Actor Jim Carrey has been accused of illegally obtaining the drugs that his former girlfriend Cathriona White used to kill herself.
The 30-year-old Irish actress died from an overdose of prescription medication at her home in Los Angeles almost a year ago.
Her estranged husband, Mark Burton, has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against The Truman Show star.
It alleges Carrey obtained prescription medications under the "bogus name" of "Arthur King" and, following her suicide, tried to conceal his involvement.
In a statement, Carrey said the filing of the lawsuit was a "terrible shame".
The Canadian-born actor added: "It would be easy for me to get in a back room with this man's lawyer and make this go away, but there are some moments in life when you have to stand up and defend your honour against the evil in this world.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Wilbert, Doris and Kamil picked as UK storm names by Met Office
Wilbert may be windy, Robert rainy and Susan snowy under plans by the Met Office and Met Eireann to name storms this winter.
They are among 21 names which will be given to the weather systems which have the most potential to cause problems across the UK and Ireland.
Doris, Ivor and Gabriel are also on the list, which forecasters have compiled from more than 10,000 suggestions which were submitted by the public.
The UK and Ireland first began naming storms in October 2015.
Since then there have been 11 named storms which have caused six deaths and more than £1bn worth of damage.
Among the most destructive was Storm Desmond, which caused widespread flooding across Cumbria, Lancashire and the Scottish borders in early December 2015.
Just two weeks later Storm Eva caused further flooding in many of the same areas.
Sky News weather presenter Kirsty McCabe said: "Giving a wind storm a name raises awareness, it gives the storm personality and ultimately helps people prepare for severe weather.
"The problem comes with deciding which wind storms merit a name.
"It's not as straightforward as tropical storms and hurricanes.
"If a storm gets named but ends up not having much impact then people might accuse forecasters of crying wolf and not paying attention to future storms."
The new storm naming season begins on 1 October and continues until the end of September 2017.
The names which will be used for 2016/17 are Angus, Barbara, Conor, Doris, Ewan, Fleur, Gabriel, Holly, Ivor, Jacqui, Kamil, Louise, Malcolm, Natalie, Oisin, Penelope, Robert, Susan, Thomas, Valerie and Wilbert.
Following the convention used for naming hurricanes in the United States the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used.
The US National Weather Service has named tropical cyclones since the 1950s. Names of particularly destructive storms are retired.
Andrew, Mitch, Katrina and Sandy are among the names which are currently not used for hurricanes.
Lyft president John Zimmer predicts rise of driverless cars
The co-founder of ride-hailing firm Lyft has predicted that car ownership in major cities will die out almost completely by 2025.
Setting out his vision for the future of transport, John Zimmer predicted drivers will ditch their cars as networks of driverless vehicles become a cheaper and more efficient way of getting from A to B.
Mr Zimmer also predicted that self-driving cars will provide the majority of his firm's journeys in the US within five years.
Lyft is already testing driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco and Phoenix in partnership with General Motors, while its rival Uber is starting to carry passengers around Pittsburgh in autonomous cars with a human backup driver.
In a Medium blog post, Mr Zimmer wrote: "As a country, we've long celebrated cars as symbols of freedom and identity.
"But for many people - especially milennials - this doesn't ring true. We see car ownership as a burden that is costing the average American $9,000 every year.
"The car has actually become more like a $9,000 ball and chain that gets dragged through our daily life. Owning a car means monthly car payments, searching for parking, buying fuel, dealing with repairs.
"Ridesharing has already begun to empower many people to live without owning a car. The age of young people with driver's licences has been steadily decreasing ever since right around when I was born.
"All told, a milennial today is 30% less likely to buy a car than someone from the previous generation.
"Every year, more and more people are concluding that it is simpler and more affordable to live without a car.
"And when networked autonomous vehicles come onto the scene, below the cost of car ownership, most city-dwellers will stop using a personal car altogether."
The Lyft president predicted that self-driving cars will initially offer rides at low speeds of around 25mph, with restrictions based on factors like the weather.
"As technology improves, these cars will be able to drive themselves in more and more situations."
Mr Zimmer said the move away from personal car ownership would help cities cope with population growth, freeing up parking spaces for development as parks or housing.
Automation expert Timothy Carone, a professor at Notre Dame University, said the timescale suggested by the Lyft boss may be overly ambitious.
He predicted operators in remote locations will take control of cars if they run into situations they can't handle, similar to how the military pilots drones.
