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Prosecutors in the high-profile Parkland school shooter trial have filed a motion to have law enforcement interview a juror who reported feeling threatened by a peer on the panel. The motion by the Broward County State Attorney’s Office was filed Thursday evening. It came hours after the jury returned their verdict sparing Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty, and instead recommending life in prison without the possibility of parole in the Feb. 14, 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17. According to the motion, a juror referred to as “Juror X” called the state…

Saudi Aramco has agreed a sponsorship deal with international cricket’s governing body, marking the latest push by the Gulf kingdom and the oil industry into global sport.Under the agreement, which runs until the end of 2023, the world’s biggest oil exporter will sponsor several major international cricket tournaments, including the men’s World Cup in India next year. In a joint press release on Friday, the two parties said the partnership “reflects a shared focus on sustainability and innovation”.The deal with the Dubai-based International Cricket Council comes days after UK-headquartered Shell announced an eight-year partnership with British Cycling, the sport’s governing…

Kwarteng delivers his keynote address at the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on Oct. 3, 2022.Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty ImagesLONDON — British Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng was reportedly ousted on Friday, amid mounting political pressure and market chaos after less than six weeks in the role.Prime Minister Liz Truss is reportedly set to announce that the government will abandon key fiscal policy pledges laid out in Kwarteng’s controversial “mini-budget” on Sep. 23, including vast quantities of unfunded tax cuts.Among the policies on the chopping block are Kwarteng’s pledge to reverse predecessor Rishi Sunak’s hike of corporation tax…

Evidence suggests that gut microbiome composition may be linked to the development of diabetes, which is characterized by the loss or dysfunction of pancreatic beta cells. A new study reports that a protein called beta cell expansion factor A (BefA) secreted by certain gut bacterial species could induce the proliferation of beta cells in young mice and zebrafish.The ability of the BefA protein to stimulate beta cell proliferation was mediated by increasing cell membrane permeability.This study provides a mechanism through which gut microbes could influence the development of pancreatic beta cells and how gut microbiome composition could influence the risk…

Jane Fraser speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCitigroup reported stronger than expected revenue for the third quarter, but net income declined year over year. The bank reported $18.51 billion in revenue versus the $18.25 billion expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. This was up 6% year over year.Net income fell 25% year over year. Citi reported $1.63 in earnings per share, but it is unclear if that is comparable to estimates. The potential for a global economic slowdown as central banks around the…

Separate social media sites for adults and children should be established to prevent vulnerable users from online harm, a UK coroner has recommended following an inquest into the death of teenager Molly Russell.In a report sent to the government and tech companies Meta, Pinterest, Twitter and Snapchat, senior coroner Andrew Walker said ministers should review the way algorithms push content to users and set up an independent body to monitor the safety of online content. The “prevention of future deaths” report comes after Walker concluded in September that content on social media sites had likely contributed to 14-year-old Russell taking…

“Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly for us as your ‘friendship and brotherhood’.” These were the words of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Russia six days after September 6, when Ukraine began its surprising counteroffensive in Kharkiv. Since the pushback began, Ukraine has recaptured strategically important hubs on the eastern and southern axes. On September 12, Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had regained about 6,000 square kilometres (2,320 square miles) of territory – a sliver of the country’s landmass of more than 600,000sq km (232,000sq miles), of which less than a fifth is currently under Russian occupation.…

Petr, a Czech builder, spends an extra thirty minutes at work nowadays. After his colleagues leave, he roams around building sites collecting discarded chunks of wood. On a good day, Petr can pile a few kilogrammes of off-cuts into his van and store them in his garden, knowing that scraps could save him a few Czech koruna come winter. “Of course it’s not properly dried or of good quality, but anything that saves me from using an hour’s worth of gas will help,” he said.Amid a Europe-wide energy crisis, the Czech Republic has had amongst the steepest increase in costs.…

A tiny dance star in the making is apparently lighting up social media.Little Declan Russell of Chino, California, just 14 months old, was in the process of learning to walk when he surprised everyone around him by dancing instead — showing off some impressive wiggles and jiggles and delighting himself in the process, too.In a video posted by his mom, Amanda Russell, on her TikTok account — “amanduhlovesyou” on Sept. 15, 2022 — baby Declan can be seen taking some hesitant steps before wiggling his shoulders and bouncing along to the music that was playing.KIDS NEED TO KNOW: IS MY…

Douglas RamseySource: Washington County, ArkansasBeyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey, who had been suspended following an arrest for assault, has left the company.Ramsey left the company effective Friday, weeks after he was arrested for allegedly biting a man’s nose following a college football game in Arkansas, the company said in a regulatory filing.The company had originally suspended Ramsey after the arrest became public last month. The next court date in the case is Nov. 14. CNBC has reached out to Ramsey for comment.The announcement came as Beyond Meat, whose sales and share price have been struggling, unveiled broad layoffs…