Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the audience at the firm's annual general meeting on Thursday. Musk, who is already the world's richest man, must drastically raise the electric car firm's market value over 10 years. If he does this and meets various targets, he will be rewarded with hundreds of millions of new shares.
A former Virginia schoolteacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student two years ago has been awarded $10m (7.6m) in damages by a jury. Abigail Zwerner was seriously wounded and required multiple surgeries after the incident. She testified during her trial that "I thought I had died". Ms Zwerner filed a $40m (31.5m) lawsuit against the former assistant principal of the school Ebony Parker, saying Ms Parker failed to act when she was warned that the young boy may have brought a gun to school that day. read more
Four people have been detained after Portuguese authorities intercepted a narco-sub carrying more than 1.7 tonnes of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic. read more
Donald Trump has played down the possibility of a US war with Venezuela, but suggested Nicols Maduro's days as the country's president are numbered. read more
On Nov. 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray husky-spitz mix from the streets of Moscow, and she was recruited by the Soviet space program for her small size and calm temperament. Unfortunately for Laika, this mission was a one-way trip. The Soviets didn't design a way to bring her back down to Earth. With only 7 days worth of oxygen and a little bit of food on board, Laika launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with a Russian Sputnik rocket. read more
This hearing did not go well for the DOJ and Trump.
Nevertheless, the Court will rule in their favour.