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House committee walks away without releasing Matt Gaetz ethics report

<p>Outside a federal courthouse in New York on November 7, Rudy Giuliani denied defaming two women a jury awarded nearly $150 million over his false claims </p>

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Giuliani could be held in contempt after ‘brazenly defaming election workers again’

<p>Pepe, a 3-year-old Maltese mix dog, was one of three animals that were allegedly tortured by Brook Scalero</p>

Crime

Woman ‘who tortured at least three dogs to death’ kept a journal of her alleged depraved acts

<p>Pamela Hayden has voiced Bart’s bespectacled friend Milhouse Van Houten for the past 35 years </p>

The Simpsons voice actor retires after voicing beloved character for 35 years

<p>Jones claims unfair bidding process led to satirical news site winning auction for Infowars </p>

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Alex Jones sues Sandy Hook families and The Onion for ‘Frankenstein bid’ to buy Infowars

<p>Elton John appearing during the opening night curtain call for ‘Tammy Faye’ on Broadway, November 14 </p>

Elton John’s $25m Broadway musical announces closure just five days after opening

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‘Bomb cyclone’ blasts Pacific Northwest leaving two dead and 500,000 in the dark

<p>Susan Smith will continue to serve life in prison after being denied parole on Wednesday </p>

Crime

‘I made a lot of dumb choices’: Susan Smith denied parole and will remain behind bars for killing her kids

Trump’s Transition

<p>Nominated Attorney General Matt Gaetz (L) shakes hands with nominated lead of Department of Health and Human Services RFK Jr on Thursday </p>

Politics

Which Trump Cabinet picks will actually get confirmed — and who will work across the aisle?

<p>The Texas Land Commissioner is offering Donald Trump 1,400 acres of land near the US–Mexico border to help him conduct mass deportations </p>

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Texas official offers 1,400-acre ranch to Trump to build his deportation camps

<p>Announcement comes after Republican House members pushed for rule change </p>

Politics

House speaker bars transgender women from women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill

<p>President Joe Biden has retreated into his work and personal life since dropping out of the presidential race in July, leading to questions about his mental and physical health </p>

Politics

Popular pollster Nate Silver calls for Biden to step down and questions his competence to finish the term

<p>Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard are among the most controversial choices for Donald Trump’s administration </p>

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New York Post begs Trump to ditch ‘dreadful duo’ Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz

<p>Donald Trump’s name appears on a Covid-19 economic assistance check, one of millions that were sent to Americans at the height of the pandemic</p>

Politics

Viral posts claim stimulus checks are on the way. Here’s what you should know

<p>Trump’s infamous dance moves are now ubiquitous in sports arenas, years after the GOP called for a separation of politics and sports </p>

Politics

From Michelle Obama’s school lunches to shut up and play: How the GOP now loves what it used to loathe

<p>Fox News host Pete Hegseth is nominated for Secretary of Defense </p>

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‘Like taking back our ability to vote:’ Pete Hegseth’s comments about women in the military met with outrage

<p>Trump has tapped Dr Mehmet Oz to head up Medicare and Medicaid </p>

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Dr. Oz could soon oversee Medicaid and Medicare. Here are his wildest medical claims

<p>Donald Trump’s controversial picks for positions - such as Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence - that need Senate approval have sent shockwaves through Congress. The President-elect has already threatened recess appointments. Could he take it a step further? </p>

Politics

What is the confirmation process for Cabinet picks — and what are ‘recess appointments’?

<p>Linda McMahon has been announced as Trump’s choice for education secretary </p>

Politics

How much does Trump education pick Linda McMahon actually know about education?

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From left, Connolly Huth, roommate of Laken Riley, Lauren Phillips, sister of Laken Riley, and Sofia Magana, roommate of Laken Riley, react as Superior CourtÂ Judge H.Â Patrick Haggard announces the verdict during a trial of Jose Ibarra at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Athens, Ga.

