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Political journalist Amie Parnes is suing defunct media startup The Messenger and its founder Jimmy Finkelstein for breach of contract.

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Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to throw the book at FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, with charging documents revealing Friday they’ve asked for a sentence between 40 to 50 years for the disgraced crypto mogul.

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Several prominent writers, including Naomi Klein and Michelle Alexander, have withdrawn from the PEN World Voices Festival over the literary organization’s “inadequate” response to the crisis in Gaza.

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A former college football star who went on to work as an NFL scout is facing murder charges over the poisoning deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn child, which the gridder is thought to have fathered.

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The way Americans buy and sell homes had a major shakeup Friday, with a powerful realtor group agreeing to overhaul the standard 6 percent commission on purchases—a move that’s expected to dramatically reduce the cost of real estate transactions.

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Quarterbacks across the NFL likely let out a sigh of relief on Thursday as Aaron Donald, the legendary defensive tackle of the Los Angeles Rams, announced he was retiring after 10 seasons in the league.

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According to a new court filing obtained by The Daily Beast, former model Alwantha Lawson is alleging that celebrity photographer Marc Baptiste, known for the debut album covers of artists like Aaliyah, Erykah Badu, and The Fugees, “violently” sexually assaulted her during a photo shoot in 2002.

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Actress and model Cara Delevingne’s Los Angeles home went up in flames Friday morning, a blaze that injured two people and caused significant property damage, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement.

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The always unpredictable Kanye West has pulled yet another stunt, this time baffling fans and event organizers at Rolling Loud California after he “performed” as the festival’s headlining artist Thursday without ever picking up a microphone.

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Actor Michael Imperioli didn’t break character when his performance on Broadway was interrupted by climate protesters on Thursday night.

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ combative testimony in court defending her romantic relationship with a prosecutor working alongside her—and her racially charged speech at a Black church in Atlanta—are not the victories she intended them to be.

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On Thursday in the U.S. Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer let it all hang out.

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While discussing his favorite covers of his songs that other musicians have recorded, legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon revealed on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that there was one he definitely was not a fan of.

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If Joe Biden is going to win re-election in November, he will have to accomplish several goals. The big one is obviously dispelling fears about his age. But that’s hardly the only problematic assumption that has taken root.

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Kate Middleton’s bizarre photoshop gaffe has been the talk of gossip circles worldwide this week, and even the Dutch King Willem-Alexander apparently couldn’t resist making a joke of it.

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A psychedelic arts festival in Victoria, Australia, was rocked this week by an outbreak of shigellosis, a contagious bacterial disease spread through fecal-oral contact.

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Jason and Kylie Kelce are mourning the loss of their Irish wolfhound, Winnie.

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Oprah Winfrey says her decision to resign from the board of WeightWatchers after almost 10 years was informed by her work on an upcoming TV special that will look at the impact of prescription weight-loss drugs.

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The White House did have advance warning of what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was going to say about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a highly critical speech Thursday, but the administration did not block him from saying it.

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A Georgia judge ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from the Trump election interference case—if the special prosecutor she had an affair with steps aside.

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Palestinian officials and the Israeli military have put forward conflicting explanations as to how multiple people were killed in yet another incident while they were waiting for a delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Thursday evening.

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Squid Game star Oh Young-soo was found guilty of indecent assault Friday and sentenced by a South Korean court to a suspended eight-month prison sentence.

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A former Mississippi police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor charge after he filmed himself forcing a man in custody to drink his own urine.

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia—For their annual retreat, House Republicans traveled to the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia this week to rally around a message to defend their House majority and to settle on a path forward to fund the government.

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An indicted Chinese businessman pumped millions of ill-gotten dollars into the bank accounts of some of the most influential figures in MAGA World—including former Trump aides Steve Bannon and Jason Miller—according to a raft of documents filed in federal court in February.