Dominique Pelicot sentenced to 20 years in landmark French mass rape trial
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UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione waives extradition. Here's what we know.
The 26-year-old waived his right to an extradition hearing at a Pennsylvania courthouse Thursday morning and is now being escorted by police to New York.
4 min read - LifestyleYahoo Life
From 'unboxing' videos to holiday gift giving, why do we love to watch people open stuff? Psychologists have some theories.
Can't stop watching unboxing videos? Experts say our curiosity, generosity and love of a good mystery might be why.
7 min read - USYahoo News
Victims of Wisconsin school shooting identified as student Rubi Vergara, teacher Erin West
West, 42, was a substitute coordinator at Abundant Life Christian School, the school said. Vergara, 14, was a 9th grader who loved reading, art, music and her pets, according to an obituary posted online.
3 min read - USYahoo News
Winter weather forecast: Arctic blast to send temperatures plunging on East Coast just before Christmas
According to the National Weather Service, an arctic airmass “should bring daytime highs down to as much as 15 to 20 degrees below normal” for parts of the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic on Saturday and Sunday.
2 min read - EntertainmentYahoo Movies
'Superman' trailer reveals Lois Lane, Krypto the Superdog and Lex Luthor in James Gunn's new DC Universe
Fans got their first look at the world of James Gunn's upcoming 'Superman,' in theaters and IMAX July 2025.
6 min read - EntertainmentThe Daily Beast
WATCH: Stephanie Ruhle and Dan Bucatinsky Join The Daily Beast Podcast
Consider this a content warning: This week’s episode of The Daily Beast Podcast kicks off with a roasting (as in, they should probably be burned) on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “workout jeans,” which were back in the news cycle in an unsightly photo this week. “My top choice for the name of his denim line? Yeasty Jeans,” co-host Samantha Bee joked, while Joanna Coles added that, “I bet RFK Jr. thinks if you just leave your jeans for a few days, they self-clean—like cashmere.” “His jeans probably sta
2 min read - USThe Daily Beast
Passengers Freak Out Over American Airlines Flight Flood
A new danger has hit airline passengers: getting soaked while 30,000 feet in the air. After months of bizarre plane mishaps, including emergency doors falling off, unexpected stowaways, and even diversions because of pigs, an American Airlines flight had a watery fiasco on Dec. 7. A viral video shows liquid creeping down the aisle of the plane while concerned passengers rush to escape the flood.
1 min read - USThe Daily Beast
Journal Allegedly Details How Long Luigi Mangione Plotted CEO Assassination
Luigi Mangione arrived back in New York City on Thursday just as damning new evidence emerged against him. Detectives allege that the accused CEO assassin had wrote in his journal in August that he wished to murder a healthcare executive, with him supposedly settling on UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after months of research. “The target is insurance,” he wrote in August, according to the New York Post. He allegedly added that UnitedHealthcare “checks every box.”
1 min read - BusinessBusiness Insider
The fabulous life of Michael Dell, the $122 billion tech icon betting big on AI
The Dell Technologies founder and CEO is a true believer in AI who also enjoys private planes, fancy cars, and summer homes.
8 min read - EntertainmentSalon
Watch: "Superman" returns more colorful than ever with classic friends, enemies and dog Krypto!
The first teaser for James Gunn's DC Studios reboot has plenty of Easter eggs for fans of the Kryptonian crusader
3 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
Trump Brags About Popularity After Blowing Up GOP Budget Bill: ‘EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND’
Donald Trump is feeling good about his renewed influence over Congress. The president-elect posted to Truth Social on Thursday that “EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND” after he and Elon Musk pressured Republicans to kill a budget bill that would have averted a government shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. Trump told GOP lawmakers that they would “be primaried” and “disposed” of if they didn’t blow up the bill, which had over $100 billion earmarked for disaster aide, raises for lawmakers, assista
3 min read - USBusiness Insider
Luigi Mangione has ditched his extradition fight and is coming to NY. Former prosecutors call it a smart move.
The man charged in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is better off in New York than Pennsylvania right now, legal experts told BI.
