Mischa Barton Claims She Was Shockingly Encouraged to Sleep With Leonardo DiCaprio at 19 'for the Sake of Her Career'

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Speaker Johnson says Gaetz ethics report should not be released, rebuffing senators
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of its investigation into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, rebuffing senators who are demanding access now that Gaetz is President-elect Donald Trump 's nominee for attorney general. Johnson’s intervention is highly unusual, as the Ethics panel has traditionally operated independently.
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Who is Nadine Nakamura? Hawaii Rep. to be the first woman speaker of the state house
Nadine Nakamura set to become Hawaii's first female House speaker, leading on housing costs, transparency, and family-focused policies.
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NYC concerned about low reservoir levels after months of little rain
New York City officials are concerned about low reservoir levels after months of little rain, saying they may postpone repairs on a temporarily out-of-service aqueduct to bring more water into the stressed system. Mayor Eric Adams issued a drought watch this month and urged city residents to conserve water by taking shorter showers and fixing leaky faucets. More than 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Manhattan, the Schoharie Reservoir was at less than a third of its capacity this week, exposing vast muddy flats as the water receded.
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President of Kentucky plant that exploded says it is 'accountable' for neighborhood damages
The president of a Kentucky plant that exploded earlier this week said the company is accountable for the accident and will pay damages to residents affected by the blast. “First and foremost, we are devastated by the accident that happened on Tuesday,” said Ann Leonard, president of Givaudan Sense Color, during a call-in meeting with reporters Friday afternoon. Leonard said “absolutely we are accountable” for the explosion and pledged to pay damages to neighbors.
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John Fetterman says Democrats need to stop 'freaking out' over everything Trump does
In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, Sen.
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No, Trump did not name Lauren Boebert education secretary on Nov. 13 | Fact check
Though Trump had named a slew of individuals to various positions in his second administration, Boebert was not among them as of Nov. 14.
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer jumps into 2025 race for New Jersey governor
Moderate Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey announced Friday that he would seek to become the Garden State's next governor, entering what is expected to be a crowded Democratic primary field.
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Pentagon received hundreds of new UAP reports, but says no evidence of extraterrestrial activity
The Pentagon has released its annual report on UFO sightings, or what it officially calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) — and found 21 particularly curious incidents.
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Editor-in-chief of Scientific American steps down after anti-Trump comments
Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth is stepping down after she shared several profanity-filled postings about Donald Trump's election win on social media.
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At summit under Trump shadow, Xi and Biden signal turbulence ahead
US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday warned of turbulent times ahead, in remarks at an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Lima overshadowed by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House. He also cautioned against "fragmentation of the world economy" in a written speech prepared for a meeting of CEOs on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Xinhua said.
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What are recess appointments? Here's what to know as Trump looks to fill his Cabinet
With President-elect Trump building his Cabinet, the idea of recess appointments has been floated, but what are they and how can they be used?
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Trump names Interior nominee Burgum to head new National Energy Council
The position will oversee the “drill, baby, drill” effort and increase all types of energy, Trump said.
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CDC confirms Oregon's first human case of bird flu
The infected person is linked to a previously reported outbreak tied to a commercial poultry operation in the state, where the virus has been confirmed in 150,000 birds, the state health authority said. A total of 52 people from eight states have tested positive in the U.S. this year as the virus has infected poultry flocks and spread to more than 500 dairy herds, the CDC said. Health officials did not provide more details about the individual infected in Oregon, but said there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low.
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Firefighters are closer to taming the wildfire that's across the New Jersey-New York border
Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border on Friday, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze. The fire, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% contained on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70% contained on the Orange County, New York side. It had burned 7 1/2 square miles (19.4 square kilometers) across the two states, although New York officials said that number is likely to increase somewhat in coming days.
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Daniel Penny's chokehold was sole cause of Jordan Neely's death, medical examiner testifies
Jordan Neeley’s death was a direct result of the chokehold Daniel Penny held him in, a medical examiner testified Friday, rebutting assertions from the defense team that the former Marine did not apply enough pressure to kill the subway rider and that his death could have had some other cause.
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World’s best cheese for 2024 is revealed
A soft, raw ewes’ milk cheese from Portugal is named the 2024 winner after judges chomped their way through more than 4,700 different dairy products at a pungent annual contest to crown the champion cheese.
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Public Health Experts Alarmed at Trump’s Pick of RFK Jr. to Lead HHS
One compares Kennedy being considered to “having somebody who doesn’t believe in gravity being the head of NASA.”
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First monkeys, now "feral" emus on the loose in South Carolina
Police in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."
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Texas court allows execution of inmate convicted of 'shaken baby' murder
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the state could set a new execution date for a man convicted of murdering his toddler on evidence of "shaken baby syndrome," ruling that a legislative committee exceeded its authority in delaying the sentence. In October, Robert Roberson, 57, was set to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a murder attributed to internal brain trauma caused by violent shaking. Hours before the sentence was to be carried out, he was spared death by lethal injection because a bi-partisan group state lawmakers wanted him to testify before them about the case, and successfully petitioned the high court.
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Oklahoma schools superintendent mandates students watch announcement of new religious department
Oklahoma’s education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism within the state Department of Education. Ryan Walters, a Republican, announced the new office on Wednesday and on Thursday sent the email to school superintendents statewide. “In one of the first steps of the newly created department, we are requiring all of Oklahoma schools to play the attached video to all kids that are enrolled,” according to the email.

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