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Rachelle Abbott

James Charles fans sent me online death threats, claims YouTuber’s ex-producer

A producer who worked for YouTuber James Charles is claiming she received online death threats after going public with her lawsuit against the beauty mogul.

Kelly Rocklein, who was creative director for Charles for six months in 2018, is seeking compensation for wrongful dismissal, lost wages and emotional distress.

Charles took to Twitter to describe Rocklein’s claims about his workplace culture as “ridiculous and absurd”.

WhatsApp users will see “persistent” reminders ahead of the May 15th deadline to accept updated terms and conditions, something the messaging platform’s parent company Facebook says has already been accepted by most of its 2 billion users.

Amid privacy fears following the January announcement, users threatened to boycott the app and rival platforms such as Signal and Telegram saw record downloads.

Fossilised footprint tracks which have been dated to 58 million years ago could be the earliest evidence of mammals gathering by the sea.

Researchers identified various different tracks, including one set that showed large, five-toed footprints, made by a Coryphodon, that’s a type of semi-aquatic beast similar to a hippo.

The extremely rare meteorite which crashed into a small UK town is now on display, NASA’s perseverance rover has started using its smart arm to analyse Mars rock samples found in a crater once believed to have been a lake, cryptocurrency crimes have fallen, and, why scientists believe a healthy heart may give you improved logic.

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