Ronan Farrow, who wrote the extensive New Yorker exposé on the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein , said every woman who shared their specific story hoped coming forward would stop this from happening to another woman. "These women told me they…

Fox News host Neil Cavuto has a warning for President Donald Trump : Get it together or risk losing everything. Cavuto, known for giving the president some tough advice in the past , called out Trump for the recent public feud with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). “Last time I checked, you are the…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. ― As wildfires ravage communities in Northern California, thousands who have evacuated are wondering when they can go home ― and others have no home to go back to. Starting late Sunday, at least 22 wildfires swept through several counties, including Napa and Sonoma, killing at…

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met with top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea. Tensions have soared between the United States…

Actress Heather Graham has shared her account of film executive Harvey Weinstein pressuring her into a sexually suggestive situation. In a column for Variety published Tuesday, Graham said that Weinstein had once called her into his office and appeared to suggest she have sex with him in exchange…

The Supreme Court dismissed an early case against President Trump’s travel ban as moot because it has expired and has since been replaced. Pete Marovich for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal in one of the cases challenging President Trump’s efforts to…

Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, has clashed with President Trump since announcing he won’t be seeking reelection in 2018. Tom Brenner/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Senator Bob Corker on Tuesday by ridiculing him for his height, even as advisers…

Rose McGowan is calling out powerful men in Hollywood who she says knew about Harvey Weinstein ’s alleged sexual assault and serial harassment of women in the industry, but kept quiet. On Tuesday, the “Charmed” actress tweeted at Ben Affleck hours after the actor tweeted a statement condemning…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Firefighters in Northern California were still battling wildfires on Tuesday that had burned through parts of eight counties in more than 24 hours. The grim accounting of the dead and the property damage has just started. Seventeen separate fires, the first of which began Sunday…

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah police officer who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw was fired Tuesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the ongoing national conversation about police use of force. Jeff Payne AP Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike…

UPDATE: (Oct. 11) ― Harvey Weinstein released a statement on Georgina Chapman’s decision to leave him, saying, “I encouraged her to do what was in her heart.” Harvey Weinstein releases statement on Georgina Chapman's separation: "I support her decision." pic.twitter.com/mRbiFZIPgG — NBC Nightly News…

Former “Today” host Tamron Hall said that she called Harvey Weinstein at 5 a.m. after decades of sexual harassment allegations were reported by The New York Times last week and that she is now speaking with her agents about next steps on the development deal she signed with The Weinstein Co. for a…

Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. EDITION US NOW PLAYING Roger Goodell Weighs In On NFL Protests NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote a letter to the 32 NFL teams saying that he believes “everyone should stand" for the National Anthem. Subscribe to The…

Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle , released a statement on Tuesday responding to the reports of alleged sexual misconduct by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein . “Michelle and I have been disgusted by the recent reports about Harvey Weinstein. Any man who demeans and degrades…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks behind President Trump after answering questions from journalists at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Aug. 11. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tried Tuesday to smooth over tensions in their…

Since news broke of the multiple sexual harassment allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein , all kinds of disturbing headlines have surfaced, including some claiming that Matt Damon and Russell Crowe “helped kill” a story about the producer in 2004. According to former New York Times writer…

NEW YORK ― Ronan Farrow’s investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s long history of alleged sexual misconduct was in NBC’s hands as recently as August, according to multiple sources both inside and outside the network. By then, Farrow, an NBC contributor and investigative reporter, had already obtained…

Since allegations of sexual assault and harassment were publicly leveled against movie producer Harvey Weinstein , he’s been fired from his studio and will likely be persona non grata in Hollywood. His wife, British fashion design Georgina Chapman, is also facing backlash and uncertainty surrounding…

Discussion on sexual abuse by powerful men has focused on women this week as the number of Harvey Weinstein ’s accusers keeps growing. Showing that it can happen to anyone, Terry Crews shared his own unwanted experience over Twitter on Tuesday in response to revelations about the Hollywood…

A member of President Donald Trump ’s voter fraud probe expressed deep frustration Tuesday over the way the commission has been run so far and doubted that the panel would ever meet again. Even though the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity was formally created five months ago and…

In an effort to end the ongoing debate around standing or kneeling during the national anthem prior to NFL games, Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote a letter to team executives saying the league needs “to move past this controversy” and that a plan for doing so would be discussed at a league meeting…

