influential Hispanic Americans Who Made History

By Daisy Hernandez, Biography.com Editors and Ale Russian
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22 Famous Scientists You Should Know

By Tyler Piccotti
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10 Famous Explorers Who Connected the World

Athletes

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Why Cristiano Ronaldo Is Named After Ronald Reagan

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5 Things You May Not Know About Babe Ruth

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Travis Kelce

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Every Black Quarterback to Play in the Super Bowl

Musicians

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How The Rolling Stones Were First Formed

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11 of Motown Records' Biggest Hitmakers

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Inside Jelly Roll’s Weight Loss Journey

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Ed Sheeran

BIO Buys

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Amanda Seyfried’s Golden Globes Beauty Secrets

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Inside Hudson Williams' Golden Globes Skincare

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Get Chase Infiniti’s Glow From the Critics Choice Awards

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29 Best ‘Stranger Things’ Gifts and Merch

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Culture

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The Final Days of John F. Kennedy Jr.

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9 Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Shows

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Did Shakespeare Actually Write Hamlet?

By Michael Natale
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The Life and Death of Hamnet Shakespeare

By Tyler Piccotti
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Scientists

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 Quest

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James D. Watson

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Jane Goodall

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How Jane Goodall Became a Chimp Expert

Political Figures

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Archaeologists Found a Lost Site of Friendly Fire

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Pope Francis’ Life in Photos

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Inside the Long-Forgotten JFK Inaugural Gala

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James Polk

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Activists

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Claudette Colvin

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What Happened to Rosa Parks After the Bus Boycott?

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The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

TTS audio available7 min
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How the Greensboro Four Began the Sit-In Movement

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