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May Britt, Swedish actor and former wife of Sammy Davis Jr, dies aged 91

Britt, whose marriage to Davis in 1960 provoked threats due to racism and anti-miscegenation laws in the US, has died of natural causes in Los Angeles

May Britt, the Swedish actor whose marriage to Sammy Davis Jr in 1960 was the subject of controversy due to US attitudes towards interracial marriage, has died at 91.

Her son Mark Davis confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter, saying his mother died on 11 December of natural causes at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana medical center in Los Angeles.

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© Photograph: Classic Picture Library/Alamy

© Photograph: Classic Picture Library/Alamy

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Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations

Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal law enforcement officers conducted a street raid in New York in October.
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Victorian premier ‘deeply shocked, disappointed and embarrassed’ after husband caught drink driving

Jacinta Allan says husband Yorick Piper lost his driver’s licence after being intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on Thursday morning

A tearful Jacinta Allan says she’s “deeply shocked, disappointed and embarrassed” after her husband lost his licence for drink-driving during a trip to the supermarket.

The Victorian premier on Friday revealed her husband, Yorick Piper, was intercepted for a random breath test in Bendigo on his way to buy some groceries just before 9am on Thursday morning. He had been involved in a minor collision at an intersection shortly before the test.

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© Photograph: James Ross/AAP

© Photograph: James Ross/AAP

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