52 minutes ago Judge tells court to respect pronouns of rapist who now wants to be known as a woman

Madera County Judge Katherine Rigby ruled last week that prosecutors must refer to transgender prisoner Tremaine Carroll, 52, by female pronouns.

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61 minutes ago Aspiring MAGA congresswoman performs mock ‘execution’ of migrant in disturbing campaign video

Valentina Gomez, who lost the race to become Missouri Secretary of State earlier this year, that undocumented persons who committed violent crimes ‘deserve to be ended’

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63 minutes ago Sir Keir Starmer is accused of smothering Britain in red tape after Labour set up new quango every week since election victory

Keir Starmer was last night accused of smothering Britain in red tape after it emerged Labour has set up a new quango every week since taking power.

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64 minutes ago Mother who fought for justice in daughter's murder case involving Kennedy cousin has died

Dorthy Moxley, the mother who fought for decades to bring her teenage daughter’s killer to justice in a roller-coaster Connecticut murder case, has died

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74 minutes ago Sean Everitt concedes he is under Edinburgh pressure as David Nucifora talks revealed and injury issues

Head coach facing big moment when Glasgow Warriors come calling

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90 minutes ago Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage go to war over Reform's membership numbers: Tory leader accuses Brexiteer of 'fakery' after his party claimed they had surpassed Conservatives

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch became embroiled in an extraordinary public row last night over whose party had the most support.

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91 minutes ago 'Not acceptable at Rangers': Blindsided Philippe Clement not happy as injury issue addressed

Ibrox side’s recent run comes to shuddering halt in Paisley

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93 minutes ago Air pollution caused by AI tech could lead to 1,300 U.S. deaths annually by 2030, researchers say

Air pollution already kills millions of people and more data centers could add to the burden, scientists warn

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1 hour ago World Health Organisation chief was at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrike that killed two: Shocking footage shows travellers rushing out in panic

Israeli forces struck the airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa earlier today - killing at least two people.

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1 hour ago Six THOUSAND inmates escape from high security prisonin Mozambique as country erupts into violence after election results

Thirty-three prisoners died and 15 others were injured during a confrontation with the security forces.

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1 hour ago World Health Organisation chief was at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrike that killed two

Israeli forces struck the airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa earlier today - killing at least two people.

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1 hour ago Equestrian champion 'was tortured for 21 YEARS in Syrian jail' after he beat dictator Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition

Adnan Kassar, who won several gold medals and captained the national equestrian team in the 1980s was a close friend of Assad, whose elder brother Bassel was also a fellow equestrian.

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2 hours ago Boy killed in Colorado reservation shooting was in bed when he was hit

A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month

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2 hours ago Manchester Airport issues full statement as thick fog leads to flight delays

Passengers are being told to heed the advice of their airlines

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2 hours ago Antiques Roadshow guests admit ‘creepy head’ worth thousands was used to ‘scare people’

An Antiques Roadshow expert jokingly instructed the owners of a bust on what to avoid when it comes to taking care of the “rare” item

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2 hours ago Manchester United show THREE major issues Ruben Amorim must change in Wolves loss

WOLVES 2-0 MANCHESTER UNITED: Matheus Cunha scored direct from a corner before Hee-chan Hwang set the seal on a victory for the home side, in a game where Bruno Fernandes was sent off early in the second half

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3 hours ago Cunha’s Wolves magic and Fernandes red card add to Manchester United woe

It was impossible to ignore the shift in mood, the supporters singing the name of their charismatic Portuguese head coach, parachuted in to solve a myriad issues but chiefly the miserable results and the leaky defence. Determined to immerse himself in the local culture, he and his staff spent Christmas Day enjoying a traditional lunch at a local pub a few miles out of town. Then there is the friction between those who pay their money in the stands and those who spend it in the boardroom. It has been an unhappy picture for a while, the players presumably thinking of an appropriate escape route. The problem for Ruben Amorim is that Vítor Pereira was the manager who triumphed here.For Manchester United, it is now four defeats in their past five matches. United, who drop a place to 14th, are eight points above the relegation zone, 11 from the top four, which is badly fading from view, having taken seven points from a possible 21 since Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag. Matheus Cunha – just w...

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3 hours ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Nigel Farage of ‘fakery’ over Reform UK membership numbers

Conservative leader casts doubt on Reform UK’s claim to have surpassed Tories in membership

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4 hours ago Premier League release VAR statement during Man Utd vs Wolves after Bruno Fernandes red card

Latest Manchester United news with a statement issued by the Premier League swiftly after Bruno Fernandes was sent off against Wolves

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4 hours ago The Guardian view on digital media: the case for better regulation must be made | Editorial

Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at the crisis in western democracy, Donald Trump’s victory and the role played by digital mediaIn November 2020, shortly after Donald Trump’s defeat in the US presidential election, Barack Obama observed that America risked entering “an epistemological crisis”. The prospect of Mr Trump’s return to the White House in January validates his predecessor’s premonition.Mr Obama was talking about media fragmentation and polarisation: different segments of society existing in discrete information spaces; arguments no longer drawn from a common reservoir of facts; no shared reality, no foundation of truth. “Then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work,” he said. “And by definition our democracy doesn’t work.” Continue reading...

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