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The Mueller Report Shed New Light On Dmitry Klokov, A Mysterious Figure In The Trump Tower Moscow Deal

A Russian who offered Michael Cohen a meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin was a former government official, not a weightlifter by the same name.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 46 minutes ago

Dozens Of Women Are Suing A Hospital That Secretly Recorded Their Gynecology Operations

Eighty-one women are suing Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego, California, for secretly recording them during gynecological surgeries.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 18 days ago

Joe Biden Denied Acting Inappropriately After A Democratic Politician Said He Kissed Her Head

Biden released a statement Sunday in response to allegations raised by Lucy Flores, saying he did not believe he “acted inappropriately.”

Azeen Ghorayshi • 18 days ago

Report: Tech Company In Steele Dossier May Have Been Used To Support DNC Hack

The report by a former top FBI cybersecurity official was filed in federal court by BuzzFeed News in its defense against a lawsuit over the publication of the dossier.

Ken Bensinger • One month ago

Read An Excerpt From A Memoir Of A Young Woman Who Died Of A Superbug Infection

Salt in My Soul is a new memoir about a young woman’s life with cystic fibrosis.

Azeen Ghorayshi • One month ago

These Secret Files Show How The Trump Moscow Talks Unfolded While Trump Heaped Praise On Putin

Ahead of Michael Cohen’s testimony, read the original paper trail behind the campaign to build Europe’s tallest tower in Moscow — and how it played out alongside Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 2 months ago

Trump’s Lawyer Said There Were “No Plans” For Trump Tower Moscow. Here They Are.

Rudy Giuliani claims the Moscow tower was barely more than a notion. “There were no drafts. Nothing in the file.” Documents obtained by BuzzFeed News tell a different story.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 2 months ago

Nobody Believed Neil DeGrasse Tyson's First Accuser. Now There Are Three More.

No one believed Tchiya Amet when she said Tyson had raped her in the 1980s. Now, three other women tell BuzzFeed News that he harassed them, including one who’s sharing her story publicly for the first time.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 4 months ago

This Scientist Used Live Viruses To Save A Woman's Life From A Superbug Infection

Once dismissed as fringe, phage therapy is gaining traction as a last resort when antibiotics fail. It's the subject of a new episode of the Netflix docuseries Follow This.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 5 months ago

The Biggest Democratic Stars Of The Midterms Lost. Here’s Who You Should Know About Now.

There's a new, wildly diverse, and largely female Democratic group joining the House of Representatives.

Nidhi Prakash • 5 months ago

1,600 Scientists Just Signed A Letter Opposing A Legal Definition Of A Gender Binary

The open letter says that any attempt to define gender based on a person’s anatomy at birth or their genes is not grounded in science.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 5 months ago

ER Patients Were Injected With Ketamine As Part Of A Clinical Study Without Their Consent

Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis conducted studies using psychoactive drugs on “agitated” patients without their consent.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 5 months ago

This Woman Is Locked In A Legal Battle For Frozen Embryos With Her Ex-Husband

Critics of a new Arizona law say it could set a dangerous legal precedent: defining embryos as “life” in order to chip away at abortion rights. That fight is the subject of a new episode of the BuzzFeed News series Follow This on Netflix.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 5 months ago

Here’s How A Major Western Bank Enabled A Suspected Russian Money Launderer

Documents show TD Bank loaned $3 million to a company connected to Russian tax fraud and later linked to the special counsel’s investigation.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 6 months ago

The Feds Say Safe Injection Sites Are Illegal. Here Are All The Places Considering Them Anyway.

The new Netflix docuseries Follow This focuses one episode on the controversial fight to open the first “safe injection site” in the US.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 7 months ago

California Just Became The First US State To Condemn Surgeries On Intersex Children

"The Legislature considers intersex children a part of the fabric of our state’s diversity to be celebrated rather than an aberration to be corrected."

Azeen Ghorayshi • 7 months ago

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden Was Arrested For Sex Abuse

He’s accused of squeezing a woman’s butt in his apartment.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 7 months ago

Russian Trolls Are Spreading Confusion About Vaccine Safety On Twitter

Russian trolls tweeted about vaccines 22 times more frequently than the average Twitter user, a new study shows.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 7 months ago

Four Times As Many Pregnant Women Are Addicted To Opioids Now Compared To 1999

West Virginia and Vermont have the highest rates of opioid use disorder among pregnant women at delivery.

Azeen Ghorayshi • 8 months ago

Facing Harassment Allegations, Physicist Lawrence Krauss Will No Longer Lead The Prestigious Program He Founded At ASU

The Arizona State University professor has been accused of inappropriate behavior spanning more than a decade.

Virginia Hughes • 8 months ago