The House Republican who represents Uvalde, Texas, and broke with his party to vote for a gun safety bill after the school shooting there will face a runoff election in May against a popular gun YouTuber. Rep. Tony Gonzales failed to surpass the 50% threshold Tuesday in the Republican primary to avoid a runoff in […]
On Tuesday, former YouTube “momfluencer” Ruby Franke was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to child abuse last year. Franke’s business partner and co-host for parenting advice videos, Jodi Hildebrandt, also pleaded guilty to child abuse and was given the same sentence. Here’s everything you need to know about the […]
Ruby Franke, a mother of six in the US who gave parenting advice to millions via a once-popular YouTube channel, has shared a tearful apology to her children for physically and emotionally abusing them before a judge sentenced her to serve up to 60 years in prison. Franke told Judge John J Walton that she […]
“The cameraman never dies.” Carson Philbin thought he was invincible, and three weeks before his death, he said so in an Instagram post about his most recent adventures. He had a decade of stunts on his SD card, most done while one hand was busy recording. But on Jan. 13, the day after his 24th […]
Longtime fans of reptile enthusiast Brian Barczyk are heartbroken after the YouTuber posted a goodbye video as he enters hospice care. The owner of The Reptarium in Utica, Michigan, posted the 16-minute video titled “This is Goodbye,” on Friday after a nearly year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Barczyk, 54, thanked those who visited his reptile […]
Within the first three days of the new year, several big YouTube accounts announced various forms of retirement from the platform and thanked their millions of fans for their support over the years. One of them is Tom Scott, someone whom YouTube fans like to call an “OG YouTuber” — referring to an “original” creator […]
Human remains were found Sunday in connection to a 2013 missing person’s case with the help of a YouTuber, according to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri. In a news release, the sheriff’s office said that James Hinkle, a local videographer who operates the YouTube channel Echo Divers, spotted a submerged vehicle in a […]
A YouTuber says he was banned from Qatar Airways flights over a bad review. He described dirty bathrooms, a bad crew, and outdated cabins in his video, posted in August. He said the airline asked him to delete the video, which he refused. A YouTuber says he was banned from flying with Qatar Airways after he […]