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Yeonmi Park and her mother fled North Korea to China over the frozen Yalu River in 2007, when she was just 13, and the two were sold into slavery by human traffickers. They were ultimately able to flee to Mongolia with the help of Christian missionaries and trekked across the Gobi Desert to eventually find refuge in South Korea, where Park, now 27, attended college before transferring to Columbia in 2016. 'I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy to learn how to think,' she told FOX News. 'But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think.'

Actress Lisa Banes dies after being mowed down by hit-and-run electric scooter in New York

Actress Lisa Banes (top), known for her work in the films Cocktail and Gone Girl, died on Monday from injuries she sustained when a scooter mowed her down in Manhattan on June 4. She suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of the crash, and never recovered. No arrests have been made in the case, and the scooter was last seen traveling northbound on Amsterdam Avenue. Lisa Banes, of Los Angeles, was visiting New York City for the first time since the pandemic began on June 4, and was on her way to meet her wife, Kathryn Kranhold (bottom), for a dinner party when she was mowed down by a red and black scooter at the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and West 64th Street on the Upper West Side.

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President Biden said Monday that former President Trump's 'phony populism' has 'fractured' the Republican Party and criticized GOP lawmakers unwilling to take a stand against the ex-president.

The Georgia congresswoman on Monday said she was 'very sorry' for her 'hurtful' comments on May 20, when she likened mask mandates to the Holocaust.

The Senate majority leader appeared on a podcast on Sunday to discuss housing in New York - the state he represents. He told about a prior effort to find homes for 'retarded' children.

Americans flee liberal coastal cities in New York California in favor of red states

People fled New York, Illinois and California for Texas, Idaho, Arizona and The Carolinas according to data from moving company North American Van Lines. The states of Florida, Texas, and Colorado also saw a greater influx of movers. Despite the pandemic the company claim people continued to move at rates that were comparable to 2019. The data showed that states that have much less densely populated areas were a big draw for people looking to relocate amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The move away from the likes of New York was driven, in part, by an increased fear of living in densely populated cities and rising crime amid the pandemic.

Trials of an Alzheimer's drug on monkeys found that the drug could reduce the rate of harmful brain proteins by up to 59 percent. The data comes after recent approval of another Alzheimer's drug.

'Pipe down': Piers Morgan tells Harry and Meghan people are 'sick of their yapping', warns Biden isn't tough enough on China and Russia and that America misses Trump's 'forceful personality that cuts through the bureaucracy'

Piers Morgan on Monday evening appeared on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News, arguing the past week's G7 summit showed a sharp contrast between the Queen and Harry and Meghan. Morgan, the Editor-at-Large of DailyMail.com, told Hannity that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'don't even understand the concept of duty,' but that they were 'very happy to trade off their titles.' The British broadcaster also spoke of his concerns at Joe Biden's strategy on the world stage, questioning whether approaching everything with the aim of restoring calm was the correct approach.

Liberals took to Twitter on Monday to push for Justice Stephen Breyer to resign after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would block any Supreme Court nominations in 2024.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is demanding a criminal investigation into the leaking of confidential tax information, insisting that whoever was responsible be imprisoned.

Newly unearthed video 'proves live bats WERE kept at Wuhan lab' despite WHO investigator tweeting 'they DO NOT have live bats' as footage also shows Chinese researcher talking about 'accidents'

The footage, which aired Sunday on Sky News Australia , was reportedly filmed inside the lab and showed a series of cages containing live bats. A coordinator for the group Drastic, which is independently crowd-sourcing ideas about the origins of the pandemic, provided the footage of the bats to Sky. The coordinator goes by the pseudonym of Billy Bostickson, for safety reasons, and has long insisted that bats were housed in the Wuhan laboratories. The footage of the bats, which Sky News' Sharri Markson insisted was from the Wuhan lab, contradicts assertions made by a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team who visited the site in late January.

The Delta variant, which first originated in India, currently makes up about 10% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. but the CDC continues to refer to the mutant as a 'variant of interest.'

