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Gay mayor accused of sexual harassment as #MeToo reckoning comes to West Hollywood

Gay mayor accused of sexual harassment as #MeToo reckoning comes to West Hollywood

For years, John Duran has been a public avatar for West Hollywood's cheekily sexual culture. Now, amid new allegations of sexual harassment, cracks are showing in the city.

By Hailey Branson-Potts
Police want to question Jussie Smollett after releasing 2 brothers
Police want to question Jussie Smollett after releasing 2 brothers

Detectives are investigating the possibility that the "Empire" actor had the brothers fake the attack, police sources have said.

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Homeland Security is replacing troubled biodefense system with another flawed approach

The Trump administration is quietly moving to replace BioWatch, the nation’s problem-plagued system for detecting an airborne attack of infectious agents, with technology that also has severe shortcomings, a Times investigation has found. 

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Vatican defrocks former U.S. Cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse
Vatican defrocks former U.S. Cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse
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Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, dies at 85
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