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Jamal Khashoggi
personBiden administration says Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit. State Department calls the administration's call to shield the Saudi crown prince from U.S. courts "purely a legal determination"
Ticketmaster
organizationTicketmaster has been sharply criticized for mishandling ticket sales for Swift's 2023 tour. Many fans faced site outages and long wait times as over 2 million tickets were sold. Site cited "insufficient ticket inventory" to meet "extraordinarily high demands"
Elon Musk sent a late night email to his employees on Wednesday. He demanded an "extremely hardcore" work culture and "long hours at high intensity" As much as 75 percent may not return to work on Monday.
Taylor Swift
personTicketmaster now controls over 70 per cent of ticketing at major concert venues. Some fans say the experience made them "officially turned off by Taylor Swift" Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she will call a Senate hearing to probe Ticketmaster. Tennessee Attorney General has also launched an investigation into the chaos.
the Tennessee Titans
organizationTennessee Titans beat Green Bay Packers 27-17 at the Frozen Tundra. The Titans are now 7-3 after opening the season with two losses. The Packers, who ended a five-game losing streak against the Cowboys, fall to 4-7.
Budweiser
organizationAlcohol is not available in shops in Qatar and only served in certain upmarket hotels. Alcohol cannot be brought into the country, consumed in public, or bought outside of licenced venues. FIFA will now likely face a legal suit from Budweiser, who had the exclusive right to sell beer at World Cup matches.
Nancy Pelosi
personPelosi became the first female speaker of the House and the highest-ranking woman in American history in 2007. She pushed through an unpopular bank bailout that averted a looming depression. She muscled through Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act.
Jeremy Hunt
personU.K. Treasury Chief Jeremy Hunt set out the country's budget for next year. It contained 55 billion pounds ($65.53 billion) of financial consolidation. Shares in house builders reacted positively, with Barratt Developments up 0.5%. Hunt said he will increase the NHS budget by an extra £3.3bn.
Ticketmaster
organizationTicketmaster says it doesn't have enough tickets for Taylor Swift's upcoming stadium tour. The decision comes two days after a presale event caused the site to crash and left many fans without tickets. This is Swift's first nationwide tour since her 2018 Reputation tour.
Karen Bass
personKaren Bass will be the first woman and second Black Angeleno elected to lead the city in its 241-year history. Bass led with 53.1% of the vote, compared with 46.9% for billionaire businessman Rick Caruso. She takes office Dec. 12 as the City Council faces a racism scandal.
the House of Representatives
organizationRepublicans are projected to win a slim majority in the US House of Representatives with 218 seats, giving the GOP control of the lower chamber of Congress. Current House minority leader Kevin McCarthy has already cleared the first hurdle toward being elected House Speaker.
Taylor Swift
personTicketmaster and SeatGeek announced Thursday that the public sale of tickets has been canceled. Ticketmaster says extreme interest, combined with bot attacks, led to "unprecedented traffic on our site"
Brittney Griner
personBrittney Griner has been relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 210 miles east of Moscow. She was sentenced in August following her February arrest at an airport in Moscow, when Russian authorities say she was caught entering the country with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. The US State Department declared Griner to be 'wrongfully detained'
Malaysia Airlines
organizationDutch court finds two Russian men and one Ukrainian man guilty of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Russian foreign ministry said that prosecutors had ignored all evidence it said indicated that the missile could have been launched by Ukrainian troops. Russia denies any involvement or responsibility for MH17's downing in 2014.
AP
organizationDenver police officers met with students in Denver Public Schools about traffic safety on Wednesday. The event was made possible through the Denver Police Museum which obtained a grant from the E-470 Transportation Safety Foundation. The winning numbers in the Idaho Lottery’s “Idaho Cash’ game were:15-16-17-26-30.
Hunter Biden
personRep. Mike Garcia won California's 27th Congressional District, claiming the 218th seat needed for the GOP to flip control of the House. With Democrats controlling the Senate, the divided Congress creates challenges for Biden's agenda in the remaining two years of his administration.
Nancy Pelosi
personHouse Democrats suffered defeat in the 2022 midterm elections. After two years of unified control in the House and Senate, the party will pass control back to Republicans. With the party's loss, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be forced to hand over the speaker's gavel.
Gemma Owen
personBish asked Owen to be his girlfriend in a lavish proposal in August. Pair split after going on a make or break holiday to Dubai. Luca claims that he was 'blindsided' by their split.
The Office for Budget Responsibility
organizationOffice for Budget Responsibility downgraded previous projections. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the forecasts ‘confirm that our actions today help inflation to fall sharply from the middle of next year’ The 7.1% drop in real terms income is the largest since records began in 1956.
OBR
organizationOffice for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said it expected UK gross domestic product (GDP) to slump. It significantly downgraded previous projections that the economy would actually grow by 1.8% in 2023. Jeremy Hunt said the forecasts ‘confirm that our actions today help inflation to fall sharply from the middle of next year’