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People are swapping Botox for hemorrhoid cream — and experts are begging them to stop. TikTok’s latest wave of unhinged beauty hacks comes with concern: dabbing hemorrhoid cream on under-eye bags to supposedly smooth and de-puff without ever stepping into a derm’s office. On the social media platform, women are claiming that Preparation H is a miracle fix for puffy eyes, saying that it supposedly tightens skin and mimics the effect of under-eye filler — an expensive non-surgical treatment used to reduce dark circles and hollowness by adding volume. But dermatologists are popping the puff-reducing bubble. New York City-based dermatologist...

A phony Queens doctor left one of his patients brain-dead after a botched attempt to remove her butt implants inside his illegal home clinic, sources and court papers said Wednesday. The 31-year-old woman visited Felipe Hoyos-Foronda’s unlicensed liposuction clinic on 35th Street near 20th Road in Ditmars Steinway to have what sources said were butt implants removed around 1 p.m. Friday. During the bungled procedure, Hoyos-Foronda — who claimed he was a doctor in Colombia — administered lidocaine to the victim through a syringe, causing her to go into cardiac arrest, according to a complaint filed in Queens Criminal Court.

The Arctic Ocean may see its first ice-free day before 2030, earlier than scientists predicted. While most projections of the Arctic’s sea ice have focused on month-by-month conditions, a new study has revealed possible predictions down to the day. Previous expectations had the Arctic Sea loss predicted around 2030, but these results reveal that an ice-free day could occur as early as late summer 2027. Nine other simulations, while less likely, predict that it could occur within the next three to six years. Scientists, from the study published in Nature Communications, say the Arctic’s first ice-free day is now inevitable...

A plus-size influencer says that she can only fly via private jets after commercial airlines were unable to fit her 55-inch backside. Gracie Bon, from Panama, has racked up over nine million followers thanks to her gravity-defying curves and bombshell good looks. After claiming that some airlines 'banned' her from flying due to her size, Gracie has now taken to flying private. 'Every time I used to travel, I used to buy two or three seats,' she explained in a video. 'So I started a campaign requesting bigger seats and they didn't like it. Now, flying private is my only...

Residents of Palm Springs, California, are a bit butt-hurt over a proposed AIDS memorial sculpture looks suspiciously like a human anus. The design, which is meant to honor individuals who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, is facing backlash for its “inappropriate connotations,” according to KESQ. Palm Springs residents are not fully convinced that this should be the artistic representation of these deadly diseases, according to the outlet. Mock-ups of how the Downtown Park installation might look show a nine-foot-tall wheel of limestone with striations converging on a hole in the center. The donut-shaped sculpture by Phillip K....

What happens if they throw a party and nobody comes? If the key draw is the vice president of the United States, it’s pretty embarrassing. It is no surprise that enthusiasm surrounding the Biden administration has been abysmal, to say the least, and that appears to be an issue across the board. In fact, a healthy disdain for our country’s direction may be the only genuinely bipartisan ideology we Americans can share with one another. Biden’s VP cackling Kamala is less popular than the POTUS. During her party’s 2020 primary season, she received less than 1% of the vote. Harris...

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice concluded his state of the state address Thursday by lifting up his English Bulldog Babydog and showing off her butt - sending a message to actress Bette Midler. "They never believed in West Virginia. That we could do it. They told every bad joke in the world about us. And so from that standpoint, Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, 'kiss her hiney.'" Before showing off the dog's behind, Justice marveled, "But this has been the year of Babydog hadn't it? So she's gotta come on out here," he said. "Come on...

A female event organizer told state probers in cringe-worthy detail how then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly “grabbed my butt” — and her shock at being “assaulted by the governor.’’ The woman was at a Hudson River revitalization event Sept. 14, 2019, when she said Cuomo grabbed her arm “to pull me into the photo,’’ according to explosive transcripts released by the state attorney general’s office last week. “At the conclusion of the photo he took his hand and double tapped the area where my butt and my thigh meet, so kind of under my butt cheek,” the stunned worker told investigators...

