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- The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new milestone Friday, closing above 40,000 for the first time and underscoring the stock market's resilience despite volatile inflation and uncertainty surrounding the prospect of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.
"The significance is psychological," says Jason Ware, chief investment officer of Albion Financial Group. For investors, "it makes us feel like we're" doing the right thing.
And for those not in the market, it's a clarion call. "Make sure you're invested in the market so you're benefitting from the compounding effects over time," he says. "You better be in the room."
- Daniel Perry, a former Army sergeant convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in downtown Austin in 2020, was freed from prison Thursday within an hour of Gov. Greg Abbott signing a pardon proclamation.
In a series of rapid-fire developments in a less than two-hour span, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended that Perry be pardoned on the murder conviction. Abbott then granted the full pardon to Perry, leading to his release from the Mac Stringfellow Unit in Rosharon, about 20 miles south of downtown Houston.
- Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign in March, but she’s still going strong in the Republican primaries as she racks up a notable share of votes against Donald Trump, spelling a warning sign for the former president, experts say.
On Tuesday, Haley[ received 20%](https://www.usatoday.com/staff/71184922007/karissa-waddick/) of the vote in Maryland, 17.9% in Nebraska and 9.4% in West Virginia. In the Indiana primary last week, [Haley garnered](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/10/donald-trump-indiana-primary-2024-nikki-haley-mike-braun-presidential-election/73618914007/) 21.7% of the vote. While Trump handily won the states, receiving 80.2% of the vote in Nebraska, 80% in Maryland, 88.4% in West Virginia and 78.3% in Indiana, Haley's sizable tally indicates Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, still may face persistent opposition within his own party.
- Red Lobster has abruptly closed dozens of restaurants across the country.
A look at the restaurant chain's website reveals 87 stores temporarily closed across 27 states, with some of them having their [kitchen equipment up for auction](https://www.tagexbrands.com/red-lobster/) on an online restaurant liquidator.
The liquidator, TAGeX Brands, announced Monday it is auctioning off equipment this week from 48 locations that have closed. The website says auctions are live and will end periodically on Thursday, and that each winner will receive the "entire contents of the Red Lobster location they bid on."
- Tallahassee, Florida is assessing damage after the city was bombarded with 100-mph straight-line winds and three tornadoes on Friday.
But its residents won't see a reprieve from the deadly weather that caused widespread damage as another bout of thunderstorms is expected to hit again tonight and tomorrow.
Folks can expect to see "another round of very intense rainfall, damaging wind gusts and again isolated tornadoes can't be ruled out," Carl Erickson, a senior meteorologist at [AccuWeather](http://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/-PluCM8KLQHz7z3pBFwTFrq?domain=accuweather.com), told USA TODAY.
- Since the very first day of testimony in former President Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money trial, prosecutors have been introducing evidence laying the groundwork for anticipated testimony from Michael Cohen – a likely star witness in the case, but also a convicted liar.
Cohen, who's expected to testify as early as Monday, could be crucial in tying Trump to key parts of the [34 felony counts](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/03/trump-presidential-immunity-nyc-hush-money/72957541007/) the former president faces that accuse him of falsifying business records to cover up unlawfully interfering in the 2016 election. Cohen has said Trump authorized him to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $ 130,000 to stay quiet about an alleged affair. And he has described a discussion with Trump at the White House about getting reimbursed. The records charges are connected to what prosecutors say were falsified reimbursement payments made to Cohen in 2017.
- Amy Riley remembers the time someone wished her a happy Mother's Day and she broke down in tears, right in the middle of a Wegman's supermarket.
"I found Mother's Day to be impossible," the Collingswood, New Jersey, woman said. She had been pregnant six times, but none of those pregnancies lasted. Motherhood, she worried, might never happen for her, and the realization and the reminders were painful.
- Because the sun is at the height of its 11-year-cycle, conditions were optimal for the auroras to put on a light show that electrified sky watchers, and appeared to far more Americans than usual.