"Cars in New York or driving on superhighways can be autonomous but be monitored by someone at an Uber or Lyft centre who can monitor many cars at once," Prof Carone said.
Lyft president John Zimmer predicts rise of driverless cars
The co-founder of ride-hailing firm Lyft has predicted that car ownership in major cities will die out almost completely by 2025.
Setting out his vision for the future of transport, John Zimmer predicted drivers will ditch their cars as networks of driverless vehicles become a cheaper and more efficient way of getting from A to B.
Mr Zimmer also predicted that self-driving cars will provide the majority of his firm's journeys in the US within five years.
Lyft is already testing driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco and Phoenix in partnership with General Motors, while its rival Uber is starting to carry passengers around Pittsburgh in autonomous cars with a human backup driver.
In a Medium blog post, Mr Zimmer wrote: "As a country, we've long celebrated cars as symbols of freedom and identity.
"But for many people - especially milennials - this doesn't ring true. We see car ownership as a burden that is costing the average American $9,000 every year.
"The car has actually become more like a $9,000 ball and chain that gets dragged through our daily life. Owning a car means monthly car payments, searching for parking, buying fuel, dealing with repairs.
"Ridesharing has already begun to empower many people to live without owning a car. The age of young people with driver's licences has been steadily decreasing ever since right around when I was born.
"All told, a milennial today is 30% less likely to buy a car than someone from the previous generation.
"Every year, more and more people are concluding that it is simpler and more affordable to live without a car.
"And when networked autonomous vehicles come onto the scene, below the cost of car ownership, most city-dwellers will stop using a personal car altogether."
The Lyft president predicted that self-driving cars will initially offer rides at low speeds of around 25mph, with restrictions based on factors like the weather.
"As technology improves, these cars will be able to drive themselves in more and more situations."
Mr Zimmer said the move away from personal car ownership would help cities cope with population growth, freeing up parking spaces for development as parks or housing.
Automation expert Timothy Carone, a professor at Notre Dame University, said the timescale suggested by the Lyft boss may be overly ambitious.
He predicted operators in remote locations will take control of cars if they run into situations they can't handle, similar to how the military pilots drones.
"Cars in New York or driving on superhighways can be autonomous but be monitored by someone at an Uber or Lyft centre who can monitor many cars at once," Prof Carone said.
Lyft president John Zimmer predicts rise of driverless cars
The co-founder of ride-hailing firm Lyft has predicted that car ownership in major cities will die out almost completely by 2025.
Setting out his vision for the future of transport, John Zimmer predicted drivers will ditch their cars as networks of driverless vehicles become a cheaper and more efficient way of getting from A to B.
Mr Zimmer also predicted that self-driving cars will provide the majority of his firm's journeys in the US within five years.
Lyft is already testing driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco and Phoenix in partnership with General Motors, while its rival Uber is starting to carry passengers around Pittsburgh in autonomous cars with a human backup driver.
In a Medium blog post, Mr Zimmer wrote: "As a country, we've long celebrated cars as symbols of freedom and identity.
"But for many people - especially milennials - this doesn't ring true. We see car ownership as a burden that is costing the average American $9,000 every year.
"The car has actually become more like a $9,000 ball and chain that gets dragged through our daily life. Owning a car means monthly car payments, searching for parking, buying fuel, dealing with repairs.
"Ridesharing has already begun to empower many people to live without owning a car. The age of young people with driver's licences has been steadily decreasing ever since right around when I was born.
"All told, a milennial today is 30% less likely to buy a car than someone from the previous generation.
"Every year, more and more people are concluding that it is simpler and more affordable to live without a car.
"And when networked autonomous vehicles come onto the scene, below the cost of car ownership, most city-dwellers will stop using a personal car altogether."
The Lyft president predicted that self-driving cars will initially offer rides at low speeds of around 25mph, with restrictions based on factors like the weather.
"As technology improves, these cars will be able to drive themselves in more and more situations."
Mr Zimmer said the move away from personal car ownership would help cities cope with population growth, freeing up parking spaces for development as parks or housing.
Automation expert Timothy Carone, a professor at Notre Dame University, said the timescale suggested by the Lyft boss may be overly ambitious.
He predicted operators in remote locations will take control of cars if they run into situations they can't handle, similar to how the military pilots drones.
"Cars in New York or driving on superhighways can be autonomous but be monitored by someone at an Uber or Lyft centre who can monitor many cars at once," Prof Carone said.
