2 h. ago Overdose deaths in Kentucky dropped by nearly a third last year, Gov. Beshear says

Kentucky is reporting a 30.2% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024

Politics

3 h. ago Soldier at a Colorado nightclub during an immigration raid charged with distributing cocaine

Court records show a soldier who was at an illegal nightclub in Colorado during a weekend immigration raid has been charged with distributing cocaine

Events

3 h. ago Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says

Three new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply

Events

4 h. ago Apple to report quarterly earnings amid Trump trade policy chaos

Trump said consumer electronics will be exempted from his soaring tariffs on China but it is unclear for how longInvestors have their eyes on Apple as it prepares to report financial results of the second quarter of the fiscal year on Thursday. The tech giant has been working to calm nervous analysts after Donald Trump levied sweeping tariffs on countries around the world that are likely to complicate supply chains for consumer electronics. Since the beginning of the year, Apple’s stock has slumped 16%.In anticipation of its earnings report, the company’s stock notched up slightly on Wednesday. Analysts are predicting a positive quarter for Apple with an average revenue estimate of $94.56bn, up 4.2% over last year, and earnings of $1.62 per share, up 5.8%. The company, worth $3.2tn, has beaten Wall Street’s expectations for the previous four quarters. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Stephen Miller claims Americans would rather buy expensive US dolls over Chinese dolls

Deputy chief of staff’s comments comes as Christmas put at risk amid freezing supply chains due to China tariffs

Politics

7 h. ago Woman jailed for 'killing pal's boyfriend' clears her name – but is then found dead

A Truro inquest heard Stacey Hyde lived a troubled life before her death - suffering from alcohol and drug abuse as well as a several mental health problems after clearing her name

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7 h. ago FDA to rehire fired staffers who booked inspection trips, but other workers remain in limbo

The Food and Drug Administration is again trying to rehire some staffers who were recently fired amid mass layoffs at the agency

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9 h. ago Leytonstone café loses alcohol licence after illegal workers found on site

Four people without a legal right to work were arrested by immigration enforcement officers at Café Lounge

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9 h. ago Drug dealer who used habit to fund swanky Dubai hotel stays sobs as he's jailed

Jerome Samuels, 31, was found in possession of more than £48,000 worth of heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine when pulled over by police.

Economics

9 h. ago Gangland enforcers dodge jail after petrol bombing luxury car over £100k drug debt

Lloyd McKay and Calvin Gilmour targeted the parents of a man who owed money.

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10 h. ago Monkey found in Scots home being kept as 'novelty' pet in bird cage

The SSPCA has launched a new campaign to tackle rules around owning wild animals.

Politics

10 h. ago 'My daughter became ill after feeding animals at Welsh attraction'

Lee Dobbinson's eight-year-old daughter Alba fell ill after visiting a popular farm now at the heart of a parasite outbreak investigation

Politics

10 h. ago Woman who denies illegal abortion tells of ‘shock’ on learning she was pregnant

Nicola Packer, 45, is charged with ‘unlawfully administering to herself a poison or other noxious thing’ with the ‘intent to procure a miscarriage’.

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11 h. ago Scottish takeaway delivery drivers at risk of break the law without realising it, experts warn

As the UK’s food delivery boom continues, legal experts and insurance professionals are warning that thousands of gig economy drivers could be operating illegally—without even knowing it.

Events

11 h. ago The Underground Railroad went all the way to Canada – and a new photo exhibit preserves that legacy

For an estimated 30,000 Black people, the journey from enslavement in the US ended north of the borderBetween the late 18th century and the end of the American civil war, tens of thousands of Black Americans escaped the bondage of slavery by fleeing plantations to go north. The Underground Railroad had stops in states in which slavery was illegal, such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. But for an estimated 30,000 people, the journey continued beyond those states into Canada.Early Black American settlers in Canada – people who became Black Canadians before Canada was a country – made an indelible mark on their new home. They created thriving communities across Ontario and Nova Scotia and as far west as the Manitoba border; they founded abolitionist newspapers and paved the way for waves of migration that would follow. Continue reading...

Culture

13 h. ago RFK Jr doubles down on wild false claim MMR vaccine contains ‘aborted fetus debris’

The MMR vaccine is the most effective way for people to protect themselves against measles, mumps, and rubella, asserts the CDC

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13 h. ago Trump’s tariffs: ‘It feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted’

Pittsburgh residents, workers and business owners react to the increasingly fraught trading reality now upending supply chains and hitting prices“In a lot of ways it feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted so quickly.” Like so many businesses across Donald Trump’s America, Matt Katase’s craft brewery, Brew Gentleman, is having to contend with a bafflingly uncertain trading environment.The brewery’s chief operating officer, Alaina Webber, says: “For the first time, as a company in operation going on 15 years, we’ve started to get explicit emails that say: ‘On this existing order, you are now going to see a 30%, then to a 130% increase.’” Continue reading...

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14 h. ago ‘It gets me cackling like nothing else!’ Your favourite YouTube TV shows

From a very-not-safe-for-work cartoon to a drag queen fever dream and a puppet show that’s like Horrible Histories for grownups – networks wouldn’t dare air these online hitsHazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, made by the same team, are as funny as anything on mainstream TV. Despite being animated, Hazbin Hotel is very much a show for adults, with both the comedy and plot lines often very not-safe-for-work. It has queer-friendly, gut-busting laughs, with surprisingly moving storylines and songs Lin Manuel-Miranda would be jealous of. The great strength of this being a YouTube show is that it would be extremely hard to pitch to a network. As they control their own content, creators can push the humour and actually build story around compelling (but risque) issues around sex, gender and identity. The show is essentially set in a version of hell. Hazbin Hotel focuses on the daughter of Satan trying to run a hotel for demons with the aim of rehabilitating them so they can get to heaven. It’s...

Culture

16 h. ago Domino's gave the equivalent of over 2700 meals to charity from its Cambuslang supply centre

The firm donated nearly 1.3 tonnes of food to FareShare last year.

Politics

19 h. ago What are Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, where are they and what does this deal with Trump involve?

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

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