Royal Marines recruit Connor Clark has been found dead on a railway track near Lympstone amid claims of bullying at a training camp.

Socialite Libbie Mugrabi reopens bitter $100 million divorce battle with art dealer

A New York socialite whose divorce fascinated the tabloids for years on Monday filed documents to reopen her divorce, signed in December. She alleged that a Warhol painting (inset), handed over on May 6 as part of the terms, was deliberately damaged by her ex. She refused to accept the work. She claimed she had been duped, and was on antidepressants at the time that clouded her judgement. She said that she had no idea she had agreed to $78,000 a month in child support, and believed she was receiving $98,000 a month. She also claimed she was 'bullied' into signing. He has not commented.

How a detective finally coaxed a serial killer into confessing to FIVE murders

In 1960s and 70s New Jersey, a number of teenage girls and young women were killed. The crimes remained unsolved until over a period of 21 years Robert Anzilotti, left, looked into the cold cases specifically involving young women's murders. Eventually becoming the Bergen County prosecutor's chief of detectives Anzilotti struck up an unlikely relationship with Richard Cottingham, inset left, who was already in a New Jersey prison on a life sentence for murder Over meetings where the pair would eat pizza and play cards, Anzilotti was slowly able to extract confessions from Cottingham and the cases were closed. Cottingham would ultimately tell Anzilotti about the slayings of five women and teenage girls between the ages of 13 and 29 in Bergen County. Anzilotti retired from the force in April, but not before getting two final confessions from Cottingham who is already serving a 200-plus year sentence. Pictured, top row, from left, Mary Ann Pryor, 17, Lorraine Marie Kelly, 16, Irene Blase, Jackie Harp, 13, Denise Falasca, 15.

Mitch McConnell went after Senate Democratic leadership for wanting former attorneys general to testify before Congress over the DOJ seizing records from Democrats and journalists.

NewYork-Presbyterian says it is requiring all of its employees to get vaccinated against COVID by September 1 as Mayor de Blasio says city will host ticker tape parade for frontline workers.

Cashier shot dead and off-duty deputy injured after customer got into an argument over

Victor Lee Tucker Jr., of Palmetto, Georgia, had got into an argument with staff at the Big Bear grocery store in DeKalb County, on Monday over their store's mask policy. The 30-year-old appeared to leave after the argument, but returned moments later, holding a handgun, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Tucker hit the casher, killing her, before he was shot and injured by an off-duty officer, a 30-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department, who was working as a security guard.

The case, should it be taken up by the court, would give the court a chance to end affirmative action policies used to increase the number of Black and Hispanic students on campuses.

Video shows cops doing NOTHING after innocent people are shot in drive-by because Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has 'banned police from chasing cars' as residents of wealthy Buckhead say it's a 'warzone' and demand to secede

The video, which was played on Tucker Carlson Tonight , shows people lining up near a dark-colored van that is parked on the side of the road when a white car passes by and shots ring out, with one going straight through the dark van, striking one of the passersby and sending people scrambling. A few seconds later, blue lights could be seen reflecting off the windshield of the black van, symbolizing police cars passing by and not stopping at the scene in the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood. Bill White, the CEO and chairman of the Buckhead City Committee - which represents a wealthy Atlanta neighborhood so terrorized by rising crime they want to secede from the city - said he was horrified by the video. He said the police cars were properly marked and had their lights on. They did not stop, he said, but did call an ambulance and 'rendered help at the scene.' 'This video is horrifying,' White said when he showed it to Carlson Monday night.

The cartoon, titled 'the last G7', depicts the US, UK, Italy, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, India and Australia as their national animals plotting to 'rule the world' as they sit around a table.

Biden says NATO leaders have THANKED him for meeting Putin and refuses to call him a 'killer' again while taking questions from ANOTHER list of pre-approved reporters

President Joe Biden said Monday said that world leaders at the NATO summit thanked him for his willingness to deliver messages to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'I'm going to make clear to pres Putin that there are areas we can cooperate if he chooses,' Biden said. He said it was important even to meet with a potential adversary. If Russia does not change its behavior, the U.S. will respond 'in kind,' he said.

