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Larry Summers is taking a big step back from his public commitments ... because of details unearthed about his past friendship with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The former Secretary of the Treasury and ex-president of Harvard University issued a statement about his plans to the Harvard Crimson Monday evening, describing himself as "deeply ashamed" of his connection to Epstein.

Summers called his choice to continue associating with Epstein -- who died by suicide in jail in 2019 -- a "misguided decision" and said he is aware of the "pain" he's caused.

A DoorDash driver was hit with serious charges after she was arrested for allegedly recording a partially naked man while making a delivery.

Content creator Olivia Henderson was making a delivery to a residence in Oswego, New York, last month when she says she filmed a customer passed out with his pants and underwear around his ankles, according to the New York Post ... the door was allegedly wide open when she'd arrived.

The 23-year-old contacted police and claimed she'd been lured into the house by the man and described the incident as an instance of sexual assault. However, Ring camera footage taken from the residence reportedly appeared to show Henderson letting herself into the home. And police reportedly stated the man in the video hadn't given her any indication to enter.

Police later issued a statement about the incident, and they described the man in the video as having been unconscious when Henderson took the video. Oswego Police said the man in the video later "cooperated with police and provided a statement." Police allege no sexual assault occurred.

Henderson had her account deleted by DoorDash. She allegedly posted video of the unclothed man on TikTok -- and the company cited her sharing the video as the reason why she was dropped from the platform.

Henderson was arrested last week and charged with one count of unlawful surveillance in the second degree and one count of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the first degree -- both felonies.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know Jeff Bezos has been involved with some of the most profitable ventures in history ... and he's looking to deepen his involvement in the A.I. world with his newest project.

The business magnate is set to serve as the co-chief executive of Project Prometheus, an A.I. startup with a cool $6.2 billion in funding -- part of which is on Bezos' dime, several sources told The New York Times.

The company's financial backing makes it one of the best-funded early-stage startups out there ... with Bezos at the helm, it's safe to assume the project wouldn't have been low on cash in the first place.

The startup will reportedly focus on developing A.I. programs for use in various tech industries, particularly automotive and aerospace.

The company's already got a stacked staff with nearly 100 employees, including several who formerly worked at Meta and OpenAI.

Johnny Knoxville's made a name for himself as one of the craziest dudes in Hollywood, but it looks like he's settling down a bit ... because he's a married man!

The star of "Jackass" announced he tied the knot with costume designer Emily Ting in an Instagram post Sunday, sharing a pair of photos apparently taken during their wedding ceremony.

Knoxville was obviously feeling the marital bliss, describing himself as "the luckiest and happiest fella in the universe."

Knoxville had some good company at the wedding, too ... the nuptials were officiated by director John Waters, who's worked with the comic stuntman on more than a few occasions.

Knoxville has also collaborated with Ting ... she designed costumes for the "Jackass Forever" and "Jackass 4.5" films, according to USA Today.

This isn't the first marriage for Knoxville, as he was married to Melanie Lynn Cates from 1995 to 2009. They share a daughter.

John Oliver's made some big plays for good causes in the past ... and now he's planning on getting rid of a lot of his old stuff in the name of charity.

The comedian announced he's launched an auction website -- aptly named "John Oliver's Junk" -- during Sunday's episode of "Last Week Tonight" while discussing how President Donald Trump's choice to take $1.1 billion away from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier this year has impacted radio and television stations, reports Variety.

All of the proceeds from Oliver's auction are set to go to Public Media Bridge Fund, which is helping broadcasters find new sources of funding.

The auction was apparently inspired by the estate of Bob Ross, which recently sold three of his paintings in an effort to provide support for public broadcasting.

One of Ross' paintings is being offered in Oliver's auction, and several other items featured on "Last Week Tonight" -- including the jockstrap Russell Crowe wore in "Cinderella Man" -- are all up for sale.

Oliver described much of what's up for auction as "a bunch of weird artifacts" his staff accumulated over the show's run.

He's also auctioning off a trip to meet him in New York City, and an opportunity to appear in a graphic over the comedian's shoulder in a future taping of "Last Week Tonight."

Marjorie Taylor Greene's working relationship with President Donald Trump has hit a low point ... and she's saying his followers' actions could put her in serious danger.

The U.S. Representative from Georgia shared a tweet about her situation on Sunday and wrote POTUS' recent comments about her supposed lack of support for him have served as a "dog whistle" to his supporters ... some of whom have apparently been trying to antagonize her by sending unwanted pizza deliveries to her house.

And if the pizza deliveries weren't bad enough already -- Greene wrote her construction company's office building received what she described as a "pipe bomb threat."

Guests at the Indianapolis Zoo got a bit more than they bargained for on Friday morning ... because a chimpanzee escaped its enclosure.

The Indianapolis Zoo's senior vice president of external relations, Jake Oakman, told WTHR-TV a female chimpanzee was seen outside of the International Chimpanzee Complex at around 10 in the morning.

He said the zoo locked down and guests were escorted to safe locations.

The errant chimpanzee didn't make it off zoo property ... it was located and sedated returned to the complex.

No guests were injured, and the zoo reopened at noon.

Oakman said staff and security had been prepped for similar situations, and he said they "responded in a textbook and professional manner."

