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Independent Shakespeare Co. presents a vivid outdoor rendering of William Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' directed by David Melville, as part of its Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival.
California
A 'Minions' prequel, clever and funny, rewinds to the silent era to showcase the classic Hollywood movies that inspired its manic yellow horde.
Technology
The writer's lawyers say Trump wants to delay paying the damages awarded by a jury that found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.
Global
Buttigieg spoke in a new interview with "Good Morning America" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Global
The search and rescue efforts in Venezuela continued Wednesday, one week after a double earthquake struck that country. Fewer and fewer survivors are being found and an official said nearly 2,300 people are now confirmed dead and tens of thousands remain missing. Amna Nawaz spoke with Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Daniel Gajewski. His team has 79 people and six dogs in Venezuela.
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The BBC spoke to US citizens across the country ahead of its big anniversary celebration this weekend.
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Willis died after a "short, but aggressive" illness, his family said.
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A powerful storm has struck Romania’s capital, killing one person and causing flooding in 20 counties
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A 10-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his 7-month-old niece, according to court officials.
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Serena Williams loses on her singles return to Wimbledon - but what can we expect next from the tennis legend?
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The children's parents and two grandparents were charged with felony child endangerment, a prosecutor said.
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Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building's antenna and unfurled a banner about "the power of love" at midday Wednesday, before descending, embracing, taking selfies and ultimately being arrested.
Culture
Australian-American tennis player Maya Joint turned in a thrilling match against the returning tennis legend on Tuesday, clinching a victory that signals a seachange in her recent gameplay.
Culture
From her “revenge dress” to a rarely seen portrait by David Bailey, here are the most culturally significant depictions of Princess Diana.
Culture
Iowa law enforcement seized 32 dogs from a dog breeder, Wuanita Swedlund, and placed them in a local animal shelter. The seizure occurred after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Swedlund last week based on claims that she repeatedly failed to grant Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials access to inspect her facility, animals, and records in violation of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
Technology
Authorities say 36 students are missing after gunmen raided a school in northeastern Nigeria
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Mexican health authorities report that four people died during celebrations in downtown Mexico City
Culture
I would be so good at giving Elle Woods a 1995-era Seattle riot grrrl makeover.
Culture
France and Sweden are playing in the World Cup today – in Vogue, French and Scandinavian style face off.
Technology
The best-selling author’s debut novel ‘Every Summer After’ was just adapted into a hit Prime Video series. Next, she’s preparing for season two and heading to Prince Edward Island for the Netflix adaptation of her novel 'This Summer Will Be Different.'
Technology
‘I took this in 2017, when Didiller was nine. A few years ago, I returned to the area and asked about him, but couldn’t find him. Someone told me he had been killed’ I fell in love with photography when I was 19, while studying Spanish and doing voluntary work in Venezuela. Having grown up in the quite boring countryside of Denmark, I was curious about the rest of the world and had become socially and politically engaged. Walking down a street in Mérida with an old camera in my hand, I realised this was the perfect medium to push for the values I believed in, to try to make a change in the world. This was when I also became fascinated by the neighbouring country of Colombia, where civil war was causing great instability. I would later travel there for a project about the Amazon rainforest, and in 2016 I was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Center to cover the final stages of the peace pro
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Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the known species count to 10.
Technology
The African American Film Critics Association unveiled the winners of its eighth annual AAFCA TV Honors, with “Paradise,” “Shrinking” and “Love Story” topping the field. The second season of Hulu’s thriller “Paradise” took the top prize for best drama, edging out HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt,” and earned a second straight best actor win […]
Technology
This year, the African American Film Critics Association also introduced two new competitive categories: best reality series and best podcast.
Markets
The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday
Technology
Actor and producer Aamir Khan will attend a special Melbourne screening of “Lagaan” on July 9 to mark the film’s 25th anniversary, kicking off the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s (IFFM) 17th edition a month ahead of the festival’s main dates. The 17th edition of IFFM will run from Aug. 13-23. The curtain raiser will […]
Technology
Actor and activist Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer’s disease
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Authorities have arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in need of medical treatment in a rural Ohio home
Science
The Trump administration’s cuts to Medicaid and SNAP may complicate Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s reelection chances.
California
Federal employees axed during waves of cuts by the Trump administration have fought back against the dismantling of a key climate science website.
Technology
Aviva Studios, Manchester The artist’s latest show is a staggering takedown of colonial history, warfare and the migrant crisis, featuring buttons by the tonne and richly perfumed tea History has repeated itself all over Ai Weiwei’s vast exhibition of monumental sculpture in Manchester. The flags of long-lost nations hang from the ceiling, bronzes looted by dead empires have been recast and reclaimed, dilapidated ancient ruins have been rebuilt. Everywhere you look here, you will find death, exploitation, greed and suffering from across human history, brought back to life and put morbidly on display. The first thing you see is a black glass chandelier made of skeletons – The Human Comedy – and a wall covered in images of the most powerful bombs ever invented. Like a head on a stake, this is art as warning. This massive, ambitious exhibition is the Chinese artist at his most monumental, a
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Airbnb must face a lawsuit by the city of Los Angeles, which accused the home rental company of price gouging during the January 2025 wildfires in southern California, City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said on Tuesday. Judge Robert Broadbelt of …
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Alamo Drafthouse is launching a distribution program that’s designed to showcase film festival releases that never scored distribution. Through Alamo Exclusives, the dine-in cinema will offer limited runs of titles that weren’t acquired from festivals including Sundance, SWSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Cannes, Berlin and its own genre-focused Fantastic Fest. The company’s hope is creating a platform […]
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Crypto ventures eclipse much of property portfolio, with revenue also coming from Trump-branded products US politics – live updates Donald Trump has raked in more than $1bn from his crypto businesses since returning to the White House, according to financial disclosures, ringing alarm bells over a conflict of interest. According to a 927-page document released on Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics, in all Trump made more than $2.2bn last year, benefiting from a vast global network of businesses and investments. Continue reading...
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Proposed development of protected shorelines and wildlife zones violates EU environmental policy, says MEP MEPs have warned Albania that EU accession talks are at risk if the government does not “change course” over plans for a luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Tineke Strik, the Dutch MEP heading a European parliament fact-finding mission to the Balkan nation, said Albania’s leadership was “playing with fire” by pursuing the €1.4bn (£1.2bn) real-estate venture that would, she said, wreak havoc on virgin coastline. Continue reading...
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Micron led the way, contributing 26% of the Nasdaq-100’s first-half returns and 17% of the S&P 500’s gains, according to Jefferies.
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In 2026, many consumers can’t conjure a memory of a time when a “Made in the USA” tag on a piece of clothing wasn’t a novelty.
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During the Antebellum era, American fashion was shaped through politics, class, domestic production and cotton in the early Republic.
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Disco's afterglow, 1980s excess and '90s disruptors pushed American fashion toward its global audience.
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As a new social class arose, values and taste shifted, and by the opening of the 20th century, America was a spectacle of modern commerce.
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Bill Rogers, president and CEO of Mount Vernon Mills, shares the opportunities and challenges of producing "Made in USA" selvedge denim.
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With celebrations for the nation's 250th anniversary well underway, the country's mood can be summed up as complicated, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Most Americans say the nation has drifted from its founding ideals, and a growing number believe violence may be necessary to set the country on the right path. Liz Landers has insights from the poll and its respondents.
Technology
Pre- and post-war upheaval pushed Hollywood to the center of American fashion.
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Victorian-era fashions give rise to the reform movement, while mass production introduces ready-to-wear.
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Despite setbacks, American style changed fashion's vocabulary and captured the joie de vivre of the century.
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War would interrupt these years of the Industrial Revolution, but expanding retail and technological innovation kept fashion moving forward.
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Innovation continued to move fashion forward, defining its revolution in the industrial roots of America in the early 19th century.
Technology
As the United States turns 250 years old, people across the pond are running events of their own to mark the big breakup.
Global
One of the stars of the American firmament once advised citizens of all stripes how to express their love of country. Mark Twain's long-ago words capture how Americans are stepping out this week to wish their nation a happy milestone birthday.
Markets
Amwins announced the acquisition of Jackson-Lloyd, a specialist MGA dedicated to occupational loss protection. Jackson-Lloyd will join Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions (ASCS), an MGA and specialty insurance program creator, strengthening its growing accident + health portfolio with a program that …
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It has hosted everything from Miss World to the Chemical Brothers. Now the vast London venue has become a city within a city boasting offices, hotels, a theatre, commanding views – and even a school The money shot for the redevelopment of London’s Olympia exhibition centre is a bank of staircases and escalators soaring upwards, Aztec temple-style, to an elevated concourse sandwiched between the colossal barrel vaults of the original exhibition halls. In a modern homage to its historic predecessors, the concourse is also crowned by a glass vault, crimped like a fan, its origami pleats connoting sparkling, flashy newness, a tiara of cubic zirconia among the heritage diamonds. Looming behind the tiara is what appears to be a cluster of cylindrical towers, but are actually the rounded ends of a steroidal stepped office block, with master-of-the-universe views over London, from Wembley to Cry
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As the Trump administration ramps up its anti-LGBTQ+ messaging, Ireland's tribute to sexual and gender diversity among animals feels particularly meaningful.
Technology
The U.S. Department of Commerce lifted the export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models
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AI company was forced last month to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals Business live – latest updates Anthropic has restored customer access to its powerful newest AI model, Fable, after a more than two-week blackout resulting from US government safety concerns that it could be abused to enable serious cyber-attacks. The San Francisco company said export controls had been lifted, citing a social media post from the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, in which he said: “Over the past two weeks, we have worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5 to ensure alignment across the US Government and strengthen America’s leadership in AI.” Continue reading...
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Fable and Mythos were abruptly suspended in June over concerns that they could be used by hackers.
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After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic is finally going to be able to bring Claude Fable 5 back online. In a post on X, Anthropic said it plans to begin restoring access tomorrow. Anthropic: We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos […] After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic is finally going to be able to bring Claude Fable 5 back online. In a post on X , Anthropic said it plans to begin restoring access tomorrow. Anthropic : We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon. We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models. In early June, Anthropic sidelined Fable 5 -
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Apple is working on a "revamped" version of its entry-level MacBook Pro that it could launch as soon as the first half of 2027, Bloomberg reports. The company is also testing four new iPad Pros that are set to launch in the spring with a focus on "internal improvements." The updated MacBook Pro, which will […] Apple is working on a "revamped" version of its entry-level MacBook Pro that it could launch as soon as the first half of 2027, Bloomberg reports. The company is also testing four new iPad Pros that are set to launch in the spring with a focus on "internal improvements." The updated MacBook Pro, which will keep the 14-inch screen size, will have a design that's "in line" with what Apple is planning for the touch screen MacBooks it also has in the works, Bloomberg says. Those new touch screen laptops are set to be released between "the end of this year and early next year," an
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Thin-hair solutions aren’t one size fits all, but they include a combination of good hair habits, red-light therapy, and topical minoxidil formulas designed to improve hair density.
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Critics described President Trump's money-making ventures as "bribery" and "corruption." The White House denied any conflicts of interest.
Technology
Executives from Asics, Brooks, Merrell and Saucony sound off on the hot topics during Paris men's fashion week.
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Kleiber Moran, 2, was rescued on Wednesday, six days after last week's deadly earthquakes.
Technology
Second-quarter U.S. new vehicle sales show a sharp divide, with automakers offering hybrid models largely outperforming those without them.
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Yash Raj Films and Posham Pa Pictures are joining forces for their first theatrical collaboration, “Mupapa,” starring Ayushmann Khurrana, with a release date of Feb. 19, 2027. The film, described by the outfits as “genre-bending,” is produced by YRF CEO Akshaye Widhani, whose previous producing credit, the Mohit Suri-directed romance “Saiyaara,” became the highest-grossing romantic […]
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Eddie Nestor confirms he will be away from the station for a period while he receives chemotherapy.
Global
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticised what she called a missing £5bn in the defence investment plan.
Culture
Reports say up to 80,000 people waiting by mid-afternoon for chance to see historic artwork at British Museum People keen to see the Bayeux tapestry faced online queues of up to nine hours when tickets went on sale for the first time on Wednesday morning. The British Museum, which is hosting the wool-on-linen artwork from September, saw huge traffic to its ticketing website as a scramble for access began. Continue reading...
