Olivia Nuzzi, the journalist embroiled in a strange scandal involving an alleged relationship of some sort with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is now out of a job. New York magazine, which had previously put Nuzzi on leave after she admitted she'd started a "nonphysical" relationship with RFK Jr. after profiling...

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(Newser) – In 2015, an American marine biologist went missing from a ship hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador. No sign of Keith Davis, then 41, has been seen since, and he is presumed dead, writes Rachel Monroe at the BBC. Monroe dug into the case for the Lost at Sea podcast given the unusual circumstances involved. Davis was aboard the Victoria 168, part of a Taiwanese tuna fleet. But he was no ordinary worker—he was what's known as a fisheries observer. These observers set out to sea in fishing vessels and work and live among the crew, but part of their job is to report any illegal activity they spot on the boat.

https://www.newser.com/story/325099/7-years-after-he-went-missing-at-sea-no-answers.html

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(Newser) – An American tourist was slapped with a $450 fine after police caught him sitting on the steps of a fountain early Saturday drinking a beer and eating an ice cream. The man had fallen afoul of one of the "urban decorum" rules the Italian capital introduced in 2017, the Guardian reports. Eating, drinking, and sitting are banned at the city's fountains. The Fontana dei Catecumeni was taped off by police Friday evening to stop anybody from sitting down—or diving in—but the tape was gone by the time the 55-year-old American sat down, reports La Repubblica.

https://www.newser.com/story/325120/rome-fines-us-tourist-for-eating-on-fountain-steps.html

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(Newser) – A body found in Memphis, Tennessee Monday was identified Tuesday as that of kidnapped teacher Eliza Fletcher—and Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy addressed what he called "baseless" rumors about the case. Fletcher's family has "been fully cooperative throughout the entire process, and in contrast to whatever baseless speculation you might've seen, we have no reason to think this was anything other than an isolated attack by a stranger," the DA said, per Newsweek. Fletcher, a junior kindergarten teacher, was the granddaughter of late billionaire businessman Joseph Orgill III but she didn't work for the family business, the BBC reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/325132/da-eliza-fletchers-murder-isolated-attack-by-a-stranger.html

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(Newser) – The FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago last month recovered a document describing the military defenses—including nuclear capabilities—of a foreign government, according to sources who spoke to the Washington Post. The sources did not name the government. The Post previously reported that agents were specifically looking for documents related to nuclear weapons when they searched Trump's private residence in Florida, a claim Trump decried as a "hoax." According to the sources, some of the documents recovered during the raid required more than just top-secret clearance in order to be accessed.

https://www.newser.com/story/325152/some-of-the-documents-seized-at-mar-a-lago-went-beyond-top-secret-sources.html

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(Newser) – For the first time since 2012, a former president has returned to the White House for the unveiling of an official portrait. Barack and Michelle Obama were invited to the White House for a Wednesday ceremony in the East Room, where the public saw their portraits for the first time, CNN reports. In April Barack Obama made his first trip to the White House in more than five years. This was Michelle Obama's first time inside the building since her husband left office. Barack Obama selected artist Robert McCurdy to paint his portrait and Michelle Obama chose artist Sharon Sprung, the AP reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/325175/obamas-return-to-white-house-for-portrait-ceremony.html

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(Newser) – Stocks ended broadly higher on Wall Street, Wednesday, placing the market on pace to break a 3-week losing streak. The S&P 500 rose 71.68 points, or 1.8%, to 3,979.87. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 435.98 points, or 1.4%, to 31,581.28.The Nasdaq rose 246.99 points, or 2.1%, to 11,791.90. Small-company stocks outpaced the rest of the market. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 39.68 points, or 2.2%, to 1,832. Airlines did well after United raised its revenue forecast following a busy summer travel season, the AP reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/325181/dow-jumps-436-points-as-wall-st-snaps-losing-streak.html

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(Newser) – The names of hundreds of US law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that's accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday. The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies—including at least 10 police chiefs and 11 sheriffs—and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military, per the AP.

