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Case against Leon Black dismissed after plaintiff said she was ‘medically incapable of continuing’

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In civil suit, ‘Jane Doe’ alleged billionaire raped her after being ‘handed off’ by Jeffrey Epstein. Black denied the allegations and called claims a fabrication A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit brought against Leon Black after the plaintiff in the case, who had accused the private equity billionaire of rape, said she was “medically incapable of continuing” and at risk of “acute psychiatric crisis”, including suicide. The woman known only as “Jane Doe”, who claimed in a lawsuit that was first filed in July 2023 that she had been “handed…

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USCBS News

Vance calls El-Sayed a "weasel" as Michigan Senate race heats up

Marquette, Michigan – After being called a "weasel" who should "shut his mouth" by Vice President JD Vance, Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said he was something else instead. "No, no, no. What you're talking about is a f****** Wolverine. You could take your Buckeye and go shove it somewhere else," El-Sayed, a Michigan alumnus, told a crowd of over 1,300 in the Upper Peninsula of the state. Vance was previously Ohio's senator and is an Ohio State University graduate.

USCBS News

Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers

Washington — Federal investigators said Thursday that they are looking into "suspicious" letters mailed to state election officials and congressional offices, some of which contained unknown substances. At least seven Democratic Senate offices and one House member's office were sent the letters, most of which were intercepted before they were delivered. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's office was one of those targeted, CBS News has learned.