Новости за 05.01.2024

The second tranche of documents in a lawsuit connected to Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed Thursday, continuing to reveal names of people associated with the high-profile sex trafficker and socialite. Thursday’s release consisted of less than half the number of documents included in Wednesday's unsealing of about 40 documents. It included 19 documents — over 300...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appeared to dodge a question Thursday about stepping down if the House were to impeach him. The House will begin a series of impeachment hearings against Mayorkas next week. When a Fox News anchor asked Mayorkas if he would step down in the event the House impeaches him, the Homeland...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) revealed a proposal Thursday that would include paid family leave during pregnancy. “We think that we should be able to take care of expectant moms before the baby's born,” Hochul said at an event Thursday. “And we think that they should have time off, so everything's about to change.”...

Vili Fualaau says he’s “offended” he wasn’t consulted about the Netflix film “May December,” despite the plot being inspired in part by his story. “I’m still alive and well,” Fualaau said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, published Thursday. “If they had reached out to me, we could have worked together on a masterpiece,” he added....

Martin Sheen is tapping his former “West Wing” co-stars to help get the word out that he’s not supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s White House bid. “There’s a story going around saying that Martin Sheen is supporting [Kennedy] for president,” Bradley Whitford, who played White House deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman on the long-running...

The U.S. Mint on Thursday began accepting preorders for its first commemorative coin program honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The 2024 collection includes a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver one and a half-dollar silver coin. The Mint's website listed surcharges of "$35 for each $5 gold coin, $10 for each silver dollar, and $5 for...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into reports of adverse side effects from using GLP-1 diabetes medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro, with hair loss, suicidal thoughts and airway obstruction being among the reported complications. According to the latest information from the agency, the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) received reports of patients...

A member of the Proud Boys who disappeared after being convicted for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.  Christopher Worrell, 52, was convicted last year of seven counts related to his conduct during the riot, including assaulting Capitol Police officers with pepper spray and...