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1. Gilgo Beach suspect could plead guilty and admit to serial murders: report

   Rex Heuermann, 62, was arrested in 2023 and has been charged with the murders of 7 women

2. Jimmy Savile’s former Highland cottage finally demolished

   Allt-na-Reigh on A82 in Glen Coe was owned by prolific sex offender for around 13 years until his death in 2011

3. Three killed, two injured in helicopter crash on Hawaiian island of Kauai

   The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers when it crashed on a remote beach

4. Inside the 76 hour rescue effort to save stranded humpback whale give 0.1% chance of survival

   The whale is now under a “police escort” with support from as many as six vessels after it became stranded in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany

5. ‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular arrested in Florida as officials confirm they’re ‘looking into’ viral alligator shooting video

   In the footage, Clavicular pulls a gun out of his shorts and fires on the alligator corpse several times

6. Doha Diamond League athletics meet in doubt amid Middle East conflict

   Diamond League organisers are set to make a final decision on the meet next month

7. Brazil's Bolsonaro to continue his sentence at home because of poor health

   Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from a hospital in the capital and will continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upscale gated community

8. Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients

   Dietary supplement companies are pushing to expand the types of ingredients they can use in their products

9. Hegseth removes four officers – two women and two Black men – from military promotion list: report

   Defense secretary reportedly removed the names of officers himself before list of potential promotions went to the White House

10. Sex assault victim dies by euthanasia after lengthy court battle with parents

    Noelia Castillo, 25, was left a paraplegic after an earlier suicide attempt