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• Wife of Raiders' coach Antonio Pierce files for bankruptcy to protect marital assets: reports

  26-06-2024 23:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The wife of Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce filed for bankruptcy earlier this month after it was discovered that the former NFL player was responsible for debts amounting to more than $28 million, according to multiple reports. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Tuesday that Jocelyn Pierce filed the petition in Arizona, where she is a resident, on June 12 in order to "protect her assets and those of the marital community" after a series of failed investments in car dealership
  
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• Six key takeaways from Starmer and Sunak's TV duel

  26-06-2024 23:38 via bbc.com
  
  The gloves were off as Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer went head-to-head in the final TV debate of the election between the leaders.
  
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• Slovakia next - England's path as draw opens up

  26-06-2024 23:37 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Sport takes a look at England's possible routes through the Euro 2024 knockout stage after the Three Lions top Group C.
  
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• Founder of 'Duck Duck Jeep' dies; vehicle community mourns woman who unintentionally started trend

  26-06-2024 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The originator of the concept known as "Jeep Ducking" has unexpectedly passed away. When you buy a Jeep, you instantly become part of a community. Now, the Jeep community has come together to express condolences to the family of Allison Parliament, the founder of "Jeep Ducking," who unexpectedly died on June 22, 2024.THE BIGGEST VIRAL TIKTOK TRENDS OF 2023, FROM ‘GIRL DINNER’ TO ‘ROMAN EMPIRE’There are many nuances only Jeep owners understand, such as the subtle
  
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• Retirement tax, net zero, small boats - BBC Verify tests key claims

  26-06-2024 23:32 via bbc.com
  
  The Conservative and Labour leaders have taken audience questions in a live BBC debate. Here their claims are fact-checked.
  
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• Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Jocelyn Nungaray murder: 'Evil happens regardless of immigration status'

  26-06-2024 23:32 via foxnews.com
  
  The head of the governing body that oversees Harris County, Texas, urged leaders not to malign immigrants over the murder of a 12-year-old girl found strangled to death last week.  Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Tuesday said "evil happens regardless of immigration status" while urging officials not to politicize the death of Jocelyn Nungaray. Two illegal immigrants from Venezuela are charged in her killing. "It had nothing to do with why they committed this crime," she said Tuesda
  
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• Paris Hilton testifies to US Congress about childhood abuse

  26-06-2024 23:27 via bbc.com
  
  The American socialite alleges she was "force-fed medications and sexually abused by staff" while at youth residential facilities as a teenager.
  
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• Ohio kitten trapped in semi-truck's wheel well: See the 'Mission Im-paw-sible' rescue video

  26-06-2024 23:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A kitten in Ohio was rescued from the wheel well of a semi-truck in May after a driver spotted the petite stowaway during a pre-trip inspection, state authorities said. "Our trooper from the Hiram Post was happy to be of assistance in rescuing the frightened kitten and was glad that the incident was resolved without any injury to the furry feline," Sgt. Bridget Matt of the Ohio State Highway Patrol told Fox News Digital in an email.He continued, "We are also thankful to our counterparts who
  
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• Katy Perry goes nearly naked again as upcoming song faces backlash

  26-06-2024 23:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Katy Perry continues to captivate the Parisians and the Internet with her bold, barely-there fashion looks.On Wednesday, Perry left little to the imagination as she made her way into the Balenciaga Haute Couture fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. Despite wearing an oversize fur coat and ripped tights, Perry's skin was her main accessory, which was accentuated by wearing no top or bottom.Her toned torso was hard to miss.KATY PERRY GOES NEARLY NAKED WEARING CUT-OUT BLACK DRESS IN PARISThe ris
  
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• Russian energy giant signs memo with Iran on gas supplies

  26-06-2024 23:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian energy giant Gazprom GAZP.MM has signed a memorandum with the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) to supply Russian pipeline gas to Iran, it said on Wednesday.No details from the memorandum, which was signed during a visit by Gazprom's head Alexei Miller to Iran at a ceremony attended by Iran's interim president Mohammad Mokhber, were revealed.RUSSIA, CHINA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA RATCHETING UP THREATS AGAINST US, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOWIran sits on the world's second-largest gas reserves aft
  
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• Axios omits crucial details about economists who say Trump will destroy the economy

  26-06-2024 23:11 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: A letter signed by 16 top economists warning of the economic dangers of electing former President Trump, which is being amplified by the Biden campaign and other Biden surrogates, is littered with signatories who have either donated to Biden or supported him politically in the past."While each of us has different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we all agree that Joe Biden's economic agenda is vastly superior to Donald Trump," the economists wrote in a letter
  