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The 29-year-old actor tells The Hollywood Reporter about watching Barker's career take off from inside their shared home, the early days of making their 2023 horror short film and auditioning for 'Obsession' and 'Anything But Ghosts': "Don't just hand me a role because it's your friend."
Global
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 28 political prisoners, part of his efforts to improve relations with the West
Technology
The brands launched a limited-edition denim pocket keychain.
Markets
Official documents show the US president made billions of dollars as he returned to the White House.
Markets
Projects by SEVENTEEN, i-dle, THE8 and NINGNING won in fan voting across four categories.
Technology
Crypto investors had hoped that increased institutional adoption and a crypto-friendly administration could help the largest cryptocurrency avoid the painful cycles it once experienced.
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Humphrey Smith had been at the helm of the Tadcaster brewer since the 1980s.
Technology
U.S. stocks just keep winning, with the Nasdaq closing out its best quarter since 2020. Across the globe in China, things couldn't be more different.
Technology
Exclusive broadcast and digital rights to Bundesliga, Germany’s top-flight soccer league, in India have landed at Zee Entertainment Enterprises in a five-year deal. Coverage begins with the 2026–27 season on Zee’s streaming platform Zee5 and its Unite8 Sports television channels. The agreement gives Indian audiences access to live Bundesliga matches, highlights, and dedicated shoulder programming […]
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The Labour leadership hopeful says he will "ask the home and foreign secretaries to review all possible options".
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ADP said U.S. businesses 98,000 new jobs in June — the smallest increase in three months. The payroll processor said hiring was slow but demand for labor was improving.
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Yorgen Fenech denies any involvement in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.
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West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start since 2004
Technology
CIA Director John Ratcliffe vowed to step up the agency’s efforts to deploy artificial intelligence and quantum computing, stressing that rapid developments in emerging technologies are changing the nature of geopolitics. In rare public remarks on Tuesday, Ratcliffe promised to …
Technology
The tech space continues to be fueled by rising artificial intelligence demand, with investors piling their portfolios in the technology, while Amazon Web Services dabbles with Forward Deployed Engineering units to better compete with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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AI giant Anthropic has been cleared to redeploy models after the Trump administration lifts export controls.
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California launched a tool designed to serve as an “early warning system” for widespread AI-driven job loss. The tool, called the California AI-Unemployment Tracker, links multiple measures of an occupation’s AI exposure to the state’s monthly unemployment insurance claims data …
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California is making food labels less confusing by banning "sell by" dates
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California police are making arrests after killings more often, a trend that could be contributing to the state's record-low homicide rate.
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Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day
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Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day
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Capitol leaders resolved several ballot measure conflicts between rival interests, but notably the billionaire tax survived. It will likely be the most expensive ballot campaign this year.
Technology
Ray Jayawardhana begins his tenure today as the 10th president of the California Institute of Technology. His selection as Caltech’s president, and as the Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and professor of astronomy, was announced Jan. 6. Jayawardhana succeeds Thomas Rosenbaum, who had served as Caltech’s president since 2014. Founded in 1891, Caltech manages […]
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Camp Mystic, the Texas girls camp where 28 people were killed in flash floods last summer, will use its bankruptcy case to resolve wrongful death claims filed against the family-owned company. “We acknowledge the pain and suffering and anguish,” caused …
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Ohmni’s C U Invisible Trench, Tin Foil Hat, and Liquid Gold Waist Bag made me look ready to tour Niagara Falls and/or attend an after-hours trance DJ set.
Technology
How does the Dyson Airwrap compare to the Shark FlexStyle? Here’s everything you should know after one Vogue writer’s test of the internet’s favorite multi-styler hair tools.
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C’est officiel: Canada is joining the Eurovision Song Contest. Last week, the North American country became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owns and runs the contest, after they were voted in at the EBU’s general assembly in Prague. The move makes them eligible to participate in the annual singing competition […]
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As Canadians celebrate their nation's birthday, independence movements in two provinces are eyeing the exit from the country.
Technology
By embracing the country’s next Justin Bieber or The Weeknd, the European-originated singing competition continues to expand internationally.
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The country becomes the first new participant since Australia joined the contest in 2015.
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Country is first to join since Australia in 2015 as event director says it ‘continues to welcome the world’ Canada will join the Eurovision song contest in 2027, becoming the first new participant since Australia in 2015, organisers have announced. Participation is not limited to countries in geographic Europe and instead is open to all members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which Canada joined last week. Australia is an associate member. Continue reading...
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Goodbye, biker shorts—the street style scene and our favorite stylish celebs confirm this is the year for capri pants. Discover 8 ways to wear them right now.
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The gossip blogger agreed to pay a five-figure sum for violating an earlier non-disparagement agreement.
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Birthright citizenship narrowly prevailed at the Supreme Court. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's opinion reads as a warning for what comes next: a fight to rewrite history to serve political aims.
Technology
A federal judge in Arkansas is throwing out some state laws that put extra restrictions on efforts to gather signatures for ballot initiatives
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Changes to federal student loans that are expected to affect millions of student loan borrowers are taking effect as of July 1
Culture
“Tim McGraw” by Swift, then 16, entered Hot Country Songs.
Markets
OpenAI is letting users link their bank accounts to its chatbot, but cybersecurity experts have safety concerns. Here’s what you should know.
Markets
The Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Bolt EV are formidable rivals for the title of America’s most affordable electric vehicle
Technology
LVMH’s unwinding of DFS signaled not the decline of travel retail, but its evolution. Here’s how to get it right in 2026.
Technology
Memory maker Micron, which jumped over 240% in the second quarter, dropped 11% on Wednesday, wiping out nearly $200 billion of market capitalization.
Culture
Maria Avila was mauled by a 200-pound dog while working at the star's California home in 2020.
Technology
The woman was attacked by a security dog at the singer's Los Angeles mansion in 2020
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A jury found Chris Brown liable this week for the violent dog attack case involving his Caucasian shepherd and a housekeeper. He now owes nearly $13 million to the housekeeper.
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Maria Aliva was left with scarring, vision loss and nerve damage following the attack in December 2020.
Global
The BBC's political editor Chris Mason reflects on the fallout from the Defence Investment Plan.
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City approves downtown L.A. mega development
Technology
Getty is planning to axe its $3.7 billion merger agreement with Shutterstock after a UK regulator imposed restrictions that would prevent part of Shutterstock's business from being included in the deal. The move comes despite the US Department of Justice granting the deal "unconditional antitrust clearance" in February. In an SEC filing published on Tuesday […] Getty says it’s “not required” to accept approval conditions that would force Shutterstock to offload its editorial business. | Image: The Verge Getty is planning to axe its $3.7 billion merger agreement with Shutterstock after a UK regulator imposed restrictions that would prevent part of Shutterstock's business from being included in the deal. The move comes despite the US Department of Justice granting the deal " unconditional antitrust clearance " in February. In an SEC filing published on Tuesday in the US, Getty said i
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A devastating account of living through the war in Ukraine won this year’s prestigious prize – with the longlist spanning everything from hurricanes to hauntology Continue reading...
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Extreme weather events — such as the heat wave gripping Europe — are making a growing number of assets too risky to insure, according to a director at Europe’s largest primary insurer. “Certain locations and perils cannot be covered as …
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The music icon was interviewed by former Arista executive Rick Bleiweiss.
Science
Antesala will focus on art and artists from Latin America.
Global
Colombian senator Iván Cepeda refuses to recognize Abelardo de la Espriella as the new president unless he meets certain conditions
Technology
NBCUniversal executives are about to find out whether Peacock will sink or swim in the streaming industry. Now that Comcast is planning to split NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Sky from its broadband and wireless businesses, Peacock will be forced to stand on its own - without the backing of a combined company that pulled in more […] NBCUniversal executives are about to find out whether Peacock will sink or swim in the streaming industry. Now that Comcast is planning to split NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Sky from its broadband and wireless businesses, Peacock will be forced to stand on its own - without the backing of a combined company that pulled in more than $123 billion last year . In the years following its launch in 2020, Peacock was treated as an accessory to an Xfinity subscription . But once Comcast stopped offering it as a free perk to Xfinity X1 and Flex subscribers and axed it
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If grassroots America could find reason to celebrate in the shadow of political assassinations, a crippling gas shortage and the Vietnam War, we can figure out a way to do it again, 50 years later.
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My family did not plan to make the World Cup the centerpiece of our summer, but once it began, we couldn't stop watching.
Technology
Thousands of worshippers attended a ceremony in the Swiss Alps as part of the breakaway Society of Saint Pius X.
Markets
Meta’s reported interest in monetizing its AI infrastructure is leading investors to question the sustainability of neocloud business models.
Culture
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan dismissed a lawsuit challenging an exemption decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) concerning the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, Michigan. The court found that the Atomic Energy Act and the Hobbs Act channel review of an exemption decision related to a licensing proceeding to the U.S. Courts of Appeals.
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Figure in John Hutton’s west screen, considered a 20th-century masterpiece, cracked by ladder used in lighting rig Deep cracks have appeared in one of the huge angels etched into John Hutton’s west screen of glass panels at Coventry Cathedral after a major music event. It has prompted concern that the increase in cathedrals hosting outside events, a big source of revenue, risks damaging some of the UK’s most important religious architecture. Continue reading...
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Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Creatives are demanding further assurances from the Albanese government that it won’t water down copyright laws under a potential deal with tech firms to attract more than $50bn worth of datacentre investment in exchange for a $350m-a-year fund for artists. Guardian Australia has been told an industry proposal has been presented to cabinet that would grant AI companies special exemptions to mine creative content. Continue reading...
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Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 26, 2026 There were two planning cycles over this span of sols. The Monday planning took place with Curiosity situated within a unit that from orbital imagery appeared light-toned, and from earlier rover positions appeared smooth. Reaching this unit, the […]
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Danny Glover, the 79-year-old “Lethal Weapon” star, revealed on the “Today” show Wednesday morning that he’s been battling Alzheimer’s disease for a few years. “I can live with it, in a sense. I’m sure as it advances, things are going to be different and changing,” Glover said during an interview with Lester Holt. Glover was […]
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'Lethal Weapon' star Danny Glover revealed in an interview with NBC's Lester Holt that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2023.
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The Russian couple were swiftly taken into custody by NYPD for the hair-raising stunt.
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David Kushner and La Mancha Funding Corp.
Global
A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has begun an ancient Latin Mass to consecrate four bishops without papal consent
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A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications and break with the Holy See by saying it was necessary to defend the Catholic faith.
Technology
The spread between the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and adjustable-rate loans is narrowing, causing demand for ARMs to weaken.
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A Democratic member of Congress is calling for a federal investigation into the "rent now, pay later" industry
Global
Twenty-nine-year-old beat representative Diana DeGette in deep-blue Denver district The democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary elections held on Tuesday, the latest in a string of high-profile victories for the party’s insurgent left. The Associated Press reported that Kiros had defeated DeGette for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue first congressional district centered on Denver. Kiros’s triumph came a week after New York voters unseated two Democratic congressional incumbents and replaced a third who was retiring with candidates who had campaigned on standing up to Israel amid accusations that it was carrying out a genocide in Gaza. Continue reading...
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Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to rise from the party's left flank and boot establishment-backed candidates.
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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary
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From classical painting to video games, this survey of the taboo and the twisted won’t let you look away Museums are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Ignore the problems of the past and they’re criticised for being problematic. Rewrite their labels according to changing politics and they’re called preachy and woke. The fact is, history is filled with immoral art. But how do we know it when we see it? And what, if anything, should we be doing about it? In her timely and punchy new book, the philosopher Daisy Dixon explores some of the most controversial artworks ever produced. She’s interested in how an artist’s character can influence their creations, and the harmful effects those creations can have on the world. Continue reading...
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Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun return July 22 in the hit Korean action series, joined by Japanese stars Hyunri and Masaki Okada as a new pair of assassins.
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Kia told the BBC UK law prevented its location tracking function being used to live track vehicles.