Crime

Jose Ibarra sentenced to life without parole for murder of Laken Riley

<p>A helmeted guineafowl walks through the grass, picking up its legs. Scientists at Yale University and other institutions used x-ray footage of one of these birds to measure its knee-joint poses and compare its function to dinosaurs </p>

Dinosaur ‘drumsticks’ helped penguins waddle, turkeys trot millions of years later

<p>A man runs on the banks of Lake Michigan in Chicago, last August. Lake Michigan is part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin: one of the world’s largest sources of freshwater. Freshwater has been ‘abruptly’ disappearing over the past decade, NASA says </p>

Freshwater supplies are ‘abruptly’ depleting across the globe, NASA warns

<p>Users on various social media sites, such as Reddit, reported outages on Wednesday afternoon </p>

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Reddit and Venmo down: Outages reported on multiple social media sites

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One Direction bandmates and other stars pay final respects to Liam Payne at his funeral

<p>Hannah Kobayashi, 30, vanished last week while traveling from Hawaii to New York City</p>

News

A missed flight and ‘weird’ texts: Everything we know about the disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi

<p>Gere explained that he was only trying to finish a scene that the talk show aired during his interview </p>

Richard Gere rebuked by Savanna Guthrie after making obscene gesture on Today Show

News

McDonald’s fans can now get giant jugs of popular McRib sauce for their homes

<p>Hostin and Farah were arguing about school voucher tax credits </p>

Whoopi Goldberg breaks up heated argument between co-hosts on The View

<p>Haley Blevins, 19, (left) was charged with three counts of felony injury to a child and Jacalyn Cook, 30, (right) was charged with two counts of felony injury to a child</p>

Crime

Two women accused of beating children with spiked dog leash for failing to do chores properly

<p>Wayne Knight says it will take time for people to ‘accept him’ after his 110-pound weight loss </p>

Seinfeld star Wayne Knight claims 110-pound weight loss has hurt his career

Investigation

The A-Word: Watch the Independent TV documentary on abortion and America’s war on women

UKRAINE

Biden approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine in latest policy shift during final days in office

<p>Catherine Harper, 45, (left) allegedly told her husband, Corey Trelain Harper, 47 (right) to ‘handle’ the situation with the pizza shop employee</p>

Crime

Virginia woman pushed husband to stab and ‘disembowel’ pizza worker over ‘botched’ order, cops say

<p>Danny Masterson, right, and his then-wife Bijou Phillips arrive for closing arguments in his second rape trial. </p>

Crime

Danny Masterson’s attorneys tracked down jurors at home and businesses as part of appeal efforts

<p>Halyna Hutchins in 2019</p>

Halyna Hutchins’s mother refuses to attend Rust premiere: ‘Baldwin continues to increase my pain’

<p>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek speaks during the Now Playing creator day hosted by Spotify at its Los Angeles Campus</p>

Spotify is no longer a money-losing music app. So what is it now

It is the app’s latest and biggest pivot, with podcasters and minor celebrities all involved. Andrew Griffin reports from behind the scenes of a tech company with a new vision to enhance the ‘Joe Rogan’ effect and take on YouTube

<p>Lucy Yeates (right) and Kole Cunningham (middle) died in the crash. Yeates’s twin sister Aubrey (left) was hospitalized with serious injuries </p>

Crime

Two teens killed in crash on way to Billie Eilish concert after suspect kidnapped baby and led cops on chase

<p>Educator James Stewart Carroll is facing a raft of allegations</p>

Crime

Elite D.C. preschool ‘shocked and deeply unsettled’ by leader’s arrest on child sex charge

<p>You won’t have to leave your dog at home with a new canine cruise </p>

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First dog-friendly cruise to set sail from Tampa in 2025

<p>TV advert lighting: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in ‘Wicked’</p>

The Wicked movie is fun and well acted – but why does it look so terrible?

<p>Matthew McConaughey shares ‘pact’ he and wife Camila made after moving out of Hollywood</p>

Matthew McConaughey shares ‘pact’ he and wife made after moving from Hollywood to Texas ranch

Inside Politics

<p>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas</p>

Politics

Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges before he takes office

<p>Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is battling a serious sexual allegation which he denies </p>

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Trump team ‘quietly’ looking at alternatives to Pete Hegseth after he ‘wasn’t honest’ about past

<p>Jimmy Kimmel harshly scrutinized Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, over the former representative’s sexual misconduct investigations</p>

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Jimmy Kimmel coins new nickname for Trump’s AG pick Matt Gaetz: ‘Caucasian Diddy’

Politics

‘Nostradamus' pollster gets into fiery exchange with host over his election prediction flop

<p>Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to expose ‘sexual harassment’ claims made against Republicans if the House Ethics Committee releases their reportedly ‘damaging’ report on Matt Gaetz</p>

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MTG threatens to expose Republicans’ ‘sexual harassment claims’

<p>Several Democrats have said one of the reasons for Harris’s election defeat was a failure to respond to Trump’s transgender attack ads </p>

Politics

Democrats accuse Harris campaign of ‘malpractice’ for silence on Trump’s transgender attacks

