40 h. ago Prisoner governor accused of relationship with drug dealing boss sobs as she says "I was incredibly stupid"

Kerri Pegg is accused of misconduct in public office, which she denies

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66 h. ago 'Hands on' prison governor denies relationship with 'Breaking Bad' drug

Kerri Pegg is accused of misconduct in public office, which she denies

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3 d. ago Alabama police officer denied immunity for shooting armed Black man in his front yard

An Alabama judge ruled that a police officer was not acting in self-defense when he shot an armed Black man who was standing in his own front yard

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3 d. ago Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a ‘denial of democracy’The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court’s “political decision” to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as “a denial of democracy”.In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Moment Brianna Ghey's evil killers tell police pack of lies in unseen interview after brutally stabbing trans schoolgirl to death in frenzied hunting knife attack

In previously unseen footage, a stoic Scarlett Jenkinson can be seen responding to officers' questions with repeat lies as she denies all knowledge of the attack.

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8 d. ago Grieving father of American Airlines pilot killed in DC chopper crash says tragedy was 'completely preventable' as he calls for apology from US army

Samuel Lilley (pictured, his father Tim Lilley), 28, was the copilot onboard American Airlines flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter in Washington DC last month.

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8 d. ago Officer's murder trial hinges on whether he had a right to be on the property of a man he shot

The murder trial of an Alabama police officer who fatally shot an armed Black man in his front yard will depend on whether the officer had the authority to be at the man’s house in the first place

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8 d. ago Top Democrat accuses Trump officials of lying as Gabbard again denies classified information shared in group chat – live

Senator Mark Warner, who questioned national intelligence director and CIA director on Tuesday says messages clearly classified as Gabbard doubles down on claimsNewly released messages show Trump advisers discussed Yemen attackUnder pressure from his rightwing base to challenge judges who have ruled against Donald Trump, speaker of the House Mike Johnson suggested on Tuesday that Congress could consider eliminating certain federal courts.It forms part of a broader assault on the judiciary, spurred by court decisions that have blocked several Trump administration actions, NBC News reports. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump news today: Journalist shares Signal attack plans after officials denied they contained classified information

President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault and blames ‘low level’ White House employee for blunder that saw Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake

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8 d. ago Trump live updates: Journalist shares Signal attack plans after officials denied they contained classified information

President insists National Security Adviser Mike Waltz not at fault and blames ‘low level’ White House employee for blunder that saw Atlantic editor added to group chat on Yemen airstrikes by mistake

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9 d. ago New body camera video shows moments before Alabama police fatally shoot armed Black man

An Alabama judge heard conflicting testimony on Tuesday about newly released body camera video that captured the moments before a police officer fatally shot an armed Black man outside of his home

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1 week ago Bellamy hopes Wales’ tie with North Macedonia brings some comfort after tragedy

Both teams will wear black armbands at the Tose Proeski Arena on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Robert DeNiro's new movie The Alto Knights bombs at box office taking less than £1m

The gangster film, based loosely on the life of real life Mafia bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, got whacked by cinema-goers who seem to be uninterested in DeNiro’s latest gangster flick.

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1 week ago George Foreman showed every gesture is political – especially for Black athletes | Bryan Armen Graham

At the 1968 Olympics, Foreman’s flag-waving was seen as deference if not betrayal. But the reaction to it reveals the limited ways we allow Black athletes to express themselvesWhen a teenager from Texas named George Foreman waved a tiny American flag in the boxing ring after winning Olympic gold in 1968, he had little awareness of the political minefield beneath his size 15 feet. The moment, captured by television cameras for an audience of millions during one of the most volatile periods in American history, was instantly contrasted with another image from two days earlier at the same Mexico City Games: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, heads bowed and black-gloved fists raised in salute during the US national anthem, a silent act of protest that would become one of the defining visuals of the 20th century. Their message was unmistakable: a rebuke of the country that had sent them to compete while continuing to deny civil rights to people who looked like them. Their action was seen as ...

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1 week ago Police chiefs pulled armed officers AWAY from Downing Street at the height of violent Black Lives Matter protests to appease hostile mob that left dozens of cops injured

The extraordinary decision, exposed by The Mail on Sunday today, came as an anti-racist rally in Whitehall turned ugly in 2020.

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2 w. ago French scientist is denied entry to the US after immigration officers find 'hateful' text messages criticising Trump during search of his phone

The space researcher - who has not yet been named - was subject to a random airport search on his way to a conference in Houston, Texas .

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2 w. ago Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?

Have you or anyone you know encountered any problems at the border, and are you changing your planned trip to the US?Following a French scientist being denied entry to the US after immigration officers searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration, we’re interested in finding out more about any issues that people have experienced at the US border.Other reports at the US border include a German national, who is a permanent US resident and was detained by US border officials. A Canadian citizen was also detained by US border authorities for almost two weeks over an incomplete visa. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago French scientist denied entry to US after officials find ‘hateful’ texts about Trump on his phone

The French government has defended the researcher’s ‘freedom of expression’

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2 w. ago French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searchedFrance’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled”, Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister of higher education and research, said in a statement on Monday to Agence France-Presse published by Le Monde. “This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy,” the minister added. Continue readin...

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2 w. ago British tourist detained by US for over two weeks for travelling with wrong visa released, family say

Rebecca Burke, 28, was denied entry into Washington State after US immigration officials accused her of travelling on the wrong visa

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