Technology
“Y.M.C.A.” became a major hit among the MAGA crowd and at Trump's political rallies beginning in 2020
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We’re halfway through 2026, and the music industry has already had its fair share of headline-making moments. From Spotify’s AI remix plans and Drake’s surprise three-album drop to company mergers and antitrust battles, Billboard‘s business editorial team breaks down the biggest stories shaping the industry so far this year. They also revisit the predictions they […]
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A theatre in London's West End is being renamed after the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.
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Dwayne Johnson & Catherine Laga’aia, from the live action ‘Moana’ movie, play a game of Finish the Lyrics with Disney songs and answer a few questions about their roles in the film and its new music. Katie Atkinson: The snow blows white on the mountain tonight. Catherine Laga’aia: Surely, you got that one. You got […]
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The U.S. Supreme Court this week, with no dissents, declined to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.
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Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge Tuesday to require President Donald Trump to pay her $5 million from a jury verdict that concluded Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019.
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The Disney-owned sports media company is exiting its downtown Los Angeles facility.
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The European Union has introduced two measures to protect its steel industry and limit small e-commerce parcels
Technology
Pharrell Williams’ digital-first auction platform Joopiter is expanding its watch business with a dedicated timepiece division, solidifying the category as an important part of its business.
Technology
Mulberry is the latest British brand to return to London Fashion Week with a runway show scheduled for Sept. 20 at 3 p.m.
Technology
A lineup of pearl-led charms of playful creatures and objects co-created with the British stylist is making its debut during Paris’ couture week.
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El Gobernador Newsom y la Tesorera Estatal Fiona Ma anuncian colaboración con Early Wealth Partnership para facilitar el acceso de las familias a recursos financieros para sus hijos
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Elon Musk says a report about a SpaceX AI phone prototype is "utterly false." The report, published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, says SpaceX showed off a "handset-like prototype" to some investors before launching its record-breaking initial public offering in June. The device was "slimmer than an iPhone," and they were told it […] Elon Musk says a report about a SpaceX AI phone prototype is "utterly false." The report, published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal , says SpaceX showed off a "handset-like prototype" to some investors before launching its record-breaking initial public offering in June. The device was "slimmer than an iPhone," and they were told it would run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, according to the WSJ . It would also reportedly use its own AI-enabled operating system with features powered by the SpaceX-owned xAI . Last week, the Financial Tim
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Companies are realizing artificial intelligence can't do everything after all, prompting them to rehire employees to grow their businesses
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England saw its warmest June since records began in 1865 and the second warmest for the whole of the UK according to data just released by the Met Office.
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Canada is set to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time next year
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Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration Wednesday, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that he says are targeting him for "what amounts to phantom criminal conduct."
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Multiday warnings of extreme heat have landed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia
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The influence of the alcohol industry on policy, AI Claude for scientists, and more health news from Morning Rounds
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Twigs wrote the track after a rehearsal for a 2025 tour and Coachella performance were delayed over visa complications
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed policy statement addressing concerns that AI companies may be manipulating the b View Press Release
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"Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present" opened on June 27, following the resignation of a Jewish museum trustee.
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The veteran star sat for a masterclass chat last week at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival in Valletta, where she opened up on personal privacy, her refusal to join social media and the wild success of ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession.’
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Weaker monsoon rains are likely to impact farm output but the government says it has enough grain stocks to deal with any shortages.
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New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday that the central bank would remain independent and seek to bring down inflation, likely foreclosing the rate cuts President Trump has sought
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In remarks at a central bank conference in Sintra, Portugal, Warsh said that if businesses or households thought the Fed would accept inflation above 2%, "I guess they'd be disappointed. We're going to deliver price stability."
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Federal Reserve issues initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the Asian grocery chain alleging it discriminated against non-Chinese employees.
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At least six people have died in a fire at an apartment block on the outskirts of Antwerp, Belgium
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A man was seen clambering through a window to escape black smoke in the block where some 200 people live.
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Authorities in Ohio say a fire at a motel trapped residents in a room, killing three people inside
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Floods in Ivory Coast have killed at least 59 people this year, according to a government spokesperson on Wednesday
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Ford Motor Co. took an unusually human approach to fixing its stubborn quality problems: It brought back what it calls “gray beard” engineers to help train younger staff and to reprogram the artificial intelligence tools that weren’t getting the job …
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Wednesday marks one year since the Trump administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development as an independent agency. USAID was a central tool of American foreign policy, delivering humanitarian aid, fighting disease, responding to disasters and advancing U.S. interests. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Samantha Power, the last confirmed administrator of USAID.
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More than one million people took to the streets of Mexico's capital on Tuesday to mark the country's win over Ecuador.
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Three of the victims died from suffocation More than a million people gathered in Mexico City Four people died, three from suffocation, as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets during World Cup celebrations, the capital’s health secretariat said in the early hours of Wednesday. The deaths occurred near the Angel of Independence landmark, where thousands of fans had gathered to celebrate Mexico’s 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the last 32. Continue reading...
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Tubi PR executive Seana Sullivan has been promoted to senior VP of corporate communications for Fox Corp. With the promotion, Sullivan will oversee all communications activity for Tubi Media Group, Fox’s portfolio of digital businesses and platforms and technology teams that are overseen by Tubi chief Paul Cheesbrough. Sullivan reports to Lauren Townsend, Fox’s executive […]
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French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S. CMA CGM Group said the acquisition will triple the size of ...
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Standout U.S. national soccer team player Christian Pulisic hails from Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Food and beverage brands like David Protein and Loonen water are reinventing the marketing wheel with strategies more akin to the fashion world.
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The White House has refuted claims that Trump is profiting off the presidency and said he doesn't have any conflicts of interest.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are expected to celebrate their wedding with a party at New York's Madison Square Garden this weekend.
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The 19th annual competition celebrates photographers from around the world who choose the camera in their pocket, showcasing intimate portraits, quiet landscapes and abstract studies of light, form and colour Creative play and a curious cat – readers’ best photographs Continue reading...
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Starting as a dance academy, the venue went through various owners before getting new life under the stewardship of a local family.
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Fujifilm is expanding its QuickSnap lineup with a new disposable camera focused on taking monochrome photos and another built to survive harsh outdoor environments. The $22.90 QuickSnap Black and White and the $24.75 QuickSnap Active are expected to launch sometime later this fall, to the delight of Gen Z snappers driving the current resurgence in […] Here are some example shots taken with the QuickSnap Black and White (left), and the QuickSnap Active (right). | Images by Fujifilm Fujifilm is expanding its QuickSnap lineup with a new disposable camera focused on taking monochrome photos and another built to survive harsh outdoor environments. The $22.90 QuickSnap Black and White and the $24.75 QuickSnap Active are expected to launch sometime later this fall, to the delight of Gen Z snappers driving the current resurgence in disposable and retro film cameras. As the name suggests, t
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Researchers say about 800 plants are involved in plastics or plastics-chemicals in California. Many are in Southern California and are expanding.
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The photo giant chalks up the scuttling of the deal to a U.K. regulator requiring a divestiture of its rival's editorial business, a non-starter for the company.
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The merger of two of the world’s biggest stock image marketplaces was announced in January 2025.
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Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that. Amazon debuted its new hardware powered by a revamped Alexa last fall, and now it's finally Google's turn. […] The Google Home Speaker is Google’s first smart speaker in years. And it’s pretty! | Photo: Jennifer Patison Tuohy / The Verge Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that . Amazon debuted its new hardware powered by a revamped Alexa last fall, and now it's finally Google's turn. The Google Home Speaker is the company's first new smart speaker in six years and it
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The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, called Tuesday's ruling a victory for all Americans, saying it reaffirmed that precedent.
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Three separate attacks involving petrol bombs and other improvised devices took place in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Gabriel García Luna, Guatemala’s new attorney general, pledges to dismantle his predecessor Consuelo Porras’ administration, which he calls “repressive and vengeful.”
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From Ella Bright to Hailey Bieber, the clavi-cut is the celebrity hair refresh du jour and an instant summer-ready look.
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Lloyds says it remains committed to the town of Halifax and very little will change for customers.
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Long-serving APAC/MENA COO Peter Loxton now leads the region, effective July 1, reporting to Legends Global CEO, Dan Levy.
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Fallen Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein, whose health has been fraught in recent years, is receiving medical treatment in New York after a fresh bout of reported health issues.
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BBC Verify investigates whether a shortfall in funding for the government's defence investment plan is a "black hole".
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With the World Cup now three weeks old, BBC Sport's reporters in the US look at how their perceptions have changed.
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Hilb Group announced that it has acquired a Louisiana-based property and casualty agency. Hilb did not specify the name of the acquired agency. The acquisition takes effect today and builds on the company’s growing presence in the Central region.
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Musk's designation as the world's first trillionaire is based on dubious Wall Street math.
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Hit Korean thriller “A Shop for Killers” will return for its second season July 22 on Disney+ and Hulu. The eight-episode sequel picks up with Jian now running the weapons shop and Jinman back from the dead, as the pair work to fend off a humiliated Babylon, which recruits overseas reinforcements to rebuild its ranks […]
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Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves
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This week's Trending Up looks at the catalog for the country legend following his 'Last Call' concert last Saturday, as well as recent viral hits for Miguel, BabyChiefDoIt and Pupsies.
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Antonin Baudry’s “De Gaulle: Résistance,” Pathé’s ambitious two-part historical epic about the making of Charles de Gaulle as a resistance leader, has fought its way back into a leading position at the French box office after an underwhelming start. Driven by strong word-of-mouth, younger viewers and a heatwave that sent crowds back into air-conditioned theaters, […]
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Futurists discuss with WWD how technology, innovation, shifting demographics and consumer shopping habits, and urban and suburban changes are transforming the retail landscape.
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President Donald Trump's administration looked to the Supreme Court to greenlight its sweeping hard-line immigration agenda and, by and large, it got the backing it was looking for with one key exception.
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California immigrant families could breathe a sigh of relief Tuesday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the constitutionally guaranteed right of birthright citizenship. On the first day of Trump’s second term, the president issued an executive order declaring that a person born in the U.S. was not a citizen […]
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Ceasefires in the Middle East are not bringing the peace many people expect
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The Grammy-winning singer replied to a post on Threads calling for people to boycott the song.
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Mexican American folk singer Selines signed to Interscope and released her second studio album, "(Nostalgia)," in May. She spoke with The Times about the emotional road to her major label debut.
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Eddie Huang talks about his new book, navigating 'cartel journalism,' mourning Anthony Bourdain and how the New York Knicks helped him find peace.
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More than 300 detainees are estimated to have signed grievance letters sent to facility administrators, according to advocates with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
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The ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ star folded multiple Korean traditions into her family-focused celebration at Villa Cora on the outskirts of the Italian city.
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Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will now begin in January instead of the fall, a judge said Monday at a hearing that started late because Mangione got stuck in a courthouse elevator. U.S. …
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Iran said a foreign container ship ran aground while sailing through the Strait of Hormuz via an “unauthorized” route, repeating its warning that vessels should only transit the waterway in coordination with the Islamic Republic. The state TV report didn’t …
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The ceasefire prompted a surge in crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic had largely ground to a halt during the conflict.
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Meta shares popped on reports of a new cloud-computing venture, but some analysts wonder if that would signal disappointing uptake of internal AI offerings.
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If you want to have enough for retirement, you need to push your savings limits today.
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Yen intervention alone is unlikely to reverse losses while wide U.S.-Japan rate differentials keep supporting the dollar, said analysts.
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Once dismissed as frivolous, spots are having the last laugh – popping up on celebs, catwalks and all over the algorithm For years, stripes have been the thinking fashion person’s choice. The style equivalent of remembering to charge your phone overnight. Bracing like sea air, with a top note of French intellectualism. In stripes, you can captain a ship and feast on oysters. Spots and dots are much less serious. From a distance, they could be smiley face emojis. Spots bounce and dance, whereas stripes are rigid. They are spontaneous and giddy, where stripes are rational. The polo scene in Pretty Woman, when Julia Roberts wears that chocolate polka dot dress, is an iconic fashion moment not just because it’s a great dress, but because the dress itself does so much storytelling. Those polka dots set Roberts apart as vivacious, adorable. The buttoned-up crowd around her does not stand a cha
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors should use the latest market rotation to buy some of the biggest winners they may have missed.
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Joby Aviation is teaming up with Toyota to create air taxis.
