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- Letitia James was officially sworn in as New York Attorney General...
- ...which means that City Council Speaker Corey Johnson holds two of the most influential city jobs at the same time.
- Governor Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to 29 individuals who faced deportation.
- In England, three people were stabbed at Manchester's Victoria Station and authorities are investigating it as a terrorist attack.
- This is why your New Year's resolutions fail.
- A NASA spacecraft just visited the farthest object ever explored.
- You may have been Googling hangover cures. Earlier this year, a hangover pill seemed promising when tested on mice.
- Kevin Spacey is planning on pleading not guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage male at a Nantucket bar in 2016. Spacey is also apparently watching news coverage of himself in Baltimore.
- Oh, Louis CK also claimed that Asian men didn't have penises in the leaked audio from his Long Island stand-up set.
- Actress Jane Curtin has a very specific New Year's resolution.
- Tiffany Haddish had quite a night in Miami: She apparently bombed her set and then drank with fans.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda deleted his Facebook.
- And so many good boys and girls:
The Dogs of 2018 pic.twitter.com/vxbahkstHe
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) December 31, 2018
