WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday said it will hold a Jan. 16 nomination hearing on President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, Scott Bessent. (Reporting by Susan Heavey)
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -Actor Alec Baldwin sued New Mexico prosecutors and sheriff’s office officials on Thursday alleging a “malicious” prosecution against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The action against special prosecutor Kari Morrissey and others is among at least a dozen …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Jamie Lee Curtis, one of many Hollywood celebrities who lived in the California neighborhoods ravaged by wildfires this week, said on Thursday her family would donate $1 million to relief efforts. The Oscar winner said she and her husband, actor and director Christopher Guest, and their children had …
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By Alan Devall LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Billy Crystal lost the Pacific Palisades house where he had lived since 1979. Paris Hilton watched her Malibu beach mansion burn down on live TV. The list of celebrities who lost their homes and neighbourhoods in the worst fire in Los Angeles history reads like a Hollywood who’s who. …
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By Andrew Chung, John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for Donald Trump to be sentenced for the president-elect’s conviction on criminal charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, with two conservative justices joining the three liberal members in a 5-4 decision. The court turned down Trump’s …
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By Jorge Garcia and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Spanish chef Jose Andres rolled his World Central Kitchen food aid organization into Los Angeles as wildfires burned on Thursday and advocated that politics be put aside to take care of the people impacted by disaster. “Like every place in the world, there are people …
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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Multiple massive wildfires are raging in Los Angeles, blanketing the surrounding regions under a pungent haze caused by smoke carrying noxious gases and particulate matter that pose serious health risks. Here is what you need to know about the risks of the smoke that is likely to linger not only …
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(Reuters) – In one image, two people hug tightly, wrapped up in comforting each other as two houses burn behind them. In another, the Stars and Stripes on a flagpole – grimy but still flapping against the blue sky – remains standing amid a crush of destroyed masonry. It recalls images taken in New York …
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By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris canceled her upcoming trip to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany due to the ongoing wildfires in California, the White House said on Thursday after President Joe Biden made a similar decision a day earlier. Biden canceled an upcoming trip to Italy where …
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By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The National Football League has moved Monday’s playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams to Arizona after wildfires ravaged the region surrounding the Rams’ SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The NFL said the decision to hold the Wild Card game at the home of the Arizona …
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