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• 6 athletes who have been vocal about politics

  26-06-2024 23:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Politics seep into many aspects of our lives, and sports are no different. Throughout history, many athletes have taken a stand on political issues. Look to Muhammad Ali, a stark opponent of the Vietnam War. Pat Tillman, who left the NFL to serve in the army. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who raised their fists in a display widely known as a Black power salute during the 1968 Olympics. The list goes on and on. In the realm of recent sports, there have been numerous athletes who have be
  
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• Jessica Biel supports Justin Timberlake at concert following DWI arrest

  26-06-2024 22:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Jessica Biel is supporting her husband, Justin Timberlake, following his DWI arrest in the Hamptons.The actress was spotted in the crowd at his New York City show on June 25. "Real Housewives of New York" star Jessel Taank snapped a video of Biel dancing and singing along to her husband's show and shared it on Instagram.Timberlake caught fans' attention before taking the stage, when he returned to social media for the first time since his arrest.JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE THANKS FANS FOR ‘RIDING WI
  
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• Polling guru Nate Silver gives Donald Trump a 66% chance of winning presidential election

  26-06-2024 22:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Polling and data guru Nate Silver revealed former President Trump was solidly favored to win the White House in his first presidential election forecast on Wednesday."The candidate who I honest-to-God think has a better chance (Trump) isn’t the candidate I’d rather have win (Biden)," Silver, who formerly ran polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight, wrote in his "Silver Bulletin" substack. Silver's forecast model, based on 40,000 simulations, found Trump had a 65.7% of winning t
  
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• Bolivian president warns 'irregular' military deployment under way in capital, raising coup fears

  26-06-2024 22:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Bolivian President Luis Arce warned Wednesday that an "irregular" deployment of troops was taking place in the capital, raising concerns that a potential coup was underway.BOLIVIAN INTERIM GOVERNMENT ACCUSES MORALES OF TERRORISM, SEDITIONHe called for "democracy to be respected" on a message on his X account, which came as Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of military in front of the government palace.Presidential Minister María Nela Prada said military and tanks were taki
  
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• Fox News Politics: Migrants Mocking Us

  26-06-2024 22:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. TRUMP VS. BIDEN: The gloves will be off and the world will be watching. Stay in the know for more updates.What's happening…-Biden admin urging experts to drop age limits on trans surgeries-Hillary Clinton releasing pre-election book-Denmark imposes first carbon tax on animal fartsSocial media is proving to be an essential tool for human smu
  
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• 'Pirates of the Caribbean' actor Tamayo Perry’s widow ‘devastated’ after his shark attack death

  26-06-2024 22:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The widow of Hawaiian lifeguard and actor Tamayo Perry spoke out about her husband's death after he was attacked and killed by a shark. Tamayo Perry, 49, a City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguard, died Sunday after being bitten by a shark near Goat Island."I feel so upset and devastated, but I also have a weird calmness in my heart knowing that he's in a better place," Emilia Perry said in an interview with "Good Morning America" that aired on Wednesday. "It was like I went
  
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• Bragg's office faces bar complaint alleging discrimination in 'diversity' hiring practices

  26-06-2024 22:29 via foxnews.com
  
  A conservative legal advocacy group filed a formal bar complaint this week against New York County Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg, alleging racially discriminatory hiring practices.America First Legal Vice President Dan Epstein told Fox News Digital that Bragg’s official website clearly indicates his office is encouraging hiring practices that prefer applicants from certain backgrounds."We have kind of marshaled evidence that his office, when it comes to hiring attorney talent, i
  
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• House votes to defund Mayorkas' salary in DHS funding bill

  26-06-2024 22:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to block Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' salary.It was an amendment by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., for the House's appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2025, that would block funds in the bill from being used to pay Mayorkas.Just one Republican voted against the measure, which passed 193 to 173."Taxpayers should not be paying an unelected bureaucrat who was impeached by the House. That'
  
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• BBC election debate live: Sunak and Starmer clash in final head-to-head before polling day

  26-06-2024 21:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The Conservative and Labour leaders face each other in the final major TV debate of the 2024 general election campaignYouGov will have a snap poll on who won the debate, with the results available minutes after it finishes.This is what Labour is putting out ahead of the debate, in a stateement from Pat McFadden, the national campaign coordinator.Tonight, the British people will witness the choice at this election: five more years of chaos with Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives or change with Kei
  
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• Efforts to sell ‘Anglo neighborhoods in Israel’ at LA synagogue erupts in protests

