Beverly Hills shooting: Robbers take off with $500G watch, report says

A woman was shot Thursday during a robbery at a famed Beverly Hills restaurant, officials said.

Authorities said the woman was eating with two other people at Il Pastaio, a high-end Italian eatery, when three robbers demanded property from a man at the establishment, according to police and reports. 

Woman shot during a robbery attempt at Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills today, March 4,2021. She is being treated for non-life threatening injuries, per police pic.twitter.com/557Y90qCDN

— Attorney Eddie (@statelawfirm) March 4, 2021

Police believe the man who was robbed was targeted for his high-end watch, a law enforcement source told the Los Angeles Times. 

TMZ reported that a $500,000 Richard Mille watch was stolen.

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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry: How much have the royals spent on Duke and Duchess of Sussex?

Being a part of the royal family can incur some hefty costs, as in the case of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Over the course of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s marriage, the royal family, along with British taxpayers, have footed several bills for the couple -- who have stepped back as senior members of the royal family and worked to become financially independent.

From the pair’s big wedding to hefty security costs, here’s a look at how much money the royals have potentially spent on Harry, 36, and Markle, 39. 

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Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett discusses allegations in CBS interview: 'He felt like he was untouchable'

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"Without explicitly saying it, he implied to me that I was old enough for him and he was lonely," the 25-year-old former Cuomo aide told Norah O’Donnell of "CBS Evening News". 

She said the governor, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, felt emboldened as his national profile rose amid his daily televised outbreak updates. 

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Cuomo advisers altered report on coronavirus nursing-home deaths: WSJ

Top advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in the state had exceeded numbers previously acknowledged by the administration, a bombshell report says.

Details about the July report were disclosed Thursday night in a story first published by The Wall Street Journal.

The final report focused only on nursing-home residents who died inside those facilities and did not include nursing-home residents who were transferred to hospitals after becoming sick, the Journal reported. 

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Survivor, family pleas as White Island eruption court cases begin

Karen Griffiths rushed from NSW to New Zealand as soon as she learned her son Jason had likely been caught up in the explosion on Whakaari White Island.

Jason, 33, had been on a cruise with eight friends, including Karla Mathews and Rick Elzer who were also on the island when it erupted on December 9, 2019.

But in the hours after news broke of the unfolding disaster, Karen and her husband Craig – who were at their Sawtell home, on the Mid-North Coast – had difficulty finding out if their son was safe. 

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Serena Williams is passing on a lot of traits to her three-year-old daughter: Relentless determination, a fierce forearm, and an iconic sense of style.

The tennis goddess and daughter Olympia have shared shots from their mother-daughter fashion campaign, Footsteps to Follow, by footwear brand Stuart Weitzman.

Serena’s fashion is second only to her tennis prowess, and the multi-grand slam champion already has her own line, S. 

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Tsunami surges hit Norfolk Island, NZ after triple earthquake threat

Tsunami warning sirens have sounded and thousands of New Zealanders on the North Island’s east coast have evacuated to higher ground after a third earthquake within hours on Friday.

There was gridlock in some cities and towns across Northland and the Bay of Plenty as workers, students and residents fled.

Civil defence officials were on the ground to help people evacuate as authorities said tsunami waves could reach three metres above tide levels. 

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Families are being forced to fork out for children's EpiPens, as chemists warn of nation-wide medication shortages.

The devices normally have an 18-month life span - but they are in short supply due to the pandemic.

It means parents are forced to purchase more frequently with some spending more than $100 for those with a four-month shelf life. 

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