Virgin Galactic Crash – Richard Branson casts doubt on future of spaceflight project as pilot killed in crash is named. [ind]

Virgin Galactic Was Warned About Potential Instability Of New Fuel, Experts Say – Investigators say report into why SpaceShipTwo broke up and crashed in Mojave desert, killing one pilot and injuring the other, could take up to a year. [guardian]

Caught In A Moment Of Darkness – Most South Africans were caught off-guard by a sudden dose of load shedding, which was caused after a coal silo collapsed at Eskom’s Majuba power station in Mpumalanga on Sunday. [n24]

Ramaphosa Orders Ban On Farm Evictions – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has infuriated organised agriculture by announcing an immediate ban on legal and illegal farm evictions. [citpr]

Kelly Khumalo Watches Senzo Meyiwa’s Funeral On TV – Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs fans, bitter rivals on South Africa’s football fields, cried together at Senzo Meyiwa’s funeral in Durban yesterday. [tlive]

Khumalo Lookalike Jeered At Senzo’s Funeral – Kelly Khumalo wasn’t at her partner Senzo Meyiwa’s funeral in Durban yesterday – and one incident early in the day suggested the crowd wouldn’t have welcomed her. [citpr]

The Fight Over Senzo: #TeamKelly Vs #TeamMandisa – South Africans are taking to a Twitter war over their support for Kelly Khumalo and others for Mandisa Mkhize, both close to Senzo Meyiwa. [m&g]

Lewis Agrees To Buy Beares From Ellerines – Lewis Group has agreed to buy the Beares brand and some stores from Ellerine Holdings, the furniture retailer of failed lender African Bank Investments Limited (Abil), Lewis said on Friday. [bdl]

Pirate Bay Founder Gottfrid Warg Gets Lengthy Jail Term – Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Warg has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for hacking into computers and illegally downloading files. [bbc]

Effects Of Climate Change ‘Irreversible,’ U.N. Panel Warns In Report – The Earth is locked on an “irreversible” course of climatic disruption from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the impacts will only worsen unless nations agree to dramatic cuts in pollution, an international panel of climate scientists warned Sunday. [washpo]

British-Iranian Woman Gets 1-Year Prison Sentence For Trying To Watch Volleyball Game – Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year old British-Iranian woman, has been sentenced to one year of prison in Iran for participating in a protest against the country’s ban on women watching volleyball matches. [mash]

Schumacher Losing This Race – Expert – In spite of all the optimistic bulletins released by his management – which talk of “steady progress” and “continued hope” – Schumacher exists in a twilight world in which he has barely any grasp of what is going on around him. [nzh]

Chad Bags World Cup Title – South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu were the overall winners of the FINA Swimming World Cup which ended in Singapore on Sunday. [s24]

Lewis Hamilton Delivers Swashbuckling US Grand Prix Victory To Move Closer To A Second Drivers’ Championship – Mercedes driver overhauls team-mate Nico Rosberg to take his third win in the United States in stunning fashion. [tele]

Is The Pope Catholic? Critics Rally Around Benedict As Talk Of Schism Looms – Conservative Catholics, angry at Pope Francis’s more moderate tone, are bucking the Church’s hierarchy. [beast]

Eight Men Receive Jail Time For Appearance In Alleged Same-Sex Wedding Party In Egypt – The men, detained in September, each received three years in prison. An Internet video shows two men exchanging rings and embracing among cheering friends. [nydn]

Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life – Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 29. [people]

‘They Don’t Call It SEAL Team 6-Year-Old for Nothing’: Commandos Clash Over Tell-All Book – The author of the inside story of the bin Laden raid is back with a new book, and after the Pentagon and his former teammates spurned him, he’s calling them ‘SEAL Team 6-Year-Old.’ [beast]

Taylor Swift’s Role As New York Ambassador Leaves Locals Unimpressed – Swift’s new gig as New York City’s global tourism ambassador is getting a raspberry from locals who’ve questioned her street cred and mocked videos she made for the city’s tourism agency, NYC & Co. [trav]

She’s Back: Rihanna Returns To Instagram After 6-Month Absence – Rihanna fans, #RIHjoice: The pop star has been allowed to return to Instagram after a six-month hiatus. [mash]

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