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1. Team GB skier urinates anti-ICE message into snow at Winter Olympics

2. West Wing actor Timothy Busfield indicted by grand jury on child sexual abuse charges

   The 68-year-old has denied the allegations and is awaiting trial

3. White House blames staffer for Trump’s Obama ‘apes’ post and removes video Republican labeled ‘racist’

   The White House dismissed the clip as harmless, though it was later deleted

4. Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion opens for weddings

   Mortal couples can say ‘I do’ in the most spirited place at the California theme park

5. Trump shocks with ‘disgusting’ Truth post depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes

   White House Press Secretary dismised the ‘fake outrage’ over the ‘racist’ post

6. Suffolk Strangler: How it took 26 years to finally solve Victoria Hall’s murder

   Police are facing renewed calls to investigate unsolved disappearances after Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright admitted to kidnapping and murdering Victoria Hall, 17, seven years before his other murders

7. The consumer-friendly Energy Star program survived Trump. What about other efficiency efforts?

   Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it

8. Emma Raducanu produces impressive display to reach first final since 2021

9. Police search Mandelson’s homes in Epstein probe as pressure mounts on Starmer

   Pressure is building on Sir Keir Starmer to explain the disgraced peer’s appointment

10. Most victims in migrant boat collision in Greece had severe head injuries, diver says

    A diver who helped recover bodies from a deadly collision between a boat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard vessel says most of the 15 people who died had suffered severe head injuries, as questions mounted over the circumstances of the incident