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Jocelyne Wildenstein, Socialite and Tabloid ‘Catwoman,’ Dies at 79

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Penelope Green
Her lurid divorce from the wealthy scion of an art-world dynasty earned headlines. Her elaborate plastic surgeries brought even more attention.

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Jocelyne Wildenstein in 2002. Her lavish lifestyle and cosmetic surgeries intrigued the tabloids, which called her “catwoman” because of her catlike eyes, though she insisted she had not had any work done on them.

Will Matt Gaetz Participate in the House Speaker Vote?

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Maya C. Miller
The Florida Republican, who resigned his House seat during his short-lived bid for attorney general, has publicly flirted with the idea of showing up in Congress on Friday.

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Former Representative Matt Gaetz resigned from the House in December after President-elect Donald J. Trump picked him for attorney general. He was later dropped from consideration.

JetBlue Fined $2 Million for Chronic Delays

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Christine Chung
The Transportation Department’s first ever penalty for chronic delays takes aim at four routes that consistently arrived late for five consecutive months.

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The D.O.T. said it had warned JetBlue about persistent delays on its flights between Kennedy International Airport in New York and Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina.

South Korea’s Dueling Protests

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John Yoon
A standoff between the impeached president’s security team and officials seeking to detain him was echoed on the streets outside the presidential residence.

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Thousands of people showed up on Friday near the residence of the impeached South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to call for his arrest. Others were there to defend him.

U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol

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Roni Caryn Rabin
Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act.

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The advisory called for updating labels on all alcoholic beverages with a warning that drinking heightens the risk for at least seven cancers, including common ones like breast and colon cancers.

John Thune Takes Charge in the Senate, Ushering in a New Leadership Era

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Carl Hulse
The affable traditional conservative from South Dakota is the first new chief of the Senate G.O.P. in nearly two decades. He will confront a challenge managing President-elect Donald J. Trump’s expectations.

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One of Senator John Thune’s first challenges as majority leader will be to shepherd multiple Trump nominees to confirmation in the closely divided Senate.

Rudy Giuliani, Slow to Transfer Assets to Election Workers, Could Be Held in Contempt

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Stefanos Chen
The former mayor of New York City could be held in contempt of court after failing to fully comply with orders to surrender millions of dollars in assets to election workers he defamed.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, has missed several deadlines to hand over assets to two Georgia poll workers he claimed had helped steal the 2020 election from Donald J. Trump.
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