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George Santos pleads guilty to multiple federal fraud counts
Santos seeks jury opinion questionnaire
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Ex-Republican congressman was known for this outlandish lies and fantasies peddled throughout his short career Former Republican congressman George Santos pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a federal fraud case marking yet another low point for a politician famed for the outlandish lies and fantasies he peddled during his short but high profile political care
Trump posts deepfakes of Swift, Harris and Musk in election campaign effort
Swifties support Trump campaign
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Presidential nominee shares AI-generated images, contributing to spread of online election disinformation US politics – live updates Donald Trump shared several AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans vowing their support for his presidential campaign on Sunday, reposting them with the caption “I accept!” on his Truth Social platform. The deepfakes are part of a slew of images made with

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Pro-Palestinian protesters march before Democratic convention: ‘This is about morality’
100K protesters expected at DNC
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Between 10,000 and 15,000 people fill Chicago’s Union Park to demonstrate against US aid of Israel’s war in Gaza About half a mile east of the Democratic national convention in Chicago, Union Park filled at noon Monday with demonstrators intent on sending a message to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, delegates and the world: that the war in Gaza should not be an afterthought. Organizers for the Coalitio
Washington DC council member arrested on bribery charges
FBI arrests D.C. Councilman Trayon White
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Trayon White could face up to 15 years in prison for allegedly accepting $156,000 to aid private companies A Washington DC council member has been arrested on charges of accepting $156,000 in bribes in exchange for using his political position to help private companies secure public contracts for violence prevention. Trayon White, a Democrat and former unsuccessful mayoral candidate who has also
University of California bans encampments and face masks
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President of university said policies are for ‘a safe, inclusive climate’ after pro-Palestinian protests swept across US The president of the University of California has announced that the system would enforce bans on encampments as well as the use of masks to “conceal identity” in guidance that comes as schools across the US are planning for protests in support of Gaza similar to those that roi
The Guardian view on Africa’s mpox outbreak: Covid lessons need to be learned | Editorial
WHO declares mpox global emergency
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It is in everybody’s interest that wealthy nations do a better job at getting vaccines and assistance to where they are needed most After two years of post-Covid talks, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) failed this summer to agree plans for a more equitable distribution of vaccines to developing countries. Ensuring that life-saving doses are available to countries most in need
When is Biden’s Democratic convention speech? How to watch and what to know
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The president will speak at the Democratic national convention in Chicago on Monday night The Democratic national convention is under way, with a prime-time address scheduled tonight from Joe Biden. The president’s speech in Chicago opens a convention that, until 21 July, was meant to serve as his coronation as the Democratic nominee in a re-election bid. Having dropped out , Biden will now use h
Ten states join lawsuit against Live Nation and seek triple damages
Ten states join Ticketmaster lawsuit
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Concert giant of monopolistically inflating ticket prices and hurting artists in suit now including 26 states and DC Attorneys general from about two dozen US states are going after three times the monetary damages originally sought against Live Nation Entertainment and its ticket-selling unit, Ticketmaster. In an updated version of a lawsuit first filed in May , the states allege the concert gia
Ex-NFL player Gosder Cherilus arrested after allegedly urinating on woman during flight
Gosder Cherilus arrested on flight
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Former first-round pick charged with disorderly conduct Judge calls behaviour ‘egregious’ A former NFL player accused of drunkenly hitting one man and urinating on a woman during a flight from Boston to Dublin has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, the Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. Gosder Cherilus, a first-round pick for the Detroit Lions in 2008 and also played for a
Federal Reserve ‘poised to begin cutting rates as early as September’
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Bank officials signal readiness to start interest rate-cutting cycle to ease pressure on households and businesses Kamala Harris’s hopes of victory in the looming US presidential election have been given a boost by mounting expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates from as early as September. As Democrats gather for the party’s national convention in Chicago starting on Mon
