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Harvey Weinstein had been charged with raping and sexually assaulting two women and committing sexual battery against two others. After a month of evidence from 44 witnesses in Los Angeles, a jury has found Weinstein guilty of one count of rape. He was found not guilty of sexual battery by restraint of another woman. The
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The US House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riots is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, according to US media reports. The charges proposed for Mr Trump include insurrection, Politico reported on Friday, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter. According to NBC,
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A massive winter storm spawned several tornadoes, leaving buildings wrecked and several people injured, and caused widespread disruption across large parts of the US. Emergency services including sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, volunteers and dog teams were searching the debris after a tornado touched down about 10 miles from Shreveport, Louisiana, on Tuesday. The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s
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Former cryptocurrency exchange boss Sam Bankman-Fried hugged his parents after being denied bail on charges relating to “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history”. The 30-year-old founder of FTX, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and violating campaign finance laws. He is also being sued. Following
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An American sportswriter has died while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Grant Wahl, 48, a former Sports Illustrated journalist who later moved to podcast publishers, Substack, died while reporting at the match between Argentina and the Netherlands. World football’s governing body FIFA said the journalist had recently been recognised for covering eight consecutive World
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have defended their decision to make a six-part Netflix series looking at their private lives. The first three of six episodes began streaming yesterday, in which Prince Harry and Meghan talked about the pressure they felt from media interest in their lives. Now, their global press secretary Ashley Hansen
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