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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sacha Baron Cohen
personBaron Cohen says Massachusetts cannabis company infringes his copyright, publicity rights. Actor says he would never advertise marijuanaRequests at least $9 million in damages.
Tyrone Mings
personTyrone Mings accused the Home Secretary of'stoking the fire' of racism. Three Lions ace said she had 'no right' to condemn barrage of online abuse. Comes as Labour calls on Patel to 'take the knee' and apologise. Facebook and Instagram said it had tried to remove comments.
Mj Rodriguez
personNetflix's "The Crown" and Disney+'s "The Mandalorian" tied for the most nominations. "WandaVision" received 23 nominations, including one for the song "Agatha All Along"
Gareth Southgate
personEngland lost 3-2 on penalties to Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed. All three players had come on as substitutes in the game. Luke Shaw fired England into a dream lead inside 117 seconds. Leonardo Bonucci levelled to take the match to extra-time.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
personGreek star forward hit 41 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Milwaukee pulled within 2-1 in the best-of-seven championship series. Game 4 is Wednesday night, with the series guaranteed to go back to Phoenix.
Gianluigi Donnarumma
personItaly beat England 3-2 on penalties in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium. Gianluigi Donnarumma made two saves in the shootout, blocking kicks from Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho. The 22-year-old kept three clean sheets and conceded four goals in the tournament.