Feds finally start investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell

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Ghislaine Maxwell — the British socialite who’s long been accused of serving as Jeffrey Epstein’s madam — is under investigation by the FBI, according to a new report Friday.

Several other “people who facilitated” the dead pedophile’s alleged sexual abuse are also being probed but Maxwell is the main focus, two sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters.

One of the sources said the probe is in its early stages and that the FBI is following up with leads its received from women who claim to have been victimized by Epstein.

The FBI currently has no plans to interview Prince Andrew, who’s been accused of having sex with one of Epstein’s most vocal accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the sources said.

The disgraced royal was forced to step down from public duties in November following his train-wreck interview in which he apologized for his “ill-judged” association with the multi-millionaire.

Epstein, 66, committed suicide at a Manhattan jail in August, a month after he was arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges alleging that he abused girls as young as 14 for years.

An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment to Reuters.

Lawyers for Maxwell, who has not been criminally charged, did not respond to a request for comment.

Maxwell is the daughter of the late media titan Robert Maxwell.

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ISIS monsters execute nearly a dozen Christians around Christmastime

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ISIS-aligned jihadists have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 blindfolded Christian men in Nigeria, in what analysts say was a barbaric act that was clearly timed to coincide with Christmas, according to reports.

“This is a message to Christians all over the world,” a masked man says in the one-minute video posted online late Thursday by the terror group’s Amaq news agency.

He claimed the killings at the hands of jihadists from the Islamic State West African Province were in retaliation for the death of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his spokesman.

Baghdadi committed suicide in October during a US special forces operation in Syria.

No details were given about the victims, but ISIS said they were “captured in the past weeks” in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, according to the BBC.

One captive was shot dead while the other 10 were beheaded.

In recent months, ISWAP has ramped up its attacks on Christians, security personnel and aide, setting up roadblocks on highways and conducting searches, according to Agence France-Presse.

The UN has condemned the “increasing practice by armed groups to set up checkpoints targeting civilians” in the northeast of Nigeria.

On Sunday, jihadists killed six people and abducted five others when they intercepted vehicles on a highway near Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

ISWAP, which pledged allegiance to Baghdadi in 2016 and split from insurgent group Boko Haram, stepped up attacks on military outposts and troops last year, but has increasingly begun targeting civilians.

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David Bauernfeind, Domino’s Pizza CFO, dead in snorkeling accident

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The chief financial officer of Domino’s Pizza Group has died in a snorkeling accident, according to reports Friday.

“Our Chief Financial Officer, David Bauernfeind, died in a tragic accident on Thursday, 26th December whilst on holiday with his family,” the UK-based franchise said in a brief statement, without disclosing any further details.

Bauernfeind, 51, who joined Domino’s in 2018 as CFO, died while snorkeling with his wife and daughter in Mauritius, according to the UK’s Mirror.

“We are all deeply shocked and saddened by this tragic news,” said the company’s chief executive David Wild. “On behalf of our Board, our colleagues and our franchisees, we send our heartfelt sympathies to David’s wife Nicolette and daughter Ornella as well as his wider family and friends.”

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