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The Spirit of Rory: Live From Cork becomes his 31st leader.
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Three teenage boys convicted of rape should have been detained, the Court of Appeal hears.
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It was not immediately clear whether the order applied only to reporters from The New York Times, which filed the lawsuit, or to the entire press corps.
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A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to lift its requirement that New York Times journalists be accompanied by an escort while in the building
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Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020. At the end of a two-week trial, the verdict went strongly in favor of Maria Avila, who was viciously attacked by Hades, […]
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In an order issued last week, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the Justice Department’s motion — on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — to dismiss a suit filed by several groups to compel the EPA to initiate a rulemaking to ban the use of hydrogen fluoride in oil refining. The plaintiffs filed their suit after EPA denied an administrative petition seeking the same ban.
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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against California to halt the state’s newly enacted Glock Ban. The lawsuit also seeks to prevent enforcement of the state’s “Handgun Roster” — a list limiting legal firearms that individuals may purchase. The United States challenges both as unlawful under the Second Amendment.
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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia State Police alleging that a newly enacted Virginia law unconstitutionally bans the purchase and sale of ordinary semi-automatic rifles owned by millions of Americans.
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The announcement came after South Korea announced on Monday three massive investment projects, spanning semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers.
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Kathy Griffin took to Instagram on Tuesday to claim that she’s been banned from Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show.” She also slammed Fallon for hosting UFC legend Conor McGregor, who was found liable in a sexual assault case in 2024 and ordered to pay $257,000 to a woman who accused him of rape. “I have not […]
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The singer said one of his “late-night drinking tricks” is to ring up the president
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The film from Nader Saeivar and Jafar Panahi, also starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Nicolette Krebitz and Nastassja Kinski, world premieres in the main competition of the 60th Karlovy Vary film festival.
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Kroger is buying regional grocer and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle in a deal valued at $1.65 billion
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A first-of-its-kind mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is poised for launch no earlier than Thursday, July 2, 5:09 a.m. EDT (9:09 p.m. UTC+12), from Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. A robotic servicing spacecraft called LINK, built by Katalyst Space, will blast […]
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On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Marlow Stern unpacks LeBron James’ decision to leave the Los Angeles Lakers after eight seasons and one championship title. The shakeup leaves one of the NBA’s most high-profile teams a little short on star power. James is undeniably one of the greatest to ever play the game. […]
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QatarEnergy extended its force majeure, withholding four additional liquefied natural gas cargoes until September.
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Antoine Arnault, the French luxury group's director of image and environment, said Les Journées Particulières would span 65 locations in 11 countries, fewer than its last edition in 2022.
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Lamborghini is calling the new Urus SE Performante the "fastest Super SUV in the world."
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On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast , Katie & Keith are talking about what other awards shows could learn from Sunday's show.
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Reid 's planned departure comes ahead of the impending merger of CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount.
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The four-time Emmy winner said his movements, speech and memories have slowed since receiving his diagnosis.
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The 79-year-old actor told media ‘I don’t feel like it’s the end of my life. There’s work to do. Your life continues’ Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover has revealed he has been living with Alzheimer’s for several years. Glover, 79, announced the news during an interview on The Today Show, during which he explained that he had been diagnosed “not long” after receiving an honorary Oscar in 2022. “I could live with it, in a sense. I’m sure as it advances, things are going to be different and changing,” he said, adding that his movements, speech and memory have slowed. However, the support of his family, who he said “have got my back”, was getting him through. Continue reading...
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She first wore the hot pink Davina heels with the exact Marc Jacobs dress Reese Witherspoon wore to the 2001 “Legally Blonde” premiere.
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Established and emerging auteurs feature in 40 "fearless titles" in the experimental section, reflecting "the war of the worlds," both "the public conflicts shattering our present and the private battles."
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The results were solid, but make no mistake: this is a sharply divided market.
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The Court of Turin granted a preliminary injunction against a Paris-based company selling dupes of Loro Piana’s White Sole footwear.
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The Chicago MC thinks there are rappers who are better lyricists than their mainstream counterparts.
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Madonna will sit down with Bob the Drag Queen, Stuart Price & her daughter Lola Leon on the "iHeartRadio and TikTok Live Premiere."
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Ahead of this week's release of Confessions II , we run down Madonna's 2005 dance odyssey.
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The D.A.’s office has expressed impatience with the pace of Met’s reviewing process
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Dine-in theater chain Alamo Drafthouse is launching a new initiative for indie films that debut at festivals but do not secure distribution deals.
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This year marked the second time the Belgian designer Marie-Adam Leenaerdt figured among the finalists for the ANDAM Grand Prize.
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The Catalan composer and experimental musician will self-release her follow-up to 2023’s Nekkuja
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Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters
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Zurich Insurance Group is launching a dedicated life science insurance offering from July 2026, expanding its established U.S. capabilities across key European markets: Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Zurich explained that the …
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The president of the Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée was suspended for four months.
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Kylian Mbappé put France ahead with a brilliant crossover step in the 45th minute and added a second-half goal to break a World Cup knockout round scoring record, and Les Bleus beat Sweden 3-0 to set up a round of 16 match against Paraguay
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The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans
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Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta's next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your glasses' Conversation Focus feature will soon be limited to three hours of use per month, unless you pay for a $19.99 Meta One Premium subscription. […] Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta's next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your glasses' Conversation Focus feature will soon be limited to three hours of use per month, unless you pay for a $19.99 Meta One Premium subscription . In a help article , the company insists that it won't require a subscription to use your glasses, period; it's merely erecting a "rate limit" for certain AI features. Even premium subscribers will only get 15 hours of Conversation Focus per month under that "rate limit," it claims
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Defense of the Gelman Collection denounced what it described as a mixture of private and public interests.
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A Mexican national was sentenced today to five years in prison for smuggling children into the United States from Mexico.
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They were held up by an electric storm but, after it had cleared, Mexico simply kept the lightning bolts coming. El Tri have broken a hex that had gnawed at the nation’s football psyche for years, winning a World Cup knockout game for the first time since 1986, and the head turner will be the manner in which it happened. Javier Aguirre’s players cut Ecuador apart in a stunning first-half performance that rocked a pulsating Estadio Azteca to its foundations and laid a marker for the round of 16. Thudding finishes from Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez sent them clear and they could manage their way through the remainder, resting legs for their next assignment here on Sunday. Their likely opponents? England, even if one must not discount the Democratic Republic of the Congo making a statement about that. Whoever travels here next must deal with an atmosphere that, for all this tournament’s
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⚽️ Kick-off time: 8pm local/12pm AEST/3am BST/10pm EDT ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Jonathan Mexico’s football culture dates back to the early 20th century , and the country has a place in history as participants in the first ever World Cup match, when they lost 4-1 to France on the opening day of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. The following match against Chile they conceded the World Cup’s first own-goal. Continue reading...
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There are ways to find a live feed of the Mexico vs. Ecuador game online, including ways to livestream the Round of 32 matchup for free.
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The long-time former series regular will have a season-long arc on the CBS drama.
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Dangerously high temperatures are set to scorch much of the country as a brutal heat wave bears down on the East Coast and Midwest. Hundreds of cities could hit record highs by Friday, when more than 175 million Americans will face either major or extreme heat risk, according to the National Weather Service. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jeff Berardelli, a meteorologist at WFLA in Tampa Bay.
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Miller’s Grill, Inc., a Washington, Missouri restaurant, will pay monetary damages to a former employee and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. …
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Miller’s Grill, Inc., a Washington, Missouri restaurant, will pay monetary damages to a former employee and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. …
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Monaco authorities say a person was arrested but later released as they “very actively” pursue their probe of an explosion that reportedly wounded a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia and two other people
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The National Police Chiefs' Council says said the five-day operation led to hundreds of arrests and seizures of more than £1m in cash.
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Despite return-to-office policies, the share of employees working from home increased in 2025 from the year before, according to the latest BLS data.
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Mourners are attending funerals of 14 schoolchildren who were killed when the roof of a tutoring center collapsed
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The “Enola Holmes” movies have done nothing so much as chart Millie Bobby Brown’s evolution from child actor to movie star
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Anfield Stadium, Liverpool Adding eye-popping spectacle to this anniversary reprise of The Black Parade is fun, but what really stands out is the tremendous songcraft My Chemical Romance take the stage to the strains of the Carpenters’ Yesterday Once More, its syrupy but heart-rending tones offering a reminder that MCR’s current tour is essentially about nostalgia: it celebrates the 20th anniversary of the release of the emo figureheads’ third album The Black Parade. An hour-long concept piece about a dying cancer patient, it was a band throwing everything they could think of at an album, apparently gripped by fear that the multi-platinum success of its predecessor, 2004’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, would prove fleeting. It variously sounded like pop punk, Queen, Britpop, glam, heavy metal, Pink Floyd circa The Wall and Kurt Weill, so wilfully overblown that when Liza Minnelli made
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Kobo recently raised the price of its Libra Colour e-reader to $259.99, but today’s deal effectively erases that hike. The company, Best Buy, and Target, are all selling it for its old $229.99 price as part of broader sales, making now one of the best times to grab my favorite alternative to Amazon’s Kindle. If […] The Kobo Libra Colour lets you take notes. | Image: Rakuten Kobo Kobo recently raised the price of its Libra Colour e-reader to $259.99, but today’s deal effectively erases that hike. The company , Best Buy , and Target , are all selling it for its old $229.99 price as part of broader sales, making now one of the best times to grab my favorite alternative to Amazon’s Kindle . Kobo Libra Colour Where to Buy: $259.99 $229.99 at Best Buy $259.99 $229.99 at Rakuten Kobo $259.99 $229.99 at Target If you’re not heavily invested in Amazon’s e
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NASA is recruiting research participants for the agency’s next simulated deep space mission. Beginning no earlier than August 2027, research volunteers will spend one year living and working in interplanetary environments at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, operating under isolated conditions expected during crewed missions to the Moon or Red Planet. Insights from this […]
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A new result using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that the outer spiral arms in the Milky Way galaxy may reach wider than previously thought. This finding may lead astronomers to adjust their understanding of our home galaxy’s structure. A team of astronomers made this discovery by making precise measurements of distances to dust clouds […]
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For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to ripples in space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound world is a super-Jupiter orbiting far from its host star. “When TESS launched, no one expected it to ever be capable […]
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our own, as the agency continues to reveal the secrets of the universe and our place in it. Billions of years ago, a Sun-like star nearing the end of its life swelled tremendously in size to become a […]
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NOAA announces regional priorities to advance America-first seafood strategy July 2, 2026 The United States is a global leader in fisheries excellence, and aligning foreign fisheries to American standards will increase opportunities for American fishermen and women. (Image credit: Shutterstock via NOAA Fisheries) Today, NOAA announced regional priorities to revitalize the U.S. seafood sector focused on reducing burdens on domestic fishing, increasing production, improving access, and enhancing economic profitability. This bold, coordinated effort by the Department of Commerce through NOAA Fisheries is in direct response to the President’s Executive Order Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness to increase the sustainable harvest of seafood resources and boost American fishermen. “These regional priorities are a critical step in our efforts to fulfill the President's vision
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The New York Police Department is bracing for a slew of massive Independence Day celebrations along with a World Cup match this weekend, scrambling thousands of officers on land, sea and air to handle security measures as an intense heat wave bears dow...
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Investigators tell Reuters the notes sent to TMZ and local media had no connection to the 'Today' show host's mother's disappearance.
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Take a look at the movies and TV shows that are hitting the streaming service this month.
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'Skywalkers' documentary stars get engaged and unfurl peace banner, but CNN slams the "performative, egregious" duo: "They will end up in jail."
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After a recent study found New Orleans is at a ‘point of no return’ amid the climate crisis, some locals say they will ‘only leave if forced to’. But what would it take to stay? When a study in May concluded that New Orleans has hit a “point of no return” due to the climate crisis that will require people to eventually retreat from their storied yet ultimately doomed city, the local reaction was swift and fiery. The onward march of rising seas around a sinking city was unsettling, but the study is “more focused on generating publicity and clickbait headlines” than coming up with solutions, said Helena Moreno, New Orleans’ mayor. There is flooding in Miami, and wildfires and earthquakes near San Fransisco, Moreno pointed out, “yet no serious movement exists to declare those cities lost causes”. Continue reading...
