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Kanye West accused of sexually assaulting and strangling model on music video set, new lawsuit says

November 23, 2024

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is being accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he strangled a model on a music video set in 2010 and shoved his fingers in her mouth in what the suit refers to as “pornographic gagging.”source

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Trump picks Russell Vought, a key figure behind Project 2025, as OMB director

November 23, 2024

After repeatedly disavowing Project 2025 during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate co-author Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget.source

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Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83

November 23, 2024

NEW YORK — Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83.source

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Even after abortion ballot wins, reproductive rights groups prepare for bitter legal battles

November 23, 2024

Reproductive rights groups are preparing for legal battles in several of the states where voters approved constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion access.source

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Trump picks hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary

November 23, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he had asked Scott Bessent, a hedge fund executive and top fundraiser to his campaign, to serve as secretary of the Treasury Department.source

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Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief

November 23, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, as commissioner of the FDA.source

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They're here to finance climate action. But COP29 is more about bickering.

November 23, 2024

Nearly 50,000 people from 200 countries were in Azerbaijan for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, with the goal of reaching a climate finance deal.source

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Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

November 23, 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran.source

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Idaho teen arrested after dead newborn found in baby box at hospital

November 23, 2024

An Idaho teenager has been arrested over a month after a dead baby was found in the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center in Blackfoot, police said.source