"I never in my wildest dreams thought I would see it from my front yard in Key Largo (Florida,) said Mike Theiss, a [veteran extreme nature photographer and storm chaser](http://www.extremenature.com/). He'd been seeing the news about the solar storms all day Friday and was "a bit jealous" he would miss out on the auroras. But then he started seeing photos posted in real time on social media, in South Carolina, then Georgia and then the Bahamas.
- Seven coronal mass ejections began entering the Earth's outer atmosphere on Friday, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency issued a rare Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch this week for the first time in 19 years, but announced Friday evening that extreme (G5) conditions reached Earth at 6:54 p.m. Eastern time. The last extreme event occurred with the "Halloween storms" in October 2003.
- The northern lights provided a rare sight for residents across the U.S. and around the world Friday night, with a powerful solar storm fueling a spectacle seen as far south as the Florida Keys.
[Strong solar flares](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/10/severe-solar-storm-2024/73642315007/) the sun has been emitting since Wednesday morning were responsible for[ the northern lights](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2024/05/09/northern-lights-forecast-auroras-possible-this-weekend/73629276007/) being visible across a wide swath of North America and Europe.
- Someone at Netflix, it seems, gave Mulaney a pile of money, a studio set, a great booker and six nights during the "Netflix is a Joke!" comedy festival to fill his guest roster and do whatever the heck he wanted. And he wanted to be even more eccentric than he usually is. Dressed in a variety of not-very-stylish suits and with beloved character actor Richard Kind shouting from a lectern behind him, Mulaney doesn't so much host the series as conduct an orchestra of oddities, from Jerry Seinfeld snapping at a coyote conservationist to Jon Stewart being scared out of his mind by a delivery robot to Sarah Silverman debating the merits of exorcisms.
- It's nice to know there's still room in Hollywood to be really freaking weird. At least if you're John Mulaney.
The quirky and beloved comedian has taken his particularly offbeat brand of comedy to Netflix, [not for another standup special](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/05/05/john-mulaney-talks-fatherhood-netflix-is-a-joke-fest/73577098007/) but for ["John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/29/how-to-watch-john-mulaney-presents-everybodys-in-l-a/73502020007/) (streaming 10 EDT/7 PDT, through Friday, ★★★ out of four), a live variety/sketch/talk mishmash of famous people, regular people, prerecorded bits, awkwardness and Mulaney's idiosyncrasies. It does not make sense. It does not follow regular formats. It is so strange. And yet it is also pretty funny.
- The process of a rage ritual is pretty simple. First, Banducci says, participants gather large sticks while conjuring to mind "every person who's ever crossed you, who's ever hurt you, who's ever ignored your boundaries or taken advantage of you or abused you in any way." After some warm-up breaths, the screaming and swinging begin. The ritual is held in the woods so participants can make noise without fear of bothering people nearby.
Banducci isn't the only person who leads events dealing with rage. [Secret Sanctuary](https://www.secretsanctuary.ca/events/wild-edge) will host a "Sacred Rage Ceremony" in Alberta, Canada in July, and [Jessica Ricchetti](https://jessicaricchetti.com/sacred-rage) − an author and self-proclaimed mystic − will host a "Sacred Rage" women's retreat in North Carolina in June.
- Kimberly Helmus still gets chills thinking about her first rage ritual.
Two-and-a-half years ago after her divorce, the cybersecurity engineer embarked on a retreat to Scotland with Mia Banducci − an author and self-described "Spiritual Fairy Godmother," better known online as [Mia Magik](https://miamagik.com/).
As part of the retreat, Banducci held a rage ritual: a ceremony in which [participants scream](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/04/13/netflix-beef-what-we-can-learn-about-rage/11635991002/) and beat large sticks on the ground in the woods. Participants are encouraged to think of people and experiences that have wronged them and to scream and swing the sticks for at least 20 minutes, or until they can no longer move their arms.
- A jet bridge at San Francisco International Airport is under investigation after it collapsed onto a Hawaiian Airlines plane in the middle of passengers disembarking Thursday evening, the airport said.
