4 h. ago Disturbing video shows lawmaker stuffing ballots in swing state that Trump only won by 80,000 votes

Abu Musa, city councilmember of Hamtramck, Michigan, was seen in the passenger seat of a car, watching another man deposit three stacks of ballots into a drop box.

Politics

7 h. ago AI has created a new breed of cat video: addictive, disturbing and nauseatingly quick soap operas

Mostly soundtracked by cats meowing a Billie Eilish song, these AI-generated fantastias tell tales of cheating, revenge and violence – and are being watched by millionsAt the (tail) end of 2024, Billie Eilish sat cross-legged on stage and began to miaow. Her fans erupted in harmony, each belting out an off-key miaow of their own. She knows, they realised! This is because Eilish’s Oscar-winning track What Was I Made For? – a lachrymose Barbie cut lamenting adulthood’s entailing ennui – has become the default soundtrack for a new breed of cat video.You may recognise it: the song often plays over the top of these AI-generated fantasias featuring a cartoonishly fat cat or an equally buff feline with a suspiciously veiny human body. The cat cheats on her lover, falls pregnant or seeks revenge in a weirdly condensed soap opera. And like all soap operas, these videos are extremely addictive. Continue reading...

Culture

4 d. ago Chilling moment Shannon Matthews’ mum pleads ‘bring her home’ while hiding dark secret

The disturbing case is the subject of a new Prime Video documentary

Society

7 d. ago How Grant Forrest landed second DP World Tour title and cool $467k cheque with Nexo Championship win

Scot picks up $467,500 top prize plus additional $10,000 for setting course record at Trump International

Politics

8 d. ago Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote

Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently shared a video in which several pastors say women should no longer be allowed to vote, prompting one progressive evangelical organization to express concern.Hegseth reposted a CNN segment on X on Thursday that focuses on pastor Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist who co-founded the Idaho-based Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), In the segment, he raises the idea of women not voting. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Conservationists hail US judge’s order to halt building at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail

Temporary halt for facility in Florida Everglades comes as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental lawsA coalition of conservation groups has welcomed a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday that halts construction work on the controversial immigration jail in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz.US district judge Kathleen Williams ordered workers to stop adding any new paving, infrastructure or ground filling at the remote tented detention camp that the Trump administration intends to eventually hold 3,000 migrants awaiting deportation. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Conservationists hail US judge’s order to pause building at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail

Temporary halt for facility in Florida Everglades comes as attorneys argue whether environmental laws being violatedA coalition of conservation groups has welcomed a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday that halts construction work on the immigration jail in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz.US district judge Kathleen Williams ordered workers to stop adding any new paving, infrastructure or ground filling at the remote tented detention camp that the Trump administration intends to use to eventually hold 3,000 immigrants awaiting deportation. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Indiana announces a ‘Speedway Slammer’ to house migrants and become the Hoosier state’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Indiana is expanding a state prison by 1,000 beds to house migrants in what Trump officials are calling the ‘Speedway Slammer.’

Events

1 week ago Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un

Screenwriters from Writers Guild of America, also including David Simon and Celine Song, call out president’s ‘authoritarian assault’ on free speechMore than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America, including Spike Lee and Adam McKay, have signed an open letter decrying the actions of Donald Trump’s administration that represent “an unprecedented, authoritarian assault” on free speech.The letter, a combined effort from the WGA East and West branches, cites the US president’s “baseless lawsuits” against news organizations that have “published stories he does not like and leveraged them into payoffs”. It specifically references Paramount’s decision to pay Trump $16m to settle a “meritless lawsuit” about a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. The letter notes that Trump “retaliated against publications reporting factually on the White House and threatened broadcasters’ licenses”, and has repeatedly called for the cancellation of programs that criticize him. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Texas families offered just $3,000 by the government in exchange for building Trump’s wall on their land

In some cases, Trump’s border wall will separate landowners from their growing fields and fishing streams

Politics

1 week ago US could force tourists to pay up to £11k to visit country in new visa rules

The United States could demand a bond payment of up to $15,000, around £11,300, to enter the country as Donald Trump steps up his aggressive approach to immigration

Economics

1 week ago Donald Trump wants some holidaymakers to pay $15,000 to enter the US

The US State Department is set to roll out a pilot program that will require some tourist and business visa applicants to pay a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States

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