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Epstein associate who still runs model agency 'put me in danger' says abuse survivor

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A woman raped by Jeffrey Epstein says the president of the model agency representing her put her in danger, when he sent her to two photoshoots at the convicted sex offender's Florida beach house.

At the time, in 2009, Epstein was serving a jail sentence for sex offences against a minor but was allowed to work each day from his home.

"My agency's job was to protect me, and they failed. In fact, they put me in danger. And for that, they should be held accountable," she tells the BBC World Service.

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Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang over Chinese spy concerns

Nvidia has launched an independent investigation of its co-founder and CEO, Jensen Huang , over allegations he was the target of an intelligence effort by China. The allegations center around a Chinese business executive named Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence agencies believe was an asset of China's Ministry of State Security , the country's main intelligence agency. The CIA, NSA and ODNI did not immediately respond to CBS News requests for comment.

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Senate advances bill to speed up permit reviews for infrastructure projects

Chamber voted 73-25 to formally take up bill that will shorten timelines to start energy and datacenter projects The Senate on Monday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for datacenters and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week’s election that soundly repudiated Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The Senate voted 73-25 to formally take up the bill, which senators and the president have pushed as a way to meet growing demand for electricity and other forms of energy that now…

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