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Abigail White was one of the first to cash in on the OnlyFans craze but a murder trial heard her money was ‘controlled’ by her partner Bradley Lewis and their ‘toxic’ relationship ended when she allegedly stabbed him through the heartA ‘Barbie model’ accused of murdering her boyfriend earned up to £50,000-a-year as a pioneer on the OnlyFans website, a court heard. Abigail White, 24, was one of the first to cash in on the OnlyFans craze and raked in huge sums by sharing her erotic content online, a jury was told. But a murder trial heard the money she…

It’s no secret that 2000s fashion is back, and in the land of handbags, another Y2K staple is making a grand return: The messenger bag. The roomy, crossbody style has made a cameo in the spring 2023 collections of labels like Coach and Max Mara, and on the streets, stars like Bella Hadid have recently been wearing luxe vintage styles. But there’s a particular designer messenger bag that celebrities have been favoring this fall: Stars like Jennifer Lopez, Jodie Turner-Smith, Olivia Wilde, and more are all fans of Gucci’s sleek Attaché bags.Originally launched in the 1970s, the Attaché—which was revived and debuted as part of Gucci’s…

CNN  —  The House select committee’s final hearing on the Capitol Hill insurrection before the midterm elections Thursday used new testimony and evidence to demonstrate how former President Donald Trump knew he had lost the election but still went forward with efforts to overturn the results, leading to the attack on January 6, 2021. The committee’s hearing used new records obtained from the Secret Service and new deposition footage from former Trump Cabinet secretaries and White House officials to bolster their argument that Trump still remains a danger to democracy heading into the 2024 election. Here are the takeaways from…

The managers of Harvard University’s $51bn endowment have warned of substantial markdowns to come in its private equity and venture capital portfolio, predicting heavy losses for institutional investors.The largest US university investment fund expects “meaningful adjustments” to its private fund holdings at the end of the year, it said on Thursday, as annual audits force private equity and venture capital funds to cut the valuations of unlisted assets.Harvard’s endowment lost 1.8 per cent for the year ended June 30, 2022, although it still outperformed the S&P 500, which fell 11 per cent, as its portfolio of private assets mitigated a…

The Palestinian president on Thursday used an audience with Vladimir Putin to denounce the United States, telling the Russian leader that he has no faith in Washington as a Mideast peace broker.Abbas spoke with Putin at a regional summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. His comments about the U.S., traditionally the main broker between Israel and the Palestinians, came at a time when the U.S. and Russia are at loggerheads over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.”We don’t trust the U.S.,” Abbas said, speaking in Arabic, as Putin looked on. “We don’t accept the U.S., under any condition, (as) a single party in solving…

Documents seized by FBI from Mar-a-LagoSource: Department of JusticeThe Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Donald Trump to allow a so-called special master to review classified government documents that were seized from his Florida residence during an FBI raid in August.Trump had asked the court to overturn a recent 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruling barred the special master from examining the more than 100 classified records as part of his broader review of more than 11,000 government documents seized at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.The appeals court said that subset of classified records could…

Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday announced a $2.9 billion package in new subsidies to help people weather high gas and electricity prices exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The measures include set gas price rates for collective residential heating systems until the end of 2023 and more electricity and heating subsidies for low income households.Announcing the measures in parliament, Sánchez said they would benefit 40% of households.SPAIN EUTHANIZES MAN AWAITING TRIAL FOR ATTEMPTED MURDERSánchez said the Spanish government can’t totally avoid the war or its economic consequences, “but we can cushion to the best of our ability the…

Syria uncovered a large intact mosaic that dates back to the Roman era, describing it Wednesday as the most important archaeological discovery since the country’s conflict began 11 years ago.Journalists were shown the mosaic in the central town of Rastan near Homs, Syria’s third largest city.The mosaic, at 120 square meters (around 1300 square feet), was found in an old building that Syria’s General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums had been excavating. Lebanese and Syrian businessmen from the neighboring country’s Nabu Museum bought the property that dates back to the 4th century and donated it to the Syrian state. Each…

The United States and Mexico have announced a joint migration plan that will see most Venezuelan asylum seekers trying to enter the US through its southern border sent back to Mexico while granting access to the US to thousands of others who come by air. The effort, announced late on Wednesday, aims to address the growing number of Venezuelans arriving at the US-Mexico border. Under the new programme, which came into effect immediately, up to 24,000 Venezuelans will be allowed to enter the US by air, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. Others who try to enter the US…

A Purdue University student was charged with one count of murder in the fatal stabbing of his roommate in their dorm on the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus last week. During a hearing Thursday, the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office formally charged Ji Min Sha, 22, with the killing of Varun Manish Chheda, 20, a senior from Indianapolis, who was in his third year of college and was graduating early.Prosecutors requested Sha be held without bond.Sha, a junior cybersecurity major and international student from South Korea, called 911 around 12:44 a.m. Oct. 5 to alert police about Chheda’s death. When officers arrived at their first-floor…