News Headlines - 03 May 2018
▽Cambridge Analytica and British parent shut down after Facebook scandal | Reuters
Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday.
An indictment was unsealed earlier today charging Martin Winterkorn, 70, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s long-running scheme to cheat U.S. diesel vehicle emissions requirements.
▽Stamford Hill fire: 10 hurt as bonfire 'soaked in oil' explodes at Jewish festival
Ten people were injured when a bonfire lit to celebrate the eve of a Jewish holiday exploded and sent a fireball into a crowd in north London... Video posted to the internet showed dozens of people standing around the bonfire, which was reportedly soaked in oil.
▽Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski Expelled From the Film Academy - The New York Times
The disgraced comedian Bill Cosby and the director Roman Polanski have been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences following a vote by its board of governors on Tuesday night, the organization announced on Thursday.
▽London Stadium set to host Red Sox-Yankees games next year | The Guardian
Major League Baseball will announce next week that the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will play two games at the London Stadium on 29 and 30 June next year, a source has told the Associated Press.
