Pilar Melendez is a Senior National Reporter for The Daily Beast, with a background in journalism from MSNBC, CNN, Columbia Journalism School, and New York University. She covers a wide range of topics, including crime, court cases, social issues, and breaking news, with her work appearing in various Yahoo News outlets.
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She spent five hours in the hot seat at Donald Trump’s trial.
Stormy Daniels , the porn star at the center of Donald Trump 's first criminal trial , spent five hours on the witness stand on Tuesday, detailing her sex romp with him and the payoff to buy her silence.
Sorry, Kristi, but farmers don’t regularly shoot 14-month-old dogs for misbehavior.
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“I used to joke she was my own personal Rottweiler,” Samantha Mansfield tells The Daily Beast in an exclusive interview.
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· 4-min read Susan Buckner was the most, to say the least, according to her daughter.
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Jurors in the doomsday author's murder trial were also subjected to the couple's steamy text exchanges.
The investigation into John Barnett's death revealed a suicide note only he could have written and evidence of “chronic stress.”
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· 18-min read It took a chance meeting, a beach photograph, and a couple of beers for Callum Robinson to hear about San Diego photographer Randy Dible's “sacred” Mexican surfing spot
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Surf photographer who drew map that led Jake and Callum Robinson and Jack Carter Rhoad to the idyllic beach camp where they were murdered tells The Daily Beast he is “heartbroken.”
Karen Read is on trial for allegedly killing her cop boyfriend. A bunch of people who don't even know her are determined to clear her name.
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