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HuffPostElon Musk’s Ex Grimes Speaks Out Following His Controversial Salute
The Canadian pop artist broke her silence on Musk’s one-armed gesture, making her stance clear.
- Fortune
Jeff Bezos gave $100 million to actress Eva Longoria and the retired admiral who oversaw the capture of Osama bin Laden to use as they see fit
The world’s second-richest person launched the Courage and Civility Award in 2021 to support philanthropists—and Eva Longoria and retired Navy admiral Bill McRaven are its latest winners.
- People
Teen Couple Vanished During Night Out on the Beach in Hawaii, Then Human Remains Were Found
"We don’t know what happened that night. ... The waves were huge," the families of Samantha Chun and Joey Fujioka said
- HuffPost
CNN Legal Analyst Stunned By ‘Extraordinary’ Donald Trump Move That’s ‘Sent Shock Waves'
Former prosecutor Elie Honig described it as "very heavy-handed."
- People
Woman Vanished on a Hike with Mom and Was Later Found Slain in Woods. 4 Years Later, Suspect Is Arrested
Dakota Petrey is charged with the 2020 murder of Vanessa Ceja-Ramirez
- The Telegraph
Watch: Firefight erupts between Hamas and bandits over Gaza aid trucks
Hamas has been involved in a prolonged firefight with bandits trying to loot aid trucks, as the terror organisation struggles to assert control over Gaza.
- CNN
One minute, they were celebrating Gaza’s ceasefire. The next, they were killed
Thirteen-year-old Zakariya Barbakh had spent most of his life shuffling between hospitals across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Israel.
- People
Calif. Woman Charged with Animal Cruelty After Police Find 27 Dead Horses Across Several Properties
Authorities confirmed 16 horses had been rescued, but a further four and a bull "had to be euthanized due to their extreme neglect"
- BBC
China hands death sentence to man who killed Japanese boy
It is the latest punishment imposed by the Chinese authorities following a series of mass attacks.
- The Guardian
‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can marry at last
Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding events
- People
2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag Near Trash Cans: Police
Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period
- France 24
Nearly 2,000 couples wed as Thailand legalises same-sex marriage
Thailand's same-sex marriage law took effect Thursday, making it the largest Asian nation to recognise equal marriage rights, including for transgender individuals, and to extend adoption and inheritance rights to all married couples. Almost 2,000 same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's equal marriage law went into effect in a first for Southeast Asia.The milestone sees Thailand become by far the biggest nation in Asia to recognise equal marriage, after
- The Independent
Suspect who posed as a child care worker is arrested after ‘raping teen waiting for the bus’
Derrick Dwayne Thompson, 57, drove a black Chevrolet Suburban advertising a fake childcare business
- The Independent
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana gloated he was ‘glad they’re dead’ after murdering three children
The court heard Axel Rudakubana, 18, talked about the attack while in police custody
- Fortune
Crypto crime lord Ross Ulbricht gets a pardon—but his fortune is gone after the U.S. auctioned off his Bitcoins in 2014 for just $334 each
Ulbricht’s conviction has been wiped out, but his 144,000 Bitcoins are long gone.
- Evening Standard
Hundreds of couples tie the knot as Thailand legalises same sex marriage
Celebrations as Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same sex unions
- CNN
Pete Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman alleging 2017 sexual assault
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid $50,000 as part of a confidentiality agreement to a woman who alleged he sexually assaulted her, according to documents obtained by CNN.
- The Telegraph
French woman who refused sex with husband not ‘at fault’ in divorce, ECHR rules
A French woman who refused to have sex with her husband was not “at fault” in her divorce, Europe’s top human rights court has ruled.
- People
Brooklyn Man Who Died After Beating by Muggers in Back Seat of Taxi Remembered as 'A Father Every Girl Could Dream of'
"I don’t know how to live without him. He’s my life. He taught me everything I know," Taylor Shelonchik said of her father, Michael Shelonchik, who was fatally beaten on Jan. 21
- CNN
Hundreds of same-sex couples wed as Thailand’s landmark marriage bill takes effect
Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.