5 min read - ScienceSpace
VideoOTD In Space - December 19: France Creates A Space Agency
On Dec. 19, 1961, France's space agency was born! After more than a decade of experimenting with rockets and missiles under the country's department of defence, President Charles de Gaulle finally decided that France needed an official governmental space research and signed the creation of the Centre National d' Etudes Spatiales, which in English is the National Center for Space Studies. De Gaulle established the agency to coordinate French space activities like rocket launches and astronaut tra
- PoliticsINSIDER
President Musk? The DOGE leader's government-shutdown push shows how he'll wield power in Washington
After a government funding bill went down in flames, lawmakers in both parties agreed: Elon Musk played a huge role in it.
6 min read - BusinessThe Daily Beast
CNN Sees One of Its Lowest Ratings Ever as Massive Layoffs Loom
CNN’s ratings woes reached a new low this year, plunging in in a key age group—all as the Warner Bros. Discovery network is set to lay off hundreds. The network managed to score second place between Fox News and MSNBC in a year-end average of the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic, averaging 92,000 total-day viewers, according to Nielsen data obtained by Mediaite. While that beat MSNBC, which averaged 86,000 total-day viewers in the demo this year, it is still CNN’s lowest demo average ever—do
3 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
Whoopi Forced to Tell People They Shouldn’t ‘Hurt’ Trump Physically
Whoopi Goldberg had to clarify to The View audience on Thursday morning that she did not intend to imply she wanted Donald Trump to be physically attacked—just as her employer ABC was forced to settle a defamation lawsuit with the president-elect to the tune of more than $15 million. During a discussion about her and Joy Behar’s theory that JD Vance and Elon Musk were plotting to take over the presidency from Trump, Goldberg said that Trump should “watch out.” The segment began with Goldberg’s c
2 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
Elon Floated to Replace Johnson as House Speaker in Latest Bonkers Move
MAGA talking heads are seriously calling for golden boy Elon Musk to be made Speaker of the House after his contribution to the torpedoing of a bipartisan spending bill that would have warded off a festive government shut down. The billionaire Tesla CEO successfully lobbied—with President-elect Donald Trump’s help—for the death of the lengthy bill that would have staved off a shutdown and funded the government through March. His performance Wednesday, propped up by an X posting storm, had many D
2 min read - USThe Daily Beast
Luigi Mangione’s Prison Transformation Draws Stares at Court
Luigi Mangione caught the eye of onlookers Thursday with a makeover before his extradition hearing in Pennsylvania. The Ivy League-educated suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was clean-shaven with a haircut and an apparent eyebrow trim. Mangione, 26, looked wild-eyed with several days of stubble when he was first led into court last week after being arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after the shooting in Manhattan.
2 min read - LifestyleThe Daily Beast
Scouted: Nutribullet’s New Portable Blender Streamlined My Morning Smoothie Routine
Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved smoothies, but they were something I only enjoyed once in a while. So, five years ago, I asked for a Nutribullet blender for the holidays, and I’ve probably averaged 350 smoothies a year ever since. They’ve become part of my morning routine, and starting my day with fruit, veggies, and protein feels fantastic. What I don’t love is the clean-u
1 min read - OpinionThe New Republic
MTG Suddenly Calls for Elon Musk to Take Over as House Speaker
Republicans’ deranged calls for Elon Musk as House speaker are growing.
2 min read - BusinessSalon
"They've pushed workers to the limit": Amazon employees go on strike during the holiday rush
The Teamsters union said that Amazon failed to come to the bargaining table by a Dec. 15 deadline
3 min read - LifestyleSalon
A $6M banana, $350k watch, $270 nachos: The most outrageous purchases in 2024
Some of us were pretty loose with the purse strings this year
6 min read - NewsSpace
VideoAmazing Hubble Space Telescope Imagery Of A Globular Cluster In 4k
The Hubble Space Telescope captures imagery of globular cluster NGC 6325. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen | edited by Steve Spaleta
- USBusiness Insider
FAA bans drone flights in much of New Jersey
The 22 flight restrictions are in effect through January 17 and cover much of the state of New Jersey.
