Peoples' News Roundup: Elton John blasts 'relentless' character assassination of Harry and Meghan; Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's first woman governor, dies

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Elton John blasts 'relentless' character assassination of Harry and Meghan

Elton John has spoken out in support of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, calling them a down-to-earth and hardworking couple who were being unfairly attacked by the media after they took private jets to stay with him in southern France. John recalled his friendship with Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana, in a series of tweets on Monday in which he appealed to the press to stop the almost daily "relentless and untrue assassinations on their character."

Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's first woman governor, dies, led state through hurricanes

Trailblazing former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, whose tenure was dominated by the trauma of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, has died from complications of cancer, the state's current governor said on Sunday. She was 76. Blanco, a Democrat, was the first woman elected to lead the state, serving as governor from 2004 to 2008.

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