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House GOP Leaders to Gonzales: Exit the Race
Tony Gonzales
Exits the Race
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Mar 5, 2026 10:52 PM CST

Tony Gonzales Exits the Race

Texas congressman will end his reelection campaign amid scandal over affair

(Newser) - Hours after House Republican leadership asked him to drop his reelection bid, Rep. Tony Gonzales did just that. The Texas Republican, who just acknowledged he had an affair with an aide who later committed suicide, said Thursday that he will no longer run for another term, but will serve out...

Rep Accused of Affair With Aide Who Self-Immolated

Republican Tony Gonzales previously called affair rumors 'completely untruthful'

(Newser) - Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales' reelection campaign has been rattled by allegations that he had an affair with an aide who died in September by setting herself on fire. A former aide who claims to have been friends with the woman shared text messages with the San Antonio Express-News in which...

Ohio Fires Coach Over Affair With Student

Brian Smith's lawyer say consensual relationship broke no university policy

(Newser) - Ohio University has fired head football coach Brian Smith after he acknowledged having an extramarital relationship with an undergraduate student, according to documents obtained by USA Today . The university had placed Smith on leave on Dec. 1, then said on Wednesday that his contract was being terminated for cause. The...

Murder Suspect Attempts to Explain His Search History

After wife allegedly disappeared, Brian Walshe searched 'best way to dispose of a body'

(Newser) - A lawyer for a man accused of killing his wife says internet searches for "how to saw a body" and "can identification be made on partial human remains" do not show his client is guilty. Instead, Brian Walshe simply panicked after finding his wife dead in bed in...

CEO, HR Chief Placed on Leave After Kiss Cam Chaos
CEO Resigns
After Cameo
on Kiss Cam
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Jul 19, 2025 4:03 PM CDT

CEO Resigns After Cameo on Kiss Cam

The internet isn't letting the Andy Byron-Kristin Cabot scandal die

(Newser) - The married tech CEO who was caught on a Kiss Cam at a concert embracing his company's human resources chief has resigned, Astronomer announced Saturday. The company had told CBS News the day before that Andy Byron had been placed on leave while the company conducted an investigation. "...

Ken Paxton's Wife Seeks Divorce on 'Biblical Grounds'

Split follows impeachment trial and allegations of extramarital affair

(Newser) - Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton announced Thursday she is seeking a divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, citing "biblical grounds." In a message posted on X , the Republican lawmaker described marriage as a "sacred covenant," the Texas Tribune reports. She said she...

In This State, Cheating on Spouse Is No Longer a Crime

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has decriminalized adultery, repealing 1907 statute

(Newser) - New York on Friday repealed a seldom-used, century-plus-old law that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse—a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months. Gov. Kathy Hochul has now signed a bill repealing the statute, which dates back to 1907 and has...

Clinton on Lewinsky Affair: 'I Live With It All the Time'

In memoir, ex-president says he wishes intern he had sexual relationship with 'nothing but the best'

(Newser) - Bill Clinton is gearing up for a book tour , ahead of Tuesday's release of his new memoir, Citizen: My Life After the White House . One snippet is already circulating and drawing attention, however, after the Guardian perused an advance copy: the former president's remarks on Monica Lewinsky, the...

Sources: Married GMA Hosts Have Been Dating for Months

One insider says TJ Holmes, Amy Robach split from spouses first; another says affair preceded that

(Newser) - Amy Robach and her Good Morning America co-host TJ Holmes have always been close, sharing a love of fitness and even training for road races together. It turns out they may have been even closer than most people thought— Page Six says it has confirmed the two have been carrying...

After Model Alleges an Affair, Adam Levine Responds

Maroon 5 frontman denies affair but admits 'crossing the line'

(Newser) - On Monday, Instagram model Sumner Stroh posted a TikTok video in which she claimed to have carried on a nearly year-long affair with Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and showed Instagram messages that were allegedly from him. (Stuff like, "You are 50 times hotter in person.") Levine...

