67 m. ago Feds charge alleged white supremacist over 2019 arson at Tennessee school that trained Rosa Parks

A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March 2019 fire that destroyed an office at a storied Tennessee social justice center

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75 m. ago 11 high school lacrosse players face felony kidnapping charges after hazing ritual goes too far

The Westhill High School students have been given 48 hours to turn themselves in to police

Sport

90 m. ago Bizarre moment driver spots a kangaroo bouncing down the highway in Alabama

A runaway kangaroo caused a crash on a motorway in Alabama on Tuesday (29 April), after being filmed hopping along the road.

Transport

1 hour ago How Blair has changed the agenda for Labour on climate change

Editorial: The former prime minister’s intervention in the Labour government’s net zero approach has provoked heated argument – and rightly so. These are important, transcendent matters and have to be right – for the sake of the future of the planet and the living standards of people in Britain

Society

2 h. ago Minister warns against blaming Spain’s blackout on renewable energy

Spain’s environment minister, Sara Aagesen, promises ‘complete audit’ into causes of power outageEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has warned against attempts to blame Monday’s unprecedented blackout across the Iberian peninsula on the increasing use of renewable energy, defending the reliability of the national grid and promising a “complete audit” to establish the causes of the outage.Speaking on Wednesday afternoon as a specially designated committee prepared to meet to investigate the blackout, Sara Aagesen pushed back at opposition parties’ claims that the socialist-led government’s drive to embrace renewable energy had compromised the grid’s stability. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago London St. Pancras Highspeed to invest $402m in asset renewals

London St. Pancras Highspeed to invest $402m in asset renewals  Yahoo Finance

Economics

3 h. ago Lacrosse hazing included high schoolers staging armed abduction, prosecutor says

A prosecutor in Syracuse, New York, says he’ll bring charges against several students suspected in a violent hazing linked to a high school lacrosse team

Events

3 h. ago Inside Jean Charles De Menezes' tragic death as Disney+ drama Suspect delves into what really happened

The tragic death of Jean Charles De Menezes is explored in Disney+'s new drama Suspect, which takes a deep dive into the events surrounding the shooting of the innocent Brazilian electrician.

Events

3 h. ago Stephen Lawrence's mum confronts minister on victims waiting years for justice

Baroness Lawrence told Shabana Mahmood 'justice doesn’t happen' when victims drop out due to long waits and pressed her on support for those waiting for their trial

Politics

3 h. ago BGT finalist says his sex is 'fast, energetic, maybe a bit passionate' as he denies rape

Former Britain's Got Talent finalist Andrew Johnston has denied charges of rape and sexual assault as he described his sex as 'fast, energetic, maybe a bit passionate'

Events

4 h. ago The shocking real impact of the M&S hack and what it could mean for the future of the store... and your investments: ANNE ASHWORTH

The cyber attack on Marks & Spencer, reported to have been carried out by a gang of teenage hackers, has sent a ripple of fear through the high street and spread dismay among investors.

Events

4 h. ago Veteran, 78, fumes at pension credit cuts and says Britain no longer 'Great'

A blind ex-servicewoman, Pauline Cole, has said she is 'very angry and very bitter' after her pension credit was slashed when she received war injury compensation

Politics

4 h. ago Questions over validity of Supreme Court gender ruling ‘unacceptable’ – Mahmood

Giving evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Shabana Mahmood said that justices at the UK’s highest court had ‘done their job’.

Events

4 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration has torn up the rule book as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the US Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multipronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This extraordinary assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Musk's DOGE interns given access to network containing nuclear secrets have no experience

Two DOGE employees, Luke Farritor, a former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a venture capitalist, were given access to highly classified information about the United States' nuclear weapon stockpile

Events

4 h. ago Video emerges of Defence Secretary saying nuke veterans scandal "shames us as a country"

Footage shows the Defence Secretary calling Britain's treatment of nuclear veterans a national shame

Politics

4 h. ago How Spain's blackout could have been a nuclear weapons test in space: Evidence of attack as experts warn 'cataclysm' can knock out entire grid in seconds

There has been no explanation as to what caused the power cut. But all sorts of possibilities have been put forward - including that an 'electromagnetic pulse' was to blame.

Events

4 h. ago Tories ‘sat on their hands’ after inquiry into child sexual abuse, minister says

Dame Nia Griffith said the Government has ‘already announced a comprehensive set of plans’ to ‘prevent the horror of child sexual abuse’.

Politics

4 h. ago Forbes laments ‘dark moment’ at Grangemouth but says ‘real progress’ being made

The Deputy First Minister told MSPs Scottish Enterprise has received 66 inquiries related to Project Willow.

Politics

4 h. ago Doctors sound alarm over surge in teens hooked on 'Gen Z's favorite weight loss fix'

In a survey of 10,000 high schoolers, they found nearly twice as many admitted to using this weight loss fix in just one year. (stock image)

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