The Justice Department's top national security official is resigning from his position following revelations that the department secretly seized records from Democrats and journalists.

The Russian president was asked about his jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an interview last night ahead of his meeting with Biden in Switzerland on Wednesday.

Elon Musk announces he is selling his last remaining home

Billionaire CEO Elon Musk announced on Monday that he was selling his last remaining home, and fulfilling a vow he made last year to no longer own any properties. The home, a Bay Area mansion, was being rented out for events, Musk said. It comes after a spree last year in which he sold six properties, including one in 2019, for a combined total of $114 million. He currently lives in a home he rents for $50,000 in Boca Chica, Texas.

Black soldier larva, crickets and mealworms are taking the place of meat proteins in pet food, as companies hope to reduce the 64 million ton carbon footprint of meat-based products.

Jessica Oseguera sentenced last Friday to 30 months in prison for violating the 'Kingpin Act' by doing business with companies that had been signaled as 'narcotics traffickers.'

Toddler died of starvation in his car seat after his mom fatally overdosed

Tiffany Spears, 32, and her 15-month-old son, Nicholas Crowder, were found dead inside the home in Portland, Tennessee in February. The results of their autopsies were only released on Monday. The medical examiner, who ruled both deaths an accident, said Spears had been dead several days after dying of a drug overdose. It is not clear how long Nicholas had been dead before he was found but his cause of death was starvation and dehydration. His three-year-old sister, who was found alive inside the home, appeared to have tried to care for the little boy prior to him dying.

Reality Winner was sentenced to five years in prison in 2018 for leaking a classified document to the media concerning alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

Despite health woes, Robert Durst murder trial continues

Durst was hospitalized and the trial was put on pause Thursday. On Monday, with the Los Angeles County jail system doctors declaring Durst fit for court, Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham ordered that testimony in the trial, which resumed last month after a 14-month pandemic delay, would continue. The 78-year-old Durst, charged with killing his best friend Susan Berman, appeared in court looking frail in a wheelchair and jail garb, with a catheter attached that he held up to show the judge.

Salaries for entry-level associates at some top law firms will rise to over $200,000, as the recent law-school graduates reap the benefits of a year of record setting profits for the law industry.

The former CIA agent was forced into retirement after suffering from 'Havana Syndrome' while on assignment at a Moscow hotel back in 2017, as symptoms continue to persist to this day.

Pictured for the first time AFTER crocodile attack: Twins who survived lagoon horror

Mel Laurie is seen smiling from hospital alongside her sister Georgia after narrowly escaping death at a waterway in Mexico. Georgia, 28, was last week seen walking around the hospital with wounds to her hand - sustained from punching the crocodile. Speaking at the hostel where she is staying, Georgia, from Sandhurst, Berkshire, had said: 'It was fight or flight and you fight for the ones you love.' The pair had been swimming at Manialtepec Lagoon with two friends when the animal attacked Melissa and dragged her beneath the water. Georgia had managed to escape, but went back into the water after her sister did not respond to her calls, and confronted the crocodile.

National Parks are becoming crowded with trails overrun even before 9am as visitors rush

The coronavirus pandemic saw many National Parks shut in 2020. With summer approaching people more people than ever are visiting outdoors. It is leading to long traffic jams at many natural attractions with some parks forced to introduce a reservation system in order to curb the flow of visitors. Arches and Canyonlands National Park in Utah saw a 15% and 30% rise in numbers respectively. At Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, 438,000 people visited in May compared with 434,000 in 2019 - an 11 percent rise and the busiest May ever.