  26-06-2024 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Pro-Palestinian protesters accuse companies of trying to sell stolen land in the West Bank, and question legalityEfforts to market homes in Israel and stolen land in West Bank to Jewish Americans are continuing to spark protests across North America, with the latest angry confrontations happening outside a synagogue in one of Los Angeles’s most prominent Jewish neighborhoods.The volatile protest and counter-protest outside a real estate event at the Adas Torah synagogue on Sunday prompted
  
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• Human remains found near missing Texas student Caleb Harris' apartment: police

  26-06-2024 21:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Human remains have been discovered near an apartment where a 21-year-old Texas college student vanished in March, according to police.A Corpus Christi city worker spotted the remains Monday in a 40-foot-deep well while doing routine maintenance and contacted authorities.Caleb Harris, who lived in campus housing nearby while attending Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, disappeared March 4 after going to pick up an Uber Eats order around 3 a.m.Police requested help from the city's fire de
  
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• Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion

  26-06-2024 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Skull anatomy shows the boy or girl would have been severely disabled, yet survived until the age of sixA Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of six, according to a new study whose findings hint at compassionate caregiving among the extinct, archaic human species.Recent examination of a human fossil unearthed at the Cova Negra archaeological site in the Spanish province of Valencia found traits in the inner-ear anatomy which indicated Down syndrome, in th
  
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• Army veteran running for Congress reveals plan to save America 'hijacked by left-wing lunatics'

  26-06-2024 21:18 via foxnews.com
  
  PHOENIX, Ariz. — A U.S. Army veteran running for Congress is working double time to save America from the "left-wing lunatics" he says have "hijacked" the country and are "hell-bent on destroying it."Republican Abe Hamadeh, 33, a former Maricopa County prosecutor running to represent Arizona's 8th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital in an interview that a "new generation" of leaders was needed to take on the wide-ranging problems facing the nation, and that he was committed to be
  
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• House Democrats react to Jocelyn Nungaray murder: ‘I don’t know who she is’

  26-06-2024 21:11 via foxnews.com
  
  House Democrats have been caught on video apparently downplaying the influence of illegal immigration in the murder of Houston 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, with one telling FOX Business, "I don’t know who she is." The comments come after bail has been set for $10 million each for Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, the two suspects from Venezuela who are each facing a capital murder charge. Both men entered the U.S. illegally near El Paso, Texas, before be
  
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• Trump leads Biden in battleground state that hasn't voted Republican since 2004: AARP poll

  26-06-2024 21:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump maintains his lead in a key battleground state in the 2024 presidential election, according to a new poll.A survey published Tuesday by the AARP finds Trump with a 3-percentage point lead over President Biden in Nevada. Trump is favored by 48% of likely Silver State voters, compared to 45% who said they would vote for Biden if the election were held today. That narrow lead extends to a more comfortable 7 points if independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is includ
  
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• Which Donald Trump will show up at Thursday night's CNN Presidential Debate?

  26-06-2024 21:06 via foxnews.com
  
  It's the biggest question surrounding Thursday night's CNN Presidential Debate, which is the first of two on-stage showdowns between President Biden and former President Trump in the 2024 election rematch.Which version of the former president will show up at the primetime debate in Atlanta, the capital and largest city in the southeastern battleground of Georgia?Will it be the undisciplined candidate who continuously interrupted Biden and debate moderator Chris Wallace dozens and dozens of times
  
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• Film and TV crew members reach deal with Hollywood studios to avert strike

  26-06-2024 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Iatse union agrees tentative three-year deal with Disney, Netflix and others over pay, AI protections and residualsThe union that represents film and television crews has reached an agreement with Hollywood studios that will stave off a major strike – a welcome development after the industry saw significant labor turmoil last year.The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (Iatse) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) announced on Tuesday they ha
  
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• Chicago man receives kidney transplant while fully awake, goes home very next day

  26-06-2024 21:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Kidney transplants are not uncommon — the kidney is actually the most frequently transplanted organ in the U.S. — but a Chicago man recently received his in a highly unusual way.John Nicholas, 28, was awake during the entire procedure, which was performed on May 24 at Northwestern Medicine Hospital. He was discharged the very next day.Doctors administered a spinal anesthesia shot — similar to what is used for a Cesarean section — instead of general anesthesia, according t
  
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• 'Warped and senseless' gag order ruling underscores 'unfair treatment' of Trump, says legal analyst

  26-06-2024 21:00 via foxnews.com
  
  New York Judge Juan Merchan faced criticism even after his decision to partially lift the gag order against former President Trump. Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett argued Wednesday on "FOX & Friends" that the order should have been lifted when the trial concluded, adding that silencing a presidential candidate violates the free speech rights of Trump and the American public.JUDGE REFUSES TO GAG TRUMP IN CLASSIFIED DOCS CASE, SAYS SPECIAL COUNSEL MOTION FAILED ‘BASIC’ REQUIRE
  