Lyft president John Zimmer predicts rise of driverless cars
The co-founder of ride-hailing firm Lyft has predicted that car ownership in major cities will die out almost completely by 2025.
Setting out his vision for the future of transport, John Zimmer predicted drivers will ditch their cars as networks of driverless vehicles become a cheaper and more efficient way of getting from A to B.
Mr Zimmer also predicted that self-driving cars will provide the majority of his firm's journeys in the US within five years.
Lyft is already testing driverless cars on the streets of San Francisco and Phoenix in partnership with General Motors, while its rival Uber is starting to carry passengers around Pittsburgh in autonomous cars with a human backup driver.
In a Medium blog post, Mr Zimmer wrote: "As a country, we've long celebrated cars as symbols of freedom and identity.
"But for many people - especially milennials - this doesn't ring true. We see car ownership as a burden that is costing the average American $9,000 every year.
"The car has actually become more like a $9,000 ball and chain that gets dragged through our daily life. Owning a car means monthly car payments, searching for parking, buying fuel, dealing with repairs.
"Ridesharing has already begun to empower many people to live without owning a car. The age of young people with driver's licences has been steadily decreasing ever since right around when I was born.
"All told, a milennial today is 30% less likely to buy a car than someone from the previous generation.
"Every year, more and more people are concluding that it is simpler and more affordable to live without a car.
"And when networked autonomous vehicles come onto the scene, below the cost of car ownership, most city-dwellers will stop using a personal car altogether."
The Lyft president predicted that self-driving cars will initially offer rides at low speeds of around 25mph, with restrictions based on factors like the weather.
"As technology improves, these cars will be able to drive themselves in more and more situations."
Mr Zimmer said the move away from personal car ownership would help cities cope with population growth, freeing up parking spaces for development as parks or housing.
Automation expert Timothy Carone, a professor at Notre Dame University, said the timescale suggested by the Lyft boss may be overly ambitious.
He predicted operators in remote locations will take control of cars if they run into situations they can't handle, similar to how the military pilots drones.
"Cars in New York or driving on superhighways can be autonomous but be monitored by someone at an Uber or Lyft centre who can monitor many cars at once," Prof Carone said.
Theresa May to tell UN: UK has right to control borders
The UK has the right to control its borders and turn away "economic migrants" who pose as refugees to gain entry, Theresa May will tell world leaders.
The Prime Minister will say at the UN summit that refugees should claim asylum in the first safe country they come to in order to address "unprecedented levels of population movement" around the world.
Mrs May will offer a three-point strategy to tackle the migrant crisis and warn leaders the problem must be addressed to ensure "public confidence in the economic benefits of legal and controlled migration".
Speaking at the summit in New York where leaders are gathered to address the problem, Mrs May outlined her three principles as:
:: Refugees should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach - rather than travelling onwards
:: Better distinctions should be drawn between refugees and "economic migrants"
:: Countries should have a right to control their own borders.
Ahead of the summit, Mrs May said: "Across the world today, we are seeing unprecedented levels of population movement and we need to work together to find a better response, which focuses our humanitarian efforts on those refugees in desperate need of protection and maintains public confidence in the economic benefits of legal and controlled migration.
"This is an urgent matter - more people are displaced than at any point in modern history and it is vital that we provide ongoing support for those people most in need of protection."
The Prime Minister said the UK would "step up our efforts with further financial assistance and concrete action plan" working with the countries most affected.
She added: "But we cannot simply focus on treating the symptoms of this crisis, we need to address its root causes too."
However, an international lawyer has warned Mrs May's plans to distinguish between refugees and "economic migrants" would be "almost impossible" to achieve.
Philippe Sands QC, a professor of international law at University College London, said she would need to push for reform of the 1951 UN Convention for the changes to apply.
It comes after the former foreign secretary, David Miliband, now president of the International Rescue Committee, said that the UK should take four times as many refugees as currently planned.
Refugee Council chief executive Maurice Wren was highly critical of Mrs May's plans saying the proposals indicated Mrs May wanted to "reinforce the untenable status quo".
To draw attention to the plight of refugees and migrants, refugees and charities have created a "lifejacket graveyard" in Parliament Square.
They have laid out 2,500 lifejackets worn by migrants - including 625 used by children - as they attempted dangerous crossings to safer countries.
The UN estimates on average 11 men, women and children have died across Europe every day in the last year trying to make the crossings.
Some 57,000 migrants are said to be trapped in Greece in 47 camps because some European countries have closed their borders.
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