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Cancel Culture, Epstein Docs, and Royal Tears: News Bites!

A Minnesota comedy club canceled six sold-out shows by comedian Ben Bankas after a clip of his stand-up routine, in which he mocked a woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, went viral, igniting outrage. Laugh Camp Comedy Club in St. Paul pulled the plug on Bankas's scheduled January 30-February 1 performances after backlash erupted over jokes he made about Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother of three who was killed during an encounter with federal immigration authorities earlier this month, according to Fox News.

In other news, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) removed thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein from its website after victims said their identities had been compromised, the BBC reported. Lawyers for Epstein's victims said flawed redactions in the files released on Friday had "turned upside down" the lives of nearly 100 survivors. Email addresses and nude photos in which the names and faces of potential victims could be identified were included in the release. Survivors issued a statement calling the disclosure "outrageous" and said they should not be "named, scrutinized, or re-victimized."

Meanwhile, in Oslo, Norway, the trial of Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway's crown princess, heard a tearful account from a woman he is alleged to have raped at a party in 2018, according to the BBC. The woman told the court she had no recollection of what had happened, after an earlier sexual encounter that lasted a matter of seconds. Facing 38 charges against him, Marius Borg Høiby pleaded not guilty to raping four women and other serious offences but admitted breaking a restraining order, transporting marijuana and speeding while "partly" admitting threats.

In Wales, First Minister Eluned Morgan urged the public to support struggling businesses by going to the pub instead of watching Netflix, the BBC reported. Morgan spoke in Wales' parliament, the Senedd, after her government announced a one-year business rate discount of 15% for pubs, restaurants, cafes, and live music venues. She came under fire over how her government taxes companies, and replied that the state could not be expected to "step in" and do the work of people not using hospitality venues.

Finally, the New York Times published a piece about Brian Cahill, a 58-year-old media consultant who experienced a life-altering event. Cahill, who was in excellent physical shape, recalled feeling "very good about my life" before a searing pain in his back left him immobilized.

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