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Netflix’s ‘Skyscraper Live’: Who Is Alex Honnold? - All About the Daredevil Freeclimber

Known for the 2018 climbing documentary Free Solo, Honnold is attempting to scale one of the world’s tallest buildings with no safety net live on Netflix.

By Tyler Piccotti
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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
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Timeline: Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapping and Rescue

By Catherine Caruso and Tim Ott
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Where Is Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapper Wanda Barzee?

By Tyler Piccotti
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All About Elizabeth Smart’s Husband and Kids

By Catherine Caruso
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How Mary Katherine Smart Helped Save Her Sister

By Tyler Piccotti
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Notable Now

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Get to Know ‘Seven Kingdoms’ Star Peter Claffey

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Claudette Colvin

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Who Is Owen Cooper?

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Get to Know Tom Blyth

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True Crime

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Where Are Ed and Lois Smart Today? Everything We Know About Elizabeth Smart's Parents

They reunited with their daughter more than two decades ago and played a crucial role in Elizabeth’s recovery.

By Tyler Piccotti
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6 Famous Abductions and Where the Women Are Today

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Elizabeth Smart

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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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Save These 9 Hockey Romance Books For Your Next Read

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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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Culture

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Inside Melania Trump's Modeling Career

By Catherine Caruso
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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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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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What Happened to Rosa Parks After the Bus Boycott?

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The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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How the Greensboro Four Began the Sit-In Movement

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Who Founded Labor Day? One of These Two Men