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• Sudan’s warring factions using starvation as weapon, experts say

  26-06-2024 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Special rapporteurs working for UN warn famine is imminent and over 25 million people need urgent helpHuman rights experts working for the United Nations have accused Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as a war weapon, amid mounting warnings of imminent famine in the African country.Sudan plunged into chaos in April last year when simmering tensions between the country’s military and a notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), exploded into open fighting
  
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• Biden DHS reveals 50 migrants still at large as ISIS-affiliated smuggling network brings hundreds to US

  26-06-2024 20:55 via foxnews.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 individuals brought to the U.S. from Eastern European and Central Asian countries by an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network in the past several months, a DHS senior official confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday.Officials have arrested over 150 so far that have either been removed, placed in removal proceedings, or are currently receiving additional screening. They would not confirm if or how many have matched the terror watchlist. Of the re
  
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• Red states notify Biden admin of lawsuit over 'nonsensical' EV rule

  26-06-2024 20:50 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: A group of 26 Republican attorneys general have notified the Biden administration they will challenge the latest fuel emissions restrictions, calling a new federal rule "the latest attempt to drive gas-powered cars off the road." Attorneys General Russell Coleman of Kentucky and Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia on Wednesday filed a notice in the 6th Circuit that they will file suit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's rule titled "Corporate Average Fue
  
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• Bill Maher says 'aggressively anti-common sense' Left turns off voters, helps Trump

  26-06-2024 20:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Comedian Bill Maher criticized the Left during a recent interview and said liberals’ woke ideas have helped former President Trump’s popularity.Journalist Tina Brown asked Maher on Sunday about the former president's supporters, who she compared to a cult, and Trump's overall popularity even after the Jan. 6 riot."I mean part of it, the Left has to own. They are aggressively anti-common sense. The Democrats keep running on this one idea, saying to the American people, ‘You can&
  
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• Labour ‘not putting up a fight’ against Farage in Clacton

  26-06-2024 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour officials said to be upset that Jovan Owusu-Nepaul was gaining traction for viral social media postsBBC election leaders’ debate live: latest updatesLabour has been accused of “not putting up a fight” against Nigel Farage in Clacton after the party’s candidate was instructed to leave the constituency after “distracting” from Keir Starmer’s campaign.Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, 27, who works for Labour’s equalities team, was installed by the party las
  
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• What England should do next - BBC Sport pundits have their say

  26-06-2024 20:39 via bbc.com
  
  As England prepare for Sunday's Euro 2024 last-16 tie, BBC Sport pundits debate how they have performed and what needs to happen next.
  
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• Glastonbury opens its gates as UK temperatures soar to 30C

  26-06-2024 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Organiser Emily Eavis says it is ‘best moment of the year’, as visitors sprayed with water as they set up campGlastonbury attenders were setting up camp in sweltering temperatures as the 54th edition of the UK’s best-known festival got under way on the hottest day of the year so far.Temperatures in the UK soared to 30C on Wednesday, and at Glastonbury music fans were sprayed with water as they made their way around the 364-hectare site, which opened at 8am to fans who had queue
  
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• Starmer distances himself from David Tennant over Badenoch comments

  26-06-2024 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor criticised Tory minister’s views on sex and gender and said she should ‘shut up’ Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer in final debate before polling day – liveKeir Starmer has distanced himself from the actor David Tennant after he said Kemi Badenoch should “shut up”.Tennant told an awards ceremony last week he would like to live in a world where Badenoch, the equalities minister and likely Conservative leadership contender, “doesn’t exist any more
  
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• David Tennant should have been more respectful when criticising Badenoch over LGBT views, says Starmer – as it happened

  26-06-2024 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed but you can follow the BBC leaders debate with Starmer and Sunak in our other blog hereWhen the Conservatives launched their election campaign five weeks ago, 20 points behind in the polls and on their fourth prime minister in five years, it was unclear how things could get any worse.The gambling scandal that has engulfed the party has answered that question. The extraordinary row began when the Guardian revealed on 12 June that Craig Williams, Rishi Sunak’s closest
  
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• Ex-president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years in US prison for drug trafficking

  26-06-2024 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Juan Orlando Hernández said all Honduran political parties accepted drug money, but denied taking bribes himselfJuan Orlando Hernández, the disgraced former president of Honduras, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help ship tons of cocaine into the United States.US federal judge P Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to 45 years in a US prison and fined him $8m. A jury convicted him in March in
  
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• Millions of Miniverse toys recalled over risks of skin, eye and respiratory issues

  26-06-2024 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  US product safety agency says MGA Entertainment’s Make It Mini toy sets contain resin that is harmful when liquidA large volume of toys – 21m sets of MGA Entertainment’s Miniverse Make It Mini sets – are being recalled across the US over risks of skin, eye and respiratory irritation.In an announcement on Tuesday, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the toy sets, which consist of spheres containing material required to assemble miniature imitations of appli
  
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• How were three boys who played no active role in a Manchester killing convicted of manslaughter?

