12 minutes ago Kamala Harris campaign reportedly bracing for tight election amid fears ‘blue wall’ could crumble – US politics live

Vice-president’s team concerned Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvia might not vote as a block for first time since 1988Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsKamala Harris has a significant advantage over Donald Trump among young voters, matching the lead Joe Biden ended up taking in the 2020 election, a new poll finds.The survey from CNBC Generation Lab shows Harris up 20 percentage points with voters aged 18 to 34, with 60% support compared with Trump’s 40%. That’s about the same margin by which Biden won the group four years ago. Continue reading...

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33 minutes ago Thom Yorke and Julianne Moore join thousands of creatives in AI warning

Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals’ work to train AI modelsAbba’s Björn Ulvaeus, the actor Julianne Moore, the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke are among 10,500 signatories of a statement from the creative industries warning artificial intelligence companies that unlicensed use of their work is a “major, unjust threat” to artists’ livelihoods.The statement comes amid legal battles between creative professionals and tech firms over the use of their work to train AI models such as ChatGPT and claims that using their intellectual property without permission is a breach of copyright. Continue reading...

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34 minutes ago Kevin De Bruyne's transfer preference becomes clear as Man City star changes exit plan

Kevin De Bruyne is set to see his Manchester City contract expire in 2025 and will have many suitors chasing his signature as he ponders what to do for the final stage of his career

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57 minutes ago Football Daily | The continuing haplessness of the Premier League’s winless quartet

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Season previews are a funny old game. Think back to the summer, all that hope, those words now coming back to haunt their writers. And the managers, too. Back in August, Oliver Glasner was the adept, urbane, Big Vase-winning, Österreichisch meister of in-game management. He had locked down Crystal Palace’s defence and mounted a canvas for Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise’s artistry. Adam Wharton, meanwhile, was the second coming of Paul Scholes, equally strawberry blonde but better at tackling. The summer’s Euros began with nationwide calls for Gareth Southgate to push the Wharton button. Jean-Philippe Mateta was a goal machine. He showed that off at Big Sports Day, too. What could possibly go wrong?While I completely share your cynicism ...

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59 minutes ago Woman told to 'move' after finding 'creepy' symbol underneath old carpet

A woman has expressed her concern after she ripped up the carpets in her new home and found a symbol carved into her floorboards which some believe to be a sign of 'Satan worshippers'

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63 minutes ago ‘I can do the same job as a man’: Ukraine’s first frontline female commander on war, grief – and her hope for the future

Yulia Mykytenko leads a platoon of men in a reconnaissance and attack unit – and has already lost her husband, father and many friends in the devastating war. In her memoir, she writes that she was always destined for combatThe sound of birdsong is so loud outside Yulia Mykytenko’s current home, an abandoned house somewhere in the Donbas region of Ukraine, that I can hear it through my laptop. We’re speaking on Zoom, Mykytenko visible briefly – young, wearing black, her dark bobbed hair with blue-dyed streaks in it – before she turns the camera off because her signal isn’t great. She has some outside space and, she says with a laugh, a local sheep sometimes comes to visit her dog. Mykytenko, a lieutenant in the Ukrainian army, also feeds the street cats, pets abandoned by residents who ...

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65 minutes ago Queen Mary of Denmark delights fans in power outfit on the second day of royal visit to Germany

The royal, 52, wore a striking pair of burnt orange tailored trousers and a burgundy blazer to visit the Schleswig-Holstein state government building today in Kiel.

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69 minutes ago Are you TERRIBLE at dating apps? It could be a hidden sign of a common mental condition...

Over a fifth of this group are more likely to be feel overwhelmed by dating apps that neurotypical daters, according to the probe by dating app Hinge.

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84 minutes ago FBI says it's investigating leak of secret documents on Israel's possible attack plans

The FBI says it's investigating the unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential retaliatory attack on Iran

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91 minutes ago Hospice nurse shares 'one thing' she always gets 'heat' for saying about dying

Hospice nurse Julie, who has built a huge following on social media, has shared a tell-tale sign that a person is going to die soon that many people don't like to hear

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