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Oregon Torture Suspect Is Using Dating Apps to Evade Capture and Find New Victims: Police
Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is the subject of an intensive, round-the-clock search by police after a woman was found unconscious, bound and near death in Grants Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday. She was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Man Accused of Kidnapping, Tourturing, Beating Woman He Met on Dating App
A Texas woman is recovering from severe cuts and bruises after she said a man she met on the Bumble dating app held her against her will for five days. Reporter Deven Clarke from NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston has the story.
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Texas Woman Kidnapped and Tortured for Days by Man She Met on Bumble, Officials Say
A Texas man who met a woman on the dating app Bumble is accused of kidnapping, torturing, and beating her for five days after she denied his advances, court documents show.
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Married After a Popeyes 1st Date? Couple's Story Sparks Discussion About Dating Standards
Our LX News hosts Marcel Clarke and Ashley Holt weren’t the biggest fans of this relationship story: a couple who had their first date in a Popeyes parking lot recently got married and their story was in The New York Times. The parking lot meal, the couple’s 3rd attempt at a first date, has sparked a conversation about dating standards....
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Tired of Swiping Left, Singles Are Turning to New Matchmaking Services for Dates
After years of online dating, particularly during the pandemic, single people are burned out from the continued swiping.
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Disagreeing About Politics Is the Biggest Dealbreaker For Younger Daters on OkCupid
Gen Z and Millennials are becoming more flexible about who they date — unless that person has different political beliefs. Data from OK Cupid shows that politics is a huge potential dealbreaker for its younger daters, even as they are becoming more flexible in general about their potential partners.
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Online Daters Lost a Record $547 Million to Scams in 2021. How to Stay Safe, According to Nev Schulman From MTV's ‘Catfish'
In 2021, consumers lost a record $547 million to romance scams, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission.
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Would Netflix's ‘Love Is Blind' Work in Real Life? Here's What a Dating Expert and Psychologist Say
CNBC Make It asked a psychologist and a dating expert whether putting single strangers together to find love without seeing each other first — like in Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” — could actually work.
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Bumble Buys French Dating App Fruitz in Its First-Ever Acquisition
Founded in 2017, Fruitz “encourages open and honest communication of dating intentions” through the use of four different fruit metaphors.
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How Is Climate Change Affecting Cuffing Season?
If climate change is making winters shorter and less intense, is it also affecting cuffing season, aka the search for a partner in the late fall to spend the cold months hunkered down with? NBCLX senior editor Maura Hohman discusses what she learned while reporting on how climate change is affecting cuffing season.
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Yikes, Climate Change Is Even Making Cuffing Season More Stressful
Tuesday is the winter solstice, the fancy term for the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. For those who live in the top half of the Earth, the days will get longer until the summer solstice in June, but we’re still looking at a few more 5 p.m. sunsets, black...
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Dating During a Pandemic
At a time when we’re asked to stay home and physically distance ourselves, some San Diegans are proving love is stronger than our circumstances. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado shares how two local couples connected during the pandemic.
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5 Steps to Embrace Your First Pandemic Valentine's Day
The Center for Disease Control is understandably being a buzzkill when it comes to your Valentine’s Day weekend. With that in mind here are a few suggestions for keeping yourself and your significant other safe as you celebrate a romantic weekend.
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Dating During Coronavirus: How the Pandemic Has Affected Dating
COVID-19 has inspired many singles to reach for mobile dating apps as a way to explore their options while following social-distancing measures, but swiping right and eventually meeting in person isn’t as simple as it used to be. It appears hookup culture is out.
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Bumble Stock Closes Up 63% After Soaring in Market Debut
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd is the youngest female founder to take a U.S. company public.
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Covid Takes a Toll on Couples Ahead of Valentine's Day
Many couples are struggling in the face of the current economic crisis and that will take a toll on Valentine’s Day.
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Bumble IPO: The Female Founder Behind the Dating App Making Market History
Bumble found business success with its female-focused dating algorithm, now the women behind the app including CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd are making IPO history.
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Thanks to COVID-19, Marriages Are Down and Divorce Lawyers Are Busy
Even in normal, non-pandemic times, marriages are hard. So is dating. But the events of the past year have added even more stress to all our relationships. We took a closer look at marriage, divorce, sex and dating in the age of COVID-19.
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Dating During COVID-19: The Hope and Heartache of Searching for Love in a Pandemic
Even in the gloom of a pandemic, some singles are staying hopeful about their search for love. NBCLX contributor Michelle Park talked to singles about how they’re navigating the awkward rules of dating during COVID-19, and why so many still think it’s worth it.
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‘Queer Eye' Star Karamo Brown Offers Pandemic Dating Advice and Our Single LX Hosts Open Up Their DMs
The pandemic has changed nearly everything about how we live our lives, including the way we date. Netflix’s “Queer Eye” star and relationship expert Karamo Brown shared his insight on making connections in a pandemic, as NBCLX hosts Nik Z and Ashley Holt expose some of their most zesty Instagram DMs.