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Latest Harvey Weinstein accuser questions methods of his defense attorney: Lawsuit

Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit filed Friday in a Manhattan federal court accuses Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney of deceiving a Connecticut woman who accused Weinstein of rape. Melissa Thompson’s claim was included in a proposed class-action lawsuit in which she and two other women allege they were sexually assaulted by the disgraced film producer. Thompson said that during a 2011 meeting in […]

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Mother delivers baby minutes after police escort her to hospital

Daytona Beach Police Department(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) --   A man speeding through the streets of Volusia County, Florida, had the help of police as he raced to take his wife who was in labor to the hospital, according to police. “Six officers stopped traffic so that Richie Kumm and Casidhe Kennedy could get to Halifax Hospital FAST after Casidhe's water had broken. About 20 minutes after arriving at Halifax, beautiful baby […]

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Ohio state representative was told by statehouse security that she doesn’t ‘look like a legislator,’ she says

Ohio House of Representatives (NEW YORK) -- Ohio state Rep. Emilia Sykes has had trouble on multiple occasions getting into the statehouse building and was even once told by security that she didn't "look like a legislator," she told ABC News. The state representative for the 34th district in Ohio said she believes she has been discriminated against because of her race in her own place of work. On Wednesday, […]

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More rain on the way, flash flooding possible for drenched mid-Atlantic states

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A slow-moving cold front is pushing through the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Saturday morning, bringing rounds of strong thunderstorms to area. The cold front will slide south on Saturday and as it does so, a new disturbance will develop in the mid-Atlantic and stall over the region through the weekend. The primary concern is for more heavy rain, which could lead to flash flooding. A new flash […]

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Entertainment

Roseanne Barr tells reporter, “I love all people;” Podcast host Joe Rogan says she’s “not doing well”

ABC(UTAH) -- Roseanne Barr spoke publicly for the first time since Tuesday, when her ABC show was canceled, telling a reporter that despite what's happened in the past few days, "I love all people." Barr, 65, was approached in her home state of Utah on Thursday by a reporter from the U.K. tabloid  The Daily Mail."I believe in one law for all people. I love all people. Thank you," she […]

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Entertainment

At awards show, Samantha Bee addresses Ivanka Trump insult outrage

TBS(LOS ANGELES) -- Full Frontal host Samantha Bee is sorry/not sorry for calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless c**t" during her show broadcast earlier this week. At a podium accepting an award from the Television Academy in Hollywood Thursday night, Bee declared, "Every week, I strive to show the world as I see it, unfiltered. Sometimes I should probably have a filter. I accept that. I take it seriously when I get it right and I do […]

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Entertainment

The new Fab Five of “Queer Eye” gearing up for Season 2

Netflix(LOS ANGELES) -- After pulling off eight radical makeovers in Georgia in its first season, the "Fab Five" of Queer Eye will soon be back for another round. The Netflix reboot of the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy TV series, which broke ground with its cast of openly gay men when it first appeared on television in 2003, brings with it a mix of a little social awakening and a side of […]

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Entertainment

“Bachelorette” front-runner Garrett Yrigoyen on social media controversy: “I sincerely apologize”

ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) -- Garrett Yrigoyen has broken his silence amid a controversy about his social media practices just days after earning the first impression rose and becoming a front-runner on the season premiere of The Bachelorette.  "To those who I have hurt and offended: This is all new to me. I went on The Bachelorette for the adventure and possibility of falling in love, not fame. I did not know what […]

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CNN “stands by its reporting” on Morgan Freeman accusing him of sexual harassment

ABC/Randy Holmes(ATLANTA) -- CNN stands by its reporting on Morgan Freeman in which eight women accused the actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. The cable news network officially responded to a 10-page letter from Freeman's attorney Robert Schwartz sent earlier this week demanding a retraction of the story and an apology. In its five-page response, CNN wrote that it, "stands by its reporting and is prepared to fight aggressively any attempt […]

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