--- description: ACQUITTED Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, of a variety of charges in the phone-hacking scandal that rocked British journalism. Of the seven defendants in the... title: Milestones image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Milestones (26 Jun 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 9:54 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 26, 2014 9:54 AM CUT ACQUITTED Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, of a variety of charges in the phone-hacking scandal that rocked British journalism. Of the seven defendants in the case, one was found guilty. OPTED OUT Star NBA player LeBron James, of his contract with the Miami Heat. James will become a free agent on July 1\. The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony made a similar decision earlier in the week. DENOUNCED Members of Calabria’s mob, the ‘Ndrangheta, by Pope Francis, who referred to them as “excommunicated” during a Mass in the southern Italian region. SENTENCED Three al-Jazeera journalists–Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed–for seven to 10 years in an Egyptian prison on charges related to assisting the Muslim Brotherhood. OUSTED American Apparel founder and chief executive Dov Charney, who was removed from his job by the clothing company’s board. Charney said he will contest the decision. APPROVED The performing of same-sex weddings by Presbyterian pastors in states that allow it, after a vote by the General Assembly of the denomination. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2926435/milestones-135/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2926435/milestones-135/"},"headline":"Milestones (26 Jun 2014)","datePublished":"2014-06-26T09:54:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:03:39.698Z","description":"ACQUITTED Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, of a variety of charges in the phone-hacking scandal that rocked British journalism. Of the seven defendants in the...","url":"https://time.com/2926435/milestones-135/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2926435/milestones-135/","name":"Milestones (26 Jun 2014)"}}]}] ```