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The Guardian says Staples Center is getting a new name. Starting Christmas Day, it will be Crypto.com Arena.

The Metro says Travis Scott has been named in a hefty $750million (£559m) lawsuit following the Astroworld festival tragedy.

France24 says US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a deal to make its prospective antiviral Covid-19 pill available more cheaply in the world’s least-wealthy countries.

VOA says The jury in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse ended its first day of deliberations Tuesday in the midwestern U.S. city of Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Guardian says After the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old man who fatally shot two men and wounded a third, finally closed and the jury was sent out to deliberate its verdict.

The Independent says An 11-year-old girl whose father died protecting her was the sole surviver of a plane crash on Lake Michigan’s Beaver Island this weekend.

The Sun says KYLE Rittenhouse wanted to be a “hero in a western” according to the head prosecutor in his trial as they presented closing arguments on Monday.

Aljazeera says US President Joe Biden called for better and more “honest” communication between China and the US during a virtual call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

TRT World says Former president Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Steve Bannon has surrendered to the FBI on criminal charges.

The Guardian says a nine-year-old Dallas boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival.

The Independent says a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has temporarily blocked the National Archives and Records Administration (Nara) from delivering Trump administration records to the House committee investigating the 6 January insurrection.

Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Judge’s off-colour ‘Asian food’ joke draws more scrutiny onto courtroom comments

Sky News says An Olympic gold medallist has said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack while waiting for an Uber with a group of friends.

The Guardian says The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse was thrown into jeopardy Wednesday when his lawyers asked for a mistrial over what appeared to be out-of-bounds questions asked of Rittenhouse by the chief prosecutor.

The Independent says A woman labelled by social media users as “SoHo Karen” has appeared in court on hate crime charges after she wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone.

VOA says The emotional and racially charged trial of three white men accused of killing an African American jogger focused on whether the tragic shooting was an act of murder or self-defense.

The Sun says WORLD renowned journalist Brian Williams has been with MSNBC and NBC for 28 years.

Girl, 10, hangs herself after being ‘bullied for months over her autism and race’, devastated family says

The Daily Express says A COUPLE said they were devastated to find that they had the wrong baby after an IVF clinic mix-up.

The Metro says a 22-year-old woman has shown no brain activity following an injury she sustained at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival.

The Independent says Kim Kardashian, Drake and Travis Scott have all spoken out on social media about the events that unfolded at Astroworld, with Drake saying his “heart is broken”.

The Guardian says a judge has ruled that White House records from the Trump administration can be turned over to the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack.

The Sun says A NINE-year-old boy is fighting for his life in a children’s hospital after falling from his dad’s shoulders and being trampled during the deadly crowd disaster at rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert.

Newsweek says Twitter users have highlighted the case of Ryan White in a heated counterargument to recent controversial comments made by Dennis Prager.

The Metro says Coronavirus conspiracy theorist Joe Rogan has been floated as a possible candidate to be Texas’ president – if the state secedes from the US.