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Nassau County flags not lowered to half-staff following Jimmy Carter's death

A Republican county official on Long Island is refusing to lower flags to half-staff following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.
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Sofia Vergara Heckles Jodie Foster During Golden Globes Win
Jodie Foster won an award against Sofia Vergara, Cate Blanchett, Cristin Milioti, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet.
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Biden scolds reporters saying he ‘knows more world leaders’ than they do in their whole ‘goddamn’ lives
President Biden has a history of attacking reporters.
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Congress is ready to certify Trump's election win, but Jan. 6 legacy hangs over day
Congress plans to convene amid a snowstorm to certify the 2024 election results for President-elect Donald Trump
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Feral hogs terrorizing Texas town, infuriating locals: 'I can't go out there and start blasting'
A passel of feral hogs has been wreaking havoc on the city of Irving, Texas, digging up yards and rooting through trash left for garbage collectors.
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Beijing-based cyber group protests US sanctions for its alleged role in hacks
China has slammed a decision by the U.S. Treasury to sanction a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure
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Líder opositora venezolana insta a seguidores a protestar para forzar a Maduro a dejar el cargo
La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado exhortó el domingo a sus simpatizantes a que salieran a las calles del país a protestar y dijo en un video que el presidente Nicolás Maduro no dejará el cargo por su propia cuenta, por lo que “hay que hacerlo salir".
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Millones recibirán más dinero del Seguro Social tras ley promulgada por Biden
El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden promulgó el domingo una medida que aumenta los pagos del Seguro Social para empleados públicos en servicio y retirados, afectando a casi 3 millones de personas que reciben pensiones por el tiempo que laboraron como maestros, bomberos, policías y otros trabajos del servicio público.
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Dear Abby: My oldest friend stopped reaching out to me
Dear Abby advises a woman who doesn't know if she should give up on a friendship because her friend barely reaches out to her.
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Congreso de EEUU listo para ratificar triunfo de Trump, pero su legado del 6 de enero sigue presente
Mientras el Congreso se reúne en medio de una tormenta invernal para certificar la elección del presidente electo Donald Trump, el legado del 6 de enero se cierne sobre el proceso con un hecho extraordinario: el candidato que intentó anular la elección anterior esta vez ha ganado, y regresa legítimamente al poder.
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Pope Francis tells group nuns not to ‘gossip’ and to be more ‘friendly and loving’ during rant
“Gossip kills, gossip poisons. Please, no gossiping among you, none. And to ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let’s move forward and no gossip.”
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North Korea test fires a ballistic missile as Blinken visits Seoul
North Korea test fires a ballistic missile as Blinken visits Seoul, where he warned that Putin could provide Kim Jong Un with advanced space technology.
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Suffolk County cop airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in LIE crash
The crash happened around 6:10 p.m. near exit 55 in Brentwood.
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Former NFL Quarterback Throws Weight Behind Cam Ward For Titans With Top Pick
A former NFL quarterback believes the Titans should take Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick.
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North Korea test-fires medium-range ballistic missile, South Korean military says
The JCS said the South Korean military has heightened surveillance for additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture to share info with the U.S. and Japan.
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Californians advised to be on high alert for ‘Amber Alert’ scam
The California Highway Patrol says a new scam is circulating where people pose as Amber Alert "representatives" and attempt to gather personal information.
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As Golden Globes host, Nikki Glaser delivered a good time at Hollywood's party night
Despite a long ceremony chock full of awards, the comedian kept the show moving along with lightly cutting and relatively inoffensive jokes.
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Donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy’s ‘Shrek’ character dies at 30
Pericles, affectionately known as Perry, was a Jerusalem miniature donkey from New York City who achieved fame after helping animators perfect Shrek's sidekick Donkey in the Oscar-winning 2001 comedy.
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California man says 'I'm the DUI' during arrest for drunken driving hours into 2025: bodycam
A California man was arrested on New Year's Day after telling police he was "the DUI" during a traffic stop for potential drunken driving.
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foxnews.com
The best moments of the 2025 Golden Globes
At the Golden Globes, “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Pérez” won big, Demi Moore earned her first major acting prize and “Wicked” failed to defy gravity.
