## Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship’s crew.

Suzanne Rees, a Sydney resident, was on the second day of a cruise circumnavigating Australia when she disembarked the Coral Adventurer last Saturday at Lizard Island.

The ship left the resort island around five hours before reporting her missing late on Saturday, officials said.

“From the little we have been told, it seems that there was a failure of care and common sense.

We understand from the police that it was a very hot day, and Mum felt ill on the hill climb.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, a safety regulator, is investigating why Rees may not have been accounted for when passengers were boarding at Lizard Island.

Australia’s safety standards for its Great Barrier Reef tourism industry came under intense scrutiny after American couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan were abandoned at sea during a group scuba dive in 1998. »

### Billie Eilish Donates $11.5 Million To Charity, Encourages Billionaires To Do The Same

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Billie Eilish was honoured at the WSJ Innovator Awards last night (October 29) with the Music Innovator Award.

During her acceptance speech she called on the world's wealthiest people to donate part of their fortune to those in need.

“We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark and people need empathy and help in our country,” Eilish said from the podium. »

### Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post

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Authorities in Tennessee have dropped a felony charge against a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

That quote, the meme explained, was said by Trump last year after a school shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School.

Neither Weems nor Hans Schwendimann, the local district attorney, immediately responded to requests for comment on why the charge was dropped. »

### King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of titles and evicts him from royal residence

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LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Thursday stripped his disgraced brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted him from his royal residence after weeks of pressure to act over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Buckingham Palace said.

“These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him,” the palace said.

Prince Harry, despite renouncing his royal role, feuding with his family and moving to California, remains a prince and the Duke of Sussex. »

### Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodge

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The King has initiated the "formal process" to remove Prince Andrew's titles and honours – and notice has been served for Andrew to surrender his lease at the Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

Sky News understands Andrew will move to a property on the private Sandringham estate in Norfolk - with his future accommodation being privately funded by the King.

The process will see Andrew officially stripped of his titles of Prince, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh and the 'His Royal Highness' style. »

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