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Anna Faris is expressing her “gratitude” to the North Lake Tahoe fire department after dealing with a carbon monoxide scare over the weekend. Faris and her family were in Lake Tahoe at a rental house over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday when two people fell ill to what they thought was altitude sickness. 3:38 Carbon monoxide
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Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter finally owned up to his wrongdoing Tuesday, officially pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal campaign funds and admitting that he “did not properly monitor or account for my campaign money.” But while the California lawmaker may have now legally admitted that he committed a felony, apparently he’s not yet ready to
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New York could bar doctors from performing so-called virginity tests under legislation prompted by rapper T.I.’s controversial remarks that he has a gynecologist check his daughter’s hymen annually. Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages said Tuesday the bill she submitted last month would prohibit medical professionals from performing or supervising such examinations, though it’s unclear how common they
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Throughout the run of the boundary-pushing comedy Maude, Bill Macy played the title character’s husband, Walter Findlay, opposite Bea Arthur. Although the role will always be the one for which he is best known, Macy also appeared in titles including The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Seinfeld, and The Producers.
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The impeachment process against Donald Trump took a substantial step forward Tuesday, as the House Intelligence Committee voted to send its damning impeachment report to the House Judiciary Committee, which will draft articles of impeachment. But while the process has so far been a Democratic-dominated affair—no Republicans on the Intelligence Committee voted to advance the
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Bill Cosby unleashed series of tweets last Thursday aimed at the media during the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Cosby began his Twitter rant by wishing his followers a “Happy Thanksgiving” while referring to himself as “Bill Cosby The Educator” and “Bill Cosby The Political Prisoner.” “Happy Thanksgiving & be thankful for the Native Americans. Yours truly,
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As the House Judiciary Committee prepares to take the reins of the impeachment process, the House Intelligence Committee is putting together its conclusions from its weeks-long inquiry into President Donald Trump‘s alleged misdeeds. And while the committee’s Democrats are raising alarms about Trump’s dealings in Ukraine, Republicans’ main takeaway from the weeks of hearings is
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Single-payer health care is increasingly popular among American voters. Poll numbers fluctuate depending on how the question is asked, but findings consistently show majority support for a single-payer program like Medicare for All. One 2018 poll showed support was as high as an astonishing 70 percent. But as the Democratic primary wears on, those numbers
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A broken barricade and multiple failed attempts at fixing it resulted in Slipknot’s annual heavy metal festival, Knotfest, being unexpectedly cut short over the weekend. The late cancellation meant that neither Slipknot nor their exclusive opening act, Evanescence (Bring Me to Life), could perform at the 50,000-strong Mexico City gig on Saturday night. As a
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Tell us more about the band – how did you come together? Scott Flint, guitar, vocals: I got with the band through an ad on Craigslist. Marie B, vocals: Originally Dan and I were introduced by a mutual friend. After getting to know each other, Dan told me he could be a whole band if
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And it’s not just NBC, of course. Earlier this year, following Les Moonves’s fall from the highest seat at Black Rock, a former CBS executive, Whitney Davis, who finished her tenure as CBS’s director of entertainment diversity and inclusion, detailed what she described as the Eye’s “white problem,” and the network’s offer of $50,000 after
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Lori Loughlin’s YouTuber daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli has returned to the platform roughly nine months after the college admission scandal broke to speak out for the first time about her future on YouTube. Olivia just posted her first vlog on her channel this afternoon, where she has nearly 2 million followers. Olivia wasn’t able to
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Whether it was through the antics of the BBC’s once-beloved automotive show, Top Gear, or the shenanigans of Amazon’s higher budget, more-refined version, The Grand Tour, it’s hard to deny that Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have continued to keep their loyal fanbase enticed for more than 15 years. Now, in their latest
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