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New York Times reports Elon Musk’s Doge agency has created spreadsheet of federal grants earmarked for cuts

The Trump administration is reportedly eyeing dozens of grants across the National Park Service for termination, according to reporting from the New York Times, one of several moves destabilizing the US’s investment in public lands.

According to the newspaper, staff members at Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” have created a spreadsheet of federal grants earmarked for cuts, with total funding cuts amounting to some $26m.

Officials recover body of girl’s 14-year-old brother as her mother is hospitalized and father remains in coma

A 10-year-old Indian girl remains missing at sea after a boat carrying migrants capsized off San Diego on Monday morning. One of the bodies recovered is the girl’s 14-year-old brother. According to the Department of Justice, the family’s mother is hospitalized while their father remains in a coma.

The US Coast Guard announced it had stopped its search on Monday evening. The justice department stated that of the original nine people reported missing, all except the 10-year-old girl had been found. Two Mexican nationals were killed in the boat’s capsizing as well.

Officials recover body of girl’s 14-year-old brother as her mother is hospitalized and father remains in coma

A 10-year-old Indian girl remains missing at sea after a boat carrying migrants capsized outside of San Diego on Monday morning. One of the bodies recovered is the girl’s 14-year-old brother. According to the Department of Justice, the family’s mother is hospitalized while their father remains in a coma.

The US Coast Guard announced it had stopped its search on Monday evening. The justice department stated that of the original nine people reported missing, all except for the 10-year-old girl had been found. Two Mexican nationals were killed in the boat’s capsizing as well.

Ex-housekeepers accuse Motown legend of sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence

Motown legend William “Smokey” Robinson has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct by four women – identified only as Jane Does 1, 2, 3 and 4 – who worked as housekeepers for the Robinsons.

A complaint filed in Los Angeles superior court on 6 May lists charges including sexual battery, false imprisonment, negligence and gender violence. The complaint seeks $50m total in damages for the four women.

Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of him

Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021.

Three-and-a-half years later, Pelkey appeared in an Arizona court to address his killer. Sort of.

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