Mystery buyer snaps up two condos for combined $157.5million on NYC's Billionaire's Row

A mystery buyer has snapped up two full-floor condos on the 60th and 61st floors of a residential skyscraper overlooking Central Park that cost a total of more than $157million - one of the biggest real estate transactions ever. The purchase of the two units at 220 Central Park South on Manhattan's Billionaire's Row was made through a limited liability company which allows the buyer to remain anonymous. The Wall Street Journal , citing property records, indicated that the deal included $82.5million for the 5,935-square-foot unit on the 60th floor. The buyer also paid $75million for the full-floor unit on the 61st floor as well as a studio apartment on the 18th floor. The sellers originally bought the two condos last year - the lower level went for $50.9million and the upper level fetched $51.4million. Their identities have also been shielded thanks to laws governing LLCs. Deborah Kern of the Corcoran Group is the realtor who reportedly handled the transaction. DailyMail.com has reached out to Kern for comment. In 2019, hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin made the most expensive real estate purchase ever in the United States, buying the penthouse at 220 Central Park South for $238million. The images above are undated file photos of apartments in the building.

A 30-year-old woman from Kentucky identified as Kanya was shot and wounded in Cancun after two assassins leapt off jet skis and sprayed a beach gift shop with bullets, killing two workers inside.

Chrissy Teigen admits to being a 'troll' and 'a**hole' as she apologizes for past bullying

Chrissy Teigen has written a blog post to apologize for her past bullying tweets. The 35-year-old model took Medium on Monday morning to write a lengthy post in which she admitted to being a 'troll' and an 'a**hole' while insisting that she is 'no longer that person.' She has come under fire in recent weeks for cruel posts on Twitter aimed at Courtney Stodden, Lindsay Lohan, Quvenzhané Wallis, and others. Teigen began by writing: 'Hi all. It has been a VERY humbling few weeks.'

Fort Bragg paratroopers Spc. Joshua Diamond, 35, and Pfc. Matthew Disney, 20, were found dead in their barracks room on Friday in a suspected illegal drugs overdose.

Good Samaritan, 22, dies after pulling two children from Texas river then attempting to rescue their father who was carried away by the current and is still missing

Casandra Kendrick, 22 (right), died helping save two young children and their father from the Guadalupe River in Texas on Sunday. The 30-year-old man was still missing as of Monday evening. Kendrick was spending the day on the island in the middle of the river with a large group of family members when the man's sons began to struggle in the water and she jumped in to help.

The inquiry was set up to establish the facts around the decision to allow Bashir to return to the BBC in 2016 after being appointed by then Head of BBC News James Harding.

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour, 63, reveals she's been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and underwent surgery followed by chemotherapy

Christiane Amanpour shared news of her cancer battle during her CNN International show on Monday, saying she has successfully undergone surgery and was receiving chemotherapy. The veteran CNN correspondent and anchor thanked her UK doctors, and urged women to listen to their bodies and get all regular screenings and scans.

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Robert Redford lists his 30-acre 'Horse Whisperer Ranch' for 4.9 million

Robert Redford (inset) is selling his 30-acre horse ranch named after his 1998 movie 'The Horse Whisperer' for $4.9 million to focus on maintaining his other properties, including a nearby ranch in Provo County. The 84-year-old actor's ranch is located in Wasatch County, about 16 miles north of Sundance, the ski and resort community he founded in 1969. Redford bought the horse ranch in 1996 as a place for his horses to exercise during the winter. Built in 1914, the ranch comes with a modest 1,491 square-foot single-family home with two bedrooms and two bathrooms as well as multiple structures including a shed, utility building, and a stable.

Moment five white Maryland police officers taser and arrest black teenager 'after he ignored warning to stop vaping on boardwalk'

Bystanders captured the moment a black teen is tasered by officers while his hands were up for allegedly vaping on the boardwalk (pictured) Footage of the arrest of 19-year-old Brian Anderson, who appears to be cooperative with police but is tasered regardless, has gone viral. Anderson appears to reach for the strap of his backpack but is instantly tasered by an officer and falls to the ground clutching his stomach in pain. Additional footage from the same day captured Khalil Warren's arrest in front of a large crowd as three officers are on top of the teen attempting to handcuff him. Police said in a statement that they are aware of the various clips circulating online and defended the officers use of force.

