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The sweeping pardon means Hunter Biden won’t face any punishment for criminal convictions in two separate cases, one involving gun charges, the other tax evasion. “They took a gamble that didn’t play out as they hoped,” former Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said. If he follows through, Trump may try to blunt the fallout by invoking the Biden pardon. “Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden proves President Trump's signature campaign promise to end the weaponization of our justice system needs to happen,” she said, adding: “President Trump has made that promise. A judge has already ruled there is no merit to the idea that Hunter Biden is a victim of selective prosecution.

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And the sleuths, who have aided in those cases, have identified hundreds more rioters who weren’t featured on the Capitol Violence page and may never face justice. "Old Double Shot" uses chemical spray on police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. “Old Double Shot” is one of the sleuths’ earliest identifications; they say they gave it to the FBI more than 3½ years ago. His image did appear in another Jan. 6 affidavit, NBC News reported in February, but “Old Double Shot” has never been arrested. Images of “Old Double Shot” never appeared on the FBI’s Capitol Violence website, which typically features photos of persons of interest who haven’t yet been identified to the FBI.

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☆ Opinion | Can Rahm Emanuel Flip the Script Again?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There’s a buzz around Rahm Emanuel — the former Bill Clinton adviser, former Illinois congressman, former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, former mayor of Chicago — possibly becoming the next head of the Democratic National Committee. “What started as two wars in two theaters is now one war in two separate theaters,” he says of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. “We need to ensure that it does not expand into a third theater.”How soon might that happen? I mention 2027, a year that’s often seen as China’s target date for reunification with Taiwan, if necessary by force. Unlike with Taipei, to which America’s obligations are deliberately ambiguous, with Manila and Seoul our defense commitments are ironclad.

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☆ Bloomberg Says Kennedy Would Be ‘Beyond Dangerous’ as Health Secretary
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Sheryl Gay Stolberg | More About Sheryl Gay Stolberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, intends to launch a broadside on Tuesday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., using his opening remarks at a public health conference to warn that installing Mr. Kennedy as health secretary would be “beyond dangerous,” and tantamount to “medical malpractice on a mass scale.”Mr. Bloomberg, in remarks prepared for delivery at the event, the two-day Bloomberg American Health Summit in Washington, called on Senate Republicans to persuade President-elect Donald J. Trump to “rethink” his choice of Mr. Kennedy for health secretary. If Mr. Trump cannot be persuaded, he said, the Senate has “a duty to our whole country, but especially to our children,” to vote against confirming him. “The casualties of Kennedy’s war on science and medicine — Kennedy’s casualties — will pile up, and the body count would be unbearably high” if Mr. Kennedy is confirmed, Mr. Bloomberg said in his prepared remarks. “We can’t allow Kennedy or Trump — or anyone else — to wage that war, which would bring unimaginable suffering to the American people.”Mr. Bloomberg has spent billions of dollars promoting public health, both through his charity, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and through donations to the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, which now bears his name. The school and the charity hosted the health summit, with the theme of “advancing public health in uncertain political times.”

Persons: Michael R, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Mr, Donald J, Trump, ”, Bloomberg, “, Bloomberg Philanthropies Organizations: Bloomberg, New, New York City, Health Summit, Republicans, Senate, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Locations: New York, Washington

☆ Opinion | Rahm Emanuel’s Plan for a Democratic Comeback in 2026
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

And it was about the question of whether Bernieism was a way forward for the Democratic Party. Rahm Emanuel is America’s ambassador to Japan. Archived clip of Rahm Emanuel: You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Archived clip of Rahm Emanuel: From every corner of the country, the American people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for America. Archived clip of Rahm Emanuel: There’s an old saying that if you want to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs.

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☆ Justice Dept.’s Apolitical Tradition Is Challenged by 2 Presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Devlin Barrett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The special counsel appointed to investigate President-elect Donald J. Trump is wrapping up his work without the charges he brought in two cases ever going in front of a jury. The special counsel named to lead the inquiry into Hunter Biden, the president’s son, has just seen the two convictions he secured wiped away by a presidential pardon. Mr. Trump, whose election victory last month has done nothing to blunt his desire for retribution against those who pursued or opposed him, is trying to install a new F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, dedicated to turning the nation’s premier law enforcement agency upside down. And President Biden, who for years cast himself as the principled defender of democratic norms and the rule of law, defended his grant of clemency to his son by saying Hunter had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” in a process infected by “raw politics.”

