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Secret Service Agent Fires Shots Near Janet Yellen’s Home
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Published 12.03.24 12:47PM EST 
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A Secret Service agent discharged their gun near Janet Yellen’s home in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen fired shots at a group of people who were trying to break into cars on her street in Washington, D.C., according to CNBC. Yellen was not a target of the incident and she was not harmed, the agency said. It also suggested that there was no reason to think that the agent, who confronted the group after observing their behavior, struck any of the suspects before they were able to flee in a car. The incident took place early Tuesday morning, around 1:30 a.m., near Yellen’s home in the northwest part of the city, CNBC reported. The incident mirrors one that happened last year, when a Secret Service agent on Naomi Biden’s detail fired their weapon at a group breaking into a government vehicle in D.C. but struck no one. The agency said that the incident near Yellen’s home will be investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the city’s local police. Yellen has not responded to a request for comment by the Daily Beast.

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Demi Moore Reveals Moment She Thought Her Career Was ‘Over’
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Published 12.03.24 12:33PM EST 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Demi Moore attends the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City.  (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute )
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute

Demi Moore once wondered whether her career was “complete,” she revealed on a new episode The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. “I really did hit a point where I started to wonder, not like, ‘Is this over?’ But, ‘Is this actually complete?’” she told interviewer Scott Feinberg. Moore, who rose to fame in the ’80s and ’90s, was at one point Hollywood’s highest paid actress, known for roles in St. Elmo’s Fire, Ghost, A Few Good Men, and Striptease, among many others, which solidified her as a sex symbol. But as she took a step back from acting following a string of critically-panned films and a divorce from Bruce Willis, Moore said her acting opportunities started to shrink when she returned to the industry five years older. “I looked too good to play older, and was not young enough to play the others,” she said on the podcast. “I didn’t quite know where I fit or where I belonged,” she explained, which prompted her to wonder, “Have I done what I was supposed to do in this?‘“ The past year has answered Moore’s question with a resounding ”no,“ as her new role in acclaimed thriller The Substance, has prompted a career resurgence—and Oscar buzz—for the movie star at the age of 62.

Read it at The Hollywood Reporter

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Published 12.03.24 12:00AM EST 
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Sean Penn Rails Against Oscars and Backs Wild Trump Biopic
"EXTRAORDINARY COWARDICE"
Published 12.03.24 12:31PM EST 
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - NOVEMBER 30: Sean Penn attends the Tribute to Sean Penn during Day Two Of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival on November 30, 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Antoine Flament/WireImage)
Sean Penn attends the Marrakech International Film Festival on November 30 Antoine Flament/WireImage

Sean Penn has thrown his weight behind a controversial biopic about a young Donald Trump, as he accused The Academy of “extraordinary cowardice”. Penn, speaking at a star-studded Marrakech Film Festival, said the cinematic guild that presents the Oscars “have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of different cultural expressions.” He also lauded the Ali Abbasi-directed The Apprentice—which Trump’s lawyers tried to block from release earlier this year— saying that “when something sneaks through, it’s to be celebrated.” “It’s jaw-dropping how afraid this [so-called] business of mavericks is of a great film like that. One with great, great acting. [It’s amazing] that they too can be as afraid as a piddly little Republican congressman,” he said. The biopic about president-elect Donald Trump’s business career in New York real estate detailed the relationship with Roy Cohn that made Trump who he is today.

Read it at Variety

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American Solo Traveler, 72, Feared Dead After ‘Man Overboard’ Cruise Incident
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Updated 12.03.24 10:46AM EST 
Published 12.03.24 10:41AM EST 
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A 72-year-old American cruise passenger is feared dead in an apparent “man overboard” incident, according to authorities. The solo traveler was unaccounted for when the ship, the Ruby Princes, docked in San Francisco on Monday after a five-day voyage around Mexico. A frantic search ensued onboard but the man was not found, and attention shifted to the water. A spokesperson from the cruise ship told the New York Post: “Princess worked throughout the day with local authorities. CCTV footage has also been extensively reviewed and the ship was searched thoroughly several times without success. Having ruled out other possibilities, this is being treated as a man overboard incident.” The U.S. Customs and Border Protection force took over the investigation after the ship returned to California, reports said. One Coast Guard official said: “What information we have to go off kind of does make it a little more difficult. Searching a wide area of the ocean takes a lot of time, and a lot goes into that.”

Read it at New York Post

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Published 12.02.24 4:12PM EST 
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Daddy Yankee Announces Divorce From Wife of Nearly 30 Years
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Published 12.03.24 11:19AM EST 
Recording artist Daddy Yankee and his wife Mireddys González pose for a photo on the field before the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium on January 01, 2023 in Tampa, Florida.
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Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee announced the end of his nearly 30-year marriage to wife Mireddys Gonzáles on Monday. “With a heart full of respect and honesty, I want to share some important news about my personal life,” Yankee wrote in Spanish on Instagram Stories. “After more than two decades of marriage and after many months of trying to save my marriage, which my wife and I share, today my lawyers respond to the divorce petition received by Mireddys.” The couple married in 1995 when they were 17-years-old. The Puerto Rican singer has generally kept his personal life under wraps, but he broke his silence to share news of the divorce, which he said “may surprise many.” González also served as Yankee’s manager and CEO of his record label. Yankee retired from reggaeton in 2023, but still releases Christian music. “I respect Mireddys’ decision, and I’m grateful for the time we shared, full of blessings and values, of love and with a beautiful family that will continue to be our priority,” Yankee added.