A Florida man has been found guilty of stabbing his adoptive parents to death and evading police for hours.

Dima Tower was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of fleeing law enforcement at the Sarasota County Courthouse on Friday, according to ABC7 Sarasota.

Tower was born in Ukraine and was adopted by Robbie and Jennifer Tower in 2015, when he was just a teenager. His defense attorney said Tower's troubled upbringing left him "emotionally scarred," according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay.

Tower was 21 when he killed his adoptive parents in their house in North Port, Florida, in August 2023.

He stabbed Robbie while he slept. Jennifer ran to a neighbor's house, but Tower chased her and forced her to return to the house, where he sat her down and explained what he'd done to Robbie ... and then stabbed her multiple times.

Authorities said the neighbor whose house Jennifer had run to called police ... responding officers saw Tower "wrestling around in a car," covered in blood, before he drove away, leading police on a highway pursuit. He ran from the car on foot into some woods ... police located him at a gas station the next day.

Monica Lewinsky's developed thick skin over the years ... but the prospect of Sarah Paulson playing Linda Tripp in "Impeachment: American Crime Story" apparently shook her up.

Lewinsky spoke with Paulson on Thursday's episode of her "Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky" podcast, and she admitted there were a few moments she "panicked" while the show, which aired in 2021, was in development.

In 1997, Tripp secretly recorded hours of conversations with Lewinsky. Tripp worked at the Pentagon, and Lewinsky had been a White House intern ... the two were 24 years apart in age.

Tripp gave the recordings to investigators during a legal probe of President Bill Clinton. Tripp and Lewinsky had discussed among other things the infamous blue dress that had presidential DNA on it from a sexual encounter with the intern.

Tremane Wood's new lease on life is off to a rough start after his life was spared at the very last minute this week ... he was found unresponsive in his prison cell Thursday within hours of his commutation.

ICYMI ... the convicted murderer was scheduled for execution for his role in a botched robbery in 2002, in which a man was stabbed to death. He was set to die on Thursday morning, but his sentence was commuted to life in prison without parole by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt.

Wood was sent back to his cell. Guards performing a routine check later found him unresponsive, according to the Associated Press.

It's no secret President Donald Trump hasn't been receptive to the idea of the Dept. of Justice releasing the Jeffrey Epstein Files ... and he's heated about the Republicans who want to see them made public.

POTUS lashed out at the apparently wayward members of his party in a Truth Social post Friday, writing "Some Weak Republicans have fallen into [Democrats'] clutches because they are soft and foolish."

The Republican congressional representatives who signed a discharge petition this week forcing a floor vote in the House next week to compel the release of the files are Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert.

Trump posted another Truth Social message saying he's ordering U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to investigate potential Epstein connections to "Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions."

He claims the ongoing Epstein scandal is a "Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats."

It looks like J.D. Vance is mulling over the possibility of sticking around in the White House a little while longer ... and he's planning to talk to President Donald Trump about it next year.

The vice president sat down for an interview with Sean Hannity that aired Thursday night and confirmed he's thought about the day when he'll sit down with 47 and talk about moving up a notch in the White House, reports the New York Post.

Vance said there is plenty to focus on at the moment, and he's going to wait until after next year's midterm elections to broach the topic.

The conversation turned toward Vance's working relationship with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's been viewed as a likely presidential candidate in 2028 -- and Vance said he isn't too worried about running against his current colleague.

Vance said he's grown pretty tight with Rubio, sharing common interests with him throughout his time in the White House.

The vice president credits Rubio as having been his "mentor" during his early days as a politician.

A man reportedly showed up at acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba's offices in Newark with a baseball bat Wednesday. He attempted to enter the federal building, but he was turned away by security, according to CNN.

The unidentified man returned later without the bat and was let into the building by security officers. He went to Habba's office and entered a waiting room.

Tremane Wood must be taking a huge breath of fresh air right about now -- because he was granted clemency just minutes before his scheduled execution.

The inmate -- who's been imprisoned at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for over two decades -- was about to be put to death Thursday when the procedure was stopped by the Governor Kevin Stitt, according to the Associated Press.

Stitt accepted the Oklahoma prison and parole board's recommendation to have Wood's sentence commuted to life in prison without parole. Stitt has only granted clemency to a prisoner only once during his tenure as governor.

Lindsey Halligan could end up having a bit more free time on her hands in the near future ... because her appointment as an acting U.S. attorney is being challenged in court.

FYI ... Halligan was appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in September by President Donald Trump, who handpicked her for the role, according to The New York Times.

She subsequently obtained indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James -- two of Trump's political opponents.

Winning the top prize on "Dancing with the Stars" is usually a big deal for celebs ... but not for Bobby Bones, who revealed Wednesday he sent the Mirrorball trophy back to ABC.

FYI ... the radio host competed on the show's 27th season back in 2018, when he was paired with Sharna Burgess, and they ended up winning the top prize at the end of the season.

Bobby said he decided to let go of the Mirrorball trophy after former "DWTS" host Tom Bergeron spoke to Parade earlier this month and said he was "shocked" when Bobby came out on top of the other contestants. Tom felt other contestants' performances were superior to Bobby's.