Hawaiian Airlines flight 42 departed from Kahului in [Maui](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2023/08/31/how-to-visit-maui-respectfully-wildfires/70719807007/) and arrived on time at SFO’s International Terminal A, according to [FlightAware](https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/HAL42/history/20240502/2055Z/PHOG/KSFO). The aircraft arrived without any issues, and the jet bridge began its usual process of positioning itself towards the plane.
Shortly after the jet bridge was positioned, it experienced “a structural failure” with a metal strut and suddenly collapsed onto the plane, according to SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel.
- Summer is just around the corner, and you may already be dreaming of mai tais in Miami. Or maybe you need a staycation to recharge after far too many days in front of a computer?
Whatever the case, don't be like 46% of Americans who failed to use all of their paid time off, according to a 2023 [Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/10/more-than-4-in-10-u-s-workers-dont-take-all-their-paid-time-off/) survey. Instead, do the opposite to maximize your time off.
Department managers might not like this topic, but employees who take time off are more productive and earn more:
- How much does it cost to live the American Dream? More than most of us can afford, according to two recent studies.
A household would have to spend more than $ 150,000 a year to live the dream in 29 of the 50 states, according to an[ analysis](https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/true-cost-american-dream-every-state/) published in April by the personal finance site GOBankingRates.
According to the report, the optimal American lifestyle would cost $ 137,842 a year in Ohio, $ 147,535 in Texas, $ 159,932 in Florida, $ 194,067 in New York and $ 245,723 in California.
- Tick season is ramping up, and experts say people should take precautions before venturing outside.
Of the 700 species of ticks in the world, the U.S. is home to nearly 50 species, according to the National Institutes of Health. Though a select few can transmit disease to people, those species are growing in numbers and reach.
The number of people diagnosed in 2022 with tick-borne diseases in the U.S. rose to 62,551, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the previous decade, infections averaged about 33,000 a year, but the reporting was more cumbersome.
- An April 17 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes an image showing Columbia University's anti-war encampment with two red and yellow paragliders in the background.
“Columbia University free Palestine mob used decorations of paragliders in their camp out protest on campus,” reads the start of the post. "This is because Hamas terrorists used paragliders on Oct 7 to attack the Nova music festival where they committed mass murder and rape of civilians, in addition to kidnapping."
Other versions of the claim were shared on Instagram and X, formerly Twitter.
- Transportation Security Administration agents in South Florida got a slithery surprise after the federal agency reported finding snakes in a passenger's pants at an airport checkpoint.
According to TSA, the reptilian discovery took place at the Miami International Airport on Friday.
The agency did not identify the passenger or say whether they were arrested.
Photos taken at the airport provided by TSA show two slender pink snakes outside of a small camo-colored bag, after apparently being pulled from the passenger's pants before they were able to board a plane.
- "Vanderpump Rules" is rumored to be taking a summer hiatus following the aftermath of "Scandoval."
Tom Sandoval, who was at the epicenter of a cheating scandal involving his longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix and their former co-star Rachel "Raquel" Leviss, addressed the rumblings about the Bravo series break during an appearance on Fox 8's "New Day Cleveland" Wednesday.
"I think one of the things is that, coming out of this scandal, it was like we picked up filming right when everything first happened and then we kind of had a very short break and then right into went right into filming this season that you’re watching now, season 11," Sandoval said when asked about the rumored summer hiatus.
- The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli potentially linked to organic walnuts sold in food co-ops or natural food stores.
Infections in two states – California and Washington – have been linked to organic walnut halves and pieces sold from Gibson Farms, Inc. of Hollister, California, in bulk bins at natural food and co-op stores, according to the FDA.
- For many years, Rose Sims had no idea what was going on inside a nondescript brick building on Florida Street a couple of miles from her modest one-story home on the southwestern side of town.