Persons: Donald J, Hunter Biden, Trump, Kash Patel, Biden, Hunter, ” Organizations: Trump

☆ Italian Sentenced in Killing of Ex-Girlfriend, Giulia Cecchettin
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Giulia Cecchettin was just days away from graduating with a degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Padua, in Italy, when her disgruntled ex-boyfriend confronted her, demanding that she take him back. Her body was found a week later, wrapped in plastic bags and thrown in a ditch. On Tuesday, more than a year after Ms. Cecchettin’s killing, her former boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, concluding a case that has outraged people across Italy, where chauvinistic attitudes remain deeply rooted at all levels of society. In the first 11 months of this year, 101 women were killed in Italy, more than half by their current or former partners, according to Italy’s Interior Ministry. But Ms. Cecchettin’s story has stood out, striking a particularly deep chord across the country.

Persons: Giulia Cecchettin, Cecchettin’s, Filippo Turetta Organizations: University of Padua, Interior Ministry Locations: Italy

☆ Elon Musk briefly dropped OpenAI lawsuit after a chat and a hug with Sam Altman in March: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementElon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in February, only to briefly withdraw it in June. Elon Musk briefly withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI in June after he had a conversation with Sam Altman in March, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Last month, Musk amended his lawsuit to include Microsoft as a defendant and accused Microsoft and OpenAI of forming a monopoly. In addition to suing Altman, Musk recently gave him a nickname: "Swindly Sam." AdvertisementRepresentatives for Altman at OpenAI and Musk did not respond to requests for comment from BI.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Altman, Sam, Sam Altman, Musk's, OpenAI, David Hoffman, BI's Grace Kay, Tesla, xAI Organizations: OpenAI, Street, Microsoft, SpaceX, University of Pennsylvania, Twitter Locations: Big Sky , Montana, That's, OpenAI

☆ Macron’s Paris invite shows power fast flowing from Biden to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —There’ll be a strong sense of déjà vu when French President Emmanuel Macron lays the flattery on thick for Donald Trump in Paris this weekend. The president seeks to highlight US commitment to sub-Saharan Africa in the face of China’s investment-led regional power play. Trump never made it to Africa as president and seemed more interested in insulting the continent than helping it. From left to right, Brigitte Macron, President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at Le Jules Verne Restaurant at the Eiffel Tower, on July 13, 2017. Trump will arrive in Paris shortly after selecting Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of his daughter Ivanka as the next US ambassador to France.

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☆ Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Edward Wong | Michael Crowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

President Biden has put a special emphasis on South Korea, choosing it as the first non-U.S. site for his annual international conclave, the Summit for Democracy. And in 2023, he hosted President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state dinner at the White House, where the tuxedo-clad Mr. Yoon sang “American Pie” to an adoring audience. Mr. Biden has also relied on Mr. Yoon to provide munitions for Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion. Now, with Mr. Yoon imposing martial law after wildly accusing the opposition party of conspiring with North Korea to undermine him, the American alliance with South Korea faces its biggest test in decades. We are seriously concerned by the developments we are seeing on the ground in the R.O.K.”

Persons: Asia —, Biden, Yoon Suk, Yoon, ”, Mr, Yoon’s Organizations: Summit for Democracy, White, White House National Security Council Locations: South Korea, U.S, Asia, Russian, North Korea, China, Russia, Washington, Republic of Korea

The Interior Design FreakRicky CliftonArtist, interior designer and writer, 71; Gramercy Park, ManhattanWhy New York: “When I met Andy Warhol in Dallas [in high school], I told him I was moving to the city. He said, ‘When you get there, call me.’ Every time I called the Factory, he’d pick up the phone. Artists were like Jewish mothers — there was a community.”Freakiest gig: “I’ve been driving since I was 11, so when I moved to New York in 1975, I drove delivery trucks for florists. I worked for Tony DiPace, who had a place below Halston’s [studio]. I put up Lauren Bacall’s Christmas tree.”Favorite freak: “I don’t know why Lady Bunny isn’t really famous.

