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The new legal crisis for the royal family came one day after Prince Andrew’s sex abuse lawsuit was settled out of court—and just as royal commentators were expressing relief that Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee would not be overshadowed by Andrew’s links to the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The allegations that Michael Fawcett, who was chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation charity, had offered to help secure citizenship and a knighthood for a Saudi tycoon first emerged in September last year....

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s three children are starting at Lambrook School, in Berkshire, in September, Kensington Palace announced. The news follows reports that the couple is preparing to move out of London to Adelaide Cottage, near Windsor Castle. The move would bring the Cambridge family closer to Queen Elizabeth II, who has been undertaking fewer royal duties after experiencing mobility problems. Jonathan Perry, the headmaster at Lambrook School, said: “We are delighted that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will be joining us this coming September and very much look forward to welcoming the family, as well as all of our new pupils, to our school community....

The former The Real Housewives of New York City star opened fire on the California-based royal, saying that the move to share private conversations in his memoir was “crazy,” and was a move from the “Housewives handbook.” Harry appeared to share the contents of messages from Prince William and Kate Middleton in his book which was released on January 10, something Frankel likened to Real Housewives franchise stars bringing “receipts” to a reunion special taping....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will have greater legal protection than other celebrities in their new California community because of their U.K. profiles. The revelation comes after a veteran paparazzo earlier this month warned the couple will be “hunted every single day,” with the first pictures fetching around $100,000. Now Mark Stephens, a media lawyer who previously represented Julian Assange, has told Newsweek the couple will be able to sue under the much more stringent British and European laws, even if a publisher is American....

The move is intended as “a precautionary measure” and the 99-year-old is expected to remain in hospital for “a few days.” Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has been admitted to hospital several times in the past, including in 2011 for a blocked artery and 2012 for a bladder infection. A Buckingham Palace statement reads: “His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London, on Tuesday evening....

The news, leaked to the press two weeks before the official palace announcement, sent crowds into the streets to grab up single-sheet extras issued by the country’s biggest papers. Rokuro Ishikawa, chairman of The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, called the engagement “the greatest news of the century”-and predicted that it would “stimulate suppressed consumer demand.” It was no small accomplishment for Crown Prince Naruhito, either. The bookish, 32-year-old Oxford man has long been searching for a bride....

Jimmy Savile—like Jeffrey Epstein—hid his predatory abuse behind a smoke screen of establishment contacts, wealth, and charity work. The TV presenter’s criminal conduct was only made public after his death, in 2011, and a Metropolitan Police investigation identified more than 500 victims. During his life, he was knighted for his charity work and met Princess Diana and Prince Charles at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, in Buckinghamshire, in 1983. The royal couple joined him in opening a new spinal injuries center, not realising at the time that the TV host and radio DJ was secretly targeting children at the hospital....

Whether you’re organizing an office pool or got roped into buying a square at your party, a Super Bowl square grid is a fun way to engage both diehard football fans and the people in your group who only care about Shakira’s halftime performance. You could win some serious cash and playing in a Super Bowl squares pool requires zero actual knowledge of the Chiefs or 49ers. — just a little luck of the draw....

The federal securities class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida last week by Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, a legal firm based in New York. Filed “on behalf of all investors who purchased or otherwise acquired common stock of The GEO Group” between February 27, 2020 and June 16, 2020, the lawsuit claims that investors incurred losses in the shares of the company due its poor handling of the coronavirus outbreak....

“I think space travel is all about adventure and possibility and daring to go where no one has ever gone before,” Mindy Howard, astronaut trainer and founding director of Inner Space Training, told Newsweek. “Both nature and nurture are working against women to go out and be explorers like that.” Today, only one in five aerospace workers are women, a figure that has hardly changed in three decades. And while organizations like NASA have recognized and acted upon the need for more female representation, progress across most of the industry has been slow....

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady — who leads the NFL with 4,405 passing yards and 35 touchdowns — received the most votes, followed by Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who is the favorite to be NFL MVP. Newton has thrown for 3,402 yards and 33 touchdowns and rushed for 580 yards and seven scores to lead the 14-0 Panthers. MORE: Week 16 NFL Power Rankings | NFL should investigate Panthers’ gay slurs against Odell Beckham Jr....

The cluster of pages, which have amassed more than 200,000 members collectively in less than a month, call for an end to the state-ordered lockdowns put in place in an attempt to limit the spread of COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease linked to more than 42,000 U.S. deaths. The network—which remains active—is managed by members of the Dorr family, including at least three siblings named Ben, Christopher, and Aaron, The Washington Post reported....

Keeping the parliamentary majority was seen as critical for Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the next presidential election in 2024. The newly-chosen Duma will still be in office when Putin will face the decision of running for reelection or looking for other means of staying in power, the AP reported. For either route, maintaining a parliament largely made up of pro-Kremlin politicians can be crucial for Putin, analysts and Kremlin critics have said....

Independent circuit star Joey Ryan lit the wrestling world on fire — or maybe just made a bunch of people uncomfortable — when he flipped an opponent with a crotch suplex at a show in Japan earlier this year. Ryan decided to topple his previous display of penile power by executing the same move on five opponents at the same time. MORE: What we learned on “Raw” | Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will appear at WrestleMania 32...

The announcement followed days of arrogant displays from Russian officialdom. Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, who heads the government commission assigned to investigate the disaster, bragged about the quality of Russian rescue equipment, which was, he said, “no worse than what the Americans have” - as if the Kursk were on display at a trade fair rather than in the center of a life-or-death emergency. Days later, after a series of failed attempts to save any members of the crew, Klebanov was telling a press conference that Russia had never rejected any offers of foreign aid....

United host Watford in Sunday’s league finale with second spot already assured following Thursday’s 0-0 draw at West Ham, and Mourinho says it is the commitment and professionalism of his squad that has seen them finish so high in the table. “I’m happy because it is the position that was available since October or November and two things could happen to a club like us,” he explained. “One would be ‘I cannot be first and I am not professional, I am not committed, I have no pride and for me it’s the same to finish second, third or fourth’....

On Thursday, President Donald Trump first announced the historic decision, with the UAE becoming only the third Arab state to officially normalize ties with Israel. Arab nations have largely backed Palestinians since the founding of Israel in their homeland in 1948. In 1980, Egypt became the first Arab state to normalize relations with Israel, followed by Jordan in 1994. “During a call with President Trump and [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu, an agreement was reached to stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories,” Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Mohammed bin Zayed tweeted on Thursday....

Raising the federal wage, which was last increased more than a decade ago, to $15 was a key Biden campaign promise. Progressive lawmakers and activists have long pushed for significantly increasing the base federal wage, as it has remained at just $7.25 per hour since 2009. But as Democrats have turned to the Senate’s budget reconciliation process to push through Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan, which allows them to pass the legislation without Republican support, moderates and the president have suggested a wage hike won’t make the cut....

Kuala Lumpur’s 2-0 win over Sabah in their Premier League match at home on Tuesday confirmed their return to the Super League for the 2018 season, but the job is not quite over yet for the City Boys head coach Fábio Magrão. Leading the standings with 44 points but only separated with second-placed Terengganu by goal difference with one match remaining, Magrão wants his charges to finish the season with the league title....

Krakauer, in his Fourth Watch newsletter, points out: “Yes, the media’s obsession with COVID-19 cases—above any other metric—continues, and its anti-science crutch is hurting their coverage, and giving viewers a false idea of the coronavirus crisis in America.” Krakauer’s own belief is that tracking cases is unhelpful because the reporting and accuracy of case-tracking is terrible. The current panic-stricken news coverage of Florida, Texas and California focuses on cases, not on deaths....