Patrick Reilly

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The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that transgender women do not fit the legal definition of a “woman” — which is reserved for those born biologically female. The court’s five judges agreed in the landmark ruling that “the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’” under the country’s 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex,” Justice Patrick Hodge said.

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The body of a New York City banker washed up on a beach in Spain — but his family continued searching for him for weeks because no one told them about the grisly discovery. Grant Barr, a 37-year-old banker with New York Mellon, disappeared on Jan. 28 while vacationing in Estepona on the Costa del Sol, mysteriously leaving only a pair of pants, passport and boating license on the beach.

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A Lego executive and close friend of Denmark’s Queen Mary died in a skiing accident over the weekend. Michael Halbye, 64, was fatally injured after he fell off-piste while skiing in the Verbier region of the Swiss alps on Saturday. He was airlifted to a hospital but died from internal bleeding, according to a statement from Kirkbi, Lego’s parent company. The queen released a statement paying tribute to her friend, who she said was committed to helping others.

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China has ordered its airline carriers to halt all jet orders from American manufacturer Boeing in response to President Trump hitting the country with tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods, according to a report. Beijing has additionally told Chinese carriers to not purchase any aircraft-related equipment from American companies, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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A California mother drunkenly crashed her car into a canal — and left her 4-year-old daughter in the backseat of the submerged vehicle as she went home to take a bath, prosecutors said. Juliette Marie Acosta, 26, had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit when she allegedly crashed into an irrigation canal on March 8 near Hickman, a small town east of Modesto, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office.