https://www.newser.com/story/325155/politicians-police-chiefs-on-oath-keepers-members-list.html

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(Newser) – The fate of a bear seen fighting valiantly to save one of her cubs was tragic, but "these are things that happen in nature," says Guillermo Palomero, president of Spain's Brown Bear Foundation. In June, hikers in the northern Castile and Leon region recorded video of the mother bear struggling with a much larger male bear that apparently wanted to kill the cub to bring the mother back into heat, which is common behavior during mating season. Both bears tumbled down a cliff. The 480-pound male bear died of his injuries and the mother, wounded in the fight and the fall, took refuge in a cave system with the cub, the Guardian reports.

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(Newser) – President Biden told reporters Friday that he will attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in London. "I don't know what the details are yet, but I'll be going," the president said, per USA Today. Buckingham Palace has not released a schedule yet, but the service is planned for Westminster Abbey sometime in the next 10 days. Interment will be in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, with Elizabeth's parents and husband, Prince Philip. Biden and his wife, Jill, issued a statement after Elizabeth's death Thursday saying she had deepened the connections between the US and UK.

https://www.newser.com/story/325282/biden-to-attend-queens-funeral.html

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(Newser) – Britain's new king included Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, in an emotional inaugural address Friday while renewing the late Queen Elizabeth's long-ago promise of unfailing duty and service. "As the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I, too, now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation," King Charles III, who assumed the crown at his mother's death Thursday, said in a prerecorded speech, the Washington Post reports.

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(Newser) – Supply chain realities involving batteries have driven Tesla to consider building its own lithium hydroxide refining plant. The maker of electric vehicles has filed a notice with Texas saying that it's considering locations in Texas and Louisiana that have access to the Gulf Coast shipping channel. The company said that it hasn't decided whether to go ahead with the project but that if it does, construction on one Texas site could start late this year. Commercial operation could be going by late 2024, the Wall Street Journal reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/325279/tesla-considers-lithium-refinery-on-gulf-coast.html

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(Newser) – It seemed like a good-news story at the time: On Sept. 1, police in Washington state found a 16-year-old boy in the woods who had been reporting missing the previous day, having failed to show up for football practice, reports the News Tribune. He was shirtless and in bare feet, and he told his rescuers he had no memory of what happened. His truck, with blood found inside it, had been previously discovered, along with his smashed phone near it. Then came the unexpected twist: On the same day police found the teen, they also found the body of a 51-year-old man, Daniel McGraw, in his home in Orting.

https://www.newser.com/story/325276/case-of-missing-teen-takes-bizarre-twist.html

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(Newser) – A delegation of American lawmakers is visiting Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that angered China. The five-member delegation, led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, will meet senior leaders to discuss US-Taiwan relations and related issues, the American Institute in Taiwan said. The institute represents the US government, which does not have official ties with Taiwan. The other members of the delegation are Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a delegate from American Samoa, and Democratic House members John Garamendi and Alan Lowenthal from California, and Don Beyer from Virginia, per the AP.

https://www.newser.com/story/324164/more-us-lawmakers-touch-down-in-taiwan.html

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(Newser) – Teachers will be calling on a lot more Kobes in about five years. As KTLA reports, the name "Kobe" tops the list of baby names presumably inspired by sports stars between 2000 and 2021. The list, compiled by Betsperts, found that more than 17,000 infants born in the US in that time period were given the same name as the NBA great, who was killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020. After his death, parents' selection of "Kobe" saw a whopping 201% spike from the previous year. That percentage increase was topped by none other than "Tiger" (for Tiger Woods), which experienced a 225% jump between 2009 and 2010.

https://www.newser.com/story/324070/most-popular-baby-names-inspired-by-sports-stars.html

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(Newser) – An anti-abortion activist who heads a small, hard-right Republican group said he's offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of a hand recount of votes from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights. Mark Gietzen, who leads the group Kansas Republican Assembly, told the Kansas City Star he wants to pay for the recount that Melissa Leavitt, of Colby, requested because he believes it could change the outcome. The 165,000-vote difference in the election makes that unlikely, however, the AP reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/324175/kansan-posts-bond-for-abortion-rights-recount.html

