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What happened in The Jinx that led to Robert Durst’s conviction?

Multimillionaire murderer Robert Durst died in prison in 2022, and the end of his shocking story will be told in the second part of the blockbuster docuseries ‘The Jinx’

<p>Robert Durst on trial for the murder of Susan Berman in March 2020 </p>
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Does anyone care about climate this election? These voters say yes

The majority of Americans have experienced extreme weather events in the last five years — but the climate crisis still lags behind inflation, healthcare, immigration and jobs when it comes to voter priorities. Louise Boyle reports

<p>Unionised video game workers protest outside the Game Awards in Los Angeles in December 2023</p>
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Video game creators scramble to unionize as AI threat looms

As the gaming industry reels from a tidal wave of layoffs, companies’ rush into automation has developers watching their backs – and could soon trigger a major strike. Io Dodds reports

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Axed Tesla staffers say chaos will lead to quality getting ‘worse’

Several newly-unemployed workers told The Independent the layoffs seemed to strike chaotically, without rhyme or reason, with Elon Musk’s actions resulting in one investor declaring: “Only him and Kanye West have reached this level of people’s distaste”

<p>Authorities arrested five individuals involved in Canada’s largest gold heist. This picture shows one of the suspects and a truck that was used to steal about $20m CAD in gold, authorities said. </p>
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Six arrested over Canada’s ‘largest’ ever gold heist worth $20m

‘This story is a sensational one, and one which probably, we jokingly say, belongs in a Netflix series”, Chief of the Peel Regional Police Nishan Duraiappah said

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