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A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when officers fired into a moving car are challenging police claims about the shooting
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In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump took his maiden voyage on the Air Force One donated by Qatar, negotiators from both the U.S. and Iran held more indirect talks in Qatar, a pair of masked climbers are in police custody after scaling the top of the Empire State Building's antenna and the Trump administration said that it will not renew the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom launched an ambitious initiative to make public schools the epicenter of mental health services for young people. Five years after he promised transformation, many schools have struggled to get the program up and running, and hundreds more have yet to try.
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Nigeria's High Commissioner says businesses and properties left behind by returnees are being documented.
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Nike’s profit and gross margins were buoyed by a tariff refund.
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Channelling Bill and Ted, slacker buddies accidentally travel back to 2008, but open up a psychic wound which threatens their band’s existence With its sheer goofball silliness, and unexpectedly great visual effects work, this ridiculous hellzapoppin’ spectacular from Canadian comic and director Matt Johnson will win you over. But if, like me, you’re coming to this from outside the existing fanbase for his web and TV comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show , you will need some time to catch up, and to acclimatise to the gags and the lo-fi klutz aesthetic. (Although, as I say, the downbeat indie look does cunningly coexist with some sensational digital trickery.) Johnson had a breakthrough hit in 2023 with BlackBerry , about the once vital and then tragicomically obsolete handset device. Now he and his writing-performing partner Jay McCarrol give us a nerd comedy about time travel, inspired by
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AI datacentres, memory scarcity and factory capacity are costing consumers –and console makers • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It was once a truth universally acknowledged that an ageing console in possession of good revenue must be in line for a price reduction. Those days may be over. In March, Sony announced a price increase of £90 for the PS5, while last month Microsoft informed gamers that it would be charging at least £75 more for the Xbox Series S and X consoles from August. All three were first released back in 2020. The Switch 2 will also be more expensive globally from September. The main culprit, of course, is AI, or more specifically the exploding demand for semiconductors and memory to power datacentres. Console manufacturers could once source these components cheaply, but now they’re in high demand and manufacturers can’t keep up, so deals
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Henry Nowak, 18, was handcuffed as he lay dying after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in December 2025.
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CEO Jensen Huang has called humanoid robots a “multitrillion-dollar economic opportunity.”
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OG Anunoby Answers 15 Questions from Knicks Fans
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Parents and grandparents charged as police say case in Hamden not human trafficking but ‘intra-family situation’ Sixteen children were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio after being confined to just one room in “deplorable conditions” for much of the past four years, authorities said on Wednesday. The children, who officials said are from the same family and were living in squalor with human waste all around, ranged in age from one and a half to 18 and included boys and girls. Some of them were unable to speak and one – an 18-year-old who was developmentally disabled – could not even spell her name. Continue reading...
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The 47th president’s modifications to the White House have notoriously gone far beyond faked images.
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“Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s starry film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, has been acquired by the indie distributor Neon after it was dropped by Amazon MGM Studios
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The new accounts ban bonds and international stocks, forcing parents to bet their children’s financial future entirely on U.S. equities.
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“We need to stop treating our young men and boys as problems to be solved, and start treating them as people to be invested in,” writes Gov. Wes Moore.
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“What is urgently needed is a shift from pathogen-specific diagnostics toward pathogen-agnostic diagnostic systems,” write Krutika Kuppalli and Placide Mbala.
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Paramount will exit its United International Pictures distribution joint venture with Universal as a condition for EU approval of its $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The move is in response to a request for Paramount to exit the venture made by the European Commission’s anti-trust watchdog last week. The European Commission said on Wednesday […]
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Paramount Skydance will pull out of United International Pictures, its international distribution joint venture with Universal, to allay antitrust concerns voiced by European cinema operators.
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A passenger jet reported striking a drone while approaching JFK International Airport on Monday, and just hours later, a helicopter pilot alerted a close call with a remote-control airplane near the same airport. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the …
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Paula Reid is laying down the law at CNN. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet’s chief legal affairs correspondent has decided to leave ahead of an expected takeover of the news giant by Paramount Skydance, according to two people familiar with the matter. Reid had the option to renew her contract, but chose to exit, these […]
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Nancy Bewlay will become American International Group’s new global chief underwriting officer in the insurer’s latest development at top leadership. Bewlay, who was most recently group chief underwriting and pricing officer at AXA Group since 2023, will start her new …
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CRC Benefits, a division of CRC Group headquartered in Dallas, Texas, hired Karen Crotty as a benefits sales executive to lead a new Northeast-focused department serving brokers in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland markets. Hired specifically for this …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the insurers Everest Group and Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK). A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Global Wholesale & Specialty Names 2 Key Leaders, Buonpane and Stewart Everest Group …
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The board of directors of Big I Illinois named Brett Gerger CEO, effective July 1. Gerger, who has served as director of education and agency resources with Big I Illinois since 2019, succeeds Phil Lackman, who is retiring after 31 …
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Who should start for England against DR Congo in their last-32 tie? It's time to put yourself in Thomas Tuchel's shoes.
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Some adults aged 65 and above will be able to get the drug for $50 through Medicare GLP-1, a temporary program Kathryn, a retiree who worked in healthcare, has throughout her life experienced “cyclical weight-loss, weight-gain”. “Every time that that has happened, it’s been a little bit greater of the loss and the gain, which is really unhealthy,” said the 66-year-old who lives in Denver, Colorado, and requested that only her first name be used. At her heaviest, the 5ft 1in-woman weighed 220lbs. Continue reading...
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PlayStation will end physical disc production for new games in 2028, the company announced Wednesday morning.
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The firm said future games would still be sold in shops, but they would come with a digital code only.
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Most Americans believe the country has moved away from its founding principles as the nation prepares for its big 250th anniversary, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds. Eighty-three percent of U.S. adults feel America has strayed from the ideals the country was founded on two-and-a-half centuries ago. Among them, close to half of Americans — 47% — say the U.S. has "moved far away" from these principles, joined by 36% who said America has "moved...
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This isn't the first time the actress has winked at Witherspoon's past fashions during her own press run as the beloved character.
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Companies added slightly fewer workers than forecast, with hiring targeted heavily toward healthcare-related sectors.
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Fees for insurance producers, continuing education providers, premium finance companies and more are going up in Alabama for the first time in years if new regulations are approved. The Alabama Department of Insurance announced it will hold a hearing at …
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The success of democratic socialists has led to an establishment backlash, fueling divisions over how to respond A recent chair of the Democratic National Committee apparently wants democratic socialists to get out of his party. “If you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination,” Jaime Harrison tweeted on election day last week, shortly before results showed that three of those socialists had won Democratic primaries for Congress in deep-blue New York City. He didn’t identify his targets, but the implication was clear. Harrison’s call for self-expulsion was the bizarre opposite of a welcome mat: “Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.” The tweet turned reality on its head. Socialist candidates have been winning because they inspired multitu
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Progressive challengers scored upsets against Democratic establishment names up and down the ballot in Colorado. It's part of a mounting trend in some races across the country. To discuss where the Democratic Party stands ahead of the midterms, Lisa Desjardins spoke with Mo Elleithee, a former DNC communications director who now leads the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.
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Ives said the new firm will seek to build what he described as a "modern merchant bank."
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Filmmaker Carla Simón completes a trilogy of personal movies that dive into her own history, her family's lingering grief and her journey to adulthood.
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California jury sides with Maria Avila over 2020 attack that left her requiring skin grafts R&B star Chris Brown has been ordered to pay $12.9m in damages to a housekeeper who was mauled by a dog at one of his properties. Maria Avila was working at Brown’s house in Tarzana, California, in 2020 when she was attacked by Hades, a Caucasian shepherd used as a guard dog. At the trial in Van Nuys, California, Avila said she was left with serious injuries to her arm and face, requiring dozens of sutures and skin grafts from her abdomen to her arm. She said was also left with post-traumatic stress disorder, and nerve damage which made it difficult to work. Continue reading...
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The storm developed quickly over west central Illinois on April 17th, first as a single high-intensity system called a supercell, and then later that evening transforming into a long squall line of thunderstorms. Tucked inside a wall of wind were several smaller, quick-forming tornadoes, one of which landed directly on Rivian’s electric vehicle factory on […] The storm developed quickly over west central Illinois on April 17th, first as a single high-intensity system called a supercell, and then later that evening transforming into a long squall line of thunderstorms. Tucked inside a wall of wind were several smaller, quick-forming tornadoes, one of which landed directly on Rivian’s electric vehicle factory on the outskirts of the college town of Normal. The ferocious storm knocked down one of the walls and tore through the plant’s roof like a can opener peeling back the lid.
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Panel proses shared framework for responsible AI development as adoption grows unevenly across world A new United Nations report warns that the development of artificial intelligence may exacerbate global inequality and proposes a shared framework for how to responsibly develop AI, as adoption and investment into the technology accelerates unevenly across the world. “Access to AI tools alone does not produce equal benefit,” the report states. “Countries that rely on foreign models, cloud infrastructure and data pipelines may gain access to AI while losing practical control over its standards, safeguards and local fit.” Continue reading...
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Stage costumes, musical instruments and drawings are included in the show, which opens in Dundee in November
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Rayner argued the "devolution revolution" has already begun in England but more needs to be done.
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President Donald Trump is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One
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Rhythm Heaven isn't Nintendo's best-known series, nor its most prolific. Prior to the launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove on the Switch this week - it's out on July 2nd - there were only four previous entries, one of which was exclusive to Japan. The most recent came out more than a decade ago. Even still, […] Rhythm Heaven isn't Nintendo's best-known series, nor its most prolific. Prior to the launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove on the Switch this week - it's out on July 2nd - there were only four previous entries, one of which was exclusive to Japan. The most recent came out more than a decade ago . Even still, there's a case to be made that this is Nintendo's most consistent franchise. There are few guarantees in life, but a new Rhythm Heaven being great is one of them. If you're unfamiliar, Rhythm Heaven is sort of like a music-focused version of WarioWare . That means it's a collection
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Right-backs Jarell Quansah and Reece James will miss England's World Cup last-32 match against DR Congo because of injury.
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Oliver Chris said the cast were confused when they were handed plastic cigarettes on set.
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Billboard can exclusively reveal the new specialist law firm serving Australasia's music, media and arts industries -- Hewitt Glass Law.
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Coughlans Bakery says it has gone into voluntary liquidation over hikes in national insurance and business rates.
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The pushbacks came after the legendary group had to reschedule a June 24 show in Fort Worth over travel and border-related delays.
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The band pushed back two dates at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) published updated statistics and data visualizations covering key segments of the U.S. capital markets, including three new asset-backed securities (ABS) issuance data…
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Demand for alcohol is declining. The industry is fighting harder and more creatively than ever against limits — and winning.
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The FDA approved a T-cell therapy from Orca Bio that reduces the risk of a debilitating immune reaction in patients with blood cancers undergoing stem cell transplants.
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Anthropic will begin developing drugs, BridgeBio pockets a billion, and more biotech news from The Readout
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Anthropic announced the availability of Claude Science, which optimizes its large language model for use in scientific labs and by drugmakers
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Researchers have created what they say may count as the first synthetic cell, and have started a public benefit corporation to share the technology with other scientists.  It’s a piece…
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Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the third quarter.
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AI Prognosis: The release of Claude Science suggests big model makers are getting serious about real science, and not just flashy problems.
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The Salvation Army, headquartered in Virginia with a facility in Lynchburg, violated federal law when it discriminated against an employee with cancer by denying her a reasonable accommodation to seek treatment and causing her to resign, according to a lawsuit …
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The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs’ attorneys said Monday. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will have to write an apology letter …
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Most of Sandisk’s annual revenue could eventually come from its new business model contracts that provide better visibility, BofA said.
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The Trump administration is requiring borrowers to choose new repayment options after the Biden-era plan was ruled unconstitutional More than 7 million Americans will be forced to change their student loan repayment plan beginning on Wednesday, as the Save plan officially ends. The termination of the Biden -era initiative, which was launched in 2023, coincides with a larger overhaul of the US student loan repayment system. The seismic changes to the student debt landscape are the results of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in 2025 and a March 2026 federal court ruling that the Save plan, an income-driven repayment program created with the goal of cutting undergraduate loans in half, was unconstitutional. Continue reading...