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3 things to know about this year’s Golden Globes
Zoe Saldana (center) and her Emilia Perez co-stars had a big night at the 2025 Golden Globes | (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) It always seems like everyone wins and no one really loses at the Golden Globes. The event has historically been known as more of a boozy party than a serious awards show, a casual hangout with Hollywood’s most charming celebrities rather than a cutthroat winner-takes-all situation — even if it’s had its fair share of controversy. There were no bad Barbie jokes this year, nor were there any corruption scandals. Celebrities drank a little, ate a little, and politely laughed a little at the very few innocuous barbs that host Nikki Glaser threw their way. For those counting, films Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist took home the most major award wins. And prestige TV darling Shōgun and comedic category favorite Hacks won big too. Here are the three biggest takeaways from Hollywood’s biggest shindig: Nikki Glaser was a great host, especially compared to last year At the 2024 Golden Globes, comedian Jo Koy bombed in a mystifying way: he made boob jokes about Barbie, launched quips about how many cameras were on Taylor Swift, and got booed during his monologue. Koy severely miscalculated the tone of the night, leaving viewers and celebrities in the audience miffed — to the point where Koy publicly blamed his writers. Yikes! For 2025 host Nikki Glaser, there was nowhere to go but up. She could have said virtually anything and it still would be seen as an upgrade from Koy’s performance, but the comedian did more than that, expertly ribbing the celebrities at the Beverly Hilton while keeping things light. She teased about the appearance of Timothee Chalamet’s facial hair and Adrien Brody’s penchant for starring in acclaimed Holocaust movies, and told the stars of Wicked that she didn’t know anything about the musical because she had friends in high school. Glaser understood the assignment of being a self-deprecating clown while, at the same time, tastefully punching up. She told Variety as much earlier this week, explaining that to prepare for hosting this year she more or less had to learn why Koy bombed so hard. “It taught me the importance of contextualizing yourself to the room as a comedian,” Glaser told the trade publication. “Comedians, we would love to be thought of in the same light as these A-listers, but we just aren’t …I’m going the other way and not assuming anyone knows who I am, and making sure they’re introduced to me before I start making jokes about them.” The studying paid off and Glaser’s strategy worked. Netflix won big The wall between TV and movies has virtually dissolved as award-winning actors star in more and more shows — it’s now commonplace to see big stars like Eddie Redmayne and Nicole Kidman on the small screen — and more and more streaming services produce feature-length films, including with theatrical releases. It makes sense then that the largest streamer of them all, Netflix, would be primed to have a big night at the one awards show that celebrates both mediums. On Sunday night, Netflix took home several major awards. Emilia Pérez won for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture Non-English Language, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Zoe Saldana), and Best Original Song (“El Mal”). Despite its regressive premise and concerns from LGBTQ critics, the film is poised to continue its winning streak at the Oscars, where Netflix has yet to take home a Best Picture award. Emilia Pérez could be its hottest contender yet. On the TV front, Baby Reindeer won Best Television Limited Series, while actress Jessica Gunning snagged the win for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series for the same show. The Globes have become a very pleasant, maybe forgettable show (this is a compliment!) It wasn’t that long ago that the Golden Globes were taken off the air. In 2021, a blockbuster Los Angeles Times investigation found rampant corruption and ethical lapses within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association which ultimately led to NBC dropping the Globes in 2022. That created an existential crisis for the show, mainly because the Globes exist to be fun, and major scandal and controversy are the absolute opposite of that. Since the show returned in 2023, the question of whether or not the Globes matter at all has hung in the air. This year, it seems like the answer to why the Globes exist is clearer than ever: to be an entertaining, unserious party where everyone wants to have a good time. The speeches were funny enough, heartwarming at times, and mostly apolitical; the actors and actresses were charming and mostly well-behaved (there was minimal censoring of an occasional F-bomb); and the whole event only ran 15 or so minutes late. Zendaya looked fantastic and sparked engagement rumors, Timothée Chalamet was in attendance with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner.CBS even employed a graphic overlay to show viewers where the nominees were sitting and how close to each other they all were. It’s all designed to make you feel like being in the Beverly Hilton on Golden Globes night would be as fun as it looks on TV. The fact that the 2025 installment was slightly unremarkable though still fairly entertaining should be considered a significant win, because at the end of the day, having a boring awards show is better than having no show at all!
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vox.com
Illegal migrant charged with molesting Florida girl, 5, says family accused him over immigration status
An illegal migrant from Guatemala was charged on allegations of molesting a five-year-old girl inside her home in two separate incidents, which he denies.
