A couple have paid more than £1,100 to get portraits of cult leader Charles Manson tattooed on their legs using some of the cult leader’s ashes mixed with ink. Patrick Boos told TMZ that his wife, Deanne, initially wanted to be the first woman with a tattoo that had the notorious Manson’s ashes in, and he didn't want her to be alone so he got one himself. Boos admitted he was “sad” for the victims killed by Manson’s cult.
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Gotham restaurant opens in London
A restaurant themed on Gotham City has opened in Soho. The new venue, launched in partnership with Warner Bros Consumer Products and DC, is hidden behind a concealed entrance on Park Row. Diners can choose from five restaurant and bar spaces, themed around their favourite heroes and villains. The founder said his restaurant features “food and drink that uses imagination, playfulness and storytelling to allow the diner to peel back the layers of their favourite heroes and villains”.
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5 highly hypocritical cartoons about the Second AmendmentCartoons Artists take on Kyle Rittenhouse, the blame game, and more
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‘Ghost students’ are stealing millions in student aidIn the Spotlight AI has enabled the scam to spread into community colleges around the country
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A running list of everything Donald Trump’s administration, including the president, has said about his healthIn Depth Some in the White House have claimed Trump has near-superhuman abilities
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