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There were still serves beyond 120 mph. Plenty of heavy groundstrokes landing within inches of the baseline, too. Serena Williams won plenty of praise about her game from her fellow players at Wimbledon a day after her first singles match in nearly four years.
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A Guggenheim analyst says that valuations for the two software stocks are too depressed, even though the AI threat is real.
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Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison term Seven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and has left many protesters facing decades behind bars. All but one of the defendants sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting outside the Prairieland detention center near Dallas last 4 July. They each were sentenced to between nearly two and 15 years in prison. Continue reading...
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A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz while using a route not approved by Iran. That's according to a report Wednesday by state television in Tehran.
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Jamir Nazir’s The Serpent in the Grove, which critics allege has ‘obvious markers’ of AI use, was described as ‘original, poetic and deeply moving’ by the judging chair A story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize. Jamir Nazir’s story The Serpent in the Grove went viral after being named as a regional winner in mid-May, with critics on X and Bluesky claiming it showed “obvious markers” of AI use. The literary magazine Granta subsequently pulled out of its long-running agreement to publish the Commonwealth winners. Continue reading...
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A new proposal considers giving the powerful coastal commission more oversight over homes destroyed by natural disasters.
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From Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to Jodie Foster in A Private Life, an onscreen parade of psychoanalysts are unravelling before us, tapping into our worst fears There is an old adage that “every therapist needs a therapist”. Even while the treatment was still in its infancy, Sigmund Freud said all psychoanalysts should “submit” themselves to being analysed. Recent cinema has been acutely aware of that painfully unbreakable cycle. In the likes of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You , Mary Bronstein’s hallucinatory Rose Byrne vehicle in which she plays a therapist and floundering mother caught in a downward spiral, or 2022’s Smile , in which a psychiatrist (Sosie Bacon) is pursued by a malignant metaphor for her poor mental health, therapists are as much at the mercy of their traumas as anyone else. Rather than being relegated to supporting character status, as they long have been in e
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The video game console helped launch the disc-based gaming revolution in 1994.
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It's the end of an era for the PlayStation store on PS3 and PS Vita, with Sony now planning to shut down its digital distribution service on both consoles. The PlayStation store on PS3 will close in select markets later this year, including Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua starting in August, with "additional Latin American and […] It's the end of an era for the PlayStation store on PS3 and PS Vita, with Sony now planning to shut down its digital distribution service on both consoles. The PlayStation store on PS3 will close in select markets later this year, including Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua starting in August, with "additional Latin American and Middle Eastern countries" to follow in late 2026. The shutdown across both PS3 and PS Vita "in all other countries" will take effect in July 2027. After this date, Sony says that console owners will be unable to purchase new content
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Sony has announced that from January 2028 it will entirely stop the production of physical discs for new PlayStation games. From that point onwards, new releases will only be available in digital versions from the PlayStation Store and other retailers. Games released before January 2028 will still be available on disc. "This is a natural […] Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro doesn’t even feature a disc drive. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony has announced that from January 2028 it will entirely stop the production of physical discs for new PlayStation games. From that point onwards, new releases will only be available in digital versions from the PlayStation Store and other retailers. Games released before January 2028 will still be available on disc. "This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital med
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The future of video game preservation just took a major hit. This morning, Sony announced that, starting in January 2028, the company will no longer produce physical PlayStation discs, which means that from that moment on you can only purchase new PS5 games digitally. At the same time, Sony also announced that it's going to […] The future of video game preservation just took a major hit. This morning, Sony announced that, starting in January 2028, the company will no longer produce physical PlayStation discs , which means that from that moment on you can only purchase new PS5 games digitally. At the same time, Sony also announced that it's going to start winding down the digital stores for both the PS3 and PS Vita , helpfully illustrating one of the most pertinent issues with a digital-only future for gaming: Once the stores are gone, so are the games. It's a terrible blow for pres
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With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suit Sony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games for the PlayStation console on disc in January 2028 following a shift in consumer preferences. “Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only,” the company said on its official PlayStation blog. Continue reading...
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PlayStation will cease production of physical discs for its games beginning with new titles releasing in 2028. The news comes on the heels of Take-Two Interactive’s Rockstar Games revealing that “Grand Theft Auto 6” will not launch with a disc version, but rather the option between a digital copy and a “code in a box” […]
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Hit shows such as Beef, The Four Seasons, Avatar: The Last Airbender and A Man on the Inside have suffered giant drops for their follow-up seasons If you haven’t seen the second season of Netflix ’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, then at least you can console yourself that you’re not alone. Variety recently noted that, while season one debuted with 21.2m views in the first four days after its launch in 2024, season two has been viewed just 8.7m times – which isn’t nothing, but it does mean that the show lost 59% of its audience between seasons. And this would be fine if it was an isolated case, but it is starting to look as if Netflix is struggling across the board when it comes to getting viewers back to shows they once watched in droves. The first season of Tina Fey’s relationship comedy series The Four Seasons had 11.9m views, but the recent second outing only garnered 4.4m; a drop of 63
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With AI companies poised to go public, thousands current and former employees are likely to become millionaires.
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The House Judiciary Committee said the South Korean government discriminated against Coupang and other U.S. companies, in a new report.
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The new wave of sporty swimsuits has evolved beyond simply channeling the surfer girl aesthetic
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Many Venezuelan earthquake survivors across northern La Guaira state, in Caracas and surrounding regions are asking the same question
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The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, has accepted a $275 million bid to redevelop the Gas Plant District after the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball team leaves Tropicana Field for new digs in Tampa. Florida news outlets reported that …
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New research shows obesity patients over 40 are managing blood pressure and cholesterol as well as healthy-weight peers, but younger adults remain at risk.
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The Amnesty report adds to evidence of atrocities in el-Fasher, which the UN says bore the hallmarks of genocide.
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Sudden danger: the science and stakes of flash flood forecasting An aerial view of a valley town with streets and houses overcome by flood waters. (Image credit: Christian/stock.adobe.com) July 1, 2026 0 Off
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Hyosung, The Lycra Company and Yulex are pouring millions into bio-based elastane made from sugarcane, corn and rubber—and counting on progress, not perfection, to solve fashion's stretch problem.
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Harry Kane's England career is filled with great moments - his World Cup rescue act against DR Congo in Atlanta is his greatest, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.
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The Bank of Japan has reported its quarterly survey of business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers rose to 22 in June from 17 in the previous quarter
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With this series, Carved in Blue brings you the latest in sustainability and circularity news so you can stay up to date on developments.
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Justice Department officials are conducting a sweeping review of more than 1,000 grand jury presentations made by Illinois prosecutors following the dismissal of a high-profile case over misconduct
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Fifteen women are appointed, after only six female candidates were selected by regional electoral colleges last October.
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The event is happening at the arena on Friday night, preceded by a Thursday rehearsal dinner, a law enforcement official tells AP .
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“If there is one match moment that I will always remember, it is undoubtedly PSG’s first Champions League victory,” says Edbouche, wife of French footballer Ousmane Dembélé. “It was one of the most powerful experiences I have ever had inside a stadium.”
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U.S. Big Tech stocks enjoyed strong gains — despite a sharp sell-off at the end of June — but were largely outperformed by their international counterparts.
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The boy was taken to hospital to be treated for "potentially life-threatening" gunshot injuries, police said in a statement.
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The historic masterpiece will travel from France to go on display on UK soil for the first time.
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Planning a season of outdoor dinner parties? Pick up one of the best cordless lamps to light the way, from brands like Hay, Philippe Starck, and more.
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There’s never a bad time of year to visit Istanbul—here, find Vogue’s pick of the best hotels in Istanbul, from the grand palace stays that line the shores of the Bosphorus, to buzzy outposts of Soho House and the Peninsula within the city’s central districts.
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On what would have been her 65th birthday, a look back at Princess Diana’s all-time favorite French manicure—and why it’s worth saving these pics for your own next nail appointment.
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Pine Walk, the specialist MGA platform of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Adroit Underwriting Ltd., a Bermuda-based managing general agent that is focused on US small-and-medium enterprise (SME) casualty reinsurance. Adroit aims to provide disciplined, data-driven reinsurance …
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The 2026 hurricane season may turn out to be a quiet one, as predicted by long-range forecasts this year. But that only means that businesses should have more time to review and rehearse their emergency plans before the next storm …
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The Motown Museum in Detroit is undergoing a $75 million expansion that is slated to open in 2027
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“ The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum in Davos this past January, as his company was preparing to go public . Later that month, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for an orbital data center constellation of up to 1 million satellites in low Earth orbit, 500 to 2,000 kilometers above Earth. And just three days before the IPO, he discussed some initial design specifications for a new AI-1 satellite data center in a video interview. Musk is prone to hyperbole when it comes to timelines. Full self-driving cars by 2017 . First human mission to Mars in 2024 . Ten thousand Optimus humanoid robots by the end of 2025 . Et cetera. For orbital data centers, which he says will be a cost-effective alternative to terrestrial data c
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This fall’s New York Fashion Week schedule is shaping up to pack quite the punch, bringing both homecomings and new beginnings.
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The Spring 2027 season delivers a decisive reassertion of French fashion force and five new entries to the most-viewed list.
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Dbrand apparently knows how to really whiff a product launch, as we recently saw with the Steam Machine Companion Cube shell. But it also makes the best case out there for the Nintendo Switch 2, which happens to be discounted right now. The Killswitch 2 is versatile, with better build quality than other similar models, […] The Killswitch 2 lets you easily use the Switch 2 in handheld or docked modes. | Image: The Verge Dbrand apparently knows how to really whiff a product launch , as we recently saw with the Steam Machine Companion Cube shell. But it also makes the best case out there for the Nintendo Switch 2, which happens to be discounted right now. The Killswitch 2 is versatile, with better build quality than other similar models, snapping around the back and the edges of the console, with Joy-Con slip covers that add a bulkier, more ergonomically-friendly feel to the controlle
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Dbrand is the company that shipped a product that told Nintendo's legal team to "go fuck yourself," and the company that had a second set of lawyer-dodging PS5 plates ready when Sony threatened to sue over the originals. But on June 29th, the company finally ate some serious humble pie, canceling its Portal-themed Companion Cube […] Dbrand is the company that shipped a product that told Nintendo's legal team to "go fuck yourself," and the company that had a second set of lawyer-dodging PS5 plates ready when Sony threatened to sue over the originals . But on June 29th, the company finally ate some serious humble pie, canceling its Portal -themed Companion Cube external shell for the Steam Machine after Valve lawyered up. I couldn't believe it. Surely Dbrand had to have seen this coming. There must be a plan B, right? "There is no further plan. We fucked this one up," Dbrand CEO Adam
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The Indiana Fever star’s so-called fans are intent on casting her as a victim. The narrative is an injustice to the guard and her fellow players Sign up to get WNBA 30 in your inbox every Tuesday When Caitlin Clark entered the WNBA she brought along an audience unlike any the league had ever seen: millions of casual fans who weren’t necessarily interested in women’s basketball, but were nonetheless intrigued by this ponytailed wonder shooting three-pointers from the half-court logo. Three years since she became a household name at the University of Iowa, the 24-year-old Indiana Fever star hasn’t just become a potent vessel for culture-war anxieties and grievances . She has been cast in the role of a victim under siege from jealous rivals, negligent referees and league officials who resent her popularity and influence. Every snub becomes an obvious clue in hindsight for her most extreme f
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Cody Spencer, the co-owner of the small games retail chain Pink Gorilla Games, put it well when I asked about the impact of Sony's recent announcement that it will stop making discs for new games starting January 2028. "It's sad to see. This decision is only a negative for gamers. We're losing the ability to […] Cody Spencer, the co-owner of the small games retail chain Pink Gorilla Games, put it well when I asked about the impact of Sony's recent announcement that it will stop making discs for new games starting January 2028. "It's sad to see. This decision is only a negative for gamers. We're losing the ability to sell games, to share games, and to own games." Sony's announcement has been devastating news for many in the games industry. Not just players, but also groups like independent retail stores and preservationists that try and make gaming more accessible. "This is unfortun
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 5, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
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Students who commute to college by bus and train in the Los Angeles area often experience delays and public safety threats. But they also don’t have to deal with the high costs of driving, such as parking and gas.