  26-06-2024 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Trial over stabbing of Kennie Carter was latest of several high-profile joint enterprise prosecutions involving groups of Black youths in the cityMurder and manslaughter charges under joint enterprise rise despite concernOn 22 January 2022, 11 boys entered a CCTV blind spot at the intersection of two roads in Stretford, Manchester. Only 10 left alive. Sixteen-year-old Kennie Carter was stabbed, his last words heard by his older brother to whom he was on the phone at the time: “They’v
  
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• SXSW ends US Army partnership after backlash from artists over Palestine

  26-06-2024 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Festival severs Army and defense contractor sponsorships after more than 80 artists withdrew from 2024 editionSouth by Southwest has discontinued its partnership with the US Army and the defense contractor RTX Corporation for its 2025 festival in response to concerns from numerous artists who withdrew from the 2024 event, the festival announced on Wednesday.“After careful consideration, we are revising our sponsorship model,” the festival said in a statement on its website’s FA
  
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• Jamaal Bowman’s primary defeat leaves progressives angry at role of Aipac

  26-06-2024 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Leftwing groups write to top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries raising ‘dire concerns’ about pro-Israel lobby groupProgressive groups reacted with disappointment and anger over Jamaal Bowman’s decisive primary loss to a moderate Democrat in New York’s 16th district, calling for the party to cut ties with pro-Israel lobbying groups they blame for the result.In a letter to the House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, more than a dozen progressive organizations said they had &
  
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• Deliveroo shares rise after reported takeover interest from US rival

  26-06-2024 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Potential tie-up with meal-delivery firm Doordash was reportedly discussed but rejected in MayBusiness live – latest updatesShares in the UK food delivery company Deliveroo have risen after reports that US rival Doordash held takeover talks with the business, with analysts suggesting other bidders could come forward in the coming weeks.Doordash flagged an interest in a takeover of Deliveroo last month, but talks ended because the two sides could not agree on the value of the deal, Reuters
  
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• Two people die from floods ravaging US midwest as more storms forecasted

  26-06-2024 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Days of flooding have submerged homes and farmland across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and MinnesotaAt least two people have died as a result of devastating floods in the US midwest. Flood warnings remain in place across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota as more rainfall and storms are expected to hit the region this week.More than 3 million people have been affected by days of flooding that washed away homes and submerged vast swaths of farmland. On Sunday, a railroad bridge connecting
  
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• Closed-door trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich begins in Russia

  26-06-2024 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  WSJ reporter faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on spying charges US says are politically motivatedA Russian court has begun a closed-door trial of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charges that he, his employer and the US government have all described as politically motivated.Gershkovich appeared in a courtroom in Ekaterinburg on Wednesday, his head shaven by prison authorities, after being transferred from the Moscow jail where has been held since March 2023.
  
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• Police bust gang using luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy

  26-06-2024 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Victims were made to pose as well off but once in Europe they were confined to workplaces and severely exploitedItalian police have busted a trafficking network that used luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy before confiscating their passports and treating them like enslaved people.The smugglers had the migrants pose as “unsuspecting Asian citizens, well-dressed, with little luggage, travelling in powerful and expensive cars driven by Chinese citizens who had lived in Italy f
  
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• Giorgia Meloni rails against pro-Europe parties’ deal on top commission jobs

  26-06-2024 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian PM says deal that cut out her Eurosceptic block ignores EU’s rightward shiftItaly’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has condemned a deal to divide the EU’s top jobs between mainstream pro-European parties, saying it ignored the bloc’s rightward shift.In an angry speech to the Italian parliament, Meloni said the top jobs deal reflected a view that “citizens are not mature enough to make certain decisions” and had been taken by those who believe “t
  
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• Kenya's president backtracks on controversial tax increases after deadly protests shake nation

  26-06-2024 18:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades.The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt, but Kenyans said the bill caused more economic pain as millions struggle to get by. The chaos on Tuesday led the government to deploy the military, and Ruto called protesters' actions "treasonous."Th
  
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