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A week in which an airline passenger gets Tasered, and a Spanish politician faces a skin cream crime

SHOCKED: An American Airlines passenger accused of touching a woman on a plane without her permission before the flight. Miami-Dade police were called to the plane and used a Taser on Jacob Garcia, 28.

BANNING (1) Plastic shopping bags in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a statewide ban on single-use bags, while blocking any local government from imposing their own rules or fees. It would go into effect in 2019.

LOSING FACE: Cristina Cifuentes, the chief of the Madrid regional government. She resigned Wednesday after a website posted video that appeared to show her being detained for shoplifting facial cream.

DEFENDING PRINCIPLES: At the University of Alberta. University president David Turpin said the school would give environmentalist David Suzuki an honorary degree despite criticism from donors with ties to the oil industry.

APPALLED: The Liverpool Football Club, after one of its fans was left in critical condition following an attack outside the team’s stadium. The fan was reportedly hit with a belt during clashes with Roma fans. Two men from Rome were arrested.

BANNING (2) Holiday apartment rentals to tourists in the Spanish city of Palma. The restrictions follow complaints from residents of rising rents, the BBC reports. Palma’s mayor says the ban will be a model for dealing with mass tourism.

FACING UP: The BBC to some of its anchors and hosts, who were left with large tax bills because the broadcaster’s preferred payment method was rejected by tax officials. About 15 anchors received hardship payments for their trouble.

ATTACKING PRINCIPALS: The U.K. University and College Union lambasted college principals as “greedy and hopelessly out of touch,” FE Week reported, after an analysis showed a third enjoyed a pay rise of more than 10 per cent in 2016-17.