Politics

WWE fans react to Trump picking ‘totally unqualified’ Linda McMahon

<p>Sanders said he had chosen the three most likely pieces of legislation to pass </p>

Politics

Why Bernie Sanders is leading a vote on Israeli arms: ‘Violation of our moral values’

<p>Robert F Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, helped secure a book deal for a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist who once posted a Nazi symbol online </p>

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RFK Jr helps scandal-plagued TV chef who posted Nazi symbol on social media publish children’s cookbook

<p>Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and wife Mika Brzezinski met with Donald Trump last week </p>

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Morning Joe’s ratings nosedive after hosts met Trump at Mar-a-Lago

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‘The low point of my career’:13 times actors were fired from Hollywood movie roles

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Gordon Ramsay reveals his secrets for a perfect roast turkey

<p>Brian King-Henke, son of missing Yellowstone hiker, Austin King, 22, spoke out about the plan to continue the search next summer after visiting the snow-covered national park at the weekend </p>

News

Dad of missing Yellowstone hiker speaks out about agonizing 8-month wait to resume search

<p>Comcast will spin off some of the biggest names in cable news </p>

News

Media shakeup: Comcast to spin off cable channels MSNBC, USA as ‘cord cutting’ grows

<p>A meteor burns up in the sky over the al-Abrak desert, north of Kuwait City last December. This year, the shower’s peak will occur at around the same time </p>

Here’s how to catch one of the best meteor showers of the year

<p>Target’s CEO said the company faced “unique challenges” </p>

News

Target stock slumps 20 percent as holiday worries mount for popular retailer

<p>Rescued hiker Michael Knapinski, 45, of Woodinville, Washington, recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after his rescue. </p>

Crime

Hiker made famous in 2020 rescue from Mt. Rainer now accused of killing man in drug deal

<p>Dave Coulier and John Stamos</p>

Dave Coulier responds to John Stamos bald cap backlash after cancer diagnosis

Whale Washed Ashore Alaska

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Crowd forms on Alaskan beach after giant whale carcass washes ashore

Queen Camilla during the Diplomatic Corps reception at Buckingham Palace (Aaron Chown/PA)

Royal Family

King, Queen and William host diplomats to glittering Palace reception

<p>More than 20 riders were suspended in midair for hours after a Knott’s Berry Farm ride malfunctioned </p>

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Nearly two dozen people stuck midair for hours after amusement park ride suffers ‘technical difficulties’

<p>[Subjects not pictured] Woman’s brother charged $115 per person to attend his wedding </p>

Woman baffled after brother charges her for attending his wedding

<p>Three original skull whistles from the collection of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany </p>

Aztec shrieking death whistles struck otherworldly fear, study finds

<p>Sencere Hayes, 22, (left) was arrested in connection to the murder of Mercedes Vega, 22 (right) </p>

Crime

Suspect arrested after a dancer was kidnapped, tortured and left to die in burned car

<p>Joseph Ambroz, 77, was arrested in November 2024 for the 1969 murder of Mary Kay Heese, 17, in Wahoo, Oklahoma</p>

Crime

Suspect arrested in 50-year-old cold case murder where victim was found dead in a ditch

Lifestyle

<p>Kyle Richards’ friend claims she tried to ‘hook up with’ Kevin Costner in Aspen</p>

Kyle Richards’ Real Housewives co-star claims she tried to ‘hook up’ with Kevin Costner in Aspen

<p>Darryl Worley asked fans for prayers after his daughter was airlifted to hospital </p>

Country singer Darryl Worley’s daughter, 16, airlifted to hospital after horrific car crash

<p>Lamar Odom customized a life-size sex doll to look like Khloe Kardashian</p>

Lamar Odom admits making ‘sick’ purchase to remind him of ex-wife Khloe Kardashian

<p>Is WNBA star Angel Reese’s $2m net worth accurate? She says it’s not</p>

Is WNBA star Angel Reese’s reported net worth accurate? She says no

<p>Pizza Hut China’s bullfrog pizza</p>

Chinese Pizza Hut launches deep fried frog pizza

<p>From Knox Jolie-Pitt to Margaret Qualley: 19 celebrity kids who look just like their parents</p>

19 celebrity kids who look just like their parents

<p>Rebecca Hall as Claire, a schoolteacher who starts to hear the Hum in BBC drama ‘The Listeners’</p>

‘It brought me to my knees’: The mystery of the global Hum phenomenon

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Health & Families

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