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Martin Shkreli
personJudge orders Martin Shkreli to return $64.6M in drug profits, bars him from pharmaceutical industry for life. Ex-CEO and convicted felon is also banned from ever participating in the pharmaceutical industry again. Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of the medication Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent.
Ashling Murphy
personGardai have released a man they had been questioning over the death of Ashling Murphy. The 23-year-old was killed while running along the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on Wednesday. Gardai appealed for witnesses and asked anyone with information about a “Falcon Storm mountain bike’
Granit Xhaka
personArsenal held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Anfield in the Carabao Cup. Granit Xhaka was sent off in the 24th minute for a high challenge on Diogo Jota. Eric Dier has been ruled out of the north London derby with a minor muscular injury.
Queen
personDuke of York stripped of military & HRH honours by the Queen amid sex assault scandal. Sources say he will never again return to public life. Her Majesty felt she had no choice but to make the 'ruthless and swift' decision.
Premier League
organizationArsenal have asked the Premier League to postpone Sunday's north London derby at Tottenham Hotspur. Burnley’s shortage of players due to coronavirus cases and injuries has led to its Premier League match against Leicester being postponed. Leicester have not played a league match since their 1-0 victory over Liverpool on December 28.
Christine Lee
personSolicitor Christine Lee engaged in ‘political interference activities’ in the UK on behalf of Beijing. Security services have been aware of her activities for ‘some time’ Chinese Embassy rejected claims, accusing authorities of ‘smearing and intimidation’ against Chinese community in UK.
Joe Biden
personOnly 33% of adults approve of President Joe Biden's job performance. Just 41% of Americans approved of his economic leadership last month. Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor wrote a joint dissent.
Prince Andrew
personPrince Andrew has been stripped of his military honours by the Queen. He will also no longer be allowed to use the honorific 'HRH' in official capacity. Comes as a New York judge rules he must face a civil trial over claims he sexually abused Virginia Giuffre when she was just 17. Prince Andrew strongly denies the allegations against him.
Buckingham Palace
organizationBuckingham Palace forced him to drop his HRH title and dashed his hopes of resuming public duties. Duke of York failed in bid to have civil sexual assault case thrown out. US Judge Lewis A Kaplan decided it will go to trial. Andrew was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages.
Supreme Court
organizationMarian van Overwaele, 71, refused to pay a bill relating to a bridalwear business she ran in 1997 - with her debt later rising to £30,000. The former businesswoman was subsequently made bankrupt in 2000 and has spent the last two decades appealing attempts to have her removed from Knockderry Castle, in Cove, Argyll. Sunny Hostin ranted against the Supreme Court on Friday, declaring Americans have the "Freedom to die from COVID" but not to vote or read the work of Toni Morrison.
Lisa Cook
personSarah Bloom Raskin is a former Fed and Treasury official. Lisa Cook would be the first Black woman in the Fed’s over 100-year history to serve as a Fed governor. Philip Jefferson is an economist, dean of faculty at Davidson College.
Machine Gun Kelly
personMachine Gun Kelly proposed to Megan Fox at the Spa Botánico at the Ritz-Carlton Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The silver engagement ring consists of two parts, one with an emerald gem and one with a diamond.
Granit Xhaka
personGranit Xhaka was sent off in the 24th minute for a foul on Diogo Jota. Arsenal and Liverpool drew 0-0 at Anfield in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. The winner will meet Chelsea in the title match at Wembley Stadium next month.
Douglas Ross
personJacob Rees-Mogg dismisses Douglas Ross as a "lightweight" within the party. Mr Ross said Boris Johnson should step down after he admitted attending a Downing Street party during lockdown. Michael Gove dismisses Mr Ross as being "in Elgin"
Gavin Newsom
personGavin Newsom has denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, 77, who has spent more than 50 years in prison for the assassination of Robert F Kennedy. RFK’s widow Ethel, who is 93, said in a statement released by one of her daughters that Sirhan ‘should not be paroled’ California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for $2 billion to expand access to housing and mental health services for homeless people.
Kevin McCarthy
personRep. Liz Cheney said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was trying to 'cover up' what happened at the Capitol riot. She also refused to rule out the option of subpoenaing him. McCarthy said he would be willing to testify about his conversations with Trump to an outside commission.
MI5
organizationChristine Ching Kui Lee was chief legal adviser to the Chinese embassy in London. Her law firm bankrolled former Labour front-bencher Barry Gardiner MP’s office, to the tune of over £500,000 over five years.
Megan Fox
personMachine Gun Kelly proposed to Megan Fox at the Spa Botánico at the Ritz-Carlton Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The Born with Horns artist, 31, had a custom-made emerald and diamond ring made.
Halyna Hutchins
personHalyna Hutchins, 42, died from her injuries while director Joel Souza fought for his life. Police are looking into how live ammunition could have been present on set, which is strictly prohibited in the film industry.
Kyrsten Sinema
personThe Arizona Democrat said the answer to divisiveness in the Senate is not to change filibuster rules. The comments are effectively the final nail in the coffin of Democrats' longshot effort to pass two elections bills over unified Senate GOP opposition.