Tamil Nadu’s DMK government sought an urgent Supreme Court hearing on its appeal against the Madras High Court’s order allowing the ‘Karthigai Deepam’ lighting atop Thiruparankundram hills. The state claims exclusive rights over temple rituals, defying the HC’s directives. The SC acknowledged the plea but offered no immediate assurance for an early listing.

A Florida federal judge on Friday cleared the Justice Department to release grand jury transcripts from its sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein, which could shed light on the deceased financier’s ties to rich and powerful people.

Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.