33 minutes ago Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

A Mississippi judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is guaranteed in the Mississippi Constitution

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62 minutes ago KSI joins Britain's Got Talent judges on red carpet for new season's auditions

Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, and Ant & Dec were joined on the red carpet of Blackpool's Winter Gardens by social media star KSI as the new season of BGT started its auditions

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81 minutes ago Trump defends lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets claiming he was just ‘saying what was reported’

Former president doubles down on false claims during town hall with undecided Latino voters

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1 hour ago Ant McPartlin takes a dig at BGT judge Bruno Tonioli after new judge KSI makes debut

Britain's Got Talent host Ant McPartlin takes a swipe at judge Bruno Tonioli after social media star and boxer KSI took to the stage as he made his debut appearance as a judge

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2 hours ago The Elizabeth Line is a worthy winner of the Stirling Prize – but the wrong choice

Comment: Phineas Harper, co-founder of New Architecture Writers, can see why the Elizabeth Line won the prestigious prize, but thinks this was a missed opportunity by the judges

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2 hours ago Trump visited Georgia for a town hall on women’s issues. Some of his biggest fans were already in the crowd

Eric Garcia reports from Georgia on how Fox News created a safe space for Donald Trump as he seeks to court female voters

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3 hours ago 3 states renew their effort to reduce access to the abortion drug mifepristone

Three states are asking a judge to let them try a new approach with a lawsuit to force the federal government to reduce access to the abortion pill mifepristone

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3 hours ago US supreme court declines to pause new federal power plant emissions rule

Emergency requests by 27 states to pause rule requiring fossil fuel-powered plants to reduce emissions were deniedThe US supreme court declined on Wednesday to put on hold a new federal rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants at the request of numerous states and industry groups in another major challenge to Joe Biden’s efforts to combat the climate crisis.The justices denied emergency requests by West Virginia, Indiana and 25 other states – most of them Republican-led – as well as power companies and industry associations, to halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule while litigation continues in a lower court. The regulation, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions that drive the climate crisis, took effect on 8 July. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Business leaders urge unions to call off 'damaging' Tube strike action as passengers face fresh misery

Businesses warn of damage to ‘London’s hard-earned reputation as a global business centre’ as network set to grind to a halt next month

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