A rogue landlord has been prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development that only had planning permission for six. In addition, three of the flats had unauthorised bedrooms that added to the already cramped and sub-standard conditions. It
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NASA extends SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contract by three missions for $900 million
NASA announced today that it has officially awarded SpaceX the Crew-7, Crew-8, and Crew-9 missions to the International Space Station, bringing SpaceX’s total Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract to $3.49 billion. The original $2.6 billion contract was issued to
Northeast struggles with rough driving conditions in winter storm, with 50 million under winter weather alerts – CNN
With heavy snow falling in the Boston area, a commuter train hit an unoccupied snow plow, affiliate WFXT reported. No one was injured. State police said two lanes are closed on the Mass Pike east in Auburn after a tractor-trailer
Critical Flaw Uncovered in WordPress Backup Plugin Used by Over 3 Million Sites
Patches have been issued to contain a “severe” security vulnerability in UpdraftPlus, a WordPress plugin with over three million installations, that can be weaponized to download the site’s private data using an account on the vulnerable sites. “All versions of
Hackers Stole $1.7 Million Worth of NFTs from Users of OpenSea Marketplace
Malicious actors took advantage of a smart contract upgrade process in the OpenSea NFT marketplace to carry out a phishing attack against 17 of its users that resulted in the theft of virtual assets worth about $1.7 million. NFTs, short
Black Transgender Woman Awarded $1.5 Million After ‘Bogus’ Arrest
Inside the purse, the officers found a stress ball, which they cut open, inspected for drugs and claimed to have found cocaine inside, the lawsuit states. Ms. Goldring believed that “they were joking,” the lawsuit states, but they were not.
Britney Spears Will Reportedly Receive $15 Million For Tell-All Book
Britney Spears is gearing up to tell all. The pop superstar has reportedly landed a multimillion-dollar book deal with Simon & Schuster for a memoir. According to Variety, the book will feature Spears’ accounts of her record-smashing music career, her
Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with riflemaker Remington over 2012 school massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, heart and cross memorial near Sandy Hook Firehouse on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook, CT. Enid Alvarez | NY Daily News | Getty Images The families of some of the adults and children killed in
Egypt’s e-commerce platform Wasla nabs $9 million from retail finance provider Contact
Contact Financial Holding, Egypt’s non-bank consumer finance provider, has invested $9 million in the country’s ecommerce super-app Wasla, setting the stage for the rollout of new online shopping capabilities, products and regional expansion. Contact has been in the business of
Jio Platforms invests $200 million in Google-backed Glance
Jio Platforms is investing $200 million in Glance, which serves media content, news and casual games on Android handsets’ lockscreen, the two said Monday, the latest in a series of bets from Mukesh Ambani’s empire as it looks to expand
YC-backed Remedial Health raises $1 million pre-seed to digitize pharmacies in Nigeria
Remedial Health has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies, and stem the supply of fake and substandard pharmaceutical products, starting with Nigeria before expanding to the rest of Africa. The round was led by Global Ventures and
Louis Vuitton x Nike “Air Force 1” by Virgil Abloh Auction Hits $25.3 Million
Image: Louis Vuitton The Louis Vuitton and Nike “Air Force 1” by Virgil Abloh has raised a record-breaking US$25.3 million at the Sotheby’s auction concluded earlier this month. This 200-lot sale is the auction house’s most valuable charity auction in
Travel app Sēkr scores $2.25 million to bring campsite inventory into the digital age
Consumers spent more than $8.5 billion in 2020 on camping reservations across the U.S., but the camping industry itself has yet to be fully digitized. Today, reserving a space at some campgrounds, both public and private, may require a phone call.
BasiGo secures $4.3 million in seed funding to accelerate mass transit EV adoption in Kenya
Kenya-based EV startup BasiGo has closed $4.3 million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy, to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses. The startup said
University of California to Pay $243 Million to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims
“The conduct alleged to have been committed by Heaps is reprehensible and contrary to the university’s values,” the statement said. “Our first and highest obligation will always be to the communities we serve, and we hope this settlement is one