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Zoe Saldaña y Fernanda Torres fueron las únicas ganadoras latinas en los Globos de Oro
Esta fue de la suerte de la comunidad hispana en el evento de premiación de la Asociación de Prensa Extranjera de Hollywood
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The Surprisingly Unpredictable Golden Globes
Historically speaking, the point of the Golden Globes has always been two-fold. First: Get some memorable speeches out of a bunch of celebrities packed into a ballroom and plied with booze on national television. Second: Give some insight into who’s favored to win at the more prestigious Academy Awards. For better and worse, this year’s Globes didn’t really bother to do either. Save for Kieran Culkin, none of the winners seemed too buzzed to speak. Meanwhile, the nebulous Hollywood Foreign Press Association of old has been revamped and reformed with a new, broader group that has far more eclectic taste. The 2025 winners were all over the map, clarifying only that a wide-open awards season lies ahead.By comparison, last year’s Oscar race was settled six months before the ceremony, as it just so happened that Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was both one of the year’s most acclaimed and highest-grossing movies. The inevitability of Oppenheimer gave voters the chance to acknowledge a genuine theater-packing hit and temporarily stave off existential crises about whether awards season really matters anymore—always a concern, as critical tastes have further diverged from what audiences tend to like.This year’s race, though, is the most unpredictable in a long time. Ahead of the Oscars, which take place March 2, spiky arthouse projects, foreign-language musicals, and brassy blockbusters are all elbowing for attention. The Globes spread the wealth to some early favorites, with Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist gaining the most traction. But smaller works such as I’m Still Here and A Different Man—which might be lucky to get any Oscar love at all—also scored big.Emilia Pérez won the most movie awards with four, though besides Best Musical or Comedy, its only other major trophy went to Zoe Saldaña for Supporting Actress. Otherwise, a sweep for the Netflix-distributed musical drama about a transsexual cartel leader—which led all movies with 10 nominations—didn’t quite materialize. Still, it pointedly nabbed the big prize over Wicked, a smash hit that has dominated the zeitgeist since Thanksgiving. That film was instead given the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, a chintzy pat on the head cooked up for last year’s Globes ceremony. (Barbie, a similarly populist hit that didn’t win the top prizes, received it then.)[Read: The 10 best movies of 2024]On the more serious side, the muscular epic The Brutalist won Best Drama, along with Best Director for Brady Corbet and Best Actor in a Drama for its lead, Adrien Brody, who plays a Hungarian architect struggling in post-war America. At 215 minutes, it makes a heftier ask of audiences than most films, but Corbet’s speech was a passionate entreaty for Hollywood to support riskier work. “Nobody was asking for a three-and-a-half-hour film about a midcentury designer, in 70-millimeter,” he said. Tonight, it was feted nonetheless. The Globe wins might lightly anoint The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez as Oscar favorites, but both are still relatively outside of the mainstream, and hardly a sure thing. Another movie—be it a box-office hit like Wicked, a more down-the-middle favorite like A Complete Unknown, or a critical fave like Sean Baker’s Anora, which oddsmakers had predicted for three Globes but which ended up with none—might easily challenge them, come March.The reconstituted Hollywood Foreign Press also took some swings that felt very far from the Globes of old, which sometimes seemed like it rewarded projects that had sent the best gift baskets to voters. Flow, a tiny, dialogue-free Latvian movie about a cat, beat out The Wild Robot and Inside Out 2 for best animated film. Fernanda Torres won Best Actress in a Drama for the charged Brazilian film I’m Still Here, over celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman. Sebastian Stan picked up Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for A Different Man, an acidic though little-seen satire—it grossed under $1 million during its U.S. theatrical run.Maybe the biggest surprise of the night was Demi Moore’s upset win for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Substance, a spectacular piece of gross-out horror that has managed to stay in the awards conversation despite being loaded with gore and nudity. Moore beat out the ostensible favorite Mikey Madison (of Anora), megastar Zendaya (of Challengers) and Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón. Her success very much throws a bomb into that Oscar category, and should give a boost to a movie I had figured was too lurid for traditionally stuffy awards voters.All of these unexpected wins did come at the expense of high-grossing movies that viewers at home have actually seen. The Brutalist is only now starting its wider theatrical rollout, whereas proven hits such as Wicked, Dune: Part Two, and Challengers were largely overlooked as the night dragged on. A crowded Oscar race approaches—and if it looks like the moneymakers aren’t picking up steam, industry observers will once again ponder the point of an awards season that doesn’t try to reflect the public’s tastes. If that must be the case, at least Golden Globe voters got appreciably weird with it.
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At least 2 teens among 3 wounded in pair of shootings inside NYC delis
At least two teens were among three victims shot and wounded when gunfire erupted inside two Big Apple bodegas on Sunday evening, according to authorities.
