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As thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters swarmed Washington last week, one hacker archived their posts on Parler to help reconstruct the role the social media platform played in the deadly ...

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PLANO, Texas, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parler, the leading independent social media platform dedicated to free expression, today issued a fierce rebuke of California's Senate Bill 771 (SB ...

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Update as of 5 p.m. Monday: Methuen officials have announced the shut down of a second massage parlor in the city that they believe is a front for a human trafficking operation. Methuen officials ...

Iowa City Police have arrested three people on multiple charges in a human trafficking investigation involving two massage parlors. Iowa City Police say the investigation and found the owners of two ...

A massage parlor in Methuen was shut down and its manager was arrested after police found evidence of human trafficking in the building, officials said. Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, N.Y., was arrested ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new Mahjong parlor just opened in Leawood, Kansas. It’s called the Bam Bam Room. A year ago, neighbors Stephanie Beshoner and Kristi Powell started playing Mahjong. Then they ...

The owners of two Iowa City massage parlors were arrested after an investigation allegedly uncovered 90-hour work weeks, prostitution and millions in laundered money. Junping Ren, 56, and Zhenshi Liu, ...