- Oyo Nyimba, the Tooro king who was coronated at age 3 and long billed as the world’s youngest king, has died at 34 after being treated abroad — his illness and sudden death shocked many.
- Tooro officials say the crown’s continuity is assured and a prince heir exists, but his identity will be revealed later according to tradition.
- The Tooro kingdom is an ancient cultural monarchy in western Uganda (restored in 1993); Oyo was unmarried and widely seen as one of Uganda’s most eligible bachelors.
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- Nancy Kissinger, the longtime philanthropist and wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, has died at 92 in Kent, Connecticut; she will be buried beside him at Arlington National Cemetery.
- A prominent New York social and philanthropic figure, she was widely regarded as a discreet, influential adviser who could quickly reach CEOs and charity leaders — praised by friends like Michael Bloomberg.
- She once made headlines in 1982 after an altercation with a heckler at Newark Airport; she was acquitted and a judge called her reaction a “spontaneous and somewhat human” response.
- On prediction market Polymarket, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads with an 18% shot at the 2028 Democratic nomination, narrowly ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom (17%) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (16%).
- Ocasio-Cortez recently announced she's freezing her eggs and has been sharing the process on social media, which drew mixed reactions.
- These are early prediction-market odds (and differ by platform, with Kalshi favoring Newsom), not formal polls or a guarantee of who will run.
- Leopold Aschenbrenner is marrying Avital Balwit (Anthropic’s chief of staff) in Carmel this weekend — the celebration includes panels, a Tuscan‑style villa ceremony and a forest‑spa honeymoon send‑off.
- In dramatic timing, the groom spent the week scrambling to save his hedge fund after a sudden semiconductor sell‑off and margin calls, ultimately surviving but much smaller.
- The guest list reads like an AI who’s‑who — investors, Anthropic/OpenAI researchers and tech founders — a very small, very connected world.
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