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Temperatures are forecast to climb throughout the weekend, potentially leading to a heatwave being declared in parts of the UK
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Pascal Morand, executive president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, took to the stage with his band at a famous Paris jazz club. "Oh la la," everyone sang.
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Wedbush analysts are taking a bullish view of the space sector, initiating coverage of SpaceX and other stocks.
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A private rocket mission aims to boost NASA’s Swift telescope before its orbit decays, extending its hunt for gamma-ray bursts.
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Volatility threatens top gainers including AMD and Micron.
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The Nasdaq-100 is known for almost always rising in July, but REITs have done even better, as they remain undefeated since 2008.
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England manager Thomas Tuchel had revealed that his team will follow his predecessor Sir Gareth Southgate's penalty shootout blueprint at the World Cup.
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The unveiling of a restored Astronomical Clock offers a look at Tiffany & Co.’s unique place in American history, from world’s fairs to sporting trophies and historic timepieces.
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Marielle Heller directs the Sony feature that adapts a Dave Eggers short story.
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President Donald Trump reported a $10.71 million licensing fee for “Melania,” the Amazon MGM Studios documentary about the First Lady, as income on his 2025 financial disclosure report. Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid a total of $40 million to acquire “Melania” and spent $35 million to market the movie. The documentary garnered about $16.6 million […]
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Elizabeth Warren and colleagues demanded tighter rules on political figures’ crypto dealings, citing disclosures of large-scale Trump family profits US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has again been accused of “brazen crypto corruption” after financial disclosures revealed his family’s cryptocurrency ventures generated more than $1bn in his first year back in the White House. A 927-page disclosure , released on Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics, showed that the US president had been paid more than $2.2bn last year in total, from real estate, golf resorts, branded merchandise, licensing deals and court settlements. Continue reading...
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The U.S. Department of Justice is suing California over a state law that took effect Wednesday restricting sales of pistols that can be illegally converted into machine guns with a device called a 'Glock switch.'
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The Trump administration has sued California and Virginia over new laws in both states that restrict the sale of semiautomatic firearms
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Trump's policy that narrowed eligibility for a popular student loan forgiveness program will not go into effect, after two federal judges blocked the rule.
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Todd Blanche to target tourists and migrants despite such births accounting for less than 1% of US babies born yearly A day after the US supreme court upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, has said federal prosecutors and law enforcement officers will focus on combating so-called “birth tourism” – the process of tourists, temporary visitors and undocumented immigrants traveling to the US and giving birth. “There’s other things that [the Department if Homeland Security] can do, and the federal government can do in the visa process, and the application process, to try to minimize or limit the opportunity of folks coming here not to visit, and not to do what they’re saying they’re doing on the tourist visa, but just to have a baby that can then be a US citizen,” Blanche told reporters. Continue reading...
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Trump’s ties to FIFA and Gianni Infantino face new scrutiny as the World Cup enters the knockout round and European lawmakers press over a Peace Prize complaint.
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Trump profited from cryptocurrency tokens and licensing the $TRUMP meme coin.
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The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.
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Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewal Donald Trump has refused to renew the North American trade pact he once championed as his signature deal, opting instead to keep it alive on a short leash of annual reviews rather than committing to another 16 years. Wednesday was the deadline built into the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for the three countries to jointly decide its fate, which is set to expire in 2036. Continue reading...
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The 927-page annual financial disclosure form shows Trump's purchases and sales of hundreds of companies' stocks, including Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft.
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President Trump is taking the first ride on the new Air Force One 747, which was donated by the Qatari royal family.
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President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.
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President Trump's latest financial disclosure shows his various businesses generated more than $2 billion in income in 2025, his first year back in the White House. That is more than triple his reported income from the year before. The biggest gains came from the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Eric Lipton of The New York Times.
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For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities
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For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration.
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Turkey is implementing extensive security measures for the upcoming NATO summit, deploying thousands of police and banning public gatherings
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The young migrants heading to Europe say they were stripped and had their hands tied in freezing temperatures.
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The two people also unfurled a large black banner displaying a message of peace atop the New York landmark Two people have been arrested following an apparent marriage proposal atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday, after they climbed to the very pinnacle of the New York City landmark – well above the level open to the public. The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared to be masked, also unfurled a large black banner at the top of the skyscraper with the words: “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.” Continue reading...
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The new company will operate as a record label, management company, publisher and on special projects.
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A major issue for automakers is the deal's rules of origin, which determine where a product comes from and which goods are eligible for preferential treatment.
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President Donald Trump's "primary" issue with USMCA centers on America's trade deficits with Canada and Mexico, a senior administration official said.
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Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle.
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Almost 1,700 British investors are suing Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao for at least £150 million ($200 million), alleging the crypto trading platform sold them risky, complex derivative products without regulatory authorization. The claimants, some of whom said they had …
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Two British police officers are under investigation for potential gross misconduct
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US blocks 16-year North America trade deal renewal, triggering annual rolling reviews
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With no diplomatic breakthrough, ocean carriers are confronting both emergency surcharges and the prospect of new Hormuz transit fees.
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⚽️ Kick-off time: 5pm local/10am AEST/1am BST/8pm EDT ⚽️ Player guide | Golden Boot | Bracket | Mail Beau And it’s done. That’s a result that just goes to show how brutal the fates can be. There’s no such thing as karma in soccer. The most impressive team over 90 minutes doesn’t always win. One save or one deflection can make one manager an idiot or a genius. Continue reading...
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Echo Mexico President Troy Ryley says growing customs complexity is pushing shippers to prioritize compliance and integrated cross-border logistics.
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Attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and increased political pressure on the Kremlin.
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Ukraine denies involvement in the case which may have serious implications for its relationship with Germany.
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Lines are growing at Russian gas stations -- and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country
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The sweeping restructuring, approved by a court, will see steep rent cuts on most remaining stores.
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Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be staking out differing approaches to carrying out President Donald Trump's national security agenda as the possible 2028 presidential rivals jostle for position in a divided Republican Party.
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Nearly 50,000 people remain unaccounted for in the wake of Venezuela's powerful earthquakes as the death toll continues to climb, officials said.
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Founding singer of costumed disco band and cowriter of such classics as "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," died after a "short but aggressive illness."
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Willis' wife wrote on social media that the legendary disco musician died after "a short but aggressive illness."
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The Village People adopted campy archetypes of masculinity. Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, they became gay icons.
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The co-writer of enduring hits such as YMCA and Macho Man, who struggled with drug use and legal issues for years, passed away after ‘short but aggressive illness’ Victor Willis, the lead singer of the Village People, has died age 74. The group shared the news in a statement: “Victor passed on Monday 30 June 2026 of a short but aggressive illness,” they said. “Privacy is requested.” The writer of what were widely accepted as canonical gay anthems in YMCA and Macho Man – also performed in costumes of hyper-masculine male stereotypes – Willis refuted the idea that YMCA was a gay anthem and threatened to sue “each and every news organisation” that made the claim. Continue reading...
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The "Y.M.C.A." and "Macho Man" singer dies after a "short but aggressive" illness
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Initially a backup singer, Willis became the group’s core, fronting the costumed band and co-writing “Y.M.C.A.,” “In the Navy,” and “Go West”
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Victor Willis was the band's frontman and co-wrote most of their hit songs including YMCA.
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ABC News' Aaron Katersky has more on the festivities at Madison Square Garden and how many people are expected to attend.
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John and Keisha Lakoduk speak with “GMA” about their attempt to turn their marriage into a world record.
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A coyote pup is recovering after being discovered covered in “hundreds” of painful cactus spines, according to an Arizona wildlife organization.
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About 70% of adults say they spend too much time on phones. Marios Iacocou discusses therapy for phone addiction, while Dr. Megan Moreno explains warning signs and ways to cut screen time.
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Extraordinary images show June's full moon, called the "Strawberry Moon," glowing over the Statue of Liberty as the countdown to America's 250th celebration gets underway.
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Tommy Ryan, 19, was the quarterback of his high school football team when he was diagnosed with leukemia and spent over 130 days hospitalized.
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Trump came early to see the $450 million project, a boost for Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, a former governor of North Dakota, while also bringing the nation's birthday festivities to a region synonymous with its westward expansion.
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New Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh gave no hint as to whether the central bank would raise interest rates in July and repeated his dislike of so-called forward guidance to alert investors to future Fed actions.
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"Getting to grow up with Moana and having that representation is so important to young girls," Laga'aia tells Billboard of her history with the character.
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Harry Kane scores twice as England come from behind to beat DR Congo in a tense World Cup encounter in Atlanta, and set up a last-16 meeting with Mexico.
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You won’t find Minionese on Duolingo – at least not yet – but the Minion language is on everyone’s tongue these days following the release of the franchise’s latest film, “Minions & Monsters.” It was only fitting to ask the stars of the movie if they had picked up any Minionese skills when I caught […]
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Security camera footage from the Colorado property shows a man using several methods to coax a black bear out of a vehicle.
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The two were atop the 1,454 ft (443 m) building for at least ten minutes and displayed a large banner before climbing down.
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In today’s newsletter: A country already in crisis since the removal of its leader earlier this year by the US, now has to find a way to rebuild with little state presence in evidence The shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a moment captured by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, two earthquakes struck seconds apart . Plumes of dust appear where buildings once stood in the recording as the camera rises and falls with the swell. The men rapidly head for the shore in search of their families. “I’m shaking,” says the cameraman. Since the quakes struck last Wednesday, the search for missing loved ones has not stopped for scores of Venezuelans. Officially, more than 1,700 people have died. But tens of thousands remain missing: desperate relatives are walking up and down streets lined by rubble and collapsed buildings with photos of those they cannot find, asking for help. World news
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Imagining the future consumer requires a handle on current trends, a big dose of technology and some thinking about how the human heart reacts to all that AI.
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The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed The United States of America is a truck that has driven into a ditch. The United States of America is a program that has been hacked. The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed, as it approaches its quarter-millennium mark. I say it as though the US was one thing, but it is a thousand things. It is the masked ICE agent shooting Renee Good as she stood up for immigrants, but it is also Good herself and the immigrants, and the streets of Minneapolis and their Dakota and Ojibwe Indigenous past – and present and future. The US before 1865 was slaveowners, but it was also the enslaved and the abolitionists. Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. Her newest book is The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a W
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Homer: Los Angeles teachers share what they are teaching in today's high school classrooms, book recommendations and how they're fighting AI and tech fatigue.
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With wildfires raging across the Western U.S., cities and states are restricting fireworks as the nation gears up for a big Fourth of July
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The ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X is defying Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce really are having a wedding this weekend at Madison Square Garden, an official has told The Associated Press.
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Analysts could be pushing for a sale.
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Dosanjh is hard at work on his next tour and album, so his laptop and fabulously retro flip phone are always within reach.
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The money in “Trump accounts” has to be invested in low-cost index funds — and now parents and investors are learning which funds they can actually use.
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The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team enters the knockout stage, taking on Bosnia and Herzegovina at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium.
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The pop and football giants’ combined star wattage will be united in matrimony this weekend – probably – in an event shrouded in secrecy. But here’s what we’ve gleaned After an agonising 10 months’ wait, the wedding of the century is apparently here: if the reports are true, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be tying the knot this weekend, uniting the houses of sports and entertainment in holy matrimony. When the couple announced their engagement on Instagram in August, as part of a carefully coordinated album rollout/podcast promotion tie-in, it shattered platform records, drawing 14m likes in its first hour . (It’s now up to 37.4m.) Yet it’s remarkable, given the couple’s profile and the investigative horsepower apparently dedicated to cracking this wedding wide open, just how little we know for sure in this, the (purported) week of the event. We’ve sifted through all the speculation,
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With her popularity flagging and a general election looming, the Italian PM sees a strategic advantage in the rupture If Giorgia Meloni thought that she could put her April spat with Donald Trump over the pope’s criticism of the US war on Iran behind her, she had not banked on the US president’s capacity to bear a grudge. Trump reignited tensions by telling an Italian TV journalist that the Italian PM had “begged” him for a picture at the recent G7 meeting in France. The Spanish newspaper El País suggested that Trump’s feathers had been ruffled by a video at the same meeting, showing Meloni appearing to scold him. In any case he doubled down on his tale in a Truth Social post , adding that Meloni wanted the photo to boost her flagging approval ratings, which he blamed on her failure to support the US in the Iran war. Riccardo Alcaro is head of research at IAI, Istituto Affari Internazion
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Energy grids and train services are among the vital services that are vulnerable to very hot weather.
