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Jimmy Bennett says Asia Argento, Weinstein accuser, raped him, paid him off: Report

One of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein's first accusers, according to a New York Times report Sunday, had herself paid off an actor who had accused her of statutory rape.

August 19, 2018

Donald Wuerl to meet priests over sex-abuse scandals

The archbishop of Washington will reportedly hold a meeting Monday of priests in the archdiocese over his role in the Pennsylvania sex-abuse scandals.

August 19, 2018

Michael Hayden dares Donald Trump to revoke his security clearance

Count former CIA and NSA boss Michael V. Hayden among those top former U.S. intelligence officials who'd be happy to have President Trump revoke their security clearances, too.

August 19, 2018

William McRaven asks Donald Trump to revoke his security clearance in solidarity with John Brennan

William McRaven, the retired admiral who oversaw the Osama bin Laden raid, made the unusual move Thursday of calling on President Trump to revoke his security clearance.

August 16, 2018

Jason Kessler, ‘Unite the Right’ organizer, scolded by father during livestream

"Master race"? Jason Kessler apparently isn't even master in his own house. Mr. Kessler, who organized the two "Unite the Right" rallies in the past year, was recording a livestream with fellow alt-right leader Patrick Little earlier this summer when he got interrupted.

August 15, 2018

Joseph Curtatone, Somerville mayor, boycotts Sam Adams over founder Jim Koch’s Trump support

Could Sam Adams beer be going the way of Chick-fil-A? A Boston-area mayor hopes so, both vowing a political boycott and threatening the Massachusetts staple, a popular brand nationally too.

August 13, 2018

Julie Novkov: Trump supporters will spark civil war to keep him in power

A woman's studies professor says that Trump supporters will demand that he be allowed to stay in office after his two terms are up and will foment a violent civil war to keep him in power.

August 9, 2018

Twitter removes Alex Jones’ David Hogg tweets after CNN report

Within minutes of CNN highlighting several specific tweets and videos by Alex Jones, Twitter had removed that very content from his account.

August 9, 2018

Alyssa Milano blames ‘Russian meddling’ for Green Party votes in Ohio special election

Actress-model Alyssa Milano knew why Democrat Danny O'Connor seemingly lost Tuesday's special primary election in Ohio. The Russians tricked people into voting for the Green Party.

August 8, 2018

Omarosa secretly recorded Donald Trump conversations: Report

Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the former contestant on "The Apprentice" who followed President Trump to the White House, also reportedly recorded her conversations with him.

August 8, 2018

West Hollywood City Council passes resolution to remove Donald Trump Walk of Fame star: Mayor

The West Hollywood City Council called Monday night for President Trump's star be removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

August 6, 2018

Robert E. Lee High School renaming vote scrapped in Tyler, Texas, after no one seconds motion

An East Texas school board was about to take a vote on whether to rename Robert E. Lee High School. But it couldn't get anyone to second the motion.

August 6, 2018

Anonymous launches ‘Operation QAnon,’ vows to expose identity of Q

Anonymous has declared war on QAnon. The anarchist hacking group said in a statement that it knows "who was responsible for Q," the leader of QAnon, a pro-Trump group that spreads conspiracy-theory information.

August 6, 2018

C-SPAN reports caller who threatened Don Lemon, Brian Stelter of CNN to FBI

C-SPAN has reported to the FBI the caller who threatened to shoot CNN journalists Don Lemon and Brian Stelter.

August 6, 2018

Facebook asks banks JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup for customers’ financial data: Report

Facebook has reportedly approached several of the biggest U.S. banks, asking them to share their customers' financial data with the social-media giant.

August 6, 2018

Charlotte Rae, Mrs. Garrett on ‘Diff’rent Strokes’, dies at 92

The actress who played the beloved TV housemaid "Mrs. Garrett" reportedly died Sunday.

August 5, 2018

David Hogg employed ‘armed security’ at NRA protest, organization says

Guns for me, but not for thee. The National Rifle Association taunted gun control activist David Hogg and his group's Saturday protest at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters by noting his security.

August 5, 2018

Candace Owens mimics Sarah Jeong, gets suspended by Twitter

Saying "white people are bull--t" won't get you banned from Twitter but saying Jewish people are will. That's what happened to conservative activist Candace Owens, who was suspended from Twitter for mimicking the racist tweets of new New York Times editorial-board member Sarah Jeong.

August 5, 2018

Russian national fired as suspected spy was Secret Service hire

A Russian national hired by the Secret Service to work at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was dismissed as a suspected spy last year, a leading British newspaper reported Thursday.

August 2, 2018

Active shooter reported at Air Force base in Ohio

The active-shooter threat at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio turned out to be just someone who didn't know about a scheduled drill.

August 2, 2018