‘$100 Bills in Every Car’: Ex-Epstein Employee Details Ghislaine Maxwell’s Demands

As the first week of the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell continues, Juan Alessi, a former housekeeper and maintenance worker for Jeffrey Epstein took the stand to talk about his employment under Epstein and his working relationship with Maxwell, who is facing up to 80 years in prison for allegedly helping Epstein traffic underage girls for sexual abuse. Alessi worked for Epstein from 1991 until 2002, overseeing the cleaning, maintenance, and shopping for the house, as well as handling the gardeners and pool staff. “I understood she was the lady of the house,“ he said, describing Maxwell as “the girlfriend of Mr. Epstein,” when he met her and saying she told him that she was going to be “the lady of the house.”

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  Epstein's shadow looms in Ghislaine Maxwell trial

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  Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: A view from courtroom

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Chilling Videos, Journal Found as Parents Face Scrutiny in Michigan School Shooting

OXFORD, Michigan—Detailed descriptions of a wish to massacre classmates on his cellphone and in a journal. Authorities on Wednesday identified the teenage suspect in the mass shooting a day earlier at Michigan's Oxford High School as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, painting a picture of a clear-eyed teen who planned and executed a rampage that left at least four students dead and seven others, a teacher among them, injured. Crumbley, a sophomore, was previously flagged by administrators for “behavior in the classroom that they felt was concerning,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Wednesday.

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  Michigan teen charged with first-degree murder

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  Michigan teen charged in Oxford High School shooting

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Paris archbishop asks for forgiveness, quits over relationship

France's Catholic Church said on Thursday the pope had accepted the resignation of Paris archbishop Michel Aupetit who asked for forgiveness after reports over a relationship with a woman. The 70-year-old cleric, who is bound by the church's celibacy rule, has denied any intimate relationship with the unnamed woman in comments to Le Point magazine, though he acknowledged his behaviour may have been ambiguous. "I have been deeply troubled by the attacks on me ...

'She was everything to me': Husband of Pasadena jogger killed by driver who ran stop sign seeks answers

A man from Pasadena, Calif., is seeking answers after a car allegedly plowed through a stop sign and killed his wife the day after Thanksgiving. What happened: Yang Yang Liu, 33, was out jogging when a BMW 328i struck her at the intersection of Allen Avenue and San Pasqual Street around 11:19 a.m. on Nov. 26. The driver, who has not been publicly named, was neither arrested nor cited.

Kayleigh McEnany says she didn't lie in the White House briefing room because she went to Oxford, Harvard, and Georgetown and is a Christian

Former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany claims she didn't lie in the White House briefing room. Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany writes in her new memoir that she didn't lie to reporters and the public while serving in the Trump administration because she was trained at elite universities and is a Christian.

Elizabeth Holmes' cross-examination in fraud case is 'pretty devastating,' expert says

WATCH: Yahoo Finance's new Elizabeth Holmes documentary here During his cross-examination, Leach pressed Holmes on her efforts to kill a 2015 investigative report in the Wall Street Journal by John Carreyrou that exposed Theranos' flawed technology. That report arguably accelerated the demise of the startup Holmes launched at age 19 after dropping out of Stanford University. Leach also showed jurors previously sealed text messages that Holmes exchanged with her former boyfriend and Theranos COO, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, expressing a goal to “get ahead” of the Journal's report.

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  Revealed texts in the Elizabeth Holmes trial show tensions between the Theranos founder and her ex and former COO, whom Holmes testifies was abusive

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  Elizabeth Holmes admits whistleblower was right and reporter was ‘mishandled’

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Disney fires beloved performer and dog after nearly two decades on Hilton Head resort

“We became like family to each other, and they really meant it,” Ayres said. Ayres, known as B'Lou Crabbe to his loyal fans, and his dog, Shadow, a golden retriever, have been fixtures at Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort for nearly two decades. Ayres declined to reveal Shadow's age because “the last time I asked a girl how old she was, I nearly got bit,” he said.

Fact-check: Are vaccinated people dying at a faster rate than unvaccinated people?

Viral Facebook post: COVID-19 death rates in England are higher among vaccinated people than unvaccinated. PolitiFact's ruling: False Here's why: Referencing one chart in a 30-page report while omitting important context, bloggers falsely claimed in an article that COVID-19 death rates in England are much higher among vaccinated people than unvaccinated. The article included the headline, "COVID death rates 4 to 1, vaccinated to unvaxxed."

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  Fact check: COVID-19 vaccines safe for children, not linked to deaths

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  Germany announces lockdown for unvaccinated people

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Deal reached to reduce Yellowstone's bison herd by 600-900

Officials have agreed to allow as many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park to be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this winter in a program that seeks to prevent the animals from spreading a disease to cattle. An additional 200 bison among the park's more than 5,000 bison could be captured or hunted in the late winter if those numbers are met, federal, tribal and state officials agreed in a meeting Wednesday. Bison routinely leave Yellowstone and head north into Montana each winter, raising concerns that the animals could spread brucellosis to cattle.

The person who called Oxford High School students 'bro' while trying to enter a classroom was likely an officer trying to put them at ease, sheriff says

A video shows someone who said they were an officer ask to enter a room during the Oxford shooting. In the video, students became suspicious after that person called them "bro." The sheriff said that person was not the gunman, but likely an officer trying to calm the students.

