Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant gave the House Oversight Committee three new names of alleged abusers in the convicted sex offender’s network — a revelation that committee chairman James Comer described as a promising lead in his panel’s investigation into Epstein’s misdeeds. The assistant, Sarah Kellen, provided the names in a closed-door interview on Thursday, Comer said. He declined to name the individuals, but said they were not previously known and promised to release a transcript of Kellen’s interview as soon as possible. “The new names, that’s what we’ve been waiting for,” Comer said, adding, “I’m more optimistic today than I have been a long time.”
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The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy. The Cockroach Janta Party, its name a satirical riff on the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party, has amassed more than 19 million Instagram followers in less than a week, almost double the government’s audience. It owes its existence to remarks made by Chief Justice Surya Kant, widely taken as calling the country’s unemployed youth “cockroaches.”
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At least four people are dead and 90 others are trapped underground after carbon monoxide levels “exceeded limits” in a coal mine in northeast China on Friday night, according to state media. Rescue efforts are continuing at the Liusheyu coal mine in Changzi City, Xinhua News reported. The accident happened at 9:43 p.m. local time (9:43 a.m. ET) when 247 workers were underground. At least 157 people – including the four dead – were evacuated by 3:33 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to Xinhua.
The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson will hold a wedding celebration on a small island in the Bahamas this weekend, two people familiar with the plans told CNN. One person who is not expected to attend the intimate affair? President Donald Trump himself. The guest list is being kept small — by design, the sources said. Only immediate family and the couple’s closest friends will attend the ceremony, with the list totaling less than 50 people.
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