3 h. ago Hudson River helicopter crash: Tour company ordered to STOP operations immediately

Agustin Escobar, the CEO of Siemens Spain, and his family were killed after the New York Helicopter chopper plunged from the sky into the Hudson River in New York City

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36 h. ago Schumer seeks to halt flights for New York helicopter company after deadly Hudson River crash

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River

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36 h. ago Helicopter that crashed into NYC’s Hudson River was not equipped with flight recorders, NTSB says

Senator Chuck Schumer calling on officials to ground helicopter tour company during investigation

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61 h. ago Dancing On Ice judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean kick off farewell tour with show

Dancing On Ice judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean kick off farewell tour with show-stopping performance  Daily Mail

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8 d. ago Tour of Flanders: Pogacar stops Van der Poel’s bid while Kopecky earns third women’s title

Slovenian takes title in style after 19km solo attackLotte Kopecky makes history and adds to previous winsTadej Pogacar denied Mathieu van der Poel a record fourth Tour of Flanders title when the Slovenian won the second Monument of the season in Belgium for the second time in his career on Sunday.The 26-year-old Pogacar, who skipped the 2024 edition to focus on a Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double, had won the Tour of Flanders in 2023. Second in the 268.9-km race, which started in Markt in Bruges and concluded in Minderbroedersstraat in Oudenaarde, was the Dane, Mads Pedersen with Belgium-born Van der Poel coming third to complete the podium. Home heros Wout Van Aert and Jasper Stuyven rounded up the top five. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something“Would the senator yield for a question?” asked Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.Senator Cory Booker, who on a long day’s journey into night had turned himself into the fighter that many Democrats were yearning for, replied with a wry smile: “Chuck Schumer, it’s the only time in my life I can tell you no.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Noel and Liam Gallagher 'set to rake in extra £20M from Oasis reunion tour through merchandise after securing image rights to stop counterfeit sellers'

The brothers are reported to have banked themselves a staggering £20million from Warner for the rights to their image.

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2 w. ago WWE Raw in London LIVE as John Cena returns and The Rock rumoured to appear

WWE Monday Night Raw is taking place at London's O2 Arena, and the Daily Star will be keeping everyone up-to-date with all the latest goings on from the last stop on the company's European tour

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2 w. ago WWE Raw in London LIVE as Jimmy Uso ends up covered in blood thanks to Gunther

WWE Monday Night Raw is taking place at London's O2 Arena, and the Daily Star will be keeping everyone up-to-date with all the latest goings on from the last stop on the company's European tour

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2 w. ago WWE Raw in London LIVE as Logan Paul gets booed out of the United Kingdom

WWE Monday Night Raw is taking place at London's O2 Arena, and the Daily Star will be keeping everyone up-to-date with all the latest goings on from the last stop on the company's European tour

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3 w. ago Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw

Security leak triggers bipartisan anger after Atlantic reveals officials inadvertently broadcast highly sensitive military plansWhite House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalistA catastrophic security leak is triggering bipartisan outrage after the Atlantic revealed that senior Trump administration officials accidentally broadcast highly sensitive military plans through a Signal group chat with a journalist reading along.On the Senate floor on Monday, the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called it “one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time” and urged Republicans to seek a “full investigation into how this happened, the damage it created and how we can avoid it in the future”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I’m not stepping down’: Chuck Schumer defies Democrats’ calls over funding bill

Party leader faces backlash over his decision to support Republican-led bill to avoid government shutdownChuck Schumer defied calls to give up the top Democratic position in the Senate after he voted for Republicans’ funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, saying on Sunday: “I’m not stepping down.”Schumer has faced a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support the Republican-led bill, with many Democrats alleging that the party leader isn’t doing enough to stand up to Donald Trump’s agenda. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I’m not stepping down’: Chuck Schumer responds to growing anger after he agreed to Republican spending bills

Senate Minority Leader rejected any calls for his resignation, standing behind his decision to vote with Republicans to keep the government open

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3 w. ago Sanders and AOC tell packed arena Trump is ‘screwing over’ working class

Progressive political stars say president and billionaire Elon Musk are turning US into oligarchy at rally in ArizonaBernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk at a huge rally in Arizona on Thursday, accusing them of “screwing over” working- and middle-class Americans as they turn the country into an oligarchy.Speaking to an overflowing arena as part of his Stop Oligarchy tour – a series of events with the progressive New York congresswoman that has attracted huge attention among Democratic supporters disillusioned with what they feel is the party’s otherwise tepid reaction to Trump’s radical agenda – Sanders, the senator from Vermont, warned the president: Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Democratic senator comes very close to calling on Schumer to step aside

Michael Bennet is the first to hint at the need for new Senate Democratic leadership

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3 w. ago Will Smith mocked as he's 'reduced' to performing in Scarborough and odd venues three years after Oscars slap

The Hollywood star is only able to book modest UK tour with stops at unconventional venues like Wolverhampton’s The Halls

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3 w. ago Chuck Schumer believed Republicans would dump ‘turd’ Trump after 2020 and return to Bush’s party, book claims

Senator has cancelled his own book tour following blowback for his decision to vote against a government shutdown

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3 w. ago Greenpeace to appeal verdict ordering them to pay at least $660m to energy firm for pipeline protests – live

Organisation condemns verdict that could bankrupt its US operation and risks ‘destroying right to peaceful protest’Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says juryDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump’s press secretary attacks federal judge in deportation case by name and calls him ‘Democrat activist’ – live

Karoline Leavitt singles out James Boasberg in briefing attacking federal judges as court battle over deportations continuesDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Judge grudgingly extends deadline for Trump administration to give details on deportation flights – live

US government has until noon ET Friday to either provide details of the flights or to invoke a doctrine shielding information on national security groundsDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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