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The entertainment world is mourning the loss of R.J. Mitte, the actor best known for playing Walter White's son on Breaking Bad, who has died at thirty-four. Mitte appeared across all five seasons of the acclaimed AMC drama and was equally recognized as a passionate disability rights advocate. No cause of death has been disclosed.
Turning to a story where technology met art crime, French investigators have charged four men in connection with the theft of Renoir paintings from a small museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. DNA evidence and vehicle-tracking data were central to cracking the case, demonstrating how forensic and digital tools increasingly work in tandem to recover stolen cultural heritage.
And in infrastructure news, Portugal has broken ground on a high-speed rail line connecting Lisbon and Porto. Officials are calling it one of the largest infrastructure undertakings the country will see this century, alongside a new Lisbon airport. The project signals a significant bet on rail as the backbone of Portugal's long-term transport future.
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