Mmusi Maimane Declares Victory In Nelson Mandela Bay For The DA – Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has declared victory in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality at a press briefing held at the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) national results operation centre in Pretoria. [mg]
ANC Gets Knocked Off Its High Horse – The ANC has been squeezed and for the first time since 1994 its support has dipped below 60% nationally. [tlive]
Rand Outshines Global Currencies – The rand advanced 1.6% to 13.6886 against the dollar by 17:36 in Johannesburg, its strongest level on a closing basis since October 27 and the best performance among 31 global currencies. [f24]
Donald Trump Just Had Another Very Bad Polling Day – Two new surveys show him with less than 40 percent of the vote against Hillary Clinton. [huff]
Trump Repeats His Lie That He Watched A Video Of Money Landing In Iran – Donald Trump on Thursday repeated his false claim that he had watched a video of money being unloaded from a plane at an airport in Iran ― after his campaign acknowledged that such footage doesn’t exist. [huff]
Gaps In Melania Trump’s Immigration Story Raise Questions – A racy photo shoot is prompting fresh scrutiny of the would-be first lady’s early visits to the United States. [politico]
Shocker! Facebook Changes Its Algorithm to Avoid ‘Clickbait’ – Facebook says it plans to marginalize what it considers to be “clickbait” news stories from publishers in its news feed, in another step to keep its 1.71 billion members regularly coming back to its social network. [nyt]
Fitbit SA Are Being Very Cagey About Something – Fitbit South Africa aren’t too impressed by something we wrote in regards to their product, but it looks like they might be hiding a dirty little secret.. [read]
Integrity Of Games In Tatters As IOC Clears More Than Two-Thirds Of Russia Team – The integrity of the 2016 Olympics lies in tatters after more than two-thirds of Russia’s team were cleared to compete by the International Olympic Committee. [tele]
Brazil Senate Panel Recommends Impeach, Remove Rousseff – A Senate committee voted 14-5 on Thursday to recommend a conviction in suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial and that she then be permanently ousted. [wsj]
FBI Agent Apparently Egged On ‘Draw Muhammad’ Shooter – ‘Tear up Texas,’ the FBI agent told the ISIS terrorist, just before he shot up a crowded hall. Did the G-Man help convince the jihadi to attack? [db]
Accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof Assaulted By Inmate In Jail Shower – The hate-filled racist accused of slaughtering nine black parishioners in a South Carolina church last year was roughed up Thursday in a jail bathroom, officials said. [nydn]
World’s Highest Profile Investors Advise To ‘Sell Everything’, Except One Thing – In separate incidents, two of the world’s most outspoken investors are turning to this commodity as anxiety levels rise. Time to sell up? [here]
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Rising Rugby Star ‘Raped’ Girl He Met On Tinder, Court Hears – A rising English rugby star told a girl he met on the Tinder dating app “you know you want this” as he raped her using “fear and force”, a jury has been told. [tele]
Uber Driver Will See Son Compete At Rio Olympics After Passenger Raises Money – A Pennsylvania Uber driver’s dream of traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to see his son compete in the Olympic Games is coming true thanks to a chance encounter with a determined passenger. [time]
This Fertility App Is A Jackpot For Stalkers – The pregnancy and period app Glow unwittingly exposed women’s health information to anyone who wanted to look. [db]
‘Big Lebowski’ Actor David Huddleston Dies At 85 – David Huddleston, a character actor best known for portraying titular roles in The Big Lebowski and Santa Claus: The Movie, has died. He was 85. [usat]
Barbra Streisand Bashes Donald Trump During L.A. Concert – ‘He’s putting his foot in his mouth every day now, so I’m so happy’ [nydn]
Everyone’s Talking About These Brilliant Ads About The U.S. Olympic Team [Videos] – The U.S. Olympic team are the focus of a new series of TV ads, and they’re giving voice to some athletes you might not be familiar with. [here]
Mob Boss, 45 Other Alleged Gangsters Indicted In East Coast Crime Syndicate Case – Nearly four dozen suspects, including the reputed Mafia boss in Philadelphia and an old-school mobster in New York, were arrested on Thursday in a massive case charging them with wanting to break knees and commit other crimes that sound like something from a Martin Scorsese movie. [nbc]
Fresh From Prison, Cameron Douglas Is Now A Ripped And Tatted Version Of Kirk Douglas – Cameron Douglas is out of prison, on social media and wow, is he a changed man. Michael Douglas’ tatted-up son looks nothing like the doughy, bespectacled guy who was imprisoned on drug charges in 2009. [lat]
Ozzy Osbourne’s Mistress, Michelle Pugh, Sues Kelly Osbourne For Slut-Shaming Tweets – Kelly Osbourne was slapped with a lawsuit by her father Ozzy Osbourne’s mistress, Michelle Pugh. [usm]
The Midlife Crisis Is Real – And It Affects Men And Women – As you get older, you body starts to change – and that can be a scary thing. It’s not just fast cars and buttoned down shirts that we have to worry about. [here]
Rare Copy Of Superman’s 1938 Comic-Book Sells For Nearly $1M – In a statement, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said the copy of Action Comics No. 1, bearing a cover price of 10 cents, sold Thursday for $956,000. It is one of about 100 copies of the edition known to exist. [cbs]
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