Ruby Rippey, a former aide to Gavin Newsom, has publicly detailed her account of an affair with Newsom more than 20 years ago when he was mayor of San Francisco, in a new Vanity Fair essay. Her account appears to contradict Newsom's previous version of events.
NYTimes – US Ruby Rippey had stayed mostly quiet since her relationship with the San Francisco mayor rocked the city.
NYTimes – US Ruby Rippey had stayed mostly quiet since her relationship with the San Francisco mayor rocked the city.
NPR – World Flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 543 people—538 in Nepal and five in Tibet—with more than 1,500 still missing, according to the latest reports. The floods, triggered by a massive glacial collapse in the Himalayas on Wednesday, swept away roads, bridges and villages. Rescue operations resumed but were halted in Tibet after a newly formed barrier lake raised fears of a second flood.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America." The move came amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute, with Trump criticizing Canada for treating the U.S. badly and trade talks between the nations having collapsed the previous week.
NYTimes – US Jurors began deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors accused her of "extreme atrocity and cruelty."
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