Persons: Ricky Clifton, Andy Warhol, ”, “, Tony DiPace, Lauren Bacall’s, Bunny isn’t Organizations: Ricky Clifton Artist, Gramercy Locations: , Manhattan, New York, Dallas

☆ Morton I. Abramowitz, Diplomat Who Made Refugees a Priority, Dies at 91
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Morton I. Abramowitz, a longtime U.S. diplomat who made refugee and humanitarian concerns a focal point of American foreign policy during his tenure, died on Friday at his home in Washington. His son, Michael, confirmed the death. Blessed with an impatient implacability rarely found among diplomats, Mr. Abramowitz repeatedly broke with the foreign policy establishment, both as a career Foreign Service officer and later as the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His first chance to assert himself came in 1978, when President Jimmy Carter named him ambassador to Thailand. It was a fraught moment in Southeast Asia: The region was still coping with the fallout from the Vietnam War, while the genocide in Cambodia — and that country’s invasion by Vietnam in 1978 — sent some one million refugees fleeing to the Thai border.

Persons: Morton I, Abramowitz, Michael, implacability, Jimmy Carter, — Organizations: Foreign Service, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace Locations: U.S, Washington, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thai

☆ Trent Williams: Sondra Williams, wife of 49ers tackle, announces son was stillborn at 35 weeks
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Sondra Williams, the wife of San Francisco 49ers tackle Trent Williams, said on social media that their son, Trenton, was stillborn on November 24. Sondra wrote on Instagram that it had been “extremely hard trying to process the saddest Hello and Goodbye.” She also said she had lost Trenton’s twin earlier in the pregnancy. Knowing I will never be able to watch you grow older alongside your sisters has my eyes filled with tears,” she said. And for that, my heart smiles with gratitude.”In the post, Sondra added that Trenton had been diagnosed with trisomy 13, which is also known as Patau syndrome. “And then he had to cremate him on Friday, so he’s been dealing with that and he’s working through it.

Persons: Sondra Williams, Trent Williams, Sondra, ”, “, Kyle Shanahan, Williams, –, ” Shanahan, you’ve, ” Williams, Charvarius Ward, Amani Joy Organizations: CNN, San Francisco 49ers, National Library of Medicine, National Library of Medicine . San, 49ers Locations: Trenton, National Library of Medicine . San Francisco

Andrew Carnegie’s 1902 mansion on Fifth Avenue, a Georgian homage on an immense, Gilded-Age scale, is currently the home of a more modest domestic scene: the bass-baritone Davóne Tines’s childhood living room. As part of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s triennial exhibition, “Making Home,” Tines has worked with the director Zack Winokur and the artist Hugh Hayden to create “Living Room, Orlean, Virginia,” an uncanny, poignant replica of the house of Tines’s grandparents, who raised him.

Persons: Andrew Carnegie’s, Davóne, Cooper Hewitt, ” Tines, Zack Winokur, Hugh Hayden, ” Organizations: Smithsonian Design Locations: Orlean , Virginia

Ties to Fox Lobbyist Scott Bessent Potential role Treasury secretary Role infirst term — Billionare Yes Major donor Yes Events atMar-a-Lago — AttendedN.Y. trial — Ties to Proj. 2025 or AFPI Yes Tiesto Fox Yes Lobbyist — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Potential role Health and human services secretary Role infirst term — Billionare — Major donor — Events atMar-a-Lago — AttendedN.Y. trial — Ties to Proj. 2025 or AFPI — Tiesto Fox Yes Lobbyist — Dave Weldon Potential role C.D.C. administrator Role infirst term — Billionare — Major donor — Events atMar-a-Lago Yes AttendedN.Y. trial — Ties to Proj.

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Investors are filled with the festive spirit
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The Wall Street bank just refreshed its list of global stocks, including three it gave potential upside of more than 40% . $56 billion package for Musk denied Tesla CEO Elon Musk failed to get his $56 billion 2018 pay package reinstated. "The holiday season is in full swing and spirits seem bright, at least among investors," UBS wrote in a Monday note.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Elon Musk, Pat Gelsinger, David Zinsner, MJ Holthaus, Gelsinger, Jay Hatfield, —, Hatfield, Oppenheimer, John Stoltzfus, Savita Subramanian, Lisa Kailai Han, Alex Harring, Pia Singh Organizations: CNBC, Intel, Investors, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, UBS, Conference Board, downer, Investment, Bank of America Locations: Delaware

☆ Neale Fraser: Australian tennis icon dies at 91
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Neale Fraser, the icon of Australian tennis who was the last man to win singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at a single grand slam, has died aged 91, Tennis Australia announced on Tuesday. In 1959, Fraser won the triple crown – singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles – at the US National Championships, a run which helped make him men’s singles world No. “I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my dear mate and fellow lefty, Neale Fraser,” Laver wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Tony Feder/Getty ImagesWhen he eventually did so in 1970, Fraser won a further four Davis Cup titles before retiring in 1993. “He was like a father to me,” said Cash, who won the Davis Cup under Fraser in 1983 and 1986.

