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Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have arrested a 78-year-old man who was accused of stealing two buffaloes and a calf in 1965. Ganapati Vitthal Wagore was 20 when he was first arrested 58 years ago for the alleged theft, along with another man. Police said they were freed on bail but disappeared after that and could not be traced. His co-accused died in 2006. Last week, a court freed Wagore on bail on account of his old age after his re-arrest. The case had gone cold but it resurfaced a few weeks ago when a team of…

Actress Jean Boht, best known for playing matriarch Nellie Boswell in the Liverpool-set 1980s TV sitcom Bread, has died at the age of 91. Boht also appeared in sitcoms I Woke Up One Morning and Brighton Belles, and the drama Boys From the Blackstuff. The news comes a month after the death of her husband, composer Carl Davis. A statement from her family said: “It is with overwhelming sadness that we must announce that Jean Boht passed away yesterday, Tuesday September 12.” The statement added: “Jean had been battling vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with the indefatigable spirit for which…

Reports of “earthquake lights,” like the ones seen in videos captured before Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece. These outbursts of bright, dancing light in different colors have long puzzled scientists, and there’s still no consensus on what causes them, but they are “definitely real,” said John Derr, a retired geophysicist who used to work at the US Geological Survey. He has coauthored several scientific papers on earthquake lights, or EQL. “Seeing EQL depends on darkness and other favorability factors,” he explained in an email. He said the recent video from Morocco shared online looked like the…

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León has announced he is temporarily suspending the presidential transition process after Public Ministry agents raided electoral facilities and opened voting boxes. “We have informed President (Alejandro) Giammattei that we are temporarily suspending our participation in the administrative transition process while the necessary institutional political conditions are reestablished,” Arévalo posted Tuesday local time on X. Arévalo was expected to be sworn in as president of Guatemala on January 14, 2024. The president-elect denounced the raids, during which Public Ministry agents opened ballot boxes and photographed their contents, according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The Public…

A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread. Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the virus has been detected in the state’s Kozhikode district, urging residents to exercise caution and follow the health department’s safety guidelines. Two people have died from the virus, he said in a statement Wednesday, the state’s fourth outbreak since 2018. “We should not be afraid, but face this situation with caution,” Vijayan wrote on social media. Nipah is a zoonotic virus…

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Macmanus has told MPs there is a “tidal wave” of revelations about sexual assault in the music industry waiting to be told. The broadcaster and writer told a House of Commons committee an “unbelievable” number of stories have not yet emerged. The music business is “a boys’ club” and “the system is kind of rigged against women”, she said. Many women fear for their careers if they speak out about misconduct or abuses of power, she added. “There needs to be some sort of a shift in women feeling like they’re able to speak…

Starbucks announced Wednesday that Howard Schultz is stepping down from its board of directors – but the former chairman’s name will be sticking around. Though Schultz is retiring, Starbucks is giving him the title of “lifelong Chairman Emeritus.” Schultz is stepping down as part of a planned transition, Starbucks said in a statement. He previously stepped down as CEO in March, as employees at stores across the nation moved to unionize. That was Schultz’s third time serving in the CEO role. “I look forward to supporting this next generation of leaders to steward Starbucks into the future as a customer, supporter…

American Eagle filed a lawsuit against shopping mall owner Westfield, accusing the company of allowing its San Francisco Centre mall to “deteriorate into disarray.” American Eagle, which has a shop in the mall, said that Westfield breached its lease agreement and its neglect of common areas in the mall led American Eagle employees to “suffer and respond to gun violence, physical assaults, burglaries, and robberies.” “Westfield accepted no responsibility for its role in allowing these issues to infect its mall. It shifted all the blame to San Francisco,” American Eagle said in the complaint. “This is not the store American Eagle paid millions…

Extreme heat and flooding are set to deal a massive blow to the global fashion industry, with four of the world’s top garment producing countries at risk of missing out on $65 billion in earnings by 2030, according to a study from Cornell University and investment manager Schroders. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and Cambodia are seen to be particularly at risk, with a 22% drop in earnings from exports — and wider economic hit — projected by the end of the decade, according to the findings, which were released Wednesday. Fashion brands that source extensively in these countries should alter work hours…

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain announced a targeted strike plan Wednesday if the union decides to walk out at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis after a contract expiration late Thursday. Details of the plan, including which plants will be struck, will not be announced until just before the 11:59 pm contract expiration on Thursday night, Fain said. He said that this move would give the union the maximum leverage at the bargaining table. A targeted strike could shut operations for each company, depending on which plants and facilities are struck. The companies operate a complex network of plants that are dependent on…