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- BusinessReuters
Elon Musk bashed by heavy metal drummer who cost him $56 billion
Elon Musk suffered one of the biggest legal losses in U.S. history this week when the Tesla CEO was stripped of his $56 billion pay package in a case brought by an unlikely opponent, a former heavy metal drummer. Richard Tornetta sued Musk in 2018, when the Pennsylvania resident held just nine shares of Tesla. The case eventually made its way to trial in late 2022 and on Tuesday a judge sided with Tornetta, voiding the enormous pay deal for being unfair to him and all his fellow Tesla sharehol
- U.S.List Wire
California’s Lake Shasta rising from severe-drought levels in stunning before and after images
The state's largest reservoir is now 70% full.
- HealthBuzzFeed
"It Has Been Associated With An Increased Risk Of Developing Dementia" — This Doctor Is Warning People About The Potential Risk Of This Popular Over-The-Counter Medicine
Just a friendly reminder for you or someone else...
- WorldAssociated Press
UK police say a woman attacked with chemicals is doing 'very poorly.' The suspect is still at large
Authorities in Britain searched nationwide Friday for a suspect still at large two days after a chemical attack in London left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and also injured her two young daughters. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said Friday that the woman is doing “very poorly" following the attack with a corrosive substance, but that the children weren’t as seriously injured as originally thought. Savell asked for the public’s help in finding the suspect, identif
- BusinessInside Edition
Video Pilot's Foot Gets Stuck in Moving Walkway at Airport
A Delta Airlines pilot filed a lawsuit after his foot got stuck in a moving walkway. The incident occurred at Denver International Airport. The pilot says a gap in the moving walkway "swallowed" his foot. His shoe came off, leaving his sock stuck in the machinery. Moving walkways travel at about a mile-and-a-half an hour. In the Denver case, the pilot is suing the company that he says maintains the walkway. Inside Edition's Les Trent has more.
- U.S.USA TODAY
Video shows skiers trying to save teen snowboarder as she falls from California chairlift
Video footage from the incident shows the teenage snowboarder dangling from the chairlift at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in California.
- U.S.Reuters
Doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses has conviction tossed
A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday, because the jury instructions misstated the law. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia also ordered a new trial for Joel Smithers, 41, who has been serving his sentence in an Atlanta prison. Nearly 645,000 people died in the United States from overdoses involving opioids from 1999 to 2021, in
- BusinessMoneywise
‘No end in sight’: Blackstone CEO doesn't think the US can handle another term under President Biden — or what he calls 'four more years' of debt misery. But is it really that bad?
Plus the billionaire's reasons for remaining optimistic about 2024.
- U.S.Fox News
Toxicology report back for Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen to death
Police in Kansas City have received the toxicology report of the three men who were found dead in the snow following their game day gathering.
- WorldAssociated Press
Hamas demands Israel release Marwan Barghouti, a man some Palestinians see as their Nelson Mandela
He's viewed by some Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela, and he's a prime candidate to become their president in the future. Now Marwan Barghouti's freedom is at stake in cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel. Hamas leaders demanded Friday that Israel release Barghouti, a leader of the militant group’s main political rival, as part of any deal to end the fighting in Gaza.
- U.S.LA Times
Column: 'My life cannot be ruined by this scammer.' Two victims lost everything and sued their banks
Alice Lin, 80, lost $720,000, and Artemis Yaffe, 77, lost $1.8 million. They want to warn everyone about massive fraud networks targeting seniors
- WorldPopular Mechanics
The Fearsome Tanks That Fought Saddam Hussein May Soon Come for Vladimir Putin
From the sands of Kuwait to the fields of Ukraine, the forgotten M-84s are rolling toward a new frontline.
- U.S.Associated Press
Ohio Attorney General given until Monday to explain rejection of voting rights amendment to court
Ohio's high court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of a coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of voter protections they are working to place on November's ballot. The Ohio Supreme Court set the deadline Friday. At issue is a Jan. 25 finding by Yost that the proposed constitutional amendment's title — “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” — was “highly misleading and misrepresentative” of the meas
- U.S.Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Former Lakewood High teacher shot man having sex with wife, report states
A former Lakewood High School music teacher shot a man who was having sex with his wife in the couple’s home early Wednesday, according to an arrest report. The Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday that St. Petersburg police arrested Jacob Woodside Merrett, 35, on an attempted first-degree murder charge after investigators determined he shot a man inside his home on the 600 block of 64th Avenue ...
- U.S.Miami Herald
Anglers battle huge fish on Florida beach — and reel in 1,200-pound surprise, video shows
It’s not the first time the fishing duo have reeled in something monumental.
