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Man sentenced to 19 years for tossing boy off mall balcony
DAILY HERALD
NEW YORK- A man who admitted hurling a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Monday.
R. Kelly facing 11 more sex crime charges
BBC NEWS
R. Kelly has been charged with 11 more sexual offences, according to US media.
MacKenzie Bezos pledges to donate half her $37bn fortune
BBC
LONDON, UK - MacKenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has promised to give half her fortune to charity.
2 dead, including schoolgirl, in Japan stabbing spree
REUTERS
TOKYO, Japan - A knife-wielding man screamed "I'll kill you!" as he slashed at a group of schoolgirls at a bus stop in Japan on Monday, killing one girl and an adult who may have been the father of a child, media reported.
Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting
CNN
GABORONE, Botswana - Botswana has scrapped its ban on hunting, citing an increase in conflicts between elephants and humans during the five years the rule was in place.
New US $20 bill with Harriet Tubman delayed
BBC NEWS
A redesign of the $20 bill featuring anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman, due to be unveiled next year, has been postponed until 2028, the US treasury secretary says.
Arnold Schwarzenegger attacked in South Africa
CNN
Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will not press charges after being attacked at an event in South Africa.
Dutee Chand becomes first openly gay Indian athlete
BBC NEWS
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has revealed she is in a same-sex relationship, the first sportsperson in India to openly acknowledge being gay.
Tourists injured in explosion near Giza pyramids
BBC NEWS
An explosion targeting a tourist bus has injured at least 16 people near the Grand Egyptian Museum, next to the pyramids in Giza.
Acclaimed actress Doris Day, Dies At 97
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CALIFORNIA, USA - Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 1950s and ’60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, died Monday. She was 97.
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