A billionaire California technology firm founder and his friend took no-jail plea deals Wednesday that had them donate $1 million to charities while not admitting guilt in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room drug investigation. Henry Thompson Nicholas III and co-defendant Ashley Christine Fargo stood with their attorneys in court and entered so-called “Alford pleas” […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sarah Ewart travelled to England for a termination Belfast’s High Court is due to rule on a woman’s challenge against Northern Ireland’s abortion laws. The court will rule whether the laws are in breach of the UK’s human rights commitments in a landmark case. Sarah Ewart was denied an
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Beanie Feldstein wasn’t sure she was the romantic type ― that is, until she met her girlfriend. The “Lady Bird” and “Booksmart” actor opened up about a variety of subjects, including her love life, in a candid interview with Teen Vogue published Tuesday. She told the magazine that she spoke so coldly about her boyfriends that her
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Krissy Abbott from Essex had to depend on food banks and handouts when she was expecting to live on her state pension – but her retirement age had changed from 60 to 65. Her bereavement allowance (after husband Alan died the year before) ran out, and an application for benefits wasn’t approved/paid until late April.
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Twin bloggers Hermon and Heroda lost their hearing when they were children but new clothing using haptic sensors means they can enjoy a night out dancing to music. Special software captures the music, interprets it and then transforms it into touch data which is sent wirelessly to their shirts. BBC Click finds out more. See
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Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne has a herniated disk in her back. The league’s MVP left Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Tuesday night after playing only a few minutes in the first quarter because of back spasms. She didn’t return, and an MTI revealed the herniated disk Wednesday. Delle Donne is undergoing
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WASHINGTON — As a member of Congress, Mike Pompeo drove the Republican inquiry into the killing of a United States ambassador in Benghazi, Libya, and made clear there was no place for politics in American diplomacy. Nor, he said, would he tolerate “dithering” by an Obama administration State Department that he called “deeply obstructive of
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Recently I’ve been thinking about the conversation around size inclusivity on the runway, or rather the lack thereof. It seems to me that it has lessened, or become less buzzy if you will, which is a great fear for those who have spent their careers trying to create real change and hoping with every passing
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Image copyright Getty Images Supermodel Gigi Hadid confronted an intruder on the catwalk at the Chanel show during Paris Fashion Week. Comedian Marie S’Infiltre – real name Marie Benoliel – climbed onto the runway wearing a Chanel-style dog tooth-patterned outfit and a black hat. After getting most of the way round the runway, Gigi Hadid
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘It makes me angry. It makes me very emotional.’ Campaigners will learn later whether the government’s handling of the rise in women’s state pension age discriminated against them. The retirement age for women rose from 60 to 65, in line with men, and will go up to
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