Co-host Ana Navarro said Monday on ABC’s “The View” that Donald Trump Jr. should talk to his father about obesity and COVID. Navarro who tested positive on Friday, and has since had multiple negative tests was reacting to a Trump, Jr tweet. Navarro said, “There was this tweet from Donald Trump Jr., apparently, he thought was appropriate to take advantage of the false news that had COVID to take a shot at my weight. Babe, I take a shot at my weight every day. Unlike you, I have a mirror and know I have a weight issue. He said given...

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who now serves on Joe Biden's transition team, said he continues to support the concept of increasing the size of the Supreme Court, and defended the Democratic presidential nominee's claim that the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett is unconstitutional. In 2019, Buttigieg supported the idea of a 15-member Supreme Court. Now, in a "Fox News Sunday" interview, he claimed that Republicans who speak out against changing the size of the high court are merely trying trying to distract from other issues.

Brian May landed in the hospital this week, but not because of anything coronavirus-related. On Wednesday, the Queen guitarist and astrophysicist shared an Instagram from the hospital wearing a face mask revealing that he tore his butt muscles "to shreds" while gardening. "The Virus didn’t get me yet - thank God," May, 72, wrote in the caption. "I managed to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening. So suddenly I find myself in a hospital getting scanned to find out exactly how much I’ve actually damaged myself. Turns out I did a thorough job -...

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- A Mitchell, South Dakota, man is facing a misdemeanor firearms charge of accidentally shooting another man in the buttocks early Sunday morning while he was trying to disassemble a 9mm handgun in the victim's Rock Rapids home. Lance Earl Morgan Bryant, 28, is charged with discharging a firearm in city limits, a simple misdemeanor. According to a criminal complaint filed in Lyon County District Court, at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, Lyon County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a man suffering from a single gunshot wound at a residence in the 300 block of South Adams...

The 18-year-old actress will play Lexi, "a beautiful, sharp-tongued cheerleader and the most popular girl at Bayside High who is both admired and feared by her fellow students"

Thomas Callaway, a 43-year-old youth minister (Pittman Park United Methodist Church) from Statesboro, GA was charged Friday with sexual battery, a misdemeanor, in Chatham County, records show. “The conduct displayed toward Alex Bozarjian during her live coverage of Saturday’s Savannah Bridge Run was reprehensible and completely unacceptable,” the Savannah television station the employs Bozarjian said after the arrest. Bozarjian told police the man had slapped and then grabbed her buttocks, the Associated Press reported.

The co-chairs of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) presidential campaign ripped South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday evening for comparing Sanders’s supporters to those who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016.

Scientists from the University of Oxford have discovered that women with larger than average butts are not only increasingly intelligent but also very resistant to chronic illnesses, exciting right? According to ABC News, the results found that women with bigger backsides tend to have lower levels of cholesterol and are more likely to produce hormones to metabolize sugar. As is turns out, big butts are now proven to do more than just please the eye. This new study shows that women with big butts are less likely to have diabetes or heart problems. And having a big butt requires an...

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A woman says Sen. Al Franken inappropriately touched her in 2010, telling CNN that he grabbed her buttocks while taking a photo at the Minnesota State Fair. It is the first allegation of improper touching by Franken, who is a Democrat, while he was in office. It comes just days after Leeann Tweeden, a local radio news anchor in California, said that Franken forcibly kissed and groped her in 2006, when Franken was a comedian. Franken has since issued an apology to Tweeden and faces a potential investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee.

The National Rifle Association, in its first statement on the Las Vegas shooting and in a rare break from its traditional opposition to gun-related regulations, called Thursday for a federal review of so-called bump stocks...On Thursday, the NRA called on the ATF to review that assessment...the National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law.”...Even the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, opened the door to new restrictions.

New White House chief of staff John Kelly, in one of his first acts in his new post, called Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reassure him that his position was safe despite the recent onslaught of criticism he has taken from President Donald Trump. Kelly called Sessions on Saturday to stress that the White House was supportive of his work and wanted him to continue his job, according to two people familiar with the call. The people demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about a private conversation. Kelly, who was appointed to the post the day...