99 m. ago Bizarre disguise used by fly tipper on Essex street leaves locals baffled

After one of the more unusual fly-tipping offences, the race has begun to unmask a person dressed in a purple dinosaur outfit in Southend-on-Sea, Essex which has left locals baffled

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1 hour ago Court releases audio of 911 call that led to Luigi Mangione’s arrest

Judge allows call from manager of Pennsylvania McDonald’s to be made public after press urged its releaseAn audio recording of a 911 call that led to Luigi Mangione’s arrest has been made public after the press advocated for its release.The audio recording was played in Manhattan state court this week during a proceeding about evidence gathered during Mangione’s arrest over the murder of senior United HealthCare executive Brian Thompson a year ago. Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania in December last year after the restaurant’s manager called 911. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago All the excuses they give us for why you can never find a bin in the street are just a load of garbage: MATTHEW BOWLES

Black bins, green bins, brown bins, red bins tens of millions of them. Britain has become a nation of recycling bins, writes MATTHEW BOWLES.

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3 h. ago Supreme court allows Texas to use new congressional map favoring Republicans in 2026 elections – US politics live

Ruling will impact elections as soon as the March primariesUS supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional mapsAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency – including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Why this Yorkshire market town is the happiest place to live in the UK

People praised Skipton’s range of shops, its high street and nearby green space

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4 h. ago 5 years later, authorities arrest a suspect in Washington pipe bomb case. Here's what to know

The FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington, D.C. The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, and the Capitol riot by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters

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5 h. ago Several people arrested in New Orleans amid ICE ‘siege’: ‘It’s racial profiling’

Communities remain terrified as Trump administration’s crackdown on another Democratic-led city enters day twoDozens of people have been detained across the New Orleans area as the Trump administration’s latest sweeping federal immigration crackdown in a Democratic-led city entered its second day.The city’s immigrant communities remain terrified and traumatized, advocates said, with many in hiding as people have been arrested in public spaces including parking lots outside Home Depots and Lowe’s hardware stores, at bus stops, shopping malls and in residential areas around the city. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Dozens of delivery riders face deportation after immigration crackdown

The targeted action of workers in the so-called gig-economy led to 171 arrests across the country last month

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5 h. ago A supersized World Cup field begins taking shape at Friday's draw

The World Cup draw takes place Friday, featuring four debuting teams: Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan

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6 h. ago Moment thug calmly asks ‘can I put my shoes on?’ as he’s arrested on his doorstep after murdering pensioner neighbour

THIS is the moment a murderer calmly asks "Can I put my shoes on?" as he's arrested on his doorstep. Footage shows David Hill, 57, being questioned by cops after violently attacking his pensioner neighbour in his Huddersfield home. The entitled thug turns to officers as they try to handcuff him and says: "Can I...

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6 h. ago Small businesses prepare for their busiest period as they fill High Street void

SMALL businesses are banking on tomorrow to kickstart a bumper Christmas. It marks the annual Small Business Saturday, when shoppers are urged to shop local and support independent retailers nationwide. The campaign — founded in the US 15 years ago — arrived in the UK in 2013. Since then, it has seen a huge growth...

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6 h. ago Mom stages disabled daughter’s fake kidnapping to teach a lesson after she was groomed online by Luke Bryan impersonator: cops

The developmentally delayed 22-year-old woman was allegedly found tied to a tree in an Arkansas field

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6 h. ago Immigration crackdown in New Orleans has a target of 5,000 arrests. Is that possible?

Trump administration officials overseeing the latest immigration crackdown are aiming to arrest 5,000 immigrants in New Orleans and across Louisiana

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8 h. ago ICE has seen a dramatic jump in arrests since Stephen Miller’s decree

ICE has been targeting illegal immigrants who do not have criminal convictions or charges, despite the Trump administration saying immigration crackdowns would focus on criminals

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8 h. ago Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete

Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participationIreland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in the 2026 song contest despite calls by several participating broadcasters for its exclusion over the war in Gaza.No vote on Israel’s participation was held on Thursday at the general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the body that organises the competition. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Suspect accused of leaving pipe bombs in DC before January 6 riots hit with federal felony charges

The suspect was later named by law enforcement sources as Brian Cole, though other details were not immediately available, including potential charges or a motive

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8 h. ago Suspect arrested and named in case of pipe bombs planted on eve of January 6

Bombs were placed near Republican and Democratic party HQs in Washington night before US Capitol attackUS authorities on Thursday made an arrest in connection with pipe bombs that were planted outside the headquarters of both the Democratic and Republican parties in Washington DC on the eve of 6 January 2021.Explosive devices were placed at night and then, on the afternoon of 6 January, the US Capitol attack occurred, when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed Congress in an effort to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Parents say concerns were not acted on before London nursery worker’s arrest for abusing children

Parents say concerns were not acted on before London nursery worker’s arrest for abusing children  The Guardian

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8 h. ago 200 homes evacuated in Derby as two arrested on suspicion of explosives offences

A major incident has been declared

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8 h. ago Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds

‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security reportChatbots can sway people’s political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver “substantial” amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government’s AI security body.Researchers said the study was the largest and most systematic investigation of AI persuasiveness to date, involving nearly 80,000 British participants holding conversations with 19 different AI models. Continue reading...

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