Like other residents, she got an unwelcome surprise in October 2022 at a public forum held by the Environmental Protection Agency at the historic Monumental Baptist Church, known for its role in the Civil Rights Movement. The EPA notified the predominantly Black community that Sterilization Services of Tennessee – which began operations in the brick building in the 1970s – had been emitting unacceptably high levels of ethylene oxide, a toxic gas commonly used to disinfect medical devices.
- Israel has said it will not invade the border city of Rafah in southern Gaza until officials have spoken with U.S. leaders about their concerns, White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday.
“They've assured us that they won't go into Rafah until we've had a chance to really share our perspectives and our concerns with them,” Kirby said during an interview on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday.
Israel in recent days appeared poised to launch an invasion of the area, where more than one million Palestinians civilians are sheltering and which Israel says is the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza. The international community has long warned Israeli leaders of the massive humanitarian toll of targeting the area.
- NASCAR drivers face the Monster Mile this weekend as the Cup Series speeds into Dover Motor Speedway.
This will be the only race this season at Dover, but it does feature the return of the track’s all-time wins leader: Jimmy Johnson. The seven-time Cup Series champion and now Legacy Motor Club co-owner will pilot the No. 84 Toyota for his team at an oval where he has won 11 times – four more than the next closest driver.
But Legacy Motor Club will be without full-time driver Erik Jones after he was diagnosed with a compression fracture in his lower back following a crash last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Corey Heim, the team's reserve driver, will substitute for Jones in the No. 43 Toyota.
- Amanda Seales is opening up about her relationship with former co-star Issa Rae.
Seales, who starred with Rae on the HBO dramedy “Insecure,” addressed the rumored feud between the actresses during an appearance on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast published Wednesday.
“I've never talked about this publicly because it has always been incredibly important to me to protect Issa. Because I know that Issa is doing something within this business that so few people get to do,” Seales told host Shannon Sharpe. “I'm not interested in getting a $ 100 million production deal. That's not a life that I want for myself. But I know that her role is very important."
- The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would restrict the video app TikTok, a historic development in government regulation of social media that's on track to quickly become law.
Tucked into a $ 95 billion foreign aid package, the legislation will give TikTok's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, up to a year to sell the app. If they don't, it would be banned from U.S. app stores and web hosting companies.
It received overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress: The Senate passed the package 79-18 and the House approved the TikTok portion of the bill 360-58. President Joe Biden has said he would sign the legislation.
- The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with how far cities can go in cracking down on homeless encampments as it heard arguments in the case of an Oregon tourist town that banned sleeping in public with a blanket.
Homeless residents of Grants Pass, Oregon, faced fines of $ 250 and jail time for breaking the city’s strict anti-camping laws until a federal appeals court said the ordinances violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Now the city says its parks will be overrun by unsanitary homeless encampments unless the justices reverse the appeals court's decision. Lawyers for homeless residents of Grants Pass said police have plenty leeway to enforce disruptive behavior without turning people into criminals when they have nowhere to stay.
- The finale episode for the 10-episode epic limited series "Shōgun" almost here.
Over the last nine episodes, viewers have been deeply immersed into the world of 16th-century feudal Japan, a modern adaptation of the 1970's novel and 1980's miniseries of the same name. Mainly through the eyes of Englishman and outsider John Blackthorne, the limited series explores a fictionalized version of history and the dynamics, culture and ensuing power struggle in Japan after the death of the country's supreme leader.
Although Blackthorne, played by Cosmo Jarvis, is fictional, his story is based on the real relationship between warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu and British pilot William Adams, who later came to be known as the "first Western Samurai."
- Duke has lost another player to the transfer portal, making it seven players who have left the program since the season ended.
After Duke lost the N.C. State in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, the exodus began. The latest to leave is forward Sean Stewart, a 6-9 freshman from Windermere, Florida.
Stewart averaged 2.6 points and 3.2 rebounds this season. Starting guard Jeremy Roach and starting forward Mark Mitchell also hit the portal, with Mitchell, a Kansas native, announcing he is committing to Missouri.
