Expert Finds SA Painting Valued At £1m In London Kitchen – An art expert discovered the Irma Stern painting, once sold to help fund Nelson Mandela’s legal defence, being used as a noticeboard in a London flat. [mg]
Bill Cosby Loses Bid To Stop Sexual Assault Lawsuit – Civil claim alleges comedian sexually assaulted Judy Huth at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15. [guardian]
New York Plans $15-an-Hour (R186) Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers – The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three years ago has led to higher wages for workers all across the country. On Wednesday, it paid off for the people who started it. [nyt]
Money Was Wasted On Nkandla – Frolick – A visit to President Jacob Zuma’s private residence revealed that the homestead was not worth the price tag, the Nkandla ad hoc comittee chairperson said on Wednesday afternoon. [n24]
New York City Mayor Backs Down From Uber Fight – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has turned tail on his threatened proposal to cap the number of car-hailing vehicles in the city. Uber, which recruited outraged users for its cause and was also backed by celebrities like Kate Upton, framed the plan as an existential threat to its business. [mash]
Woman Puts Toddler With Down’s Syndrome In Washing Machine For A ‘Laugh’ – Courney Stewart, 21, said it was ‘absolutely ridiculous’ that she had been reported to police as the boy ‘loves washing machines’ [tele]
‘I Am Cait’ Review: Reality TV Has Never Been This Essential Or This Good – Forget worries that Caitlyn Jenner’s reality show would be a vapid ‘Kardashians’ retread. Responsible, informative, emotional, and fun, it’s the genre in its highest form. [db]
No Pharrell, Woolworths Crisis Meeting – Official – The City of Cape Town has denied that a crisis meeting took place in anticipation of a protest at the upcoming concert by Grammy award-winning American singer and rapper Pharrell Williams at the Grand West Casino complex on September 21. [f24]
China Returns Passport To Artist Ai Weiwei – Chinese artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei could soon be on the move again. [cnn]
Mexican Prison Chief, 6 Other Officials Arrested Over Drug Lord Tunnel Escape – The Mexican Attorney General’s office announced seven officials including Librado Carmona Garcia, the head of the maximum security prison, have been arrested over involvement in the jail break of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. [rt]
Perry: Trump’s Campaign ‘A Barking Carnival Act’ And ‘A Cancer On Conservatism’ – Former Texas governor Rick Perry escalated his criticism of fellow GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump from blistering to downright blazing in a speech Wednesday, accusing him of being a “cancer on conservatism.” [washpo]
Leo DiCaprio’s New Girl Kelly Rohrbach Turns Heads In Lace Dress At His Gala – 12 months after lookalike ex Toni Garrn did the same. [dm]
Three Men Injured By Lightning Strike At Florida Nude Beach – Three men were hospitalized on Wednesday after lightning struck Haulover Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida, America’s largest public nude beach, The Miami Herald reports. [gawk]
Katy Perry Joins Taylor Swift v Nicki Minaj Row – And Brings Rihanna With Her – Wading into the Twitter spat between Swift and Minaj over Video Music award nominations, Perry all but confirms that Swift’s hit single Bad Blood is about her. [guardian]
The ‘Gawker Tax’ Is Getting Too High, Denton Tells His Staff – That’s the message that C.E.O. Nick Denton had for his editorial employees yesterday, and it’s a message that he repeated many times over the course of a meeting that stretched for nearly two hours. [capital]
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