Researchers in northern Florida believe they've uncovered Sarabay, a 'lost' Native American city cited by European colonists in the 1560s. The pottery they've unearthed aligns with Mocama culture.

Later versions of the Apple Watch could be focused more on health than prior models, including the ability to read someone's body temperature and blood sugar levels.

HUGE explosion destroys Illinois chemical plant with flames and black smoke seen billowing from shattered building, as one person is injured and hundreds of homes are evacuated 

A massive explosion at Rockton Chemtool, just over an hour outside of Chicago, caused major fires on Monday as huge plumes of smoke continue to hover over the area for days to come, local authorities report. A mandatory evacuation was put in place for all homes and businesses within a mile of the explosion according to the Rockton Police Department, with at least one person, a firefighter, being transported to a nearby hospital. 70 employees who worked at the plant were evacuated as emergency crews work to quell the raging fire and smoke, which will likely take days authorities said Monday. The plant manufactures lubricants, fluids and other grease products, all of which are flammable and likely contributed to Monday's massive conflagration.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday if he has the Senate majority he'll block President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominees in 2024, the year of the next presidential election.

A second juvenile suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in downtown Austin on Saturday, after previously arresting another juvenile for the shooting on Sunday.

Christopher Sign, 45, was found dead in his home in Hoover, just outside Birmingham, on Saturday. Police are investigating the father-of-three's death as a suicide.

Kevin Hart slammed celebrity cancel culture after reflecting on his decision to stand down as presenter of the 2019 Oscars in a candid new interview.

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He had a ruff day! Boston terrier's owner falls and almost FLATTENS her during intense agility round at Westminster dog show

Boston terrier Ripple was speeding her way through the agility obstacle course at the 2021 Westminster Dog Show when her handler tripped and belly flopped on the turf, almost flattening her. Ripple stopped for a second, perhaps to make sure her owner, Dan Haddy, was okay, then continued to complete with obstacle course without missing a beat. Ripple finished strong, despite losing to second-time winner Verb, a border collie.

Sean and Sue Laurie, parents of crocodile attack twins Melissa and Georgia, flew from London to Mexico City today to support the girls as they recover from their wounds.

Britney Spears will not appear in person to address the court over her conservatorship at the end of the month, Page Six reported Monday and noted that the upcoming hearing will be virtual.

Girl, 13, whose face was left bloodied  after being body-slammed says she's been bullied

Charlee Funes, a 13-year-old seventh-grader from suburban Chicago, was body-slammed during gym class in May following months of bullying by a classmate, leaving her bloodies and bruised (left and right). Funes and her mom, Kimberly Funes (inset), sat down last week for their first national interview on the True Crime Daily podcast to talk about bullying.

   

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Queen Maxima of the Netherlands attends the annual symposium of the Money Wise platform

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, 50, (pictured) attend the annual symposium of the Money Wise platform in The Hague today. She joined representatives in discussing the relationship between financial worries and health. The mother-of-three looked stylish in a recycled white suit with brown accessories.

Ricky Lee Sneve, 10, drowned in the Big Sioux River in South Dakota on Saturday after saving his five-year-old sister, Chevelle, who had fallen into the water along with several other siblings.

A new species of the previously misclassified 'world's smallest dinosaur' has been identified in a study involving the Florida Museum of Natural History - reinforcing the belief it was actually a lizard.

Satellites capture startling images of depleting reservoirs that serve nearly 75 million Americans as West hit with dry conditions

Satellite images of the western US reveal the mega-drought's impact on major reservoirs that serve millions of Americans. Compared to 2020, the bodies of water are dramatically depleting. Satellite images of Folsom Lake show a shoreline covered in dry vegetation tjat also stretches out to the surrounding land. However, Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in southern Nevada, is at a historic all-time low.

   

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