Meet the NBA’s Custom Sneaker King
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The Detroit Piston's Langston Galloway (@Lgkicks9 + @langgalloway10) and NBA sneaker customizer Andrew Lewis @andr3wtl let you follow the journey of a NBA player’s customized, game-worn shoe. Go from artist studio to the stadium, and see Langston unbox his new sneakers and hit the court at New York City’s legendary Madison Square Garden for a game.
Solving Cold Case Murders With Decomposing Corpses and Forensic Science
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The number of missing persons and unidentified remains in the United States has been called “the nation’s silent mass disaster” by the National Institute of Justice. Since 1980, there have been 250,000 recorded unsolved homicides in the United States, and due to lack of funding and support for forensic research and law enforcement training, that number continues to grow.
Underground NYPD Boxing Matches: Precinct vs. Precinct
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The NYPD has a long tradition of holding Smokers, “Fight Club” style events that date back to an earlier time in New York City’s police culture. The fights are held in an effort to maintain morale while also squashing beefs and petty feuds between cops.
Getting Labiaplasty Surgery for a Designer Vagina
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Younger women are opting for a “designer vagina,” or a procedure known as labiaplasty. Labiaplasty, the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the world, has rapidly grown in popularity in recent years.
Transgender People of Conservative India
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Trans women, called Nupi Maanbi in Meiteilon, have been met with begrudging tolerance and rare instances of acceptance in Manipuri culture. So what is it like for them to try and find love in a society that would rather have them live away from the public eye?
My Breaking Bad Prank Gone Wrong Almost Cost Me $150,000
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Inspired by his favorite show, “Breaking Bad” Josh decided to pull a prank that went terribly wrong.
What started off as a harmless joke meant for his friends, quickly spread online resulting in unforeseen consequences that Josh could never have imagined.
Wanted for Drug Trafficking: Life on the Run
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Quintin “Q Nhannaz” Walters is ready to stop running. As a young kid, growing up in the spotlight of his parents — the late Buffy the Human Beatbox from The Fat Boys and rapper Queen Pen, featured artist on the classic song “No Diggity” — he left his home in New York to start new roots in California.
Exposing Celebrities' Fake Sneakers and the Counterfeit Hype Economy: Yeezy Busta
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What began as an small Instagram account in high-school spiraled into a full-fledged business and career for Yeezy Busta — a sneakerhead who, after being gifted a pair of fake Yeezys in 2015, trained himself to became a skilled authenticator of real versus fake sneakers.