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Harvey Weinstein Denied Pre-Trial Trip to Italy, Lawyers Blame “Mob Justice”

Weinstein said he needs to go for "business." Has he ever heard of Skype?

In Its Second Season, Succession Can No Longer Avoid Trump

Season 2 of the HBO series is less funny but more urgent.

Should I Dump My Boyfriend for Comments About Overweight and “Slutty” Women? He’s Nice to Me!

I want to be with him, and he doesn’t treat me this way.

ICE Releases 300 People Detained in Major Mississippi Immigration Raid

ICE officials said they believed no children were left without a parent overnight, but reports found many children were left alone.

Puerto Rico Just Swore in Its Third Governor in Less Than a Week

On Wednesday, Wanda Vázquez Garced also became the second woman to hold Puerto Rico’s governorship.

Oof, Uber Lost a Ridiculous Amount of Money Last Quarter

And Lyft announced it’s raising some fares.

Game of Thrones Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Are Headed to Netflix

The duo signed a 9-figure overall deal with the streaming network.

Silver Jews Singer-Songwriter David Berman Is Dead at 52

When we reviewed his new album last month, we wrote he was likely “the greatest songwriter you’d never heard of.”

With The Kitchen, Women Finally Have Their Own Dreary Gangster Movie

Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss unite to show women can be just as horrible as men. Yass queen?

The House Judiciary Committee Just Escalated Its Backdoor Impeachment Efforts

It was the second time in two weeks that the committee had sought to pry loose information from the Mueller investigation through the courts.