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nypost.com
Nikki Glaser Came Prepared
In an interview she gave prior to hosting last night’s Golden Globes ceremony, the comedian Nikki Glaser explained how she prepared for the job. She put together two writers’ rooms and did more than 90 test runs. She debated the meanness of punchlines. She fought with her boyfriend (who is also her producer) over whether the actor Jesse Eisenberg or the podcast “Call Her Daddy” would be better recognized by the stars in the room.Her efforts paid off. Glaser’s 10 minutes on stage to start the evening ran smoothly, clearing the exceptionally low bar set by last year’s emcee, Jo Koy. She immediately—and frequently—made herself the butt of the joke, putting the audience at ease. The attendees received her warmly as she made light of how no one watches Peacock, how movie stars now dominate television, and how poorly Joker: Folie à Deux fared with critics. These cracks were about as exciting as the fun facts about presenters that popped up on chyrons as they walked on stage, which is to say: They were perfectly nice, but nowhere near groundbreaking.And yet, Glaser’s good-natured delivery turned out to be the ideal vehicle for some unexpected bite as well—but only if you listened carefully. In between her many, many self-effacing barbs, Glaser slid in some stingers about the guests seated before her. Early in her set, she targeted their egos and political endorsements. “You’re all so famous, so talented, so powerful, I mean, you could really do anything,” she gushed. “I mean, except tell the country who to vote for.” Later, she used their camera-readiness against themselves. “I look out and I see some of the hardest working actors in show business, and by that I mean your servers,” she said, as the attendees started applauding for the waitstaff. It was the exact reaction Glaser seemed to have wanted. “Yes, give it up,” she said, smiling. “They’ll be bringing you your cocktails to drink and your food that you’ll look at.” The comedian’s rapid-fire delivery kept the audience from pausing to consider what exactly they were clapping for, and her cheerful demeanor masked her humor’s acidity.Glaser has a knack for jovially delivering harsh truths, as if she’s sharing a little harmless gossip. It’s why her roast of Tom Brady—a performance that earned the appreciation of fellow comics and catapulted her into the upper echelon of today’s roastmasters—worked so well; she killed him with kindness, beaming her way through every insult about his personal life, his career, and his legacy. She did a muted version of the same approach at the Globes, singling people out with lighter, but no less backhanded one-liners that made them smile anyway. Just watch how she made Benny Blanco, Selena Gomez’s fiancé, laugh after saying he was only present “because of the genie who granted him that wish.” She grinned at Gomez and Blanco before adding a quick “I love you” to soften the blow. She also slipped in a remark about women considered past their Hollywood primes (“It turns out if you’re a woman over 50 in a lead role, they call it a comeback; if you’re a guy over 50 in a lead role, congratulations, you’re about to play Sydney Sweeney’s boyfriend”) in the middle of an extended gag in which she treated the evening’s halfway point as if it were halftime at a sporting event. (The bit even came complete with a list of the most thanked people during the night’s acceptance speeches, including Mario Lopez but not, Glaser noted, God. “No surprise in this godless town,” she quipped.)While developing her own routine, Glaser said that she rewatched clips of past Golden Globes hosts she admired, including Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. That experience may have informed one of her monologue’s last jokes, which was significantly sharper than her others: “I predict five years from now, when you’re watching old clips of this show on YouTube, you’ll see someone in one of the crowd shots and you’ll go, ‘Oh my God, that was before they caught that guy!’” she said. “Like, we could be making history tonight, and like, we don’t even know with who!” As the audience laughed heartily at her sorority-girlish excitement, Glaser landed her punchline. “He knows, you know. Or she, it could be a woman. I think 100 percent of the time it’s a man, but it could be a woman. It won’t be. It never is.” The casual delivery, the tossed-off tone—Glaser made these lines, about how scandal-prone Hollywood can be, sound like she just thought of them, like she’s just making random observations. She’s just saying.But of course, nothing Glaser did at the Globes was offhand. She studied her predecessors, tested her material, and even created bits—including singing a song involving a silly pun on Conclave and Wicked—that offered classic awards-show humor. Most of all, she calibrated her meanness, bringing an understated sort of savagery as the night’s emcee. Glaser promised she wouldn’t roast the people in the room, and it’s true: On that front, she was innocent. But that didn’t mean she was entirely innocuous.
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theatlantic.com
Carter took pride in warming U.S.-China ties — in a very different D.C.
Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, a move that remains a point of tension, though it moved China away from the Soviet Union.