4 Charged in $750K Murder-for-Hire Plot

Police say Texas' Erik Charles Maund paid to have Tenn. couple killed to avoid exposing affair

(Newser) - A Texas auto dealer hired former US Marines and a purported former member of the Israeli Defense Forces to kill a Nashville, Tenn., couple found shot to death last year, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. It describes an elaborate murder-for-hire plot that began after 46-year-old Erik Charles Maund...

Study: Here's Why People Cheat, and What Happens

495 cheaters explain what made them cheat and what their affair was like

(Newser) - Why do people cheat and what does that affair look like? Scientific American reports a recent study came up with some pretty fascinating answers. Researchers turned to an unnamed US university and Reddit boards focused on relationships to recruit 495 people who copped to cheating. In a study published in...

She Never Knew Why They Split. Then She Read the Times
Cheater's NYT Wedding Story
Gave Away a Little Too Much
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 5, 2020 7:00 AM CDT

Cheater's NYT Wedding Story Gave Away a Little Too Much

Nikyta Moreno says Robert Palmer was still married to her when he met Lauren Maillian

(Newser) - A coveted New York Times wedding announcement tells the story of how Robert Palmer, 30, and Lauren Maillian, 35, met at a NYC gym, which they'd both joined to get in shape. "In January 2017 that goal changed for both," the Aug. 7 Times narrative reads, detailing...

Falwell: 'Roller Coaster' of Hiding Wife's Affair Led to Depression

Former head of Liberty University says wife's former lover threatened them, demanded money

(Newser) - Jerry Falwell Jr. made several different headlines earlier this year, including when he told students they could come back to Liberty University during the pandemic, made a cringey face mask "joke," and stepped down from Liberty after an odd photo of him emerged. Now, in an exclusive statement...

Pinkett Smith Admits 'Entanglement' With Singer

On her online show, actress says relationship with August Alsina happened while she, Smith were split

(Newser) - "Absolutely not true" was how Jada Pinkett Smith's camp reacted last month to allegations by 27-year-old singer August Alsina that the two of them had had a yearslong affair, all with her husband Will Smith's "blessing." On Friday, however, Pinkett Smith took to her Facebook...

Amid Affair Rumors, a Divorce Filing by Ilhan Omar

Minnesota congresswoman splits from husband Ahmed Hirsi, has denied affair allegations

(Newser) - She recently denied both an affair and the end of her marriage, but now the latter is getting some confirmation. Rep. Ilhan Omar filed for divorce on Friday from Ahmed Hirsi in Minnesota, reports the New York Post , which was also the first to report on an alleged affair between...

An Affair, Then Murder on an Iowa Hog Farm
An Affair, Then Murder
on an Iowa Hog Farm
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Sep 22, 2019 10:20 AM CDT

An Affair, Then Murder on an Iowa Hog Farm

Prosecutors allege Todd Mullis killed wife Amy in November

(Newser) - On Nov. 10 of last year, an Iowa man called 911 around noon. Todd Mullis said he sent his 13-year-old son to check on his wife, and the boy found Amy Mullis in a shed at their Earlville hog farm with a corn rake impaled in her back. She was...

Convicted of Killing Lover's Wife, Carolyn Warmus Is Free

She's released after 27 years behind bars

(Newser) - Carolyn Warmus, who was convicted of killing her lover's wife in an infamous 1989 case, is no longer behind bars. The 55-year-old was released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, some 27 years after she entered the New York prison to serve a sentence of 25 years to life....

Iowa Senator: I Was Assaulted by Ex, Raped in College

In the wake of her divorce, startling revelations from Joni Ernst

(Newser) - Disturbing allegations have emerged in the wake of Joni Ernst's divorce, thrusting her straight into the middle of the #MeToo movement. The 48-year-old Iowa senator's divorce from Gail Ernst, 65, was finalized earlier this month, and in their divorce documents, the Republican accuses her spouse of 26 years...

Her Lover Killed Her Husband. He Just Testified Against Her

Denise Williams is on trial for murder, though she didn't pull the trigger

(Newser) - On Tuesday, Brian Winchester took the stand and cried. He recounted looking for his missing best friend on Florida's Lake Seminole 18 years ago. But while his father "was searching ... I was just lying," he testified. That's because Winchester knew exactly where Mike Williams had ended...

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