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  An Oxford high schooler's video shows students escaping through a window after realizing a person asking to enter the room may be the gunman pretending to be an officer

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  ‘It All Seemed Like a Movie’: Inside the Terrifying Shooting at Oxford High School

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American Couple’s Trip to Cancun Ends in a Horrific Hotel Room Death

The family of Sativa Transue, a 26-year-old American woman from Spokane, Washington who was found dead in her Cancun hotel room while on vacation with her boyfriend, said she looked like she had been “beaten to a bloody pulp” when Mexican authorities discovered her body on Saturday. “I received a call from the Mexican consulate letting me know my daughter has passed away and that she's been found dead,” Jayme Bolieu, Sativa's mother, told The Daily Beast in an interview. Sativa's mother and sister are still trying to make sense of what happened that Friday night and Saturday morning.

Oil prices have tanked so hard traders are assuming planes won't fly for 3 months: Goldman Sachs

In fact, the price correction is borderline comical, per Courvalin's calculations. "The lack of discretionary buying activity in the face of an uncertain new COVID variant has therefore left prices in free-fall and pricing in a dire demand outlook. We estimate based on our pricing model, that the market has now priced in a mammoth c.

‘Absolutely Disgusted!’ Local Sheriff Rips Minneapolis Police Over Protester ‘Hunting’ Scandal

A Minnesota sheriff has broken his profession's code of silence to blast the Minneapolis Police Department, saying he's “disgusted” at the agency's reportedly violent practices and calling for an overhaul of the agency from the “top down.” At a Wednesday meeting of an advisory council to the state's Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board, Sheriff Sean Deringer of Wright County unloaded on Minneapolis cops who were caught on their own body cameras allegedly “hunting” protesters in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020. ”I was absolutely disgusted watching that,” Deringer said, adding, “I have defended that agency for the very last time.”

Candace Owens Dubbed the Mouthpiece for Right Wing Agenda After Making Claims About the ‘Most Murderous’ Group In America: ‘That’s Why They Bring Out Candace’

Candace Owens' data regarding which racial group is the most violent in America has landed her in hot water following an appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” The network's go-to Black conservative claimed that Black people “are the most murderous group” in the nation. The FBI has been warning about the danger of white supremacy groups for over a decade.

Woman stirs controversy after sharing reasoning for ‘rejecting’ her new potential roommate: ‘That is very reasonable’

A woman rejected a potential roommate but is second-guessing her decision. No shade, but it's time to stop mooching off your parents' Amazon Prime — here's why She shared the dilemma on Reddit's “Am I the A******? AITA)” forum.

Arizona scientist finds 'strong evidence' on how pandemic began, reviving debate on virus origins

A prominent Arizona scientist's assertion that a wet market in China — and not a lab leak — is the likely ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic has reignited a long-running international debate. Michael Worobey's research, published on Nov. 18 in the journal Science, shows that a lab leak "is almost off the table," as the origin of the pandemic, he said this week. It was not the 41-year-old accountant from Wuhan that China and the World Health Organization had previously identified as the first known COVID-19 case, he found.

Tesla rival Polestar unveils big plans for electric vehicle era

Along with the Polestar 5 came a bigger surprise — the release of a teaser image of the Polestar 3, which will be a “luxury aero SUV” that will play in the highly competitive midsize EV SUV space, where the Tesla Model Y (TSLA) and upcoming Fisker Ocean (I)) will be fighting for market share. Another key feature of the Polestar 3 is that it will be built in America, whereas the other Polestar models will be built in China (Polestar's parent is China's Geely). We will build in America for Americans,” Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO said.

‘Brazen is probably an understatement’: Georgia inmate ran multi-million dollar scam from prison cell, posing as AbbVie employee

A Georgia prison inmate has been sentenced to seven additional years for running a multi-million dollar heavy equipment scam from behind bars, where he used contraband cell phones to pose as a purchasing agent for pharma company AbbVie Inc. Damon Thomas Young, 39, was about half way through a 20-year sentence for assaulting a police officer when he launched a scheme in 2019 to acquire heavy machinery from dealers with the premise that AbbVie was planning to build a manufacturing facility in rural Georgia. “Calling this far-reaching fraud scheme brazen is probably an understatement,” federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Rob Gronkowski says Tom Brady helped him quit processed sugar, and he believes that's one reason he's still playing at the top of his game

One big tip Gronkowski follows is avoiding processed sugar and most processed foods overall. Rob Gronkowski reaps the benefits of playing alongside Tom Brady, both on the field and off it. The 32-year-old Pro Bowl tight end told Insider he learned to cut certain foods out of his diet by watching Brady and following some of his health habits.

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Mark Cuban just bought an entire city in Texas

Mark Cuban could soon be living out the plot of Schitt's Creek. The entrepreneur, Dallas Mavericks owner, cryptocurrency enthusiast, reality TV star, would-be politician, and social media provocateur has purchased the entire town of Mustang, Texas, for an undisclosed amount. Cuban, according to deed records, bought it via a company he controls and tells the Dallas Morning News, “I don't know what, if anything, I will do with it.”

Firefighters Smashed the Windows of a BMW Parked in Front of a Hydrant and Ran a Hose Through Them

A 2005 BMW 5-series parked in the way of firefighters at a hydrant got its windows smashed out so they could run their giant high-pressure hose right through the car. The owner told the New York Post he's stressed, but, well, he did leave his car in front of a hydrant for four days. It's common enough that it was in the movie Backdraft, and you can find plenty of other examples online—but even so, there seems to be a bit of trend going on with BMW drivers parking in front of hydrants.

Police shooting raises questions over Black man's gun rights

Leaders in the Black community of Virginia Beach called Wednesday for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of a Black man, saying his right to carry a gun for protection was ignored during a night of violence earlier this year on the city's oceanfront. The Second Amendment does not work when it comes to African Americans,” Carl Wright, an activist and former local NAACP chapter president, said at a news conference. He was a legal gun carrier.