The allegations that sent Spacey’s film and stage career into a spiral came in 2017 when a fellow actor accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior 3 decades earlier.
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No leads from cocaine found at the White House, the Secret Service says
It’s likely the bag was left behind by one of the hundreds of visitors who traveled in and out of the building over the weekend.
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Biden says he’s serious about pursuing prisoner exchange for WSJ reporter held in Russia
Evan Gershkovich, a 31-year-old Bowdoin College graduate, was arrested on espionage charges while on a reporting trip.
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First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval
U.S. officials cleared a once-a-day pill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter.
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Trump lashes out after Justice Department no longer says presidency shields him from defamation suit
On Tuesday, the department said it no longer believes the former president can claim his comments about E. Jean Carroll are protected from liability.
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Black Lives Matter marks 10 years of activism, renews call to defund police
The movement first emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights
Some 173 flights departing Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport were canceled and more than 500 were delayed.
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Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind power project
Multiple lawsuits have been filed by the wind power developer and 3 citizen groups.
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Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
The U.N. and others are striving to keep the fragile deal intact, with Ukraine and Russia both major suppliers of wheat, barley, vegetable oil and other food products that countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia rely on.
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A former Trump supporter who got caught up in Jan. 6 sues Fox News
Raymond Epps was falsely accused by Fox and its hosts, particularly Tucker Carlson, of being a government agent who was whipping up trouble that would be blamed on Trump supporters, the lawsuit claims.