2 h. ago Trump frees New York private equity executive who defrauded victims of $1.6B

The news was announced on Thanksgiving by Trump’s “pardon czar”

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2 h. ago Trump unleashes latest insult at female reporter as he says he will release MRI results

The president claimed once again that he had ‘aced’ a cognitive test but told the reporter that she would be ‘incapable’ of doing the same

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2 h. ago NFL roundup: Panthers shock Rams as Allen sets TD record in Bills’ win over Steelers

Bryce Young excels in Carolina victoryBills QB scores record 76th rushing touchdownBryce Young completed 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns – two of them coming on fourth down – and the Carolina Panthers (7-6) forced three turnovers by Matthew Stafford to beat Los Angeles (9-3) and snap the Rams’ six-game winning streak. Carolina’s defense intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard touchdown and ended the 37-year-old’s NFL record of 28 straight TD passes without an interception. Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball resulting in one of Stafford’s first pick, came up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left in the game to preserve the win. Stafford completed 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two touchdown passes to Davante Adams, his 13th and 14th of the season. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump confirms call with Maduro amid claims Don ‘gave tyrant ultimatum to flee Venezuela IMMEDIATELY to save his family’

DONALD Trump confirmed he spoke to dictator Nicolás Maduro over a call before announcing the closure of Venezuela's airspace. While Trump revealed no details of the chat, he is said to have offered Maduro a chance to escape with his family amid fears of all-out war between Washington and Caracas. During the call, Trump offered...

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2 h. ago Trump mocked by ‘Stocktwits’ X account after his claim that drug prices have fallen by ‘700%’

President boasted that drug prices were falling ‘700%’, a mathematical impossibility, as a result of his executive actions

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2 h. ago Trump confirms he recently spoke with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

Trump remained tight-lipped on details of call with Venezuelan president as tensions rise between countriesDonald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, but he did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.“I don’t want to comment on it. The answer is yes,” the US president said when asked if he had spoken with Maduro. He was speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Paddington: The Musical review – they’ve looked after this bear quite splendiferously

Savoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and melt your heart Here is the Peruvian bear as we have never seen him before – or so we are led to believe from the marketing of this musical, which is based on the beloved 2014 film, based on Michael Bond’s beloved books. But this is in fact exactly how we have seen him before: initially alone in Paddington station with marmalade sandwiches under his felt hat and a pleading look in his eye for strangers to be kind to outsiders such as him.This is not new fare, even if Paddington is brought to life with state-of-the-art animatronics: James Hameed is his voice and remote puppeteer, while Arti Shah is under his furry skin on stage (puppet design by Tahra Zafar). The Brown family are recognisable from the star-studded film: risk-averse dad (Adrian Der Gregorian), arty mum (Amy Ellen Richardson), adoles...

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3 h. ago Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned

President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October

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4 h. ago I’m A Celebrity fans devastated by shock second eviction as they fume – ‘how did they go before HER?’

I’M A Celebrity fans have been left devastated by the shocking second eviction.  After two weeks of watching celebs from Martin Kemp to Lisa Riley in the jungle, the public have been voting to save their favourites from the axe. And during Sunday evening’s episode, the next star to leave the camp was announced by...

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5 h. ago Liverpool selection shock explained as Arne Slot reveals new injury update

Under-fire Reds boss made some bold calls in much-needed 2-0 win over West Ham

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5 h. ago Reciting the names of the dead: how Australia’s response to HIV/Aids was emotionally – and politically – powerful | Leigh Boucher

Researchers now describe it as both historical phenomenon and public health model. Its success was remarkablePast/Present is a column which places current events in historical contextAids has always been laden with political and emotional volatilities. The possibility of blood or sex based transmission combined with its first emergence among marginalised and criminalised populations created a potent mix of primal terror and terrifying prejudice.It can sometimes be difficult to remember just how potently misinformation, fear and outright hostility framed the knowledge and experience of Aids in the first decade or so of the pandemic. In this period, a positive result on an HIV test was a terminal diagnosis and medical knowledge about transmission and treatment was still cloudy.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump admin to help track down gunmen who killed four and wounded 14 others at children’s birthday party in California

Suspect in the mass shooting which took place east of San Francisco at large as several victims taken to hospital

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5 h. ago NFL roundup: Panthers shock Rams as Shedeur Sanders loses first home start

Bryce Young excels in Carolina victoryAFC South now a battle between three teamsBryce Young completed 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns – two of them coming on fourth down – and the Carolina Panthers (7-6) forced three turnovers by Matthew Stafford to beat Los Angeles (9-3) and snap the Rams’ six-game winning streak. Carolina’s defense intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard touchdown and ended the 37-year-old’s NFL record of 28 straight TD passes without an interception. Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball resulting in one of Stafford’s first pick, came up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left in the game to preserve the win. Stafford completed 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two touchdown passes to Davante Adams, his 13th and 14th of the season. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Ukraine says it held ‘difficult but productive’ talks with US on peace plan

Donald Trump’s special envoy due to travel to Moscow this week as Washington tries to clinch a deal

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5 h. ago Noem says National Guard shooter was ‘radicalized’ on US soil

Noem says the Biden admin failed to vet Afghans living in U.S. as 200,000 see legal status thrown into question by Trump

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6 h. ago Trump commutes prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of a former investment manager convicted of defrauding investors

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6 h. ago Trump's Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Florida to hammer out Russia

President Donald Trump's top foreign policy negotiators are edging closer to a potential deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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6 h. ago West Virginia high school remembers slain National Guard member as caring and willing to help

Mourners gathered at a small West Virginia high school have remembered a National Guard member fatally shot last week as a caring and positive person who wanted to