WASHINGTON ― One of the richest men in the world is financially backing a startup nonprofit that aims to take down bail systems that keep Americans locked up because they’re poor. Via the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are among the largest…

The New Yorker’s stomach-turning article about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein published Tuesday, which details several rape allegations, comes with newly released audio of Weinstein admitting to groping a model in 2015. The way the interaction unfolds ( listen below ) is all too familiar.…

Spain watched intently on Tuesday as Catalonia’s president, Carles Puigdemont, gave a much-anticipated speech on whether the region would declare its complete independence and attempt to break away from the Spanish state. But as the political crisis grew over Catalonia’s independence bid, Puigdemont…

On Tuesday, The New York Times published reports from several A-list celebrities including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rosanna Arquette and more to add to the mounting allegations against film executive Harvey Weinstein . This new report details instances of Weinstein luring women “to a private…

Michael doesn’t know where to turn for unbiased information. The 32-year-old Air Force veteran ― a self-described “political centrist” ― says he avoids outlets like Fox News and Breitbart because they’re “dripping with bias.” He worries that the divisiveness in this country has made it impossible to…

Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. EDITION US NOW PLAYING Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been accused of rape in a new article by The New Yorker. Subscribe to The Morning Email. Wake up to the day's most important news. Disturbing Allegations…

Hillary Clinton is speaking out against film executive Harvey Weinstein days after The New York Times published a bombshell report detailing numerous sexual harassment allegations against him. “I was shocked and appalled by the revelations about Harvey Weinstein,” Clinton wrote in a statement…

Wildfires continued to engulf areas of Northern California’s wine country on Tuesday as firefighters and rescue crews worked to contain them. Strong winds caused the flames to spread rapidly on Sunday night, producing some of the deadliest fires in the state’s history. Cooler weather and lighter…

HuffPost is hitting the road this fall to interview people about their hopes, dreams, fears ― and what it means to be American today. After President Donald Trump’s election and a corresponding spike in anti-Muslim hate crimes , one small group in the Kansas City area started organizing monthly…

SHAWNEE, Kan. ― The walls and shelves of Suzanne Wheeler’s home office in this tidy middle-class suburb of Kansas City are filled with awards and memorabilia from her 32 years in the Army. At the height of her career, she was in charge of plans, operations and training for the Kansas National Guard,…

Two former graduate students from Boston University have alleged that they were sexually harassed by BU professor Dr. David Marchant in the late 1990s during respective academic research trips to Antarctica. The allegations came to light on Friday in a report for Science magazine . According to…

Several times a week, Lou Stepanek drives to the Hiawatha Care Center in Iowa to spend time with someone who hasn’t seemed to recognize him for more than a decade: his wife. “We knew it was a fatal disease,” Lou, 88, a stoic retired police captain, said of his wife’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis . “But…

The destroyer John S. McCain was towed away last week from Changi Naval Base in Singapore. Joshua Fulton/U.S. Navy, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Navy has relieved the two top officers of the destroyer John S. McCain, nearly two months after the ship collided with a tanker…

The Spanish government has rejected a statement of independence signed by Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and dismissed calls for mediation. Spain's deputy prime minister described Mr Puigdemont as someone "who does not know where he is, where he's going". Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is holding an…

The United States men’s team has missed out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, following a stunning loss to Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday evening. It will be the first time the U.S. team will be excluded from the event since 1986 . The team from Trinidad and Tobago, which has been out of World Cup contention…

President Trump in the Oval Office at the White House last week. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) President Trump on Wednesday plans to target his pitch for tax cuts to what the White House sees as a key constituency: the nation’s truckers. Trump is scheduled to deliver a late-afternoon speech…

Last Thursday, after the New York Times reported on decades of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, attorney Lisa Bloom emailed the Weinstein Company’s board of directors about her client. “This is the worst day,” she wrote in an email provided to HuffPost by a…

Google has put a team called Jigsaw on the case of election ad meddling. Credit: illustration by Ad Age Now, it's Google 's turn in the election spotlight: The search giant revealed Monday it uncovered suspicious ad spending on its platform tied to Russia, much like Facebook and Twitter had done…

A Houston student was suspended from school for refusing to stand during the pledge of allegiance. India Landry, a high school senior at Windfern High School, was kicked out on Monday after refusing to stand for the pledge and wasn’t allowed to return to classes for the majority of the week, KHOU…