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Lewis Hamilton
personHamilton and Verstappen battled wheel-to-wheel from the start of the race. Red Bull driver was sent out of control and crashed into the wall. Hamilton received a 10-second time penalty, which he served at his only pit-stop. The stewards are investigating the incident which could see Hamilton penalised.
Katie Hopkins
personBritish provocateur Katie Hopkins has been dropped from Australia's upcoming 'Big Brother VIP' She is being investigated by the Australian Border Force after she claimed to have purposefully broken strict quarantine rules. At 5am on Saturday, Hopkins took to Instagram live to post a speech where she 'called out' the lockdowns. She openly mocked the 14-day hotel quarantine rules revealing she planned to deliberately break them.
Biz Markie
personBiz Markie, real name Marcel Theo Hall, had been battling health issues for a year. His cause of death was not confirmed, but last year he was hospitalised for complications related to Type 2 diabetes.
Sajid Javid
personBritish Health Minister Sajid Javid reveals he has tested positive for COVID-19. 51-year-old confirmed that he's had both his jabs and his symptoms are currently "mild" Number of Covid cases in the UK has reached 277,995 in the past seven days.
Guto Harri
personGB News director of programming John McAndrew has reportedly quit. Channel attracted 'no measurable audience' between 1pm and 1.30pm and again at 5pm. Channel accused of backtracking on its 'anti-woke' stance.
Ian Benjamin Rogers
personIan Benjamin Rogers, 45, and Jarrod Copeland, 37, were followers of the extreme right Three Percenter militia movement. Rogers faces five charges of conspiracy to destroy a building, illegal bomb possession, and illegal possession of machine guns.
Collin Morikawa
personCollin Morikawa carded a six-under 64 to set the clubhouse lead. The American is playing in his first Open Championship at Royal St George's. Daniel Van Tonder, Emiliano Grillo and Marcel Siem are three shots back. First-round leader Louis Oosthuizen is three behind after playing in the afternoon.
Danish Siddiqui
personDanish Siddiqui, 38, was killed in southern Afghanistan while covering clashes between the country's special forces and the Taliban. He was with Afghan forces in Kandahar province when they were ambushed by the Taliban during the battle for the border crossing at Spin Boldak. Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area.
Mike Verdu
personMike Verdu was previously Facebook’s vice president in charge of working with developers to bring games and other content to Oculus virtual-reality headsets. Video games give Netflix another way to lure new customers.
Jarrod Ramos
personAn Annapolis, Maryland, jury found that Jarrod Ramos, 41, was responsible for the killings on Thursday. Ramos went on a 2018 rampage following a yearslong vendetta against the newspaper. Prosecutors are seeking five life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Jordan Spieth
personJordan Spieth fires opening 5-under 65 at Royal St George's. Spieth won The Open back in 2017 at Royal Birkdale. Fellow American Bryson DeChambeau shoots one-over 71. South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen set the pace with a 64.
Louis Oosthuizen
personOosthuizen heads into second round with a one-shot lead over Spieth. Brian Harman was tied for second with Spieth after making five birdies in his first eight holes. Mackenzie Hughes of Hamilton, Ont. was in a three-way tie for fourth place with Dylan Frittell and Stewart Cink.
Britney Spears
personBritney Spears celebrated appointment of new lawyer by doing cartwheels. Spears has been under court supervision since February 2008. Her father Jamie Spears is in charge of her personal and financial matters.
Masih Alinejad
personIranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad is the target of the plot, prosecutors say. Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, 50, an Iranian intelligence official who resides in Iran, and four accomplices, were indicted.
Senate
organizationThe Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. It would also expunge nonviolent marijuana-related arrests and convictions from federal records. Measure would erode a central pillar of the decades-long war on drugs, allowing it to be taxed.
Chuck Schumer
personSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed legislation to end the federal government's ban on marijuana. If passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Biden, the bill would federally deschedule cannabis.
Richard Sherman
personPolice say Richard Sherman tried to force his way into a family member's home. Authorities say he fought with officers, who used police dogs to apprehend him. The NFL Players Association is monitoring the situation.
Greg Abbott
personMore than 50 state House Democrats in Texas fled the state on Monday night in order to deny Republicans a quorum to advance a new bill on voting restrictions. At least 58 Democrats left Austin to avoid the vote on election bills, touching down in Washington D.C. on Monday evening in two private jets - chartered at a cost of $100,000. They have fled to prevent a vote on two bills which would add new identification requirements for mail voting; ban some early voting options; and create new criminal penalties for breaking election code.
Marcus Rashford
personHundreds of hand-written messages of support and respect have been left on a mural of footballer Marcus Rashford. The heartfelt notes covered graffiti that was scrawled on the artwork in Withington, Manchester. It comes after the star, 23, was racially abused by online trolls after missing a penalty in England's Euro 2020 defeat to Italy on Sunday night. Greater Manchester Police called the defacing of the mural a 'racially aggravated' act of vandalism.
Priti Patel
personTyrone Mings accuses Priti Patel of ‘stoking the fire’ of racism. Home Secretary said she was ‘disgusted’ by racist abuse aimed at England’s penalty-takers. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all failed to score in crucial shoot-out.