98 m. ago Wild mob surround serial cat killer's home, breaking windows and pepper

A violent group of angry California residents decided to take it upon themselves to track down an alleged serial cat killer and attack his home Sunday night.

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2 h. ago Electricity restored to 90% of Spain and most of Portugal after massive power outage

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricityLights flickered back to life across most of Spain and Portugal on Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and elevators while millions lost phone and internet coverage.Electricity had been restored to nearly 90% of mainland Spain by early on Tuesday, the grid operator REE said. Power was restored overnight to around 6.2m households in Portugal out of 6.5m, according to the national electricity grid operator. Lights also came on again in Madrid and in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago My phone blew up when people realised what 'brilliant' Bruno Fernandes had done for my Man United

Man Utd fan Bobby Moore got the surprise of a lifetime when Bruno Fernandes told him he would be the mascot against Manchester City.

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3 h. ago Trump dishes on awkward 1am butt dial to reporter after ducking their calls

Trump was being courted by two political reporters at The Atlantic around the same time his senior appointees unintentionally added the magazine's editor-in-chief to a high-stakes Signal chat.

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5 h. ago Despicable moment ramen business owner chases man down the street demanding he tip for meal

A ramen shop owner chased a customer down the street, furious over a missing tip - and it was all caught on video. The confrontation exploded into viral outrage and even a police report.

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6 h. ago Doctors label Supreme Court's ruling on women 'scientifically illiterate' as trans row continues

The union's wing of resident doctors passed a motion at a conference, criticising the ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex.

Science

7 h. ago The migrant 'hotel kings' paid up to £700m a year in taxpayers' cash: Kebab shop owner and property tycoon ran firm housing asylum seekers in 'four

Safwan Adam and Bassam Gilini have cashed in thanks to their firm Stay Belvedere Hotels Limited which has been stripped of its Home Office contract.

Economics

7 h. ago Trump's astonishing late night phone call to political reporters as they prepped 100 day post

Trump was being courted by two political reporters at The Atlantic around the same time his senior appointees unintentionally added the magazine's editor-in-chief to a high-stakes Signal chat.

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9 h. ago Missing Claudia Lawrence's home broken into twice as mum now 'can’t go in house alone'

Claudia Lawrence, 35, was reported missing on March 19, 2009, after she failed to turn up for work at the University of York. She has not been seen or heard from since

Society

9 h. ago Lawyer in coma after hitting speed bump on bike while taking selfie on phone

Daiane Vasconcelos, a social media influencer and lawyer with a massive following, has spent months in a coma after she fell off her bike while trying to take a selfie

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10 h. ago Aggressive fraudster sold dozens of unsafe cars and laughed when customers complained

Zana Muhammed, 42, didn't tell buyers about issues with the cars, including when they were write offs

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10 h. ago Brit Paralympian Sam Ruddock missing from WrestleMania found after four days

Worried pals of the 35-year-old were desperately trying to hunt down a mystery Las Vegas man who was last seen with the Brit - before his phone suddenly stopped receiving messages last week.

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11 h. ago Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute

Moves sparking fears of a crackdown on such children and prompting alarm about ‘backdoor family separation’Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children in operations nationwide with a view to deporting them or pursuing criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US, according to sources and an Ice document.The moves are sparking fears of a crackdown on such children and prompting alarm about what one critic called “backdoor family separation”. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff

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11 h. ago Spain power outage LIVE: State of emergency declared amid major power outage across Iberian peninsula

Outage hits cities across Spain and Portugal, including capitals Madrid and Lisbon, knocking out metro networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines

Politics

11 h. ago The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan

The Trump administration is making an example of the Milwaukee judge to intimidate critics and opponentsOn Friday, the Trump administration dramatically escalated its assault on the courts when the FBI arrested Hannah Dugan, a county circuit court judge handling misdemeanors in Milwaukee – allegedly for helping an undocumented man avoid abduction by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents outside her courtroom. The arrest, a highly publicized and dramatic move from the Trump administration, seemed designed to elicit fear among judges, government bureaucrats and ordinary Americans that any effort to slow, impede or merely not facilitate the administration’s mass kidnapping and deportation efforts will lead to swift, forceful and disproportionate punishment by Donald Trump allies. Her arrest may be the opening salvo of a broader Trump assault on judges.Even if you believe the FBI’s allegations, their account of Dugan’s alleged misconduct is trivial and flimsy, wholly undeserv...

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12 h. ago Going for Goldblum: fans flock to Jurassic Park star Jeff in London

Hollywood actor and jazz musician, in UK to launch fourth album and play concerts, arrives in King’s CrossIn what was once a red-light district, between a furniture shop and a recruitment agency, Jeff Goldblum is selling T-shirts.And not only T-shirts, the Hollywood A-lister is also selling his own jazz albums, while meeting fans and signing their merchandise. He has not had to work too hard to sell himself to the crowds of people waiting to meet him on a sunny Monday afternoon in London – the queues stretched more than 50 yards. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Police release major update over missing Brit Paralympian Sam Ruddock

Worried pals of the 35-year-old were desperately trying to hunt down a mystery Las Vegas man who was last seen with the Brit - before his phone suddenly stopped receiving messages last week

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12 h. ago Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week after returning for phone

Chinese national was first rescued by helicopter while on the Fujinomiya trail

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13 h. ago In Madrid, electricity outages can’t hold a candle to people power

The lights may be out, but life goes on for families and businesses across the Spanish capitalFour long hours after the power went out across Spain, bringing trains to a halt in Madrid’s metro stations and sending people scurrying for light and taxis, the denizens of the Spanish capital were swinging between pragmatism and polite, almost jocular, panic.Behind the counter of his neighbourhood bazaar in a quiet corner of the city, a shop owner reeled off a list of the afternoon’s most popular purchases: radios, batteries, torches and candles. As he finished, yet another optimistic customer entered the shop. Continue reading...

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