These Black innkeepers own a thriving B&B. But they keep their identities hidden
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‘It’s always, always an issue’: bed and breakfast owners Anita and Marvin Johnson on bringing back bygone hospitality and keeping a low profile Marvin and Anita Johnson know who they are – a married, middle-aged Black couple who own a bed and breakfast in the Atlanta suburb of Stockbridge, Georgia. They also understand that when some guests arrive, it may be the first time they spend the night wi
Prosecutors defer to judge on Trump bid to delay sentencing in hush-money case
Judge denies Trump's recusal request
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Juan Merchan to make decision on Trump’s request to push September sentencing date due to ‘election interference’ The prosecutors who secured Donald Trump ’s historic criminal conviction on felony charges in May did not explicitly oppose the former US president’s attempt to delay his sentencing until after the 5 November election. In a letter to Justice Juan Merchan on Monday, prosecutors with th
Carl Icahn charged with hiding billions in loans backed by company stock
Icahn settles SEC charges for disclosure
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Billionaire investor and his firm IEP settle with SEC for $2m after being charged with failing to disclose stock pledges Carl Icahn, the billionaire investment tycoon, and his firm Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) have been charged by US regulators with failing to disclose billions of dollars worth of personal loans. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said IEP and Icahn, who serves as chairma
Wyoming voters face mayoral candidate who vows to let AI bot run government
AI bot to run Cheyenne government
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‘There’s a new intelligence in town’ as Victor Miller and his ChatGPT bot, Vic, plan to lead Cheyenne in a hybrid format Voters in Wyoming ’s capital city on Tuesday are faced with deciding whether to elect a mayoral candidate who has proposed to let an artificial intelligence bot run the local government. Earlier this year, the candidate in question – Victor Miller – filed for him and his custom
House Republicans accuse Biden of ‘impeachable conduct’ despite little evidence
Biden faces impeachment allegations
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GOP call Biden ‘corrupt’ in 291-page report meant to derail the president’s now abandoned re-election effort US politics live – latest updates Congressional Republicans have accused Joe Biden of “egregious” conduct for which he should be impeached – despite providing no evidence that the US president committed a crime – in a 291-page report whose impact has been significantly blunted by his withd
In my war against pigeons, all I have is a broom. But the ‘rats of the sky’ remain unflappable | Calla Wahlquist
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They threaten our drinking water and refuse to budge. But non-lethal methods are the only advisable ways to deal with the infestation Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community There are eight pigeons living on my shed roof. That itself is a small victory: it has taken two years, 60 metres of anti-bird mesh, daily patrolling
‘Exceptionally difficult’: grueling wildfires test the resolve of US crews
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Thousands of firefighters are deployed as an all time record for acres burned – and it’s only August. Now some worry about the long months ahead It’s still early in the wildfire season for the American west, but it’s already shaping up to be a tough and, in some cases, record-breaking year. Oregon has seen more fire than any year on record, with almost 1.5m acres (607,028 hectares) scorched in re
A clam: made of light and all the while afraid of the dark | Helen Sullivan
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The height of solar efficiency, a clam manipulates light to make its shell and redirects the sun’s rays to its tiny algal tenants A giant clam has hundreds, if not thousands, of eyes, which lie on the exposed flesh that lines the shell, and work like pinhole cameras. “They respond by withdrawing the mantle to movements of dark objects, even if these cast no shadow on the animal as a whole,” reads
Britons, Americans and Canadian missing after storm sinks yacht off Sicily – video
Seven missing after yacht sinks
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Four Britons, two Americans and a Canadian are missing after a superyacht with 22 people onboard sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily. The tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch , 59, known for being the founder of Autonomy, is understood to be one of the four missing Britons while his wife, Angela Bacares, has been rescued, a source said. A spokesperson for Lynch declined to comment. Fifteen people wer
Democratic party’s 92-page platform lacks a call for arms embargo on Israel
Delegates push for Israel arms embargo
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The document focused on domestic objectives, such as growing the economy and combatting inequality US politics –follow live The US Democratic party on Sunday unveiled its platform for November’s presidential race – but nowhere in the 92-page document does it mention an arms embargo on Israel , a key demand by uncommitted delegates at the party’s four-day convention in Chicago and a central demand
What does it mean to be 16 today? It is totally different to when I was growing up | Zoe Williams
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On the day I opened my GCSE results, my parents weren’t looking over my shoulder, cameras poised. Lucky really, because I’d just smoked 20 cigarettes ... Ah, August, the month where you have to hear again what Jeremy Clarkson got in his A-levels, to be juxtaposed delightfully (he thinks) against his later success, and parents parading how traumatic their kids’ results are for them . You’ll be hea
‘The Hollywood of politics’: Chicago in spotlight as Democrats roll into town
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Thousands of delegates will descend upon a city struggling to reinvent its politics after decades of control by the Democratic machine As Maria Hadden spoke about the intricacies of political life in Chicago, the 43-year-old alderwoman was sitting in her car near East Rogers Park, watching a stranded garbage truck on the north-south street get towed, backing traffic up on the block. She was conte
‘It didn’t happen’: Becky Hammon denies mistreating pregnant Aces player
Dearica Hamby sues WNBA Aces
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Dearica Hamby suing WNBA and Aces Former player alleges she was traded because of her pregnancy Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon again disputed former Aces player Dearica Hamby’s claim the Aces mistreated her and traded her because of her pregnancy. Hamby, traded to Los Angeles in January 2023, played for the organization from 2015-22, beginning when the Aces were based in San Antonio. She was named
Owner of 7-Eleven stores receives buyout offer from Canadian rival
Couche-Tard bids for 7-Eleven owner
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Proposal to Tokyo-based Seven & i by ACT could become biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese firm The owner of the global convenience store chain 7-Eleven has received an offer from a Canadian rival to buy the company, in what could be Japan’s biggest ever foreign takeover. The Tokyo-based Seven & i revealed on Monday that it had received a bid from the Canadian convenience store multinational Al
Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA rookie assist record as Fever continue playoff push
Caitlin Clark sets rookie assist record
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No 1 pick overall hits 232 assists for the season Indiana are 10-5 in their last 15 games Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points, Caitlin Clark added 23 points and nine assists, and Lexie Hull scored 12 of her career-high 22 points in the fourth quarter on Sunday to help the Indiana Fever beat the Seattle Storm 92-75. With 232 assists so far this season, Clark broke the previous WNBA rookie record of 2
First Thing: Blinken arrives in Israel for 11th-hour talks on Gaza ceasefire deal
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Israel and Hamas signal that a breakthrough may not be as close as mediators have suggested. Plus, how a global tax on the super-rich could work Good morning. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Israel for last-minute negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Gaza amid fears that the war could spread rapidly if Iran and Hezbollah embark on retaliatory action against Israel. How
What I learned about loss and joy from Joan Didion, my mentor 60 years my senior | Cory Leadbeater
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In Manhattan, I was in her orbit for nine years – quietly, she passed on a lifetime’s wisdom about grief, fear and hope The clarity of hindsight is often overstated, particularly when it concerns the relationships that transform us. The English teacher who taught us King Lear somehow becomes the sole reason that we write; our first big love opened us to the world; our childhood barber is the reas
Biden to address Democratic convention in Chicago amid renewed hope for party – US politics live
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President to speak at opening night of convention as party galvanised by Kamala Harris’s nomination The Democratic congressional campaign committee is launching a $27m ad campaign focused on capturing Republican-held seats, according to a report. The new ad buys target a mix of swing districts and red-leaning areas as the Democrats bid to retake control of the House, NBC reports. House Democrats
After my brother's death, guilt haunted me. Until I went back to where he died | Lynne Wallis
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Almost four decades after Stephen overdosed, I was finally able to grieve the astonishing waste of my brother’s young life My older brother Stephen’s descent into drug addiction began in south-east London in 1969. It started with cannabis at school and escalated to LSD and amphetamines. By 1973, my 18-year-old, Jimi Hendrix-loving, Afghan-coat-wearing brother was taking heroin regularly and commi
An American came to stay – and completely changed my attitude to water | Emma Beddington
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I hate water so much I once went on the radio to defend my stance. Then I was introduced to massive bags of ice ... My son brought his girlfriend home last month and we really wanted to make things nice for her. We started with a shame-fuelled whirlwind clean, but were instantly betrayed the second our son stepped inside and exclaimed: “It’s so tidy! I’ve never seen it this clean!” (It got worse
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