Prince Had ‘No Control Over Cocaine Habit’ – The drug claim emerges in 911 phone logs as police say they received dozens of calls to the star’s estate in recent years. [sky]
Prince Died Amid Frantic Plans For Drug Addiction Treatment – California doctor specializing in opioid addiction had been called to help with a ‘grave medical emergency.’ [star]
Tonight’s Powerball Price Is R5 BILLION – Get Tickets Here – It’s closing in on a record again, guys. With tonight’s jackpot sitting on $346 million, that will make you a Rand billionaire, five times over! [tickets]
Growing Number Of South Africans Associating With Terrorists – Minister – There are a growing number of South Africans associating themselves with terrorist organisations, Minister of State Security David Mahlobo told Parliament last week. [n24]
Tourism Set To Grow As South Africa Relaxes Visa Rules – South Africa’s tourism sector expects strong growth in 2016 after some strict new visa rules that reduced the number of arrivals in the previous year were lifted, Minister Derek Hanekom said on Tuesday. [enca]
SA’s New Vehicle Sales Market In Decline – According to the latest aggregated figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), total industry new vehicle sales declined 9.2 percent, year-on-year, with only 40,390 new vehicles sold across all segments. [enca]
Woman Bust At Cape Town International For Cocaine ‘Chocolate Bullets’ Worth R1.2m – SARS Customs officials bust a South African woman carrying 4kg of cocaine worth R1.2-million which was concealed in chocolate containers at Cape Town International Airport on Monday afternoon. [tlive]
Schabir Shaik Willing To Testify If Zuma Charged – President Jacob Zuma’s convicted former financial advisor Schabir Shaik is willing to testify if corruption‚ fraud and racketeering charges are pursued in court against Zuma. [tlive]
De Lille Refers Matthew Theunissen’s Racist Slurs To The Human Rights Commission – Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille condemned Theunissen’s comments, saying ‘there are laws and processes to ensure that racists are brought to book’. [mg]
33 Rescued Circus Lions Transferred To Sanctuary In South Africa – Welcome home! Thirty-three lions, previously used in South American circuses, were relocated to the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa over the weekend. [usat]
Minister Says Over 200 People Killed On South African Roads During May Day Holiday – The May Day holiday was marred by a sharp increase in road carnages that killed 237 people across South Africa, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. [enca]
Missing Woman Found Buried Under House – The decaying remains of a Khayelitsha woman who disappeared while celebrating her 21st have been found buried under a half-built house. [iol]
Google Wants To Inject A Computer Into Your Eye – Google, the company who wants you to live forever so it can continue to pull every bit of interesting information about you to sell to advertisers, has filed a patent to shove a computer into your eye. [verge]
Trump Bizarrely Links Cruz’s Father To JFK Assassin; Cruz Goes Ballistic – The feud between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz hit epic proportions Tuesday as Republican primary voters headed to the polls in Indiana. [usat]
Ted Cruz Drops Out Of The Republican Presidential Race – Thirteen months after launching his campaign for president on the promise of being the purest conservative in the contest before a large and exuberant crowd, Ted Cruz ended it abruptly Tuesday night in a cavernous room here in front of a small group of downtrodden supporters. [washpo]
Judge Orders Woman To Unlock iPhone With Her Fingerprint – It’s still not perfectly clear whether or not law enforcement can force you to unlock your phone with your fingerprint, but an LA court isn’t waiting to find out: for the first time in a federal case, a judge has ordered a person to unlock her smartphone using her digits. [eng]
FBI Searches Alleged Mafia Member’s Home In Bid To Crack 1990 Art Heist – A suspected Connecticut mobster may be in on the largest art heist in U.S. history — a $500 million mystery that has remained unsolved for 26 years. [nydn]
Ferrari Names Sergio Marchionne As CEO – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne is also taking the wheel at Ferrari NV, a move that gives him charge over the luxury sports car maker his company spun off less than a year ago. [wsj]
Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Gets 12-Year Prison Sentence – Sheldon Silver, who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of the state’s most powerful and feared politicians as speaker of the New York Assembly, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison in a case that came to symbolize Albany’s culture of graft. [nyt]
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The Luxury Cruise Ship Experience At 30,000 Feet – For most cruise-goers, hopping on an airplane is just a means to an end. It’s the boring bit before they get to their dream vacation: boarding ship and sailing leisurely from one port to the next in the comforts of modern spacious liners. [cnn]
Afeni Shakur, Mother Of Hip-Hop Legend Tupac, Dead At 69 – Afeni Shakur Davis, the activist mother of slain rap legend Tupac Shakur who was the subject of his iconic “Dear Mama” song and controlled his estate, has died. She was 69 years old. [nydn]
Kendall Jenner Was Starstruck For The ‘First Time Ever’ After Meeting Obama – Kendall Jenner left her mark in Washington last night, where she attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. [huff]
Why Instagram Paid Out $10,000 To A 10-Year-Old Finnish Kid – A 10-year-old boy from Helsinki received $10,000 from Instagram for finding a serious bug in the app’s comment feature. [time]
Mercedes Dismiss ‘Lunatic’ Conspiracy Theories After Lewis Hamilton Beaten – ‘The last thing we would do is sabotage Hamilton,’ says Toto Wolff. [huff]
‘This Is My Favorite!’ – Britney Spears looks sensational as she models revealing lime green swimsuit. [dm]
Sinead O’Connor: Speculation over Prince’s unreleased material is ‘uncouth’ [ew]
Pearl Jam To Release Single With Beyoncé – Pearl Jam and Beyonce will team up for a joint single. Their cover of was first recorded at and will be released as part of the band’s Ten Club Holiday Single programme, an annual single’s club for members of their fan club. [nme]
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