3 d. ago Nevada hearing may give first public view into legal spat over control of Murdoch media empire

A hearing Wednesday before Nevada’s high court could provide the first public view into a secretive case about who will control Rupert Murdoch’s media empire after he dies

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3 d. ago Martin Lewis issues urgent crypto scam warning costing victims dear: ‘It’s the Wild West’

Martin Lewis has issued an urgent crypto scam warning to the public after people continue to fall victim on social media.

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6 d. ago A timeline of events in Prince Harry’s troubled relationship with the royal family

Prince Harry’s troubled relationships with the British royal family, the U.K. establishment and the media have played out in public for years

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8 d. ago Trump orders funding cut for public broadcasters NPR and PBS in fresh attack on media – US politics live

President accuses radio and TV channel of bias and pulls taxpayer fundingFormer national security adviser John Bolton has called on defense secretary Pete Hegseth to step down, citing concerns for his personal safety.Speaking on CNN, Bolton – who also served as US ambassador to the United Nations under President George W Bush – was asked whether Hegseth should remain in his position. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago In Andor, the real world political parallels are impossible to ignore

In its second season, what happens in the acclaimed Star Wars thriller is hard to separate from what’s happening in Gaza nowIn the new and final season of Andor, an occupied civilian population is massacred; their cries for help ignored by the Empire-run media, which instead paint the victims as terrorist threats to public safety. Meanwhile, the politicians who have enough backbone to speak out, and use the word “genocide” to describe these aggressions, are met with violent suppression.Andor goes there. And when it does, Star Wars fans will be forced to reckon with how this story isn’t about what happens “a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away”. It’s about what’s unfolding right now in Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times | Owen Jones

With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politiciansThe deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy. So it goes for Pope Francis, now lauded by leaders and media outlets that were complicit in the very evils he condemned. “Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten,” said Keir Starmer, a prime minister who stripped the winter fuel payment from many vulnerable pensioners before launching an assault on disability benefits predicted to drive up to 400,000 Britons into poverty. “He promoted an end to suffering across the globe,” wrote Joe Biden, enabler of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.Indeed, the fate of Gaza seemed to preoccupy the pope’s final years. In his last Easter address, he condemned the “death and destruction” and resulting “dramatic and deplorable humanitarian situation” – a powerful sermon that hardly any western media outlets covered. I...

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2 w. ago For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS | Margaret Sullivan

Trump’s anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cutsIt was entirely predictable that Donald Trump would go after public media in America. Harming the reality-based press – in every form, whether public or private – is a central part of his playbook for controlling the political narrative as he moves the country toward an authoritarian model of government.For Trump, the message is all, and anything that gets in the way should be portrayed as an evil to society and stamped out.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days

Official claimed Jose Hermosillo, who was visiting Arizona, was ‘without the proper immigration documents’Immigration officials detained a US citizen for nearly 10 days in Arizona, according to court records and press reports.As the NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media, first reported, 19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, a New Mexico resident visiting Arizona, was detained by border patrol agents in Nogales, a city along the Mexico border about an hour south of Tucson. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Where are the iconic stars of The Apprentice now? From reality show stints to celeb break

Some have appeared on I'm A Celebrity, while others were able to carve out a media career. Many, however, have completely faded from the public eye.

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3 w. ago Trump says Harvard should no longer receive federal funds as university pushes back – US politics live

President doubles down on cutting public funding for leading US university in fresh social media rantDonald Trump has gone on yet another rant about Harvard University on his social media platform Truth Social this morning.It comes as the US education department said it was freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to the Ivy League school.Everyone knows that Harvard has “lost its way.” They hired, from New York (Bill D) and Chicago (Lori L), at ridiculously high salaries/fees, two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our Country, to “teach” municipal management and government.These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil. Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and “birdbrains” who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called “future leaders.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A look at ER boarding in the US from the AP and Side Effects Public Media

Long ER waits in the U.S. are common, especially for older patients. Some wait for many hours or even days before they get a hospital bed.

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3 w. ago Long ER stays are common in the US. It may get worse as the population ages

An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours

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3 w. ago Welsh council quits X saying it's 'synonymous with abuse, misinformation, and extreme views'

Vale of Glamorgan Council is one of a number of UK public bodies that have distanced themselves from the social media platform owned by Elon Musk

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3 w. ago New York helicopter tour operator behind fatal crash shuts down

FAA said New York Helicopter Tours will be shuttering ‘immediately’ after accident that killed all six on boardThe company that operated the helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six people on board – has been shuttered with immediate effect, the US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Sunday.New York Helicopter Tours is “shutting down their operations immediately”, the FAA said in a statement on X. The agency added that it would launch a review of the company’s license and safety records in the meantime. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NFL draft prospect Kyren Lacy dies at 24 amid fatal car crash charges

Receiver had allegedly caused death in December crashCause of death for player has not been releasedLawyer says he believes charges will be declinedFormer LSU receiver Kyren Lacy, who was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in December, has died at the age of 24, his attorney and the college confirmed on Sunday. A cause of death has not been released.“It is with profound sorrow that we confirm the tragic passing of Kyren Lacy. First and foremost, we ask that the public and the media give his family the space and time they need to grieve this unimaginable loss in peace,” Lacy’s attorney, Matthew Ory, told ESPN. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Ange Postecoglou confident mole providing Tottenham leaks not one of his players

Social media speculation over Wilson Odobert prompted Postecoglou to go public about a mole at Spurs.

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4 w. ago Trump admin planning PR blitz to convince Greenlanders to ask to be part of U.S.

Aides have discussed possible advertising and social media campaigns to change public opinion among 57,000 Greenlanders

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4 w. ago NHS Fife trying to ban public from online viewing of trans doctor tribunal case

The hearings in February could initially be viewed virtually by members of the public, however the judge later restricted virtual access to accredited media.

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