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Halyna Hutchins
personThe 65-year-old actor looked glum on an outing with wife Hilaria and a few of their children in New York City on Thursday morning. This came after a jury found Wednesday that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was negligent in allowing a live bullet be placed into the gun that Alec Baldwin used on the set. This resulted in the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin is due to go on trial for involuntary manslaughter in July and faces the same possible sentence if convicted.
Alec Baldwin
personThe 65-year-old actor looked glum on an outing with wife Hilaria and a few of their children in New York City on Thursday morning. This came after a jury found Wednesday that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was negligent in allowing a live bullet be placed into the gun that Alec Baldwin used on the set. This resulted in the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, a mother-of-one. Baldwin is due to go on trial for involuntary manslaughter in July and faces the same possible sentence if convicted.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
personHannah Gutierrez-Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Convicted in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Jury spent almost three hours deliberating before reaching the verdict. Alec Baldwin also faces charges after firing a gun which killed Halyne Hutchinson.
The Champions League
organizationManchester City beat FC Copenhagen 3-1 in Champions League last-16 first leg. Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland on target for City. Holders City are favourites to win the competition again.
National Insurance
organizationNational Insurance on employee wages will be cut by 2p in the pound from April 6. The tax will drop from 10% to 8% for employees. The self-employed rate will fall from 8 to six per cent. Average employee will end up with £450 in their pocket.
Dean Phillips
personDemocratic Rep. Dean Phillips, 55, is heir to one of America's largest liquor dynasties. Phillips was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency. Phillips' exit came hours after GOP candidate Nikki Haley announced her own decision to suspend her presidential bid.
GOP
organizationThe Kentucky Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to grant a parent the right to collect child support for unborn children. Steve Garvey secured a U.S. Senate showdown with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the GOP primary to become his party's nominee for governor.
Jeremy Hunt
personTUC general secretary Paul Nowak says more austerity is 'baked in' Warns 'zombie' Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has put forward a 'deeply cynical' budget. Nikki Haley has announced the suspension of her presidential campaign.
Jeremy Hunt
personChild Benefit threshold hiked from £50k to £60k - meaning nobody earning under will pay the charge. Tax credit will be focused on UK independent films with a budget of less than £15 million. Theatre sector received tax relief of 40% for productions and 45% for touring shows.
Donald Trump
personFormer President Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country Tuesday. Trump won the Republican votes in 14 of 15 states – including delegate-rich California and Texas – brushing aside former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. On the Democrat side, President Joe Biden (D) won, grabbing the states’s 495 delegates.
Nikki Haley
personFormer South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday morning she would be suspending her presidential campaign after a poor showing on Super Tuesday. Former US President Donald Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 election.
Jeff Bezos
personAmazon founder, 60, has a net worth of $230,000,00,000 (about £158,000,.000,000) This beats Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, by a pitiful £1,600,000. Musk dethroned from the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Gary Goldsmith
personGary Goldsmith, 58, is the brother of Carole Middleton and uncle to Kate, Pippa and James. His appearance on the show sparked criticism due to the fact he was fined and given a community order in 2017 for assaulting his wife. Charity Women's Aid says he should not be allowed to appear on show.
Tesla
organizationElon Musk dethroned from the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index after Tesla shares dropped by 7.2 per cent on Monday. Musk now has a net worth of $US197.7 billion ($303.8 billion); Bezos’ fortune is $US200.3 billion. US stocks closed lower on Tuesday, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite.
Elon Musk
personElon Musk lost his position atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index to Jeff Bezos after shares in Tesla tumbled 7.2 per cent. Musk now has a net worth of $US197.7 billion ($303.8 billion); Bezos’ fortune is $US200.3 billion. Bezos, Musk, and Bernard Arnault have been jostling for the top spot for years.
Meta
organizationOutage began around 10am ET, hitting hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Outage comes after global Meta crash sends company's stock price tumbling. Mark Zuckerberg lost approximately $100 million in revenue Tuesday morning.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all experiencing issues this afternoon. Over 50,000 people have complained of issues according to Downdetector. Issues lasted around one-and-a-half hours, but now said to be fixed.
Outage started around 3 p.m. and is ongoing, with no word on when it will be fixed. Users were unable to load apps, deliver messages and refresh their search feeds. More than 300,000 reports of outages on Facebook.
Sam Kerr
personSam Kerr has been charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. Alleged incident occurred before last year's FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Football Australia CEO James Johnson said there is no place for racism in sport.
The U.S. Supreme Court
organizationThe Justices unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Mr. Trump off the State's Republican primary ballot. Trump's eligibility had been challenged in court by a group of six voters in Colorado.