Persons: CNN — Neale Fraser, Fraser, Australia’s, Rod Laver, “, Neale Fraser, ” Laver, “ Neale, Thea, Neale’s, ”, Laver, Roy Emerson, Harry Hopman, Peter McNamara, Paul McNamee, John Fitzgerald, Pat Cash, Tony Feder, John Newcombe, Cash, ” Fraser, Philippe Chatrier Organizations: CNN, Tennis Australia, Wimbledon, US, Australia’s Davis, Davis, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Australian Tennis Hall of Fame Locations: Australia, Sweden

☆ Traders brace for Friday's jobs report, but Trump's next move may matter more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stock market trading has been acutely sensitive to economic data in the post-Covid era, with the averages moving sharply on upside and downside surprises. The first test if that holds true: Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for November that Bank of America recommends market participants "tread carefully" when assessing due to noisy data. "The market has never been this reactive to macro data as it has post-COVID. Like the October report, BofA expects the payrolls release to be noisy because of impacts from storms in the Southeast and a Boeing strike. The firm sees an above-consensus 240,000 jobs created, with 100,000 built in from the reversal of the storm and strike impacts.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ohsung Kwon, Trump, Kwon, BofA, Dow Jones Organizations: of America, Boeing Locations: Wall, Canada, Mexico, U.S

Paris CNN —Delta Air Lines has refused to transport the Russian woman who stowed away on a flight to Paris from New York last week, a Paris airport official has told CNN. ET) Tuesday, a Paris airport official told CNN. The woman was onboard the plane when Delta refused to fly her, according to the official. Authorities in the US are continuing to investigate how the woman sneaked onto the initial Delta flight without a ticket. Inspectors from the Transportation Security Administration are preparing a civil case against the stowaway after reviewing airport security video from inside John F. Kennedy International Airport, agency spokesperson Alexa Lopez told CNN.

Persons: John F, ’, Gary Treichler, Alexa Lopez, ” Lopez, “ Organizations: Paris CNN — Delta Air Lines, CNN, Kennedy International Airport, USA, Authorities, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Justice Department . Delta Locations: Paris, New York, France, New

☆ Mike Bloomberg warns making RFK Jr. HHS secretary risks killing Americans, urges Senate to reject him
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Just imagine if RFK Jr. had been in office during Trump's first term," Bloomberg said at the Bloomberg American Health Summit in Washington D.C."Would Operation Warp Speed have even happened? RFK Jr. initially ran for president in 2024 as a Democrat, but switched to an independent bid and later dropped out to endorse Trump. Bloomberg in Tuesday's speech appealed directly to U.S. senators not to confirm RFK Jr. to the Cabinet role in the next Trump administration. Bloomberg expressed hope that Senate Republicans will convince Trump to reconsider nominating RFK Jr. before they are asked to weigh in. But RFK Jr. has taken a similar tack, endorsing a plan that he says is intended to "Make America Healthy Again" alongside Republicans.

Persons: Michael Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump's, Trump's, Bloomberg, Kennedy's, Trump, Kennedy Organizations: New York City, U.S Conference, Mayors, Billionaire, RFK, Bloomberg American Health Summit, Washington D.C, New, Bloomberg, RFK Jr, U.S, Republicans, Department of Health, Human Services Locations: Washington ,, Washington, New York City, U.S

☆ Elon Musk can still see his net worth increase by billions even after his pay package was thrown out
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

