Kevin Spacey’s Criminal Case Has Been Dismissed – Massachusetts prosecutors dropped the case, in which an accuser alleged that Spacey groped him when he was 18 years old, “due to the unavailability of the complaining witness.” [vanfair]

El Chapo: Mexican Drug Lord Sentenced To Life In Prison – US district judge imposed life sentence plus 30 years on Joaquín Guzmán at hearing in federal Brooklyn court. [guardian]

US House Condemns Trump’s Racist Attack On Four Congresswomen – The symbolic vote is aimed at shaming Trump and his fellow Republicans who stood by him after racist tweets. [alja]

Jeffrey Epstein’s Fake Foreign Passport Was Used In Saudi Arabia And Other Countries – Prosecutors say it has stamps for travel in and out of France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. [beast]

The EU Just Launched A Formal Antitrust Probe Into Amazon – On Wednesday, the European Commission announced that it will launch a formal investigation into Amazon. Reports of this investigation first surfaced on Tuesday. [busins]

Gun Megastore Plan In New Zealand’s Christchurch Sparks Backlash: Media – New Zealand retailer Gun City, which sold weapons to the man accused of shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured dozens, has aroused concern with plans for a mega store in the South Island city, media said on Wednesday. [reuters]

The Special Pain Of Airbnb Guests Complaining At 4PM On A Friday – Nothing is sacred when it comes to the whims of an Airbnb guest. There’s something about your average Airbnb guest where they take everything terribly seriously. [here]

World Series Of Poker Winner Takes Home $10M – After hundreds of hands at the final table, and 100 between the finalists, Hossein Ensan took home the top prize at the 2019 World Series of Poker. [fox]

Investigators ‘Discover Mysterious 200lb Load’ On Board MH370 After Take-Off – Investigators looking into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have discovered a “mysterious 200lb load” added to the flight list after take-off, according to an engineer whose wife and two children were on board. [tele]

Google’s Project Dragonfly ‘Terminated’ In China – Google’s controversial plan to launch a censored search engine in China has been “terminated”, a company executive has said. [bbc]

Data Of Nearly Every Adult In Bulgaria Likely Stolen In Cyberattack – Someone stole the personal and financial information of millions of Bulgarian taxpayers—likely the majority of the adult population. [giz]

Instagram Hides Number Of ‘Likes’ From Users In Australian Trial – Social media giant says the trial, which rolls out Thursday, will ‘reduce pressure’ on users of the platform. [guardian]

Remains Of 9,000-Year-Old Neolithic Settlement Unearthed Outside Jerusalem – A huge Stone Age settlement unearthed outside Jerusalem may have been home to 3,000 people, the Neolithic equivalent of a large city, according to details released by the Israel Antiquities Authority on Tuesday. [cnn]

Google Suspends Advertising From Controversial Ticket Website Viagogo – Google has suspended Viagogo, the embattled ticket resale company, as an advertiser amid mounting controversy over illegal touting on its website. [tele]

Jordy, Slater Sent Tumbling At JBay – Endless lines of perfect Supertubes greeted contestants as the sun peeped over the eastern skyline on Wednesday morning, and there was no hesitation in calling the contest on. [s24]

SeaWorld Hits Out At Critics Amid Virgin Holidays Ticket Row – Sir Richard Branson said his firm’s decision would create a “richer” experiences for customers. [huffpo]

Half Of Middle-Income South Africans Spend Their Monthly Salary Within 5 Days – New data from FNB shows that middle-income South Africans rely heavily on debt with some using as much as a quarter of their monthly income to pay interest on debt. [btech]

Video: A First Look At The Details Of Formula 1’s Latest Rules For 2021 – Ground-effect aerodynamics look set to return to Formula 1 when the championship’s next major overhaul comes into effect, after rulemakers revealed the first details about the 2021 generation of cars. [autosport]

‘Cordless’ Dyson Fan Advert Falls Foul Of Watchdog – An advert for one of Dyson’s £400 fans has been labelled misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). [bbc]

Latest Health Trend Involves Necking Non-Alcoholic Shots – At a certain age, you start moving away from shots that leave you feeling like death. In fact, these little numbers do just the opposite. [here]

South African Men Get Paid Much More Than Women – Here Are The Worst Industries – South African women are consistently paid less than men, and there is no industry where they are paid more than men, a new report by PwC found. [busins]

Found: British Author Of 50-Year-Old Message In A Bottle That Washed Up In Australia – South Australian man and his son found the bottle, which was dropped from an ocean liner by 13-year-old Paul Gilmore in 1969. [guardian]

Naomi Campbell’s Plane Routine Involves Dettol Wipes, Hygiene Masks, Seat Covers And A ‘Hydration Pack’ – Relatable isn’t a word that usually pops to mind when you think of supermodel Naomi Campbell and she became a Twitter sensation last night after she was amazingly on-brand. [es]

Former Porn Star Set To Lead XXXchurch As Founder Focuses On ‘Christian Cannabis’ – Brittni De La Mora spent almost a decade in the porn industry — until she found Jesus. She met members of XXXchurch, a ministry that helps people overcome pornography addiction, and they helped her discover her sense of worth, she said. [fox]

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