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Sam Zell, real estate tycoon who led Tribune Co. to bankruptcy, dies at 81:

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Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as“the grave dancer”for his ability to revive moribund properties, died Thursday. He was 81. He had a golden touch with real estate, and by the time he reached his 70s, he had amassed a fortune estimated at $3.8 billion. A month later, he made another deal that ultimately tarnished his image: the acquisition of the ailing Tribune Co. for $13 billion. The media giant filed for bankruptcy the following year.

Brit sets non-sherpa guide 2 record for Everest climbs:

A British mountain guide has returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-sherpa guide. Kenton Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been doing it almost every year since then. Only Sherpa guides have scaled the mountain more times than Cool.

Officials say death toll from 3 cyclone at least 145:

Myanmar says the death toll from a powerful cyclone this week has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 Muslim Rohingya. Cyclone Mocha made landfall near Sittwe township in Rakhine state with winds up to 130 miles per hour. The Rohingya caught in the storm mostly in crowded displacement camps, where they were moved after losing their homes in a brutal 2017 counterinsurgency campaign led by Myanmar security forces.

Rushdie honored at first 4 appearance since stabbing:

Salman Rushdie has made an emotional and unexpected return to public life, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award. It was his first in-person appearance at a public event since he was repeatedly stabbed last August while on stage at a literary festival in western New York.

88-year-old Australian doctor 5 freed 7 years after kidnapping:

An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than seven years has been freed. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday that Ken Elliott has reunited with his wife and their children in Australia. Wong said no ransom was paid, but other circumstances of his release were not disclosed. Elliott and his wife were kidnapped in 2016 in Burkina Faso, where they had run a medical clinic for four decades.