Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend
The Academy expels Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein, the embattled producer accused by some of Hollywood's leading actresses of sexual assault, was expelled Saturday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board. The board reviewed Weinstein’s membership during an emergency meeting, and released a statement Saturday afternoon that they "voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him from the Academy." Over his career, Weinstein has cobbled together 341 Oscar nominations and 81 wins. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Saturday, his brother Bob Weinstein described living in "a waking nightmare." Here's a timeline of Weinstein's Hollywood success and hidden abuse.
Truck bomb blast is Somalia's deadliest-ever terror attack
A truck bomb blast Saturday in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu killed more than 230, making it the deadliest attack in the besieged East African nation's history. The government blamed the blast on the militant group al-Shabab, which has carried out a series of attacks in recent years aimed at establishing a radical Islamist state. Residents were stunned by the enormity of the attack. "In our 10-year experience as the first responder in #Mogadishu, we haven't seen anything like this," the Aamin Ambulance service tweeted Sunday. President Mohamed Abdullahi declared three days of mourning and called on citizens to donate blood.
Trump said he'd de-certify Iran deal. Then Tillerson backpedaled.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson backpedaled Sunday from President Trump's Friday announcement that he would de-certify the nuclear deal the Obama administration negotiated with Iran. Instead, Tillerson told CNN that the administration's fix to the deal may be a "secondary agreement," as opposed to killing or amending the original deal. The United States' European allies who also signed the deal — France, Germany and Great Britain — have announced they oppose trying to renegotiate the deal. Here's an explainer on what decertifying means, what's in the Iran deal and what Congress could do.
'Nobody trains for this': Crews sift California wildfire ruins for traces of victims
Two dozen search and rescue personnel sifted through the charred remains of a two-story home in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Saturday. The fire in the area burned so hot and so fast, an official said, that the crew sifted for bone fragments — it’s unlikely they’d find anything more in a house that had burned so completely. Raging wildfires have killed dozens and decimated thousands of homes and businesses in Northern California, including part of the state's iconic wine country. Drone footage shows the charred remains, while our updated map shows how the deadly fires are spreading. Thankfully, authorities say the worst may finally be over.
Ex-hostage says Taliban-linked militants killed his child
A Canadian man freed after years of captivity in Afghanistan said the militants in the Haqqani network had raped his wife and killed his young daughter while the family was held hostage. Joshua Boyle made the statement late Friday shortly after arriving in Canada with his American wife Caitlan Coleman, who is from Stewartstown, Pa., and their three young children. The family was rescued this week as part of an operation undertaken by Pakistani security forces, acting with intelligence information provided by the United States. Their release came five years after their abduction by the Taliban-linked extremists.
Aaron Rodgers' injury highlights a wild week six in the NFL
Week six of the NFL season featured plenty of surprises and upsets, including a controversial no-touchdown call between the New York Jets and New England Patriots and the fall of the league's final unbeaten team. Arguably the biggest news of the NFL weekend, however, was the broken collarbone Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered during the first quarter of the team's eventual 23-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. It remains to be seen how long Rodgers will be sidelined, though the team said he could miss the rest of the season.