- After six months of tracking down the owner of a small Tampa Bay island, Russell Loomis bought the marooned 9 acres for $ 63,500 in December 2017**.** Little did he know, it was an infamous party destination.
"I had no idea how popular this place was with the boating community," Loomis told USA TODAY in an interview. "Come early February, early March...every weekend or every nice weather day the island was completely surrounded by hundreds of boats and hundreds of people up on the island."
- The FBI has issued an alert warning of a new SMS scam targeting road tolls.
In an alert posted April 12, the FBI said it had received over 2,000 complaints reporting smishing texts representing road toll collection services in at least three states, claiming people owe money for unpaid tolls. According to the FBI, the scam may be moving from state to state.
An example of the scam text people may receive reads as follows: "(State Toll Service Name): We've noticed an outstanding toll amount of $ 12.51 on your record. To avoid a late fee of $ 50.00, visit https://myturnpiketollservices.com to settle your balance."
- Members of the Kennedy family, one of the most iconic names in Democratic politics, will formally endorse President Joe Biden's reelection bid Thursday in a rejection of their relative Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for president as an independent.
The endorsement, which the Kennedy family will make official at an afternoon Biden campaign rally in Philadelphia, is not a surprise. Several Kennedys have already made their support for Biden known, including by appearing with the president during a St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House last month.
- An Ohio judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked an impending law that would restrict medical care for transgender minors in the Buckeye State.
The decision came weeks after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit challenging the state on behalf of two transgender girls and their families. The measure prevents doctors from prescribing hormones, puberty blockers, or gender reassignment surgery before patients turn 18.
- As students returned to college campuses across the United States, so did campus crime, data shows, alarming some parents so much that they hired their own security force.
They raised more than $ 40,000 to hire private security at the University of California, Berkeley – much to the chagrin of campus administrators.
Half a dozen unarmed guards patrolled the campus for more than two weeks in March, according to Sagar Jethani, a father of two Berkeley sophomores involved in the effort. A month after Jethani dropped off his kids for their freshman year in October 2022, there was a fatal shooting near their dorm.
- What could be more romantic than discussing taxes?
Tax season is officially behind us, but it's never too early to plan for next year, and a question you and your significant other may want to ask is: Should we file our taxes jointly or separately?
It's the age-old quandary couples face each year because of the benefits and drawbacks that come with each option. A simple coin toss to decide which route to take could end up being more costly or cause you to miss out on hefty tax credits and deductions, leading to a smaller tax refund.
- Soccer legend Lionel Messi met NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes before Messi’s Inter Miami plays Sporting KC inside Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, on Saturday night.
Messi has already made his presence felt, assisting on a goal scored by Inter Miami's Diego Gomez to tie tonight's game in the first 18 minutes.
Messi, the Argentine World Cup champion, is playing in front of more than 70,000 fans on the same field Mahomes, the three-time Super Bowl MVP, has graced during his standout NFL career.
- A March 10 X post (direct link, archive link) shows two National Snow & Ice Data Center maps depicting Antarctic sea ice extent − the area of the sea covered by ice. One is dated March 9, 1997, and the other is labeled with the same date in 2024.
"Antarctic sea ice extent is higher today − 3,165,625 km. sq. − than it was 27 years ago − 3,075,000 km. sq. − #ClimateScam," reads the caption.
The post was reposted more than 700 times on X and also circulated on Facebook.
- A piece of military equipment from the 1940s and 50s washed up on a Cape Cod beach last week.
A park historian with Cape Cod National Seashore, a part of the U.S. National Park Service, inspected the object that washed up on Marconi Beach and learned it was the fuselage of a RCAT (Remote Control Aerial Target).
"RCATs were drone planes used for target practice for anti-aircraft training off Marconi at a former United States military training camp (Camp Wellfleet) during the 1940s and 50s." the group wrote in a Facebook post.
- JoJo Siwa is no stranger to online scrutiny and judgment. But the recent wave of criticism crashing onto the 20-year-old singer, dancer, actress and former “Dance Moms” star has become too powerful to ignore — and it seems some people are enjoying adding fuel to the hateful fire.