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He also teamed with Douglas S. Cramer on ‘Bridget Loves Bernie,’ ‘Nightmare in Badham County’ and ‘Who Is the Black Dahlia?’
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Serena Williams' hopes of playing alongside her older sister Venus in the Wimbledon doubles look in doubt because of a knee injury.
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Lexi Minetree stars as Elle Woods in Prime Video's series that revisits the 'Legally Blonde' protagonist as a 16-year-old high school student.
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She described feeling fear and dread as she returned to her job, working for James Holder, after the attack.
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Egyptian photographer and curator Farida Mahdy was inspired to document her grandmother’s style after finding a collection of her photos This image is a portrait of me and my grandmother, Ehsan Ouf, in her flat in Cairo. It is part of a project Grandma and the Fur Coat that I started in 2024. I lived with her for four years, while I was studying photography, and we spent a lot of time chatting and watching TV on that couch. The dress I’m wearing is her engagement dress from 1971 – one of the very few items she wore as a young woman that she still has – and the fur coat she’s wearing was a gift from my late grandfather. I persuaded her not to sell it – and that is partly why I decided to start this project: to document how stylish she was. In the 70s and 80s she dressed like a celebrity, wearing brands such as Chanel and Dior. She had a collection of wigs, and even matched the colour of h
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Footwear News rounds up the celebrity-worn label's hottest silhouettes and sits down to talk with its founder, Sandra Powers Murphy.
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The actor, who died in 2016, appears in the Netflix show with the consent of his estate.
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Across the country, experts are watching to see whether the World Cup will give a boost to youth soccer and mint fans for decades to come
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Nonfarm payrolls are projected to post a gain of 115,000, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
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As scorching heat left the US east coast baking in the middle of the World Cup, the BBC caught up with fans braving the weather to support their team.
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World Insurance Associates LLC reports that it acquired the business of Clarke Insurance Inc. of Mount Holly, New. Jersey on March 1, 2026. Clarke Insurance was founded in 1979. The agency provides auto, home, business and employee benefits insurance throughout …
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Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely, sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell me the company has quietly been working on a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. Xbox employees […] Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely, sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell me the company has quietly been working on a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. Xbox employees recently started testing this new feature, after references to "enable Disc2Digital" appeared in the Xbox PC app code in May . I'm told that Microsoft's disc-to-dig
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Xbox is making some big changes — again. On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma took over as CEO, she and newly-promoted chief content officer Matt Booty sent a memo to staff warning of an “Xbox reset.” The business, they said, is facing significant challenges, including a 3 percent “accountability margin,” massively higher […] Xbox is making some big changes — again . On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma took over as CEO , she and newly-promoted chief content officer Matt Booty sent a memo to staff warning of an “Xbox reset.” The business, they said, is facing significant challenges, including a 3 percent “accountability margin,” massively higher component prices for consoles due to the memory and storage shortage, and an “over extended” studio system. That same day, The Verge and Bloomberg reported that the
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China's leader held up his country's rapid industrialization as a new pathway for developing nations in a speech Wednesday that projected a growing confidence both at home and on the world stage.
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Yash’s “Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups” has released “Ladies & Ladies,” a promotional video centered on the film’s formidable female cast and their complex, commanding characters within the dark universe of Geethu Mohandas’ forthcoming action drama. The video opens with a provocative age-based disclaimer that reads: “Kids… stay away. Parents… make sure your kids stay […]
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Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.
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If Athena descended from Mount Olympus and landed in Tribeca, she’d wear Zendaya’s first look from ‘The Odyssey’ press tour.
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Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from scratch after building tiny, quivering blobs that use lab-made DNA to feed, grow and multiply in a dish. The synthetic cells were made from chemical compounds and are believed to be the first to demonstrate the complete cell cycle of growth, genetic replication and splitting to produce the next generation. Continue reading...
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‘We have funds that run my money well,’ US president says. ‘I think it’s called a ‘blind account’ … I purposely I never speak to any of the people that run the money’ Key takeaways from Trump’s financial disclosures Sign up for US breaking news alerts email While fielding questions from reporters ahead of his flight to North Dakota today, Donald Trump batted down questions a bout the $1.2bn he earned from crypto businesses , according to his latest annual financial disclosure. “We have funds that run my money well. I’ve made a lot of money before I became president,” Trump said. “They’re big institutions, and they run it … I think it’s called a ‘blind account’, but they basically they take it, and I purposely I never speak to any of the people that run the money.” Continue reading...
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Japan has ambitious targets to increase overseas visitor numbers, but there are growing concerns about overtourism. One possible answer is two-tier pricing Perched dramatically on a hilltop in western Japan, Himeji castle’s striking white-plastered, tiered roofs earned it the moniker “white heron castle”. The sweeping 17th-century complex is regarded as the finest existing samurai fortress, and attracts more than one and a half million visitors a year. But as Japan seeks to manage greater numbers of foreign tourists, Himeji is one of the attractions raising admission prices for non-residents. The World Heritage site increased its admission fee to 2,500 yen ($15.50) on 1 March, but left the price for those who live in Himeji city at 1,000 yen ($6.20). Continue reading...
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Birds of War is an award-winning docudrama in which its own directors fall in love while reporting the horrors in Syria. They explain why they needed a psychotherapist to complete it The air is thick with smoke and dust, the ground littered with the twisted remains of burning vehicles. Children scream and sirens blare as activist and videographer Abd Alkader Habak rushes to help the injured after the bombing of an evacuee convoy in Aleppo at the height of Syria’s civil war in 2017. A voice note bubble pops up on Habak’s phone screen. “My bird are you OK?” says BBC journalist Janay Boulos. “Get away from there, run.” For more than a year, Habak and Boulos have been working to document Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ’s atrocities against his own people, their connection deepening all the time despite the physical distance. But this exchange represents the moment the pair’s relationship sh
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“Godfather of Harlem,” the MGM+ crime drama starring Forest Whitaker, will conclude with a two-hour finale. The news comes a year after the series’ fourth season, which premiered on April 13, 2025 and concluded on June 22. Per the official logline, the season saw Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker) continue “his bloody war for control of Harlem […]
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It is likely to air in two parts across as many weeks, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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Innovative producer Nils Hartmann has stepped down as executive vice president of Sky Studios Italy, following a 23-year stint at the Comcast-owned pay-TV service during which he shepherded many Italian TV series that made their mark around the world. In his capacity as director of original productions at Sky Italia, Nils Hartmann spearheaded the creation […]
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Final vowel in words such as happy, baby and chilly varies clearly by social class across the city Pronunciation of the “happy vowel” is one of the key indicators of social class in Mancunian accents, researchers have found. A sociolinguistic study, by Lancaster University and Manchester University, found that the final vowel in words such as happy, baby, chilly and city – known to linguists as “the happy vowel” – varies clearly by social class across Manchester. Continue reading...
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President unveils plans for Dallas summit, in break with tradition of conventions only in presidential election years Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will stage their first ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, a move aimed at energizing voters as the party fights to hold its narrow congressional majorities in November. The two-day gathering will take place in Dallas on 9 and 10 September, marking a break from the longstanding tradition of holding national conventions only during presidential election years. Trump confirmed the plans on Tuesday in a Truth Social post, describing Dallas as “One of my favorite places in the World”. Continue reading...
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Her shocking performances and stunning images made Mendieta the talk of the art world in the 1970s and 80s. Then she fell from a New York apartment block in 1985 – and her husband was charged with murder. As a major exhibition comes to London, her friends discuss her genius and their search for answers In the summer of 1985, Ana Mendieta was playing with gunpowder and a chainsaw. Just 5ft tall, the Cuban American artist worked outside her studio in Rome, trying to figure out the scale of a new commission for MacArthur Park, Los Angeles. Her idea was to cut up trees and burn the gunpowder directly into them, creating a totem “grove” inspired by her recent trips to neolithic sites. It was a breakthrough of sorts – permanent, monumental work that built on her performance art – and in a photograph of her standing next to a test piece, Mendieta looks proud, excited. She had arrived in Italy t
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Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding When the US turns 250 years old on Saturday, Shannon LaNier will be reckoning with a fundamental contradiction in its origin story – and his own. LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson , the founding father who wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the third president. Continue reading...
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Fans of all stripes pack the bars to sing, cheer and commiserate in city where more than 3m people were born outside US Almost 200,000 Ecuadorians and Ecuadorian Americans live in New York City, and last week quite a lot of them were in a Brooklyn restaurant called El Encebollado de Victor to watch their football team take on Germany – a traditional World Cup powerhouse. It made for quite a sight: a sea of yellow shirts under the restaurant’s blue roof, which had been adorned with red, blue and yellow balloons for the occasion. Among the most patriotically dressed was Luis Aguilar, 45, who was born in the US to parents who had emigrated from Ecuador. Continue reading...
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The Amazon Prime Video show “Elle” is billed as a prequel series to the 2001 novel turned hit movie “Legally Blonde,” but its eight episodes play more like a remake. Sure, “Elle” turns back the clock to 1995, when its title character — the bubbly, pink-obsessed lawyer-to-be made iconic by a young Reese Witherspoon — was a […]
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The story of an odd father-and-son duo sharing only their first name, life and dreams in post-Soviet society and 'Chica Checa' are also among the more offbeat-sounding KVIFF 2026 offerings.
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Michael Weatherly is returning to the role of “NCIS” fan favorite Tony DiNozzo once again. Variety has learned that Weatherly is set for a season-long arc in Season 24 of the long-running CBS series that he helped popularize. This is now the second high-profile “NCIS” alum to return to the franchise in recent days. It […]
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One of the year’s biggest horror surprises is officially available to watch at home. “Obsession,” Curry Barker’s breakout supernatural thriller, is now available to buy and rent on digital platforms including Prime Video and Apple TV. The film is currently priced at $24.99 to purchase and $19.99 to rent. Released in theaters on May 15 […]
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Fresh off the success of “Backrooms,” Hollywood has found its next Gen Z phenomenon to bring to screens. Warner Bros. has won a bidding war for the rights to “Siren Head.” And no, the name does not lie. Created by artist Trevor Henderson, this internet-fueled urban legend follows a mysterious predator who has two sirens […]
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When Netflix first greenlit a Korean series about a special-forces officer dispatched to intervene in school bullying cases, nobody expected it to end up in the living rooms of 91 countries. But “Teach You a Lesson” — now in its fourth consecutive week atop the platform’s Global Top 10 Non-English Series chart, with 7.3 million […]
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Sharon Horgan, microdramas, more threats for filmmaking and U.S. film financing lessons will also be in the spotlight at the Czech event, Hugo Rosák, head of the KVIFF Film Industry Office, tells THR.
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First of major coverage losses expected as a result of the ‘One Big Beautiful’ bill signed into law one year ago Nearly 500,000 moderate-income New Yorkers will be dumped from their health insurance plans on 1 July – the first of major coverage losses expected as a result of HR 1, the Republican-led law signed almost exactly one year ago. The law, sometimes called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” slashed government health spending by $911bn nationally in favor of permanent tax breaks for higher-income families and border security. Continue reading...
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Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in ‘toxic’ climate A “witch-hunt” is under way in Niger, where dozens of people have been arrested for homosexuality in the west African state following the introduction of a new penal code earlier this year. Up to 40 people have been arrested and 16 men, including high-ranking military officials, have been imprisoned across the country, according to local media. Continue reading...
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"Young Washington" is like one of those great-man biographies you read in grade school. Released by Angel Studios for the Fourth of July, the movie is intended as a bit of likably square, neo-traditional, right-wing-adjacent counterprogramming. But say this much for it: In its slightly stodgy life-of-an-American-plaster-saint way, Jon Erwin’s coming-of-age military adventure film doesn’t make being George Washington look any easier than it was.