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For more than a month, witnesses gave graphic testimony of how former film producer Harvey Weinstein would lure women to private meetings in hotel rooms that quickly turned violent.

Harvey Weinstein found guilty on 3 of 7 charges in Los Angeles

Weinstein's legal trouble is far from over. In London, he faces criminal charges of indecent assault of a woman in 1996.

A taxi passes by Trump Tower, the headquarters of the Trump Organization, in New York City in 2021.

Trump's longtime accountant says a decade of his financial statements are unreliable

The accounting firm Mazars USA says it has severed its relationship with former President Donald Trump and his family business.

Former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 19, 2022.

Haley signals a new direction for the GOP's national ticket

Vice President Harris' ascent to her current position represents a long step toward making women's full political equality a reality in both parties.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 23, 2022 in New York City.

A bad year for Wall Street gets even worse, as stock markets finish September down

Amid heightened uncertainty about the global economy, all three U.S. indexes are in a bear market as the third quarter comes to a close.

Fast CEO Domm Holland at Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon. On Tuesday, he announced the startup would close its doors.

Fast, the easy checkout startup, shuts down after burning through investors' money

The startup received more than $120 million from venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and the support of Stripe, yet questions remained about its flamboyant CEO's business decisions and past deals.

Before the government banned motorcycle taxis in several busy districts in Lagos, these vehicles, known as o<em>kadas, </em>were a welcome option for commuters. Now they're out of luck — and so are the drivers, who risk having their bike impounded and facing arrest if they violate the ban.

It's definitely not a good year to be a motorcycle taxi driver in Nigeria

They've been banned in many districts in bustling Lagos. Commuters who rely on the taxis are in a pickle. And the drivers can't earn a living. What's behind this prohibition?

The pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes has died at 84

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and lifelong community activist who toured the country speaking with Gloria Steinem in the 1970s, has died.

"The greatest academic acknowledgement I've seen in a while," read the viral tweet of this photo by Jonathan Robbins (@robbinshistory).

The story behind a new book's strange dedication to Toast the cat

"For Toast, the cat, who was no help at all," reads the dedication page of researcher Jonathan Saha's book, Colonizing Animals. A picture of the page went viral on Twitter.

The start of 2023 is the perfect time to revisit experts' century-old predictions about the world.

Here's what 2023 has in store, as predicted by experts in 1923

A researcher collected century-old newspaper clippings with predictions in fields ranging from public health to beauty to transportation. Some have proven more accurate than others.

Reality TV's Chrisleys get hefty sentences in fraud case

Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced Monday to lengthy prison terms after being convicted earlier this year on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion.

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