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washingtonpost.com
Jahmyr Gibbs’ four TDs power Lions past Vikings to NFC North title, No. 1 seed
The Lions (15-2) and Vikings (14-3) could meet again in two weeks.
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nypost.com
Golden Globes 2025’s Unforgettable Looks: Ariana Grande, Emma Stone and Demi Moore
For reasons good and bad, these ensembles were among the most memorable.
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nytimes.com
Ex-Islanders bust Oliver Wahlstrom thankful for fresh start with Bruins
He admitted that it was “really healthy” for him to get a fresh start with the Bruins after things appeared to be headed nowhere with the Islanders.
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nypost.com
UN watchdog group urges dismantling of UNRWA for ‘enabling crimes against humanity’
“UNRWA is no longer a humanitarian agency — it has become a full-fledged partner to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, to The Post.
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‘Shocked’ Rob Gronkowski criticizes Patriots for firing Jerod Mayo: ‘Unfair’
Rob Gronkowski couldn’t hide his feelings during the Fox halftime show as he made somewhat critical comments about the decision by Patriots owner Robert Kraft. 
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nypost.com
Golden Globes 2025: La mejor moda de la alfombra roja
Vea las mejores modas de la alfombra roja de los Globos de Oro 2025 en nuestra galería con actualización en vivo desde el Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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latimes.com
A beginner’s guide to wrestling before WWE’s Netflix debut
WWE’s flagship television show, “Monday Night Raw,” moves over to Netflix on Monday. Here’s how to understand professional wrestling in 2025.
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washingtonpost.com
Heroes, zeros from Jets’ win over Dolphins: Garrett Wilson captures a career-first
Heroes, zeros from the Jets' 32-20 win over the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
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nypost.com
South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to arrest impeached President Yoon
With the arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol expiring on Monday, the South Korean anti-corruption agency asked police to detain the embattled leader.
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Tosan Evbuomwan quickly getting playing time with Nets rotation in flux
Another new face stepped onto the Barclays Center court during a night that saw several changes to the Nets rotation. 
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Emeralds for Sale: The Taliban Look Below Ground to Revive the Economy
The Taliban government is counting on Afghanistan’s bountiful gemstone and mineral resources after the loss of billions of dollars in international aid.
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nytimes.com
Long Before Jeju Air Crash, South Korea Rose to Be a Model of Safety
After overcoming pariah status at the end of the last century, South Korea must learn what caused the catastrophe on Dec. 29 and what lessons to draw from it.
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Former Fox Sports Host Skip Bayless Accused of Sexual Misconduct in Lawsuit by Ex-Hairstylist
A hairstylist who has since been fired alleges Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her—including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him.
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time.com
Indonesia Kickstarts $28 Billion Nationwide Free-Meal Program to Fight Malnutrition
The nationwide project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women delivers on a campaign promise by President Prabowo Subianto, although critics question whether it is affordable.
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time.com
Miss Manners: Just ask your dinner guest what they’d prefer
A host is wondering how to go about setting the dinner table for a guest who uses a feeding tube to eat.
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washingtonpost.com
Carolyn Hax: Sadness overcomes the adult-child caregiver to a nonagenarian dad
A caregiver wonders how to keep doing the “daily part-time job” of managing Dad’s major health issues.
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Asking Eric: My husband is jealous of my children’s deceased father
A spouse is looking for ways to help their husband deal with past trauma that is currently impacting their family.
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washingtonpost.com
Hilarious Nikki Glaser saves 2025 Golden Globes from being a disastrous, fiery wreck again
I have just woken up from a strange and confusing dream. I dreamt that the 2025 Golden Globe Awards were actually tolerable.
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nypost.com
Golden Globes Host Nikki Glaser Understood the Assignment
The provocative comedian struck the right balance of conviviality, self-deprecation, and snark
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time.com
The best and worst moments of the Golden Globes 2025 — from Nikki Glaser and Demi Moore to Vin Diesel and The Rock
Nikki Glaser's raunchy jokes, Elton John and Vin Diesel addressing rumors, and more. Here's all the best and worst moments from the 82nd Golden Globes!
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nypost.com
Golden Globes 2025: Complete winners list
Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the 82nd Golden Globe Awards live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., which celebrated the best in TV and film.
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foxnews.com
Fixing ‘Broken Windows’ theory: Smart — not harsh — policing is the key to a safe and orderly city
If you’re familiar with the Broken Windows theory of policing, you may have learned of it, perhaps indirectly, from Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller “The Tipping Point,” published 25 years ago.
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