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When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation “Emma.” Before shooting began, he summoned her to his suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for a work meeting that began uneventfully. It ended with Mr.

When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation “Emma.” Before shooting began, he summoned her to his suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for a work meeting that began uneventfully. It ended with Mr.

Sara and Charles Rippey first locked eyes at their elementary school in tiny Hartford, Wis., close to 90 years ago. “They’ve basically been together ever since,” said one of their sons, Mike Rippey. The couple, who were 98 and 100 years old, died together on Sunday in Napa, Calif., when a fast-moving wildfire whipped into their house and they were unable to escape.

Wildfires are raging across Northern California, forcing the evacuations of thousands there and in the southern part of the state. We would like to hear from people who are directly affected by the fires, particularly those who have left or are planning to do so. If you are in a secure location and would like to share your story, please call us at 646-598-6012 and leave a voice mail message. Start with your name and where you are calling from. Then, describe your evacuation experience.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — It looked like a blizzard of red embers had slammed into the suburban home of Bruce and Lisa Coats. Mr. Coats recounted on Monday how he used his garden hose to spray his home down in hopes of saving it. Then he went to his neighbors’ homes and tried the same thing. It was futile. The combination of wind and fire was unstoppable. Coffey Park, a subdivision of hundreds of homes in Santa Rosa, an hour north of San Francisco, burned to the ground. “It looks like a bomb went off,” said Ms.

NAPA, Calif. — With roads still blocked by the police and fires still raging across broad swaths of Northern California, Matt Lenzi hiked through smoke-choked vineyards and waded the Napa River to reach the home his father lived in for 53 years. In its place, he found only blackened debris, blackened earth, and ash. “Every piece of vegetation was gone,” said Mr. Lenzi on Tuesday, after going back in the vain hope of finding the pet cat that his father, Carl Lenzi, who is in his 80s, left behind when he fled for his life.

NAPA, Calif. — With roads still blocked by the police and fires still raging across broad swaths of Northern California, Matt Lenzi hiked through smoke-choked vineyards and waded the Napa River to reach the home his father lived in for 53 years. In its place, he found only blackened debris, blackened earth, and ash. “Every piece of vegetation was gone,” said Mr. Lenzi on Tuesday, after going back in the vain hope of finding the pet cat that his father, Carl Lenzi, who is in his 80s, left behind when he fled for his life.

President Donald Trump challenged his secretary of state to compare IQ tests, suggesting he would score higher than Rex Tillerson amid reports that Tillerson called the president a “moron.” “I think it’s fake news, but if he did that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests,” Trump said in a new interview with Forbes magazine.

Hillary Clinton spoke out Tuesday about the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, saying she was "shocked and appalled" to learn of the revelations and that such behavior "cannot be tolerated." Clinton's comments came in a statement tweeted by her communications director Nick Merrill and in the aftermath of criticism lodged by the likes of Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, and President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr, who each noted that Clinton's presidential campaign received donations from Weinstein. "I was shock

President Donald Trump has built an image as a tough-talking New Yorker whose pugnaciousness, it seems, can extend to some people he has even considered allies. The latest public slight against a close ally popped up this morning, when he apparently challenged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to an IQ faceoff in light of allegations that Tillerson called the president a “moron,” which the State Department has denied. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has since said the IQ test comment, which was reported in an intervi