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M.L. Nestel

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M.L. Nestel is a Newsweek senior writer. A native of Los Angeles, M.L. is one of a select few who have reported for all three New York City tabloids including: The New York Post, The New York Daily News and Newsday — and later zipped around the country parachuting into capers as a National Correspondent for The Daily, The Daily Mail, Vocativ, The...

Articles by M.L. Nestel

U.S.

Convicted “Cupid of Chaos” Bigamist Mike Middleton Flees Halfway House To Reunite With Fourth Wife

“He would bunch up his fist and get in my face and act like he was going to hit me. He then said, ‘I will beat the living s—t out of you.'”

14 min read

U.S.

Jussie Smollett Judge To Let Another Rule On Special Prosecutor After Questions Over Family Ties To Prosecutor

“This really does shine a light — not only on the case in of itself, but it shines a light on how mismanaged the office is. There really are serious cases being mismanaged.”

8 min read

U.S.

Florida Teachers Split on Bill to Let Them Carry Guns on Campus

“If I have an aggressive kid in my class and he gets a hold of my gun, what then?” asked one teacher.

7 min read

U.S.

How America’s Drive-Thrus Serve Robbers, Drug Dealers and Other Criminals

The drive-thru line can be a fast and easy way to get food or make a bank deposit; it can also be a quick ray to commit a violent crime.

23 min read

U.S.

FBI Agent Allegedly Took Bribes From Realtor Friend To Provide D.C. Apartment Tenant Information

“Sup Bro! Take a look at this tenant list…See if you can get numbers them [sic] please,”

8 min read

U.S.

Sol Pais, Columbine Shooting-Fixated Teen Sought by FBI as ‘Credible Threat,’ Found Dead From Self-Inflicted Wound

“She appeared to have died from a self-inflicted wound,” Dean Phillips, special agent in charge of the Denver field office of the FBI, confirmed.

4 min read

World

Notre Dame Restoration Will Face Constant Roadblocks, but Experts Are Optimistic Cathedral Will Return to Former Glory

“We need to remind people of how France, and Europe, have recovered from other tragedies,” said Francis Maude, a London-based conservation repair specialist.

4 min read

U.S.

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Couldn’t Crack Password To U.S. Secrets Without Chelsea Manning: Indictment

An indictment lodged against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange alleges that he needed the help of intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to breach the U.S. government’s database.

3 min read

U.S.

California’s Gun Rush: Buying Frenzy for High-Capacity Magazines After Judge Lifts ‘Unconstitutional’ Law

“It’s freedom. People want their freedom. That’s what it is.”

14 min read

U.S.

Accused Child Sex Attacker from Alabama Hit With $14 Million Bail

“I’m proud of that little girl to come forward.”

6 min read

U.S.

‘It Sounded Like a Bomb’: 85-Year-Old Woman Fired .357 Magnum in Gunfire Exchange with Home Intruder

“The gun just went off…I didn’t mean to shoot [at] her.”

7 min read

U.S.

Couple Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Airline’s ‘Failure’ to Intervene in Passenger’s Ice-pick Threat

When the couple asked to be reseated, “the flight attendant denied the request.”

6 min read

U.S.

Why Was Michael Avenatti Arrested? Stormy Daniels’ Former Lawyer Accused of Trying to Extort Nike, Faces Charges in NY, LA

Avenatti is accused of trying to extort Nike.

2 min read

U.S.

American Refugees: How Climate Change Might Force U.S. Migration North and Where They Could Go

Is Duluth, Minnesota, about to see a population boom? Where will we move if climate change forces people away from the coasts?

9 min read

U.S.

Convicted Drug Dealer Indicted After Firing AR-15 Rifle at Bar Manager Who Denied Him a Drink, Feds Say

With consequences setting in for Francisco Felix, he allegedly told investigators he “f—ed up.”

7 min read

U.S.

Who Is Judge Amy Berman Jackson and How Much Time Will She Add to Paul Manafort’s Sentence?

Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort could face several more years in prison, depending on what the judge in D.C. decides.

6 min read

U.S.

Volunteer Firefighter Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself While Attempting to Disassemble Gun

The gun that Hammer was handling was legally owned, and neither alcohol nor any substances played a part in his untimely demise.

2 min read

U.S.

Where Will Paul Manafort Go to Prison? Former Trump Campaign Chair Dodges Harsher Conditions With Second Sentence

“He has to be careful. They may think: ‘Here’s this rich guy who got caught and the president can’t get him out so why is he more special than us?'”

13 min read

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New Orleans Hotel Guests Heard Man and Woman ‘Struggle’ Hours Before Jeweler’s Stabbed Body Was Found, Police Say

“He went [to New Orleans] with his wife. It’s not what everybody was thinking was going on.”

5 min read

U.S.

Wild Turkey Survives Crash Into Semi’s Windshield

“I reached back and grabbed one of the tail feathers and it gave it a yank and the thing came life. He wanted out of there and I got the hell out of the cab.”

5 min read

U.S.

JetBlue Insta-Purge Contest Dares Travelers To Wipe Instagram Accounts For Chance To Win Year Of Free Flying

“If you choose to delete, you are committing to starting fresh and sharing new moments on your feed.”

3 min read