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Martinez files for divorce from Berry

LOS ANGELES

Halle Berry and actor Olivier Martinez are ending their two-year marriage and say they want to proceed with the best interests of their young son in mind.

The actors released a joint statement announcing the divorce Tuesday, hours before Martinez filed a divorce petition citing irreconcilable differences in Los Angeles.

Martinez’s filing seeks joint custody of the pair’s 2-year-old son and lists Monday as their date of separation.

“It is with a heavy heart that we have come to the decision to divorce,” the actors wrote in a joint statement. “We move forward with love and respect for one another and the shared focus of what is best for our son. We wish each other nothing but happiness in life, and we hope that you respect our and, most importantly, our children’s privacy as we go through this difficult period.”

Berry and Martinez met while making the 2012 film “Dark Tide.” They married in July 2013.

Muhlenberg rescinds honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby

ALLENTOWN, Pa.

Muhlenberg College has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby after renewed accusations of sexual assault against the comedian.

Faculty, staff and students at the private liberal- arts college in eastern Pennsylvania were told in an email Tuesday that the board of trustees had voted Friday to revoke the degree conferred on Cosby in 1995.

Board chairman Richard Crist says “substantial and credible information” that was unavailable at the time indicates that Cosby’s conduct “substantially and materially offends the college’s principles and ideals.”

Cosby has never been charged with a crime and has continued to deny allegations from several women that he drugged and sexually assaulted them years ago.

Associated Press