72 m. ago Alleged gunman in Pennsylvania officer shootout had been sought for stalking

Matthew James Ruth, 24, killed in altercation that left three officers dead and wounded two moreThe alleged gunman who killed three officers and wounded two more in southern Pennsylvania before he was killed by police was a 24-year-old being sought on stalking charges, according to court documents and law enforcement.The violence erupted in rural York county on Wednesday as officers sought Matthew James Ruth, who had also been charged with trespassing, loitering and prowling at night in a domestic-related investigation that began a day earlier, court documents show. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago Experts make new mosquito discovery which could eliminate malaria

Scientists have discovered new genetic clues to work out how a type of mosquito is evolving over time to survive

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2 h. ago Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give ‘little windows’ into ancient life on Earth

For the first time, scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America

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2 h. ago John Masius dead: TV writer dies at 75 as family share cause of death

John Masius has died at the age of 75 after a tragic illness with his grieving his ex-wife confirming the TV icon's sad death

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3 h. ago ‘Putin really let me down’: Trump says he thought war in Ukraine would be ‘easy to solve’

The US President said he thought his personal relationship with Putin would help bring the conflict to an end

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4 h. ago Discovery of insects trapped in amber sheds light on ancient Amazon rainforest

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time

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4 h. ago Dodo breakthrough as scientists use pigeon DNA to bring extinct bird back from dead

Dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences– which also wants to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth and sabre toothed tiger

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4 h. ago British woman, 64, 'strangles female UK friend to death with a vacuum cleaner cable during argument' in Benidorm

Police rushed round to the apartment where the argument took place but it was too late and the victim was already dead by the time they arrived.

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4 h. ago AI can now predict whether you will develop cancer in the next 20 years

Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that can predict people's risk of more than 1,000 diseases including cancer, over a decade into the future.

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5 h. ago Missing teen found dead in car registered to D4vd had same tattoo as singer and he titled a song after her: report

Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been missing from Lake Elsinore in California since April 2024

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5 h. ago ‘Tragic event’ leaves visitor dead on roller coaster at Orlando’s Universal theme park

It is unclear what made the person become unresponsive

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5 h. ago Missing teen found dead in car registered to D4vd had same tattoo as singer and he titled song with her name: report

Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been missing from Lake Elsinore in California since April 2024

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6 h. ago Electric scooter rider dead after crash in London's Huron Heights

Electric scooter rider dead after crash in London's Huron Heights  CBC

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6 h. ago ‘It makes you feel like a teenager again!’ Why The Summer I Turned Pretty is 2025’s surprise TV hit

This nostalgic tale of first love is an agonising masterclass in modern romance. No wonder it’s become such a sensation – and that a movie is on the wayIt’s often said that the romcom is dead. Kiss goodbye to the crisp charm of Nora Ephron’s freshly sharpened pencil bouquets in the fall, embrace the era of musings on love as nothing more than a maths equation. Then along comes gripping teen romance The Summer I Turned Pretty and it gets us at the first Taylor Swift track.Across its 26-episode run, the adaptation of Jenny Han’s trilogy of novels has won the hearts of millennials who have been desperately yearning for a nostalgic watch to fill the void of 00s romcoms. Reminiscent of rose-tinted love stories of their youth, before dating apps, catfishing and ghosting entered their vocabulary, the show’s potency has been such that Prime Video even issued a warning asking viewers not to use hate speech towards the cast. It isn’t real, no matter how visceral it feels, and the streamer did...

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6 h. ago Scientists discover thousands of dangerous microplastics lurking in vegetables

Experts from the University of Plymouth have issued an urgent warning over eating vegetables - after finding thousands of dangerous microplastics lurking in the edible parts.

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6 h. ago Micheal Martin cautions against ‘rush to judgment’ after remains of boy found

The discovery of remains believed to belong to Daniel Aruebose is ‘deeply shocking’, the Irish premier said.

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7 h. ago Joy Crookes: Juniper review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Insanity)Four years ago, the south Londoner’s star was on the rise with her debut Skin – then she vanished. Now, she’s back with shimmering sounds and cleverly unsentimental lyrics, plus explosive cameos by Vince Staples and KanoIn an overcrowded pop market, where artists are encouraged to maintain a constant presence and stream of what’s depressingly termed “product”, south London singer-songwriter Joy Crookes’s career has progressed in a curious series of fits and starts. After releasing a series of EPs, she ended 2019 as a hotly tipped act: appearances on Later With Jools Holland, nominated for the Brits Rising Star award, placed high in the BBC’s Sound of 2020 poll, invited to support Harry Styles on tour. But the latter was nixed by Covid, and her real commercial breakthrough didn’t arrive for nearly two years: released at the tail-end of 2021, her debut album Skin made the Top 5 and, in Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, spawned one of those long-tail viral hits that achieves a weird om...

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7 h. ago Oldbury rape: Police doing ‘everything possible’ to bring attackers to justice

The victim, reported to be a British-born Sikh aged in her 20s, told West Midlands Police officers a racist remark was made to her during the attack.

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7 h. ago 'Completely abandoned' British town that's 'like living in The Walking Dead'

The area has been abandoned for more than a decade and was home to more than 12,000 residents

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7 h. ago Three police officers shot dead and two fighting for life after ‘ambush’ in rural Pennsylvania

The incident in York County is was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police in years

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