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Aaron Torgalski
personCops Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski were caught on camera pushing Martin Gugino, 75, during protests in Buffalo, New York. They were charged with felony assault, but a grand jury has declined to indict them. The two officers are still suspended, pending an internal investigation.
TJ Ducklo
personTJ Ducklo, a White House press aide, was suspended from his job on Friday after he reportedly threatened and made disparaging comments to a reporter. Ducklo is dating Axios political reporter Alexi McCammond, and reportedly made threats over the phone to Politico’s Tara Palmeri. The White House described the exchange as “a heated conversation about his personal life"
J.J. Watt
personWatt racked up a franchise-record 101 sacks in his 10 years with the Texans. He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award three times in a four-year span. Watt had one year remaining on a 6-year, $100 million contract.
Robert McCabe
personGrand jury declines to indict Buffalo officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski on assault charges. The officers were seen on video last June shoving activist Martin Gugino, who fell over and started bleeding. He spent about a month in the hospital with a fractured skull and brain injury.
Alexi McCammond
personWhite House official TJ Ducklo threatened Politico reporter Tara Palmeri after she pursued a story on the official’s relationship with a different reporter at Axios. The White House, including Press Secretary Jen Psaki, was made aware of the abusive conversation. Ducklo has been suspended without pay for one week.
Andrew Cuomo
personNew York State Assembly is holding a conference to consider rescinding Governor Andrew Cuomo's emergency powers to manage the coronavirus pandemic. Comes after a top aide admitted their administration hid damning information about deaths among nursing home patients. Melissa DeRosa admitted that officials 'froze' in August when former President Donald Trump's Department of Justice asked for the data. The data remained secret for months until January, until a damning report from New York Attorney General Letitia James' office said the state had undercounted the number of nursing home deaths.
Sofia Kenin
personReigning Australian Open champion is knocked out in straight sets by an unseeded player in surprising upset at Melbourne Park. American world no.4 Sofia Kenin suffered a 6-3, 6-2 defeat to unseeded Estonian veteran Kaia Kanepi. Top-seeded Ash Barty dropped a few more points in her second-round match than her first – but the result was still the same. Shelby Rogers advances to the third round for the first time by beating qualifier Olga Danilovic.
Lisa Murkowski
personSince January, more than 140,000 people have quit the GOP in the 25 states with readily available registration data. Loujain al-Hathoul was released to her family’s home in Riyadh on Wednesday after 1,001 days in prison on charges related to her activism.
Mitt Romney
personRomney says footage shown at impeachment trial let him know how close he was to danger. Judge Jeanine Pirro ranted that Democrats are "trying to tarnish Donald Trump so he can never run again" 9 Asian-owned businesses in Portland, Oregon were vandalized and had windows smashed.
BBC World News
organizationChina pulls BBC World News off air for content 'violation' China's broadcasting regulator said the channel's content had "seriously" violated guidelines. Comes a week after Beijing's propaganda channel was kicked off British TV screens.
Larry Flynt
personFlynt launched Hustler in 1974, which quickly grew to become one of the country’s most popular adult magazines. He was shot by a sniper and left paralyzed from the waist down in 1978. Hustler pioneered a demotic brand of pornography, and outsold its more urbane competitors, Playboy and Penthouse.
FA Cup
organizationTammy Abraham scores second-half winner as Chelsea beat Barnsley 1-0 in FA Cup. Southampton also advance after a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Everton reach FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2016. Manchester City have won 15 consecutive games in all competitions.
Cara Dune
personCarano's dismissal for an anti-Semitic Instagram post came after Disney+ had already canceled plans to have her character star in a spin-off series. Senator Ted Cruz has hit out at Disney for 'cancelling' Carano.
Fox News
organizationU.S. to start sending COVID-19 vaccines directly to community health centers. Pakistan's top court commuted the death sentences of two mentally ill prisoners. Fox News cut away from impeachment trial to air The Five, which included a guest appearance by Judge Jeanine Pirro.
Gina Carano
personLucasfilm said her social media posts were 'abhorrent and unacceptable' Carano had portrayed a prominent character in the first and second seasons. Fans are campaigning for Lucy Lawless to replace her as Cara Dune.
Lindsey Graham
personFox News cut away from the impeachment trial to air The Five, which included a guest appearance by Judge Jeanine Pirro. Pirro ranted that Democrats are "trying to tarnish Donald Trump so he can never run again" A detained Saudi women’s rights activist had electrodes fixed to her head during phone calls with her family to prevent her speaking of the torture she suffered in prison.
Yoshiro Mori
personYoshiro Mori, 83, set to step down over sexist remarks, it has been reported. He made the comments at a Japanese Olympic Committee board meeting. His remarks provoked a social media backlash at home and abroad. Mori later issued an apology and reports say he will soon quit.
Bianca Andreescu
personBianca Andreescu, Stan Wawrinka, Venus Williams and Petra Kvitova all tumbled out of the Australian Open. Serena Williams breezed through to the last 32 with a straight-sets win. World No 1 Novak Djokovic beat Frances Tiafoe.
TikTok
organizationSale of ByteDance's TikTok US operations put on ice indefinitely, sources say. Deal was forced upon the company by Trump's administration citing alleged security risks. Washington did not provide any evidence proving the allegations.
Venus Williams
personBianca Andreescu, Stan Wawrinka, Venus Williams and Petra Kvitova all tumbled out. The Czech ninth seed was beaten in three sets by Romania’s Sorana Cirstea. Serena Williams cruised into round three with a 6-3 6-0 win over Nina Stojanovic.