After Siwa released her new song and music video called “Karma” on April 5, which features a large cast of female dancers on a yacht, people rushed to share their opinions about her outfits, exaggerated dance moves and voice.
- Inflation ran hot for a third straight month in March, raising questions about when the Federal Reserve will feel confident that price pressures are subdued and it can begin cutting interest rates.
Overall prices increased 3.5% from a year earlier, up from 3.2% in February, driven largely by the rising cost of rent and gasoline, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index (CPI). On a monthly basis, costs rose 0.4%, similar to the previous month.
- Robert Downey Jr. would "happily" return to play Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"It's too integral a part of my DNA," Downey told Esquire of playing Tony Stark, in an interview published Monday. "That role chose me."
The newly minted Oscar winner also praised Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, saying to "never, ever bet against" the producer: "It is a losing bet. He's the house. He will always win."
- Whether you want a weekend getaway or to max out your vacation days, there’s a cruise for that.
Cruise lines offer itineraries ranging from a few days to months long. But there are more differences between short and long sailings than just the amount of time guests spend on board. The length of a cruise can help dictate the types of ports passengers visit, the kind of ship they’re sailing on and even the general vibe on board.
- The only sure bet for this year’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame was that Vince Carter would make in the class of 2024.
After that, there were no guarantees. Not for Chauncey Billups. Not for Michael Cooper,
On Saturday in Phoenix, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Carter, Billups, Cooper, Seimone Augustus, Jerry West, Herb Simon, Doug Collins, Bo Ryan, Walter Davis, Charles Smith, Dick Barnett, Harley Redin and Michele Timms will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in August.
- On Monday, a total solar eclipse will cross North America - a phenomenon that has not taken place in the United States in seven years, and astronomers say will not take place again in the U.S. for another two decades.
Millions will likely gaze into the sky on April 8 for the rare experience to witness three celestial spheres − the sun, moon and Earth − line up partially or fully depending on where you are viewing it.
- The Department of Justice announced Thursday it will provide "technical assistance" to a local Mississippi police force and coroner’s office with next-of-kin death notifications in the wake of controversies surrounding missing loved ones who were buried in unmarked graves.
Federal authorities are providing the aid to the Jackson Police Department and Hinds County Coroner’s Office pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color and national origin in programs receiving U.S. financial assistance.
- Turns out humans, aren’t the only creature that can ride the psychedelic wave that comes with ingesting fungus.
Except the side effects for cicadas, a flying pest, are quite deadly. We are talking a reaction akin to something you would see on “The Walking Dead” or maybe “The Last of Us,” as the decrepit creatures fly about, losing body parts and infecting any other cicadas they touch with the fatal fungus.
- All 435 House seats will be up for grabs in 2024, and both Democrats and Republicans are feeling bullish about their chances to control the lower chamber.
Just a handful of districts, however, will host competitive races and are expected to be critical in determining whick party will lead the House.
Republicans are hoping to expand their razor-thin majority, which has slowly whittled down in recent weeks as disillusioned lawmakers rush for the exits − retiring or simply stepping down. The GOP will soon have just a one-vote margin for passing legislation.
- Los Angeles Times reporter Ben Bolch has apologized for a column he wrote that called LSU women's basketball players "dirty debutantes" and described the UCLA-LSU matchup as "good versus evil." The apology came two days after LSU coach Kim Mulkey condemned the column and said she wouldn't stand by and watch her team be attacked.
Bolch wrote Monday on X, formerly Twitter, that he was not asked by anyone at the Times to publicly address the column but he wanted to express himself "so that I can own up to my mistake."
- In the wake of the documentary series "Quiet on Set," another former Nickelodeon star is coming forward to allege they were a victim of sexual abuse.
In a statement shared on social media, Matthew Underwood, who starred on the sitcom "Zoey 101," said that while he "never had a bad experience" on the set of a Nickelodeon show, he quit acting after being sexually harassed and assaulted by his agent when he was 19.