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  • Eli Broad, the philanthropist called the "most influential private citizen of his generation,” for reshaping downtown Los Angeles, died Friday from an undisclosed illness. He was 87.
  • It was a decade ago today when then-President Barack Obama strutted down the red carpet in the White House to announce Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces. We covered that.
  • Kansas Republican Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly attacking a student in the groin while he was substitute teaching, among other allegations. Samsel is heard saying on video after the attack to another student “do you want to check his nuts for him, please?” Just read this entire story for yourself.
  • A 330-ton fatberg--a collection of solid, non-perishable debris that's flushed or washed down drains--has been discovered in a London sewer and won't be cleared until June.
  • The owners of a horse named after Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old paramedic shot dead last year by police in Louisville, Kentucky, will put the $10,000 prize money they won from a race toward the foundation named after Taylor.
  • Olympia Dukakis, the veteran theater and film actress who won an Oscar for playing the wise but cynical mom in the 1988 film "Moonstruck" starring Cher, died on Saturday at the age of 89.
  • Olympics officials are mighty headstrong and are determined to continue hosting the Tokyo Games in Japan despite objections from government officials.
  • And finally we bring you this feline that’s also a wine critic: