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A lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc. in the latest move regarding a 2023 investigation into a Florida theme park employee accused of taking inappropriate photos of female guests. The lawsuit, filed by a family member of an alleged victim, argues that Disney did not take sufficient action to protect visitors at its Orlando theme parks from former employee Jorge Diaz Vega Jr. Diaz Vega was arrested in 2023 for allegedly filming up the skirts of over 600 female guests while working in the Star Wars section of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. FORMER DISNEY WORLD WORKER TOOK HUNDREDS…

An American citizen detained in Afghanistan last month by the Taliban administration has been released, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad say.Faye Hall was handed over to the Qatari embassy in Kabul.”American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on her way home,” Khalilzad posted on X.There was no immediate comment or confirmation from the State Department.Khalilzad, also a former US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, gave no further details.He posted a picture of Hall sitting between two men.A…

The official death toll of the earthquake that shattered central Myanmar surpassed 1,600 people, the country’s military leaders said on Saturday, as desperate rescue workers raced to find survivors and began grappling with a monumental disaster in a nation already racked by civil war.The powerful earthquake struck on Friday near Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, and volunteer emergency workers there combed through the ruins of apartments, monasteries and mosques in search of anyone left alive. The quake toppled power lines and caused roads to buckle. Workers lacked equipment like excavators and toiled as the repressive military authorities kept a watchful…

Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not have to be dull but rather could be fashion statements of individuality, died on March 16 at her home in Hollywood. She was 78.Her sister, Heather Gherardi, said the cause was bile duct cancer, which she learned she had last month.“Glasses afford spontaneity,” Ms. Gherardi told The New York Times Magazine in 1993. “They offer the possibility of a multitude of changes in your persona; they’re a great accessory, a great prop.”“Contacts are rigid. They’re no fun,”…

The Sex Pistols, the legendary English punk band that helped the underground subculture of the genre to reach mainstream heights, is going on its first North American tour in more than 20 years.The Pistols last went on a North American tour in 2003, when they were joined by original vocalist John Lyndon (formerly Rotten).The 2025 iteration of the Pistols — original guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock joined by frontman Frank Carter (of Gallows, Pure Love and Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes) — will hit the road on Sept. 16 at a very memorable stage: The Longhorn…

CoreWeave Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIt wasn’t supposed to go down like this.The Trump presidency was set to usher in a rush of money to the markets, spurred by a new era of deregulation and lower taxes that would lead high-valued tech companies off the sidelines and onto public exchanges after a four-year lull in initial public offerings.Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said in January that he sensed a “more constructive kind of optimism” and that the IPO…

President Donald Trump appointed Sara Carter as the next Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). He made the announcement on Friday in a post on social media platform Truth Social.”As our next Drug Czar, Sara will lead the charge to protect our nation, and save our children from the scourge of drugs,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. President Donald Trump tapped Sara Carter to serve as drug czar. ‘ZOMBIE DRUG’ SMUGGLED ACROSS SOUTHERN BORDER A GROWING THREAT TO AMERICANS, DOCTOR WARNSCarter re-posted Trump’s Truth Social post on X with a message thanking the president and expressing…

A jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., convicted the rapper Sean Kingston and his mother on Friday in a scheme involving more than $1 million worth of fraud, according to prosecutors.Mr. Kingston, 35, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother, Janice Turner, 62, both of Southwest Ranches, Fla., had been charged with five counts of wire fraud.They essentially took possession of high-end vehicles, jewelry and other goods by pretending to have paid for them through the use of fraudulent documents, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of Florida.Each faces a maximum of 20 years in…

Andrew Tate, a controversial social media influencer known for expressing misogynistic views online, is facing a new lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of sexual assault and battery.It adds to existing legal trouble for Tate, who’s charged with human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women in Romania. His brother, Tristan Tate, is also accused in that case.In her complaint, Tate’s ex-girlfriend, Brianna Stern, argues that his abusive treatment of her follows a long pattern of making blatant misogyny part of his brand.She said he initially acted effusively loving and generous to lure her into a…

Partial eclipse dazzled Europe, Africa, and Newfoundland, offering a glimpse of the celestial alignment.Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth, making a partial solar eclipse. Saturday’s eclipse was visible throughout Europe, including Greenland, the far northwest of Africa and Newfoundland, weather permitting. Clouds meant some were unable to see up to one-fifth of the Sun obscured by the Moon. During a solar eclipse, the Moon stands between the Earth and the Sun. And since the three are not completely aligned, when the Moon passes through the other…