New Batch of Epstein Documents Released (Newser Morning 8)

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January 5, 2024     "In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." —Albert Camus   1 French Grocery Giant Drops PepsiCo Products Over Prices Inflation may finally be starting to ease, but prices for some items are showing no signs of coming back down—and now one of the biggest supermarket chains in the world is taking a stand. Keep reading   2 New Epstein Documents Detail How Girls Were Recruited The release of court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein continued Thursday with the release of 19 more documents with a total of around 300 pages. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance People pray over the flag-draped coffins of victims of Wednesday's bomb explosion during their funeral ceremony in the city of Kerman, about 510 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Iran on Friday mourned those slain in an Islamic State group-claimed suicide bombing targeting a commemoration for a general slain in a US drone strike in 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Keep reading   3 Lululemon Founder: 'You Don't Want Certain Customers Coming In' The founder of Lululemon has once again gotten himself into the "foot in mouth" yoga pose. Keep reading   4 Oscar Pistorius Is Out of Prison This story has been updated with new developments. South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole after serving nearly nine years in prison for killing his girlfriend and is now at home, South Africa's Department of Corrections said Friday. Keep reading   5 MLB Star Accused of Paying Underage Girl's Mom Dominican prosecutors have accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges. Keep reading   6 'Send In the Clowns' Was Written for Her Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie Mary Poppins and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim, has died. Keep reading     7 More Than 20 Hurt in NYC Subway Collision, Derailment A New York City subway train derailed Thursday after colliding with another train at low speed, leaving more than 20 people with minor injuries and causing major service disruptions across Manhattan during the afternoon rush hour, authorities said. Keep reading   8 Case Against Woman Who Miscarried Sets Off 'Firestorm' An Ohio woman who miscarried in a toilet is facing a charge of abuse of a corpse in "an extremely rare interpretation of a state law," per the New York Times. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1896, an Austrian paper, "Wiener Presse," reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as X-rays. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2020: 'Mystery Illness' Hits City   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved