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‘Anticipatory obedience’: newspapers’ refusal to endorse shines light on billionaire owners’ motives
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The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post both declined to endorse a candidate – a sign of political media capture When two American billionaires blocked the newspapers they own from endorsing Kamala Harris this month, they tried to frame the decision as an act of civic responsibility. “I think my fear is, if we chose either one, that it would just add to the division,” Patrick Soon-Shiong, t
Russians behind fake video of ballots being destroyed, US officials say
Russian disinformation campaign targets elections
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Recent video purportedly showing a man destroying ballots marked for Trump is a disinformation campaign, say officials Russian actors were behind a viral video falsely showing mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in the swing state of Pennsylvania, US officials said on Friday, amid heightened alert over foreign influence operations targeting the upcoming election . The video, which ga
Elon Musk worked in US illegally in 1995 after quitting school – report
Musk promotes voter fraud claims
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Washington Post contrasts the episode with the South African multibillionaire’s anti-immigration views Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in the US after abandoning a graduate studies program in California, according to a Washington Post report that contrasted the episode with the South African multibillionaire’s anti-immigration views. The boss of Tesla and SpaceX, who has in recent weeks suppor

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‘A lot of fun’: will Trump’s rambling Joe Rogan interview rally young men?
Trump to appear on Rogan's podcast
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Trump came across as old and unintelligent, but he was politically unscathed by a softball interview In an interview in which Donald Trump said that he wants to be “a whale psychologist”, made the case for replacing income tax with tariffs and praised Confederate general Robert E Lee as a “genius”, the most striking thing about the former president’s encounter with podcaster Joe Rogan wasn’t the
Florida woman found guilty of murder after zipping boyfriend in suitcase
Florida woman guilty of murder
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Sarah Boone was accused of leaving Jorge Torres to die at their home in Winter Park in 2020 A woman accused of leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in central Florida. Four years after Sarah Boone was arrested over the death of Jorge Torres, jurors handed down the verdict against her on Friday evening aft
Americans who believe in democracy have no choice but to vote for Harris | Observer editorial
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The US remains a great country with many strengths and many problems – and Trump is not the answer ‘It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings” – that well-known if dated American sporting adage – may afford Kamala Harris a little comfort in the final, testing days leading up to the US presidential election on 5 November. The contest is too close to call. That has been the case for weeks, if not month
Why you should give your child a dumbphone if you want them to be smarter | Torsten Bell
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New research reveals how app usage affects grades, adding to parents’ worries about mental health First, the good news. We middle-aged Brits are no longer condemned to the conversation- and soul-destroying monomania of debating house prices. Less good is what has displaced it – an epidemic of angst about when to allow teenagers a mobile, and what kind. I’m in the “very late and a brick” camp, but
These seven states will decide the election. Here’s what we learned reporting on the ground
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The White House is won not by popular vote but electoral college votes taken state by state. These races are incredibly close Spare a thought for beleaguered Pennsylvanians. During the past few weeks, they have been pummeled with $280m worth of election ads blazing on their TV and computer screens, part of an eye-popping $2.1bn spent so far on the US presidential election. Pennsylvania is one of
Joe Biden’s big blunder: how the war in Ukraine became a global disaster | Simon Tisdall
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Failure to contain the conflict has led to huge suffering and geopolitical shifts. Why didn’t the US commit to Nato? Reflecting the instincts of a cold war veteran, Joe Biden’s strategy was familiar: contain the conflict. When the US president spoke in Warsaw in March 2022, a month after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he drew a red line at Vladimir Putin’s toes. “ Don’t even think about
Trump’s final pitch to voters: retribution vows, vulgar rallies, fascist accusations
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Former president, who recently called US a ‘a garbage can for the world’, has eyes on revenge in re-election campaign As the election nears, Donald Trump ’s final message to voters is about revenge, with promises for retribution and rallies that are increasingly incoherent , vulgar and full of vitriol. And his last pitch is as dark and sinister as any he’s made while campaigning the last two year
Candidates travel to Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia; report says Musk worked illegally in US at start of career – live
Harris Obama Springsteen rally Georgia
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Harris and Trump take their pitch to road as election looms, with celebrity endorsements and appearances Over the course of a three-hour interview last night, Donald Trump told Joe Rogan about his plans to eliminate income taxes and appoint Robert F Kennedy Jr to tackle health care issues if he is elected president. He also shared that the biggest mistake he made during his presidency was hiring
The Washington Post is sitting on the fence at the most dangerous time in history | Tim Adams
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The paper itself has exposed the story behind its editorial refusal to endorse any candidate in the US presidential election The theory is that journalists should report the news rather than headline it – but on Friday the Washington Post , the celebrated ally of American democracy during Watergate, broke that principle. The paper came out refusing to endorse the candidate in the forthcoming elec
Our perverse respect for immense wealth allows Musk and Zuckerberg to run riot | John Naughton
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The megalomaniacs who control X and Facebook are only able to pollute the public sphere and undermine democracy because of our deference to money There are two kinds of aphrodisiac. The first is power. A good example was provided by the late Henry Kissinger , who could hardly be described as toothsome yet was doted upon by a host of glamorous women. The other powerful aphrodisiac is immense wealt
In Michigan, these US veterans call Trump ‘the devil’ – and phone-bank for Harris
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In Saginaw, a swing county in a swing state, war veterans share their stories of fighting for democracy Like so many military veterans, the ageing group of men and women adorned with badges of fighting forces and theaters of war hesitated to talk about their past lives. But after one finally spoke up to denounce the man they called “the devil”, the floodgates opened to an anger and alarm that wen
Trump says on Joe Rogan podcast his biggest White House mistake was hiring ‘disloyal people’
Trump to appear on Rogan's podcast
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Three-hour long interview caused delay in ex-president’s arrival to Michigan rally, leaving attendees in cold for hours Donald Trump sat down for three hours on Friday with Joe Rogan, telling the US’s most-listened-to podcaster that the biggest mistake he made during his presidency was hiring “disloyal people”. Those comments – which also described “neocons”, or neoconservatives who generally aim
Dodgers stun Yankees as a World Series for the ages begins in Hollywood
Freeman's grand slam wins Game 1
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Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam in extra innings on Friday night delivered the opening salvo in a star-studded World Series bursting with promise As a nation confronts electoral chaos, potential civil disorder and the threat of nuclear war, the renewal of its most revered athletic rivalry promises to provide a welcome distraction. Yankees v Dodgers. Whether in the Bronx, Brooklyn o
Location tracking, meet abortion bans – authoritarians have too much power | Arwa Mahdawi
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Babel Street’s people-tracking service allows customers – including government agencies – to track mobile users Ever heard of Babel Street ? Unless you’re a data and analytics enthusiast, it’s likely you haven’t. The Virginia-based technology company isn’t a household name the way that Google and Facebook are. And yet the company most likely knows a hell of a lot about you and everyone else in yo
Ohtani-mania: Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo is booming with baseball fans
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The superstar Dodgers player has brought a swell of tourists to this endangered historic neighborhood During the past couple of months, Don Tahara has given out nearly 100 bottles of free sake to celebrate Shohei Ohtani’s late-season heroics for the Los Angeles Dodgers. At Little Tokyo’s Far Bar, a gastropub Tahara opened 18 years ago, every patron receives a shot on the house each time Ohtani hi
Federica Brignone wins skiing World Cup opener as Mikeala Shiffrin flops
Brignone wins World Cup opener Shiffrin falters
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Brignone overtakes Shiffrin at season opener in Sölden Italian, 34, becomes oldest woman to win World Cup race Italy’s Federica Brignone won the World Cup opener at Sölden on Saturday as Mikaela Shiffrin flopped on her second run of the giant slalom. It was a 28th career win in the World Cup for the 34-year-old Brignone, and her 13th in the giant slalom. Continue reading...
Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows
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Patients responded well in times of ‘high environment demand’ because sense of urgency led to hyperfocus A recent study has revealed that some people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) cope best during periods of high stress. Maggie Sibley, a clinical psychologist and psychiatry professor at the University of Washington and the study’s lead author, initially set out to learn whe
Republicans make a play for Jewish voters in critical Pennsylvania
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The party senses a chance to win support from critical voting bloc the Democrats have traditionally relied upon Outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh are 11 glass and porcelain flower ornaments, each a symbol of the lives lost on 27 October 2018 in the worst antisemitic attack in US history. A large, long fence surrounds much of the complex, part of which is being demolished to be repl
The big lie 2.0: Trump plan to subvert 2024 election more organized than ever
Trump spreads false noncitizen voting claims
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The effort to pre-emptively deny an election loss goes beyond rhetoric – it is backed up by a massive rightwing apparatus There is little doubt that Donald Trump will refuse to accept a defeat in November’s US presidential election. The former president, who is deadlocked in the polls with Kamala Harris, has spent months priming his supporters to believe the only way he could lose is through frau
How the Menéndez brothers’ case got to resentencing: ‘Paid their debt to society’
Menendez brothers may be resentenced
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Sentenced to life imprisonment for killing their parents, the brothers could finally have a shot at freedom after 35 years Nearly three decades ago, Los Angeles prosecutors argued that Erik and Lyle Menéndez were cold-blooded killers who violently murdered their parents for money, and asked that they be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This week, in an extraordinary
Democrats panicking for no reason, pollsters say – US race nail-bitingly close
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Polls suggest Harris and Trump still neck-and-neck, but Democrats pessimistic and Republicans confident Less than a fortnight before polling day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a nail-bitingly close US presidential election race, triggering pessimism among Democrats and confidence among Republicans – even though polls suggest both candidates have a near equal chance of entering the
Republicans’ healthcare proposal if Trump wins? More private Medicare
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Medicare Advantage plans promise enticing benefits like free monthly premiums. Problems start when people fall ill The television ads show seniors playing tennis, golfing and riding motorcycles. In others, celebrity pitchmen seniors will know – such as actor William Shatner, NFL star Joe Namath and former Republican Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee – promise new benefits alongside pictures of gove

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US man, 75, has fatal heart attack while saving grandson from drowning
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Charles ‘Chuck’ Graves spent final moments rescuing five-year-old grandchild in waters off Alabama’s Gulf coast A family who recently gathered on Alabama ’s Gulf coast for a vacation is grieving after their patriarch reportedly died from a heart attack immediately after saving his grandson from drowning. Loved ones of 75-year-old Charles “Chuck” Graves told the Alabama news station WALA that his
If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake for US foreign policy
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If elected again, Trump’s policies may largely be shaped by the candidate himself – and it may be more chaotic than it was eight years ago When Americans choose between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris next month, the decision will mark one of the most consequential elections for US foreign policy in generations that could ripple out into conflicts and redraw alliances around the world. With the ca
Pakistan’s budding democracy is on the verge of collapse. It has two options – change tack or implode | Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar
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As a former senator, I’ve seen how major parties conspired with the military to manipulate elections and crush opponents. This can’t go on For most of its history, Pakistan has been ruled by military dictators. Brief democratic intervals were only possible because the military became so hugely unpopular that it was left with no other option than to temporarily cede space to democracy. The last mi
Joy and pain, struggle and achievement – who best tells the story of Black lives?
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We asked a group of Black Britons, some famous, some not: who do you most revere as a chronicler of the Black journey, in Britain and abroad? The first book I read by Paul Gilroy was There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack . I was 19 and studying fine art at Goldsmiths, and it turned my head like nothing before. For a young person looking for answers and clues, to have that sort of book was eye-op
The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why? | Margaret Sullivan
Washington Post skips presidential endorsement
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There’s no way to see this decision other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty The choice for president has seldom been starker. On one side is Donald Trump , a felonious and twice-impeached conman, raring to finish off the job of dismantling American democracy. On the other is Kamala Harris , a capable and experienced leader who stands for traditional
Beyoncé brings star power to Harris rally in Texas with abortion law in the spotlight
Harris campaigns in Texas on abortion
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Singer says America is on the ‘brink of history’ as Kamala Harris said Trump would seek to make state’s abortion ban nationwide Beyoncé lent her star power to Kamala Harris at a high-octane rally in Texas on Friday, declaring that the America was on the “brink of history” as the vice-president warned the state’s near-total abortion ban could become the law of the land if Donald Trump is elected.
Democrats are scrambling to keep the Senate. Could an old-school bipartisan help save it?
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Jacky Rosen, the Democratic Nevada senator, is running a re-election campaign on local issues in the key swing state “Everybody’s got their comfy shoes?” Jacky Rosen scanned the room full of union workers who were preparing canvas for her in Reno, Nevada . The room erupted in response. “Those gym shoes are going to be worn out,” the Democratic senator told the crowd. “But that’s OK. Those holes i
Freeman’s walk-off grand slam lifts Dodgers over Yankees in World Series opener
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Dodgers beat Yankees in 10 innings on Freeman’s slam Walk-off grand slam is first in history of World Series Yankees v Dodgers: World Series Game 1 – as it happened Freddie Freeman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a dramatic opener Friday night. Hobbled by a badl
‘It’s going to be tight’: Tim Walz rallies Pennsylvanians for final stretch in Biden’s hometown
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Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential nominee hails former president in Scranton, Pennsylvania, pep talk Tim Walz delivered a rousing pep talk in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Friday, encouraging supporters to do everything they can in the next 11 days to elect Kamala Harris as president. Addressing hundreds of voters at the Scranton Cultural Center, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee compared the
Sexual misconduct allegations against Donald Trump – a timeline
Trump groped former model alleges
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A list of the accusations made against Donald Trump between the 1980s and 2013, all of which he has denied A former model has accused Donald Trump of groping and sexually touching her in 1993, in what she believed was a “twisted game” between him and Jeffrey Epstein, who she claims introduced them. Stacey Williams, who was a model in the 1990s, said she first met Trump in 1992 after being introdu
Pizza accidentally laced with THC sickens dozens at Wisconsin restaurant
THC contamination alert for pizza
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Famous Yeti’s Pizza picked up wrong jug of oil from commercial kitchen and called it ‘alarming’ for customers Pizza inadvertently laced with THC – the principal psychoactive ingredient in marijuana – has apparently sickened dozens of people in Wisconsin . Health officials in Dane county say Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, about 20 miles (32km) south-east of Madison, served pizza contaminated wi
Joe Biden formally apologises for Indian boarding schools – video
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Joe Biden formally apologises for the US government's role in running more than 500 Indian boarding schools. From 1819 to 1969, in what Biden called 'one of the most horrific chapters in American history', the US government directly managed or funded Indian boarding schools in nearly 40 states. The schools attempted to forcibly strip indigenous children of their culture. A US Department of the In
Chinese believed to have targeted Trump’s and Vance’s phones in US telecommunications breach
China-backed hackers target Trump phones
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Trump campaign immediately blamed Biden White House and Kamala Harris for Chinese government-linked hack Chinese government-linked hackers are believed to have targeted phones used by Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance , as part of a larger breach of US telecommunications networks, according to a New York Times report. The Trump campaign was informed this week that the phone numbers of t
What is E coli, and how can you prevent yourself from becoming infected by it?
FDA investigates Taylor Farms E Coli
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With an outbreak of the disease has been linked to McDonald’s burgers, here’s what you need to know about it Health authorities are investigating an outbreak of E coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder cheeseburgers in 12 states in the US midwest and mountain west. At least 75 people have been sickened, 22 people hospitalized and one died, according to the Centers for Disease Contro
Biden formally apologizes for Indian boarding schools: ‘a blot on US history’
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President’s historic remarks, alongside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, given at Gila Crossing school near Phoenix On Friday, Joe Biden formally apologized for the United States government’s role in running at least 523 Indian boarding schools. His remarks were given at the Gila Crossing community school outside of Phoenix, Arizona, and marked his first visit to Indian country as president. “Afte
Pennsylvania officials investigating 2,500 voter registrations for fraud
F&M students face voter registration issues
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Election workers contacted the district attorney’s office after noticing several suspicious applications Officials in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, are investigating about 2,500 voter registrations after election workers discovered signs that they may be fraudulent. The registrations under investigation were dropped off in two batches just before Pennsylvania’s voter-registration deadline on Mo
US teen charged with killing family tried to accuse brother, surviving sister says
Teen charged with family murders
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Sister tells investigators Seattle boy, 15, accused of shooting parents and three siblings was in trouble for failing tests A 15-year-old boy accused of killing his parents and three of his siblings this week east of Seattle tried to pin the deaths on his younger brother, but a sister who survived after playing dead escaped to a neighbor’s house and told police who really carried out the shooting
Rapper Lil Durk charged for role in murder-for-hire scheme in 2022
Lil Durk arrested for murder charges
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Grammy winner arrested for reportedly ordering killing of rapper Quando Rondo, causing fatal shooting of his cousin The Grammy award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of the rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. Durk, 32, is charged with co
Washington Post says it will not endorse candidate for first time in 30 years
Washington Post won't endorse candidates
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Newspaper condemned for ‘chicken-shit’ decision on White House race as staffers say they are ‘deeply concerned’ For the first time in over 30 years, the Washington Post announced on Friday its editorial board would not be making an endorsement of a candidate in a presidential election . “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Will Lewis, the newspaper’s publisher
Trump really could be the next president. So it’s time to call his instincts what they are: fascist | Jonathan Freedland
Trump's Hitler comments spark controversy
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Those who know him best use the F-word to describe the former president. Every warning light is flashing red There is a good chance that in 10 days’ time, Americans will elect the first fascist president of the United States. It sounds hyperbolic, it sounds hysterical. Indeed, for exactly those reasons, many of his opponents long held back from using that word about Donald Trump. But the hour is
The Guardian view on the US election and foreign policy: the world can’t afford Trump again | Editorial
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The decision of American voters will be profoundly consequential for everyone. A Harris victory would offer some hope This spring Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, warned bluntly that Europe should prepare itself for potential war: “Maybe, depending on who is ruling in Washington, we cannot rely on the American support and on the American capacity to protect us,” he said . Weeks earlie
The Guardian view on ‘indie beer’: crafting a new identity | Editorial
Indie Beer campaign launched for awareness
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In tough economic times, a rebranding campaign by small breweries can help keep the industry’s big beasts at bay These are tough economic times for small-scale craft breweries, as recent closures have sadly illustrated . But the ethos of creative defiance and quirky independence lives on. At the annual Didsbury beer festival in Manchester this weekend, drinking possibilities range from the intrig
Dana White asked Mark Zuckerberg about fixing ‘incompetent’ UFC rankings
Dana White saves UFC 308 fight
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UFC president asked Meta CEO about rankings fix White has expressed frustration with UFC rankings Dana White recently reached out to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for help with improving the UFC rankings system, possibly using artificial intelligence. The UFC boss confirmed his conversations with the Meta CEO during an interview Thursday with TNT Sports. Continue reading...
New poop statue displayed near US Capitol to ‘honor’ January 6 rioters
Bronze poop statue mocks January 6 rioters
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Artwork satirically commemorates people who broke in to the Capitol and defecated on the House speaker’s desk A new temporary bronze installation depicting a pile of feces on Nancy Pelosi ’s desk was erected in Washington DC this week across from the US Capitol, appearing to satirically “honor” the people behind the January 6 insurrection . The scatological statue, which was installed on Thursday
Virginia must restore voter eligibility to more than 1,600 after US judge ruling
Virginia revokes 1600 voter registrations
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Governor’s order on non-citizen voting led to many residents wrongly deemed ineligible due to errors Virginia must restore more than 1,600 people to the voter rolls after a federal judge ruled on Friday that the state had illegally removed them. The US district judge Patricia Giles granted an injunction request brought against Virginia election officials by the justice department, which claimed t
Family business: Playing professional sport with a parent can cast a big shadow | Emma John
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LeBron James and his son are following in rare sporting footsteps but at least they aren’t trying to beat each other LeBron James’s shadow is a big one for anyone to step into. Earlier this year the NBA’s all-time leading scorer topped 40,000 points and played in a record 20th All-Star game. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old recorded another first: he played in the NBA alongside his son . Which means B
Seventy-five infected as cases rise in US E coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s
Onion recall due to E coli
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Update by Food and Drug Administration signals escalation in food poisoning outbreak affecting US west and midwest What is E Coli and how can you avoid getting it? The US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that 75 people had now been infected by the E coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s quarter pounder hamburgers, as the number sickened by the bacterial illness continues to increase. And
Doug Emhoff’s former girlfriend alleges he slapped her during argument in 2012
Doug Emhoff faces assault allegations
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Spokesperson for second gentleman denies claim from woman who says he struck her at the Cannes film festival A woman has alleged that Doug Emhoff slapped her during an argument when they were a couple in 2012, before he married Kamala Harris , and the accusation has prompted a spokesperson for the second gentleman to issue a denial. The woman has not publicly identified herself. She first spoke t
Can this Trump-backed car dealer unseat the Ohio Democrat and win Republicans the Senate?
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Bernie Moreno, who settled multiple wage-theft lawsuits last year, is running against incumbent Sherrod Brown When the Democrat Sherrod Brown was first elected to the US Senate in 2006, Ohio , with its large urban populations and manufacturing industries, was fairly reliable territory for Democrats. Barack Obama claimed the state in 2008 and 2012 on his way to the White House. Democrats boasted s
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