High Noon For Tiger Brands As Summons Issued In Listeriosis Class Action Lawsuit – The deadly listeriosis outbreak, which hit South Africa hard, is starting to play out before the courts. [dmav]
Climate-Change Protests Paralyse Parts Of London – Environmental activists in London’s financial district say ‘economic disruption is key’ to getting the government to listen to their demands. [bday]
Online Porn Age Verification Checks To Take Effect In The UK From This Summer – Users may have to provide bank details or purchase a card in stores to access explicit material. [sky]
Woman Hurt In Prince Philip Crash Facing Driving Charges – A woman who criticised the Duke of Edinburgh after his Sandringham car crash left her with a broken wrist is facing motoring charges relating to two separate earlier incidents. [newsau]
Sol Pais, 18-Year-Old Subject Of FBI Manhunt, Found Dead In Denver – Pais was reportedly obsessed with the Columbine shooting and had traveled to Denver on its 20th anniversary to buy a gun. [rolsto]
Lori Loughlin Felt She Had ‘No Choice’ But To Plead Not Guilty – Actress Lori Loughlin felt she had no other option but to plead not guilty in the college admissions scandal, a source close to Loughlin tells CNN. [cnn]
Peru’s Ex-President Alan Garcia Kills Himself As Police Try To Arrest Him – Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia died after shooting himself as police waited Wednesday to arrest him on corruption allegations involving a massive Latin American bribery scandal. [lat]
A Man Carrying Two Gas Cans And Lighters Was Arrested At NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral – A man carrying two canisters filled with gasoline, lighter fluid, and a pair of lighters was arrested Wednesday night at New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, police said. [buzz] Come on, guys..
Ivanka Trump Tries To Be The “Nice Trump” In A Polite, But Skeptical, Africa – On Ivanka Trump’s first official visit to Africa, there have been no colonial-era helmets or Trump-style gaffes—just business. [qz]
The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Premiere Was Pirated 54 Million Times In 24 Hours – Sunday’s season eight premiere of “Game of Thrones” was the show’s most-watched episode ever, but it could have been even bigger if more people watched it legally. [busins]
Half Of England Is Owned By Less Than 1% Of The Population – Research by author reveals corporations and aristocrats are the biggest landowners. [guardian]
How The 4/20 ‘Weed Day’ Celebrations Sold Out To The Man – The ‘stoner’s holiday’ has gone mainstream, with makeup brands and Ben & Jerry’s launching new products and promotions to celebrate. But not everyone is cheering. [beast]
Samsung’s Foldable Phones Haven’t Even Shipped Yet And Are Already Breaking – The Samsung Galaxy Fold was meant to usher in a new era. Assuming we’re talking about the era of epic fucking PR disasters, it just very well may have succeeded. [mash]
Facebook Says It ‘Unintentionally Uploaded’ 1.5 Million People’s Email Contacts Without Their Consent – Facebook harvested the email contacts of 1.5 million users without their knowledge or consent when they opened their accounts. [busins]
TikTok Vanishes From Google, Apple App Stores In India After Ban – A court asked the federal government on April 3 to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and warning that sexual predators could target child users. [nbc]
Pig Brains Partially Revived Four Hours After Death – US scientists have partially revived pig brains four hours after the animals were slaughtered. [bbc]
‘Once-In-Lifetime Find’: Botswana’s Largest Ever Blue Diamond Unveiled – The stone is estimated to have formed up to three billion years ago and is hailed to be “as rare as a star in the Milky Way”. [sky]
What Does MacKenzie Bezos Want? – Truth be told, I feel a little bad for MacKenzie Bezos, and not because she just divorced the richest man in the world, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. That part seems fine, and she likely meant what she said when she announced on April 4, in her first and so far only tweet, that she’s “excited” about her own plans and “looking forward to what comes next.” [qz]
Bob Dylan Is Not A Fan Of You Taking His Photo Onstage – “We can either play or pose,” Dylan barked into a microphone at a Vienna show. “Okay?” [rolsto]
Lisa Marie Presley, 51, Visits A Candy Store In New York – As she’s seen for the first time following explosive Leaving Neverland documentary. [dm]
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