1 min read - CelebrityThe Daily Beast
Hoda Kotb Reveals Savannah Guthrie’s Surprising Response to ‘Today’ Exit
Hoda Kotb revealed the surprising three-word response her Today colleague Savannah Guthrie told her when she first broke the news she was leaving the show after 17 years. “I called Savannah who was out of the country and I said, ‘I have to tell you something,’” Kotb told Seth Meyers. “She goes, ‘This sounds scary,’” and Kotb assured her, “‘It’s not. I’m going to be saying good-bye in January.’” Kotb announced her exit from the show in September, but will remain as host until January 10. She and
2 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
MTG and Rand Paul float Elon Musk for speaker of the House
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing major unrest among his colleagues after Musk and Trump tanked a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
MAGA Celebrates as DA Fani Willis Is Removed From Trump’s Election Interference Case
MAGA nation is celebrating after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump and his allies. A Georgia appellate court ruled Thursday that Willis’ prior romantic relationship with a special prosecutor once on the case, Nathan Wade, was a sufficient conflict of interest for her dismissal. The decision overturns a previous ruling that allowed Willis to stay on the case as long as Wade resigned, which he promptly did. Althoug
2 min read - OpinionThe New Republic
Mike Johnson May Have Just Lost His Most Powerful Ally
Donald Trump is not happy with Mike Johnson’s spending bill.
1 min read - LifestyleINSIDER
Aldi isn't my family's primary grocery store, but I'll always make a special trip there for these 8 things
Although Aldi isn't my family's primary grocery store, I love stopping there for fresh fruit, gluten-free snacks, and the Aldi Finds aisle.
3 min read - BusinessBusiness Insider
Boeing secured a new customer for its most important plane as it finally restarts production
The deal is worth nearly $7.4 billion to Boeing, providing some relief for the struggling planemaker as it battles production and quality problems.
2 min read - CelebrityFox News
Kimberly Williams-Paisley stayed awake through intense 3-hour throat surgery
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, wife of country singer Brad Paisley, shared how she was awake during her three-hour throat surgery after doctors diagnosed her with muscle tension dysphonia.
5 min read - PoliticsFox News
Here's what's in the spending bill that's drawing the ire of Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy
Congressional leadership on Wednesday unveiled legislation to punt the government funding deadline down the road, but that bill was pronounced dead only hours after it was revealed.
5 min read - PoliticsFox News
Rand Paul suggests replacing Mike Johnson with Elon Musk as Speaker of the House
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has floated the idea of replacing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with Elon Musk after the chaotic collapse of the continuing resolution spending bill.
4 min read - CelebrityINSIDER
I've been wearing my mom's locket since she died. When I lost it in London, a stranger found it for me.
Katharine Horgan's mom died when she was 7 years old. She left her jewelry and cards, which she treasured. She found the locket at a cafe in London.
4 min read - BusinessThe Daily Beast
Trump Target Neil Cavuto to Leave Fox News After 28 Years
Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto will leave the network at the end of the year, ending a 28-year tenure that made him a stalwart of its programming—and a target of Donald Trump’s wrath. His last appearance on Fox News will be Thursday, where he will say goodbye to his viewers on Thursday’s Your World. The network offered Cavuto, 66, a new deal, according to a Fox News source, but he opted to leave instead. Trump bashed Cavuto in September as “one of the WORST on Television” after Cavuto said he lost
2 min read - USFox News
Racist messages found on Tennessee college campus were ‘fabricated,' school says
Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee confirmed to Fox News Digital this week that racial slurs found on campus weeks ago were "fabricated" by a student.
2 min read - USKTLA articles
Temecula school board rescinds rules on hot-button issues
The Temecula Valley Unified School District board has rescinded two controversial policies after pressure from the state. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to void policies requiring parents to be notified if a child identifies as transgender and banning all flags except the American and California state flags, the Press-Enterprise reports. The California Public Employment Relations Board […]
1 min read - LifestyleINSIDER
My family tried 14 frozen meals from Costco and ranked them. Even the lowest-rated item was tasty.
