The judge describes Holly Le Gresley and Adriana Orme's actions as "abhorrent and sadistic".

Mysterious metal group Sleep Token are one of three headliners announced for Download festival.

Pistiwan Jameel described migrants as "pigeons" or "sticks" as he facilitated illegal crossings.

Regulators want to give more time to car dealers potentially facing a deluge of mis-selling claims.

The health secretary has ordered officials to review the costs for the NHS of implementing changes in the law.

1. Year-long action plan to combat diabetes to be launched on World Diabetes Day  The Hindu
2. World Diabetes Day 2024  PIB
3. World Diabetes Day: Why diabetes is more than abnormal blood sugar level  The Times of India
4. World Diabetes Day 2024: 10 Foods That Are Secretly Increasing Your Risk Of Diabetes  NDTV
5. World Diabetes Day 2024: 5 ways to detect diabetes quickly  Health shots

1. After Sunita Williams, NASA now worried about her stranded mission partner's losing body mass  Hindustan Times
2. "My Body Has Changed, But....": Sunita Williams On Health Aboard Space Station  NDTV
3. Stranded Sunita Williams dismisses severe weight loss rumours, says she feels ‘healthier than ever’  The Times of India
4. Sunita Williams explains reason behind her changed appearance in space | 'They have routine checks, dedicated surgeons' | Inshorts  Inshorts
5. Inside Sunita Williams' extended mission: What she’s doing in space  India Today

1. Watch: Nitish Kumar bows to touch PM’s feet at Bihar event. Here’s how Modi reacted  Moneycontrol
2. Watch: PM Modi's unexpected gesture as Nitish Kumar bows down to touch his feet  The Times of India
3. Nitish Kumar tries to touch PM's feet at Bihar event. Modi does this next  India Today
4. PM Modi lays foundation stone for AIIMS Darbhanga in Bihar, says NDA Govt committed to welfare of people  The Hindu
5. PM Modi states ‘1 lakh medical seats in India’, vows to add ‘75,000 more’, lays foundation stone of AIIMS in Bihar  Mint

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Photo-sharing app Instagram and Facebook, a website your parents visit, released lists of their users most checked-in locations for 2013 earlier this week.

Congratulations to Disneyland for being the top U.S. spot for Facebook check-ins and the third most photographed location on Instagram. And props to all of Canada: its most checked-in location was a hockey arena.

Here are both lists.

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The litany of year-end travel-related lists continues. Today, it's TripAdvisor, which unveiled its most reviewed cities. Leading the way: London, Rome and Paris, according to the Telegraph. The top U.S city was New York, which ranked fourth overall -- a stunning blow for American exceptionalism.

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Joanne and Gary, rival travel agents compete for their industry's top honor, the Globel Prize, while trying to address their clients' impossible demands in an Off-Broadway comedy that debuts this week, "Craving for Travel."

The 85-minute, two-actor, 30-character comedy was commissioned and produced by Jim Strong, president of the Dallas-based Strong Travel Services travel agency.

"Travel agents are always asked to do the impossible, and this play shows how that is done, from finding the impossible rooms to making dreams come true," Strong told the "Dallas Morning News." "I decided to bring it to life on stage as a comedy in New York."

From "Craving for Travel's" press release:

With their reputations on the line, travel agents Joanne and Gary will tackle any request, no matter how impossible, and any client, no matter how unreasonable. Full of overzealous travelers, overbooked flights, and hoteliers who are just over it, Craving for Travel reminds us why we travel-and everything that can happen when we do.

"Craving for Travel" opens Thursday at the Peter J. Sharp Theater, where it'll run through Feb. 9. Tickets are $32.50 and $49. They can be purchased at CravingForTravel.com, 212-279-4200 or the Ticket Central Box Office (416 W. 42nd St., 12-8 p.m. daily). More than half of the shows are already sold out.

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Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to establish a special district to be the seat of state government.

Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the rights to an abortion and to assisted reproductive technology treatments and procedures, including in vitro fertilization.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year that the owner of the property qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption is the market value of the property and that, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property is considered to be the market value of the property for that tax year and to limit increases in the appraised value of the homestead for subsequent tax years based on the inflation rate.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of an unpaid caregiver of an individual who is eligible to receive long-term services and supports under the Medicaid program while the individual is on a waiting list for the services and supports.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property for a certain period of time.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation or construction in or on the property of border security infrastructure.

Related to expanding the exemptions of abortions and Texas women's access to reproductive healthcare including in vitro fertilization.

Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for purchases up to a certain amount.

Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain educational materials.

Related to making the Texas Education Commissioner an elected office

Relating to the ability of a voter registrar and volunteer deputy registrar to distribute and receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail.

Relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools.

Relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for students in public schools.

Relating to postage for early voting ballots voted by mail.

Relating to the voter registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars.

Relating to consideration of education-related income in determining eligibility of applicants for residential tenancies.

Relating to the issuance of a transcript by a postsecondary educational institution to a student who is in default on certain student loans.

Relating to the means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System.

Relating to the attempted acquisition of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Relating to an allotment under the Foundation School Program to provide full and individual initial evaluations for special education services.

Relating to the reduction of methane gas flaring on land dedicated to the permanent university fund.

Relating to a landlord's notice to residential tenants regarding rent increases.

Relating to prohibiting a prospective residential landlord from increasing the amount of rent during the rental application process.

Relating to certain procedures for voters to vote a limited ballot in a new county of residence.

Relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the change of the county of residence by a voter.

Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school.

Relating to the provision of a student transcript by an independent school district.

Relating to the submission of certain reports to the legislature by the governor regarding a declared state of disaster.

Relating to the eligibility of mental health professionals for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.

Relating to interscholastic athletic competition based on biological sex, requirements for physical examinations and genetic testing in interscholastic athletics, and the adoption of rules by the University Interscholastic League to implement these requirements.

Relating to the definition of abuse or neglect of a child.

Relating to the publication of required notice by a political subdivision by alternative media.

Relating to the inclusion of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and Leadership Officer Training Corps programs as public school career and technology education programs and the indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system.

Relating to the right of public employees to collectively bargain with governmental entities.

Relating to the criteria for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.

Relating to the establishment of a certification program for public work contracting purposes for operators of certain facilities that emit air contaminants.

Relating to creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from foreign nation.