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Liverpool gangster John Haase was a notorious underworld figure who graduated from armed robbery to orchestrating an international heroin racket which smuggled kilos of the drug from Turkey.

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33 minutes ago Former propane worker charged in Virginia house blast that killed a firefighter

Officials say a former employee of a propane supplier has been charged in the death of a volunteer firefighter who died while responding to a house explosion in Virginia

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58 minutes ago Police: Young girl hospitalized after being struck by car in New London

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60 minutes ago Election 2024 live updates: Obama and Eminem rally for Harris in Detroit after VP ducks question on pardoning Trump

The vice president sat down for TV interviews in Washington DC, and narrowly leads Donald Trump in national polling with two weeks until Election Day

Politics

88 minutes ago Viral college football fan Grant Walther breaks his silence and asks Matthew McConaughey to shave the hair that made him famous

The 20-year-old, who is studying government in Austin, opened up on his remarkable rise to internet fame which has seen him compared to to Butthead and country legend Conway Twitty.

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97 minutes ago NBA exec confirms league's plans to return to London after meeting with Mayor Sadiq Khan

The NBA hasn't played a regular-season game in London since the 2018-19 season but deputy commissioner Mark Tatum is hopeful that will change in the "not-too-distant future"

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1 hour ago Only half of parents read to their young children every day and almost a quarter do not chat to them, survey reveals

A poll of 2,000 parents by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) found fewer parents are engaging in daily literacy activities with their children since the pandemic.

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel says it killed Hezbollah’s presumed next leader Hashem Safieddine in early October

Israeli military says strikes in Beirut three weeks ago killed most likely Nasrallah successorAs Israel continues its war in Gaza and assault on Lebanon, a growing number of international airlines are suspending flights to the region or to avoid affected airspace.Reuters has helpfully compiled a list of some of them:Aegean Airlines: The Greek airline cancelled flights to and from Beirut until 6 November and to and from Tel Aviv until 5 November.AirBaltic: Latvia’s airBaltic cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv until 30 November.Air Algerie: The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until further notice.Air France-KLM: Air France extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv flights until 29 October and Paris-Beirut flights until 30 November. KLM extended the suspension of...

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2 hours ago Election 2024 live updates: Harris dodges question on if she’d pardon Trump during NBC sit

The vice president sat down for TV interviews in Washington DC, and narrowly leads Donald Trump in national polling with two weeks until Election Day

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2 hours ago Employer national insurance hike 'could cost Scotland hundreds of millions'

The SNP demanded Sir Keir Starmer provide a ‘cast-iron guarantee’ that any rise will not hit services

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