Read it at USA Today

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Sale of RFK Jr.’s Beloved Raw Milk Suspended at Farm in Home State After Bird Flu Detected
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Published 12.03.24 11:55AM EST 
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Distribution of raw milk, beloved by Robert F. Kennedy, has been suspended at a farm in the prospective health secretary’s home state. Thomas Machowicz/Reuters

A California farm’s distribution of raw dairy products has been suspended by the state’s department of food and agriculture after bird flu was detected in its unpasteurized milk, according to Axios. Last week, Raw Farm had voluntarily recalled two batches of its milk that had tested positive for the H5N1 viral strain, before state regulators stepped in. “All Raw Farm operations are currently under quarantine, from herds to bottled product, which means that all raw milk product distribution is suspended,” Steve Lyle, a spokesperson for the CDFA, said in a Monday statement to Axios. No illnesses have so far been linked to the affected batches. The news comes in the home state of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services and one of the highest-profile advocates of the health benefits of drinking raw milk. A wave of support for raw milk consumption, coming from right-wing figures as well as online wellness influencers, has corresponded to rising demand for unpasteurized dairy, despite officials warning about the potential health risks, The Associated Press reported earlier this year.

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Gen Z Swung to the Right Because of Money Woes, Survey Finds
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Published 12.03.24 10:10AM EST 
People attend a campaign rally hosted by Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at Festival Park on June 18, 2024 in Racine, Wisconsin
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Gen Z’s unprecedented swing to the right is largely because of economic factors, like the desire for a whopping salary, according to a new survey. Financial services company Empower surveyed more than 2,200 Americans, and respondents born between 1997 and 2012 declared they’d need to make $587,000 a year to be “financially successful.” The news comes after the youngest voting group, 18- to 24-year-olds, said they are more likely to identify as conservative than as liberal, according to a recent Harvard Youth Poll. “Our data indicates economy is the impetus for the change, and concerns around the economy,” MaryLeigh Bliss, YPulse’s chief content officer, told Axios after their own research found that young people were displaying a “moderate” self-identification. “There was no question for us that the economy and how they were feeling financially in the months—and even weeks—before the election really were going to determine who they were voting for.” David Bahnsen, who owns a wealth management firm, said young people blame the Democrats for their economic turmoil because the party has been in power for a large chunk of their lives.

Read it at AXIOS

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‘A Gift to Donald Trump’: Dem Senator Blasts Biden’s Pardon for Son Hunter
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Updated 12.03.24 7:11AM EST 
Published 12.03.24 5:07AM EST 
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) appears on CNN's The Source.
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) appears on CNN's The Source. CNN

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) called President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter “a gift to Donald Trump,” slamming the decision for discrediting American politics and the Democratic Party and warning it could be used to justify corruption by the incoming administration. “When you turn around after you say—month after month after month—you’re not gonna pardon your son, and then you do pardon him—putting the personal ahead of your responsibilities to the American people—it just gives the American people a sense that there’s one system for the rich and powerful and one system for everyone else,” he told CNN’s The Source on Monday. “Which is one of the reasons why we haven’t been able to keep Donald Trump from coming back here for a second term. It’s in that terrible context that this decision was made by the president.” Bennet asserted that Democrats who say “the prosecution of Hunter Biden is political” have “accepted Donald Trump’s standard” of attacking and discrediting the judicial system, which he argued will allow Trump to ”claim he’s just doing what Joe Biden did.”

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Published 12.01.24 6:29PM EST 
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Judge Rejects Elon Musk’s Massive $56 Billion Tesla Pay Package
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Published 12.02.24 10:29PM EST 
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 13, 2024.
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Elon Musk’s attempt at reinstating his massive $56 billion Tesla pay package was rejected by a Delaware judge—the second time she ruled against the Tesla billionaire. On Monday, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick denied a request by Musk’s attorneys and Tesla’s corporate directors to rescind a ruling she made in January blocking Tesla from paying Musk’s hefty check. At the time, McCormick concluded that the company’s directors who approved the package were not independent from Musk. Although initially approved in 2018, Musk’s pay package was challenged by Tesla shareholders in a lawsuit after they accused him and the company’s board of directors of breaching their duties. Following McCormick’s January ruling, Musk met with Tesla shareholders in June where they ratified his 2018 pay package for a second time, by an “overwhelming margin” per AP. Defense attorneys argued that the second vote made a plausible case for Musk receiving the pay package, which McCormick shot down in her 103-page opinion on Monday.

Read it at Associated Press

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RFK Jr. Once Sold Bottled Water With Higher Fluoride Levels Than Tap

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Updated 12.02.24 8:32PM EST 
Published 12.02.24 8:30PM EST 
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, may be against fluoride in drinking water these days—but it wasn’t long ago when he was selling it in bottles, according to a New Yorker report published Monday. Kennedy co-founded Keeper Springs in 1999 in what was at the time considered an odd attempt to help clean polluted waterways. Before the company closed up shop in 2013, it had been selling water with fluoride in it—up to 1.3 milligrams per liter, according to a 2009 chemical analysis that the New Yorker cites. Tap water typically doesn’t contain as much of the mineral. The company’s other co-founder, Chris Bartle, told the outlet, “For a while, we had a source in upstate New York where the water was naturally fluoridated.... These two Iranian guys owned it. It was a pretty neat scenario, but we didn’t stay with them for long.” Bartle added that he never heard any complaints about fluoride from his then-business partner. Fluoride has been shown to prevent tooth decay.

Read it at The New Yorker

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