My family tried and ranked frozen meals from Costco, from the Kirkland Signature breakfast sandwiches to the Crazy Cuizine Mandarin-orange chicken.
16 min read - OpinionThe New Republic
Trump Has Shocking New Demand as Government Hurtles Toward Shutdown
Donald Trump has a new proposal that most of the Republican Party won’t like.
1 min read - LifestyleINSIDER
We tried Taco Bell's new chicken nuggets, and chains like Chick-fil-A and Popeyes should be worried
Taco Bell just dropped its new crispy chicken nuggets tossed in tortilla chip crumbs. The chain also released three new spicy dipping sauces.
6 min read - EntertainmentThe Daily Beast
The ‘RHOSLC’ Cry, Scream, and Throw Up in Mexico—Literally
It’s not easy to serve up perfection week after week, even if The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City make it look effortless. Perhaps that’s why the women are suffering a physical toll after an absolutely amazing season. Even on vacation, Meredith is crying, screaming, and throwing up in the midnight hours, burdened by the tumult around her. Only the RHOSLC cast can spend an entire episode in the throes of tears and still make it a humorous, high-stakes endeavor.
9 min read - LifestyleINSIDER
I tried 5 hot-chocolate recipes from celebrity chefs, and only one beat Ina Garten's
I tried hot chocolate recipes from chefs Ina Garten, Jacques Torres, Sandra Lee, Alton Brown, and Carla Hall and reviewed each to find the best one.
8 min read - PoliticsFox News
Dems complain 'President Musk' running the show on GOP spending drama
House Democrats are complaining over being kept in Washington, D.C., as lawmakers scramble to avoid a government shutdown just days before Christmas.
3 min read - CelebrityBusiness Insider
Guy Pearce on the one bad job that made him swear off doing blockbuster movies
Guy Pearce recalls going from Aussie soap star on "Neighbours" to Christopher Nolan muse in "Memento" to the star of Oscar contender "The Brutalist."
11 min read - CelebrityFox News
Alex Soros and Huma Abedin hold star-studded engagement party at Anna Wintour's home: Photos
Fox News Digital obtained photos of high profile guests leaving the Wednesday night engagement party of Alex Soros and Huma Abedin at Anna Wintour's home.
2 min read - CelebrityThe Daily Beast
Prince William and Kate Middleton Skip King Charles’ Big Christmas Lunch
Prince William and Kate Middleton risked appearing to snub King Charles and Britain’s minor royals Thursday as they skipped the monarch’s traditional pre-Christmas lunch with the extended royal family at Buckingham Palace. One source, a former courtier, told The Daily Beast: “It is another example of the couple’s growing confidence when it comes to challenging some long-established traditions which they are widely believed to consider tiresome. Charles would have liked them to be there, and the
3 min read - PoliticsThe Daily Beast
Shutdown Looms After Trump ‘Blindsided’ by ‘President Elon Musk’
Donald Trump has become embroiled in a behind-the-scenes power struggle with Elon Musk over the jettisoned Republican-led spending deal. One month before the president-elect returns in triumph to the White House, he is already facing a challenge to his authority from the tech titan credited with doing the most to get him there. Trump may have asserted his own power over Republicans on Capitol Hill in demolishing the compromise deal that appeared all set to be ratified—but he was still taking sec
4 min read - USFox News
Trump cheers disqualification of 'corrupt' Fani Willis, says case is 'entirely dead'
EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Trump celebrated the Georgia Court of Appeals decision to disqualify “corrupt" Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, telling Fox News Digital that the case “is entirely dead" and that the “wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years" should “receive an apology."
4 min read - OpinionThe New Republic
AOC: You Know It’s Bad When Trump Is Feeling Bad for Me
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez jokes about receiving Donald Trump’s sympathy after that snub from Nancy Pelosi.
3 min read - USFox News
Incoming border czar Tom Homan assures CNN that deportations are coming 'day one'
Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan spoke to CNN's Kaitlan Collins this week about what his deportation plan looks like on "day one" of the second Trump administration.
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