He remains one of the richest people on the planet, if not the richest, even with the loss of a 12-figure pay package. With the package thrown out, Musk has essentially not been paid since the last of the stock options awarded to him in a 2012 pay package vested in 2018. There were undoubtedly a range of healthy amounts that the board could have decided to pay Musk,” she wrote. Get a new pay packageRather than settle for slightly less, Musk could negotiate an entirely new pay package starting this year. Even before the decisions against his 2018 pay package, Musk had been talking about his desire for a new pay package that would give him even more control over Tesla.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon, isn’t, he’s, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, Kimbal, McCormick, cosplaying, Musk, shouldn’t, — he’s, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Brandon Bell, she’s, ”, Tesla, ” Musk, Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Forbes, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Trump, Carlos Barria Organizations: New, New York CNN, SpaceX, Boring, Tesla, “, of, Bloomberg, Forbes, Facebook, Elon, America, Reuters, Invest, Microsoft, Apple Locations: New York, Delaware, Tesla, Meatpacking, of Manhattan, Texas, Bezos, Palm Beach , Florida

☆ Trump cites Hunter Biden pardon in latest legal attempt to throw out hush money conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Paula Reid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Defense lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump are using President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter to argue that Trump’s conviction in his Manhattan hush money case should be dismissed. “Yesterday in issuing a 10 year pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and all crimes whether charged or uncharged, President Biden asserted that his son was ‘selectively, and unfairly prosecuted’ and ‘treated differently,’” Trump lawyers wrote in a motion filed Monday. Trump’s lawyers also want the conviction dismissed, but the DA’s office says it will oppose any effort to toss the case. In addition to the pardon argument, Trump’s attorneys also told the judge that his case should be dismissed given his reelection last month. “Even (Smith) has been forced to concede, by DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (‘OLC’ ), that President Trump’s status as President-elect mandates dismissal of the unjust prosecutions pending against him,” they wrote.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, Hunter, Hunter Biden, Biden, ‘, ’, ” Trump, – Todd Blanche, Emil Bove –, Alvin Bragg, ”, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Juan Merchan, Trump’s, Jack Smith’s, Smith, “, CNN’s Devan Cole Organizations: CNN — Defense, Department, Justice Department, New, Trump, DOJ’s, Legal Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Filippo Turetta: Ex-boyfriend sentenced to life in prison in femicide case that gripped Italy
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

He was also ordered to pay financial damages to the victim’s family in addition to covering their legal fees. The court also heard a list Cecchettin wrote entitled “15 reasons I should leave Filippo” that her family found. One woman is killed by a boyfriend, husband or ex-partner every three days in Italy, according to government statistics. Giulia Cecchettin was the 105th victim of 2023. “Giulia was killed by a respectable, white Italian man,” Elena Cecchetin wrote on social media, adding, “What is the government doing to prevent violence?”

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, Filippo Turetta, Giulia Cecchettin, Cecchettin, Turetta, Cecchettin’s, Gino, Gino Ceccettin, ”, Andrea Petroni, didn’t, “, Giovanni Caruso, Pablo Escobar, ” Caruso, Filippo ”, Cecchetin’s, Elena, Giulia, Giorgia Meloni, “ Giulia, ” Elena Cecchetin Organizations: Rome CNN, University of Padua, Giulia Cecchettin Foundation Locations: Italy, Venice, Germany

☆ Margot Robbie described slapping Leonardo DiCaprio in an audition that supercharged her career
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementMargot Robbie described slapping Leonardo DiCaprio in her audition for "The Wolf of Wall Street." She said: "I was thinking, 'I'm going to get arrested, I'm pretty sure that's assault or battery.'" Margot Robbie said she slapped Leonardo DiCaprio in her audition for "The Wolf of Wall Street," and worried she'd be arrested. She said: "I thought, 'I could kiss Leonardo DiCaprio right now, and that would be awesome. "I was thinking, 'I'm going to get arrested, I'm pretty sure that's assault or battery.

Persons: Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robbie, she'd, Naomi Lapaglia, Jordan Belfort, DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Leo, Marty, Barbie, Scorsese, — Locations: Hollywood

John Leung was an unlikely spy. In Houston, where he often traveled, they knew him as a political organizer in the city’s vibrant Chinese community. In fact, Mr. Leung was an informant for the F.B.I., gathering intelligence on China, according to two senior United States officials. That work landed him in Chinese custody in 2021, after he traveled to the mainland at the age of 75. He was later sentenced to life in prison, a first in decades for an American accused of espionage.

Persons: John Leung, Leung Organizations: United Locations: Oklahoma, Houston, China, Taiwan, Washington, Beijing, United States

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