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Stuart Broad
personEngland reach 389-9 in their first innings, a lead of 377 over Australia. Stuart Broad announced his retirement at the end of the day. England are looking to draw the series 2-2, while Australia are looking for the 3-1 win.
Walt Nauta
personNew indictment includes extra charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information. Indictment supersedes one filed earlier this year and charges him with 42 offences. Two new charges accuse Trump of instructing valet and property manager to delete surveillance footage.
Marnus Labuschagne
personUsman Khawaja still in place at lunch, moving to 47 not out off 152 deliveries. Marnus Labuschagne dismissed for nine after chewing through 82 balls. Australia finished the day bowled out for 295, a lead of 12 runs.
Donald Trump
personA New York Judge blocked a pair of subpoenas targeting emails sent by his wife, Melania. The S&P 500 rose 31.27 points, or 1.1%, to 2,878.38. Trump celebrated the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion.
Steve Smith
personEngland openers Rory Burns and Jason Roy survive two overs to reach stumps at 10-0. Australia reach 115-2 and cut England's lead to 168 on Day 2 at The Oval. Steve Smith top scored for Australia with 71, with Pat Cummins adding 54.
Derrick Van Orden
personRep. Derrick Van Orden allegedly called teenage Senate pages 'pieces of s–t' for 'defiling the space' The pages are typically 16 and 17-year-olds who assist senators, often staying late into the night with them.
Senate
organizationRep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., allegedly called teenage Senate pages 'pieces of s–t' for 'defiling the space' The pages are typically 16 and 17-year-olds who assist senators, often staying late into the night with them. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indirectly rebuked van Orden.
House
organizationHawaii is the first state in the U.S. to remove a requirement that a person be a victim of sex trafficking to have a prostitution conviction erased. Maryland students may be allowed to learn a programming language to fulfill foreign language requirements.
Bhasker Patel
personRishi Sharma, played by Bhasker Patel, died at the end of last night's episode. Fans following the show on Twitter were heartbroken by Rishi's surprise exit.
Tim Scott
personSouth Carolina Senator Tim Scott criticised Florida's Black history teaching policy. The policy says enslaved people ‘developed skills’ which benefited them. Scott said there was no upside to the system whatsoever.
Senate
organizationThe National Defense Authorization Act cleared the Senate's 60-vote threshold by 86-11. The House passed its own version along party lines. The measure now heads to the House.
Mar-a-Lago
organizationIndictment released on Thursday contains new counts of obstruction as well as willful retention of national defense records. Trump campaign called the new charges ‘nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt by the Biden Crime Family to harass President Trump and those around him’ Two of the new obstruction counts stem from alleged efforts to have the director of information technology at Mar-a-Lago delete security camera footage.
Carlos De Oliveira
personCarlos De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago head of maintenance, allegedly admitted to prosecutors that he falsely claimed he did not help Trump move boxes out of his residence. Trump's spokesman Steven Cheung slammed the Justice Department over the new charges. The property manager is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and altering, destroying or mutilating a document.
Donald Trump
personThe Justice Department brought new charges against the former president in a superseding indictment Thursday night. The new indictment brings the total number of charges against Trump in the classified documents case to 40. Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos De Oliveira also joined Trump and his aide Walt Nauta as an additional co-defendant.
Eagles
organizationU.S. forward John Quill has been suspended for the remainder of the group stage. Quill admitted to a dangerous tackle that resulted in his red card in the Eagles’ opening loss to England. Australian winger Reece Hodge was suspended for three games for making contact with the head of a Fijian rival.
Lauren James
personLauren James scored the only goal of the game in the first half. The Chelsea forward had started on the bench for England’s clash with Haiti at the weekend. James is the sister of Chelsea and England men's player Reece James.
Keira Walsh
personKeira Walsh suffered suspected anterior cruciate ligament injury in England's World Cup clash with Denmark. Barcelona midfielder slid in to make an interception but appeared to catch her studs in the ground and she stayed down in agony. England already without captain Leah Williamson and forward Beth Mead.
Senate
organizationDerrick Van Orden, a Republican from Wisconsin, reportedly screamed at a group of teens resting in the Capitol Rotunda late on Thursday night. The teens were reportedly Senate pages, who are tasked with delivering legislation and preparing the Senate chambers for sessions.
Lindsey Horan
personThe United States Women's National Team and the Netherlands came to a 1-1 draw on Thursday at the 2023 Women's World Cup. Midfielder Jill Roord put the Netherlands on the board in the 17th minute, finding the back of the net past USWNT goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. US captain Lindsey Horan scored the equalizer in the 62nd minute.
Sinéad O’Connor
personO'Connor wrote about her son Shane Lunny in a series of heart-wrenching tweets. Her son was 17 when he died by suicide in 2022. She was working with Shane MacGowan on a re-recording of Haunted.