Milestones

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DIED

Betsy Palmer, 88, actress best known for her role as the killer cook in the slasher film Friday the 13th. In later years, she admitted to taking the part to pay for a new Volkswagen.

SENTENCED

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Internet black market Silk Road, to life in prison. Also known as the “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Ulbricht ran an illicit market where users sold drugs and other illegal goods.

DIED

Charles Kennedy, 55, who led Britain’s Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006 and was a vocal critic of the Iraq War. Prime Minister David Cameron remembered him as a “talented politician.”

NAMED

Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca, to the top spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, the position it held previously in 2013; the formerly top-ranked Noma, in Denmark, is now No. 3.

RULED

By the Supreme Court, that Abercrombie & Fitch could be sued for discrimination for not hiring a woman because she wore a hijab that went against its “look policy.”

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