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(Newser) – Michelle Branch has been charged with domestic assault after an altercation with her husband at their home in Nashville. The singer-songwriter was arrested early Thursday after slapping Patrick Carney across the face, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said. Branch, 39, had accused her husband of being unfaithful, per People. She had tweeted that Carney had cheated on her while she was home with their 6-month-old, then deleted the post. Branch and Carney, 42, drummer for the Black Keys, have been married for three years and have two children together.

https://www.newser.com/story/324138/michelle-branch-faces-domestic-assault-charge.html

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(Newser) – The moment went viral earlier this month, so there's a decent chance you've seen video of the Little League batter comforting the distraught pitcher who inadvertently hit him in the head with a pitch. If you haven't, or even if you have, Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal suggests taking a little time to watch. It's a "stirring example of sportsmanship and kindness," writes Gay. "It's the type of moment that reassures there is still humanity out there," he adds, crediting Oklahoma batter Isaiah "Zay" Jarvis but also his coaches and parents.

https://www.newser.com/story/324202/little-leaguers-show-the-way-for-grown-ups.html

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(Newser) – R. Kelly is back in Chicago but it's not exactly a triumphant homecoming for the R&B star. Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in a federal sex abuse case in June, is back in his hometown for another federal trial that could add decades to his sentence. Jury selection began Monday, and the judge refused a motion from Kelly's defense team to exclude anybody who had seen the 2019 documentary Surviving R. Kelly, which detailed the sexual abuse allegations against him. Prosecutors say evidence will be presented from a 23-year period, 1991 to 2014.

https://www.newser.com/story/324178/r-kellys-chicago-trial-begins.html

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(Newser) – Oil prices dropped sharply Monday on worries about the global economy, but stocks recovered from early losses and ended higher on Wall Street., extending last week's gains. Investors remain focused on the economy and upcoming reports from retailers this week, the AP reports.The S&P 500 rose 16.99 points or 0.4% to 4,297.14. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 151.39 points, or 0.5% to 33,912.44. The Nasdaq gained 80.87 points, or 0.6% and closed at 13,128.05. Treasury yields fell as a report showed manufacturing in New York state unexpectedly contracted.

https://www.newser.com/story/324214/oil-prices-drop-amid-worries-about-global-economy.html

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(Newser) – Officers with the Boston Police Department's harbor patrol unit are accustomed to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding, per the AP. Patrick Mahoney was scheduled to get married on Thompson Island in the middle of Boston Harbor on Saturday, but the boat that was supposed to ferry him to the island where his bride-to-be was already waiting broke down, police explained in a social media post. It gets worse.

https://www.newser.com/story/324261/boston-harbor-cops-strange-rescue-a-wedding.html

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(Newser) – Some Americans who incurred federal student loans as many as 17 years ago will see them erased. The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically see their remaining debt canceled. CNBC reports that amounts to $3.9 billion in relief for 208,000 borrowers who attended the for-profit college chain. ITT Tech at one point had 130 campuses across 38 states; it shut down in 2016 after the Department of Education banned it from enrolling new students who use federal financial aid.

https://www.newser.com/story/324273/itt-tech-grads-get-39b-bits-of-good-news-from-biden.html

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(Newser) – The House Jan. 6 panel resumed making its case against former President Trump on Thursday, and one key assertion is that Trump planned to declare election victory no matter the results, reports CNN. 'This big lie, President Trump's effort to convince Americans that he had won the 2020 election, began before the election results even came in,' said Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, per the New York Times. 'It was intentional, it was premeditated, it was not based on election results or any evidence of actual fraud affecting the results or any actual problems with voting machines.

https://www.newser.com/story/326624/panel-trump-planned-to-declare-win-no-matter-what.html

