Amber Heard "heartbroken," vows to appeal.
U.S. HAD 3 SIMULTANEOUS PUBLIC SHOOTINGS As residents in Uvalde, Texas, were burying children, Americans in three states watched shootings unfold simultaneously in the latest eruption of gun violence that has become a uniquely American problem. Five people were killed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a student was shot in Los Angeles and a woman was targeted at a nail salon in Pennsylvania. Every day, more than 110 people are killed with guns and more than 200 Americans are wounded. [HuffPost] BIDEN WIPES $5.8 BILLION IN CORINTHIAN STUDENT DEBT Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain, which collapsed in 2015, will have their federal student loans canceled. The company falsified data on the success of its graduates, luring students with promises of lucrative employment. The $5.8 billion in debt erasure is the largest single loan discharge in Education Department history, and will impact more than 560,000 borrowers. [AP] CALIFORNIA DETAILS RACIST PAST IN NEW REPORT California released an exhaustive report detailing the state's role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the public and setting the stage for an official government apology and case for financial restitution. The 500-page document lays out the harms suffered by descendants of enslaved people long after slavery was abolished in the 19th century. [AP] BUFFALO SHOOTING SUSPECT INDICTED ON TERRORISM CHARGE A grand jury charged the white 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket earlier this month with domestic terrorism as a hate crime, among other charges. Payton Gendron, who has been in custody since the May 14 shooting, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Erie County Court. [AP] |
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DEPP WINS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST AMBER HEARD A Virginia jury found primarily in favor of actor Johnny Depp in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard. Jurors awarded Depp $15 million in total damages that were capped by a judge at around $10 million in accordance with state limits. Heard won her own countersuit in a mixed verdict, earning $2 million in compensatory damages for one of three statements made by an attorney for Depp. [HuffPost] 'HEARTBROKEN' HEARD WILL APPEAL Just hours after the verdict, Heard said she planned to appeal. "I'm heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband," she said. [HuffPost] FORMER COWBOYS PLAYER FOUND DEAD Former Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber III was found dead in Texas. He was 38. Authorities said there were no signs of foul play. "Marion was an old-school, hard-nosed football player who ran with the will to win every down," the Cowboys said in a statement. [HuffPost] SHERYL SANDBERG LEAVING FACEBOOK Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg said she would leave the tech behemoth after a tumultuous 14 years in the upper echelons of the social media giant. Sandberg oversaw a significant portion of Facebook's sprawling — and scandal-prone — operations. "To say it hasn't always been easy is an understatement," she wrote in a Facebook post. [HuffPost] |
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