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(Newser) – Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane has died at the age of 72, and while he had a long and successful career, US audiences will surely remember him best as Hagrid from the Harry Potter movies. Coltrane died in a Scottish hospital, and no cause of death was immediately provided, reports the AP. He is survived by his sister Annie Rae, his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell, and his children Spencer and Alice. Some coverage from his obituaries: JK knew: Deadline relates this anecdote about his being cast as the half-giant gameskeeper in the Potter films.

https://www.newser.com/story/326676/harry-potters-hagrid-is-dead-at-72.html

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(Newser) – Stocks closed broadly lower on Friday as investors weighed the latest updates on inflation expectations, consumer spending, and corporate earnings. A report showing US consumers raised their expectations for future inflation hurt markets worldwide, offering another signal the Federal Reserve may have to continue aggressively hiking interest rates to temper stubbornly hot inflation, per the AP. The strategy raises the risk of a recession. The Dow fell 403 points, or 1.3%, to 29,634; the S&P 500 fell 86 points, or 2.

https://www.newser.com/story/326683/markets-consistent-on-only-one-thing-volatility.html

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(Newser) – Last Friday, Elon Musk laid out on Twitter how much it's cost his SpaceX company this year to donate 20,000 or so Starlink satellite units to Ukraine: roughly $80 million, with projections by Musk that the figure will exceed $100 million by year's end. Now, it looks like the 51-year-old billionaire's firm wants help from the US government in funding the donations of these units, meant to help Ukraine in its communications efforts during the Russian invasion. CNN reports it's seen documents that include a letter sent by SpaceX last month to the Pentagon, in which it was revealed the company won't be able to keep funneling money into the initiative unless the US starts contributing tens of millions of dollars per month.

https://www.newser.com/story/326650/spacex-we-cant-keep-paying-for-ukraine-satellites.html

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(Newser) – There were some fiery moments during Friday evening's debate in Savannah, Ga., between Senate candidates Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, and Herschel Walker, the GOP contender. But the one that got the most online buzz came when the topic turned to crime, Warnock slammed Walker for past prevarications, and Walker pulled something interesting out of his pocket, reports HuffPost. "One thing I have not done, I've never pretended to be a police officer," Warnock said of his opponent, referring to past false statements Walker has made about how he'd worked with police in Cobb County.

https://www.newser.com/story/326689/walker-prop-miffs-moderator-at-debate.html

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(Newser) – There've been rumblings for months at some US pharmacies on difficulties obtaining Adderall. Now, official word from the Food and Drug Administration: There's a US shortage of the medication used to treat ADHD, reports NBC News. In a Wednesday release, the FDA announced the dearth of the drug, also known as amphetamine mixed salts, and noted that Teva Pharmaceuticals, the nation's largest Adderall maker, "is experiencing ongoing intermittent manufacturing delays." Although other manufacturers are doing their best to keep churning out the medication, "there is not sufficient supply to continue to meet US market demand through those producers," the FDA noted.

https://www.newser.com/story/326685/its-official-theres-an-adderall-shortage.html

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(Newser) – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was sacked last weekend by Atlanta Falcons defensive end Grady Jarrett, a play that ended up earning Jarrett a controversial penalty for roughing the passer. Now, a hefty financial punishment has been handed down by the NFL—but it will be Brady paying it, not Jarrett, per NBC Sports. ESPN reporter Adam Schefter revealed Friday that Brady was hit by the league with an $11,139 fine. The reason? After Brady was knocked to the ground by Jarrett during the fourth-quarter sack, Brady kicked at him (watch it here.

https://www.newser.com/story/326680/tom-brady-got-sacked-but-hes-the-one-paying-11k-fine.html

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(Newser) – Intelligence officials say they're reviewing government documents taken from former President Trump's Florida home to assess any risk to national security. Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, told congressional committee chairmen in a letter that the assessment will not interfere with the Justice Department's criminal investigation of the handling of the documents, the New York Times reports. The goal is to see what the potential damage from disclosure of the information in the documents might be—which intelligence sources or systems could be identified and compromised.

https://www.newser.com/story/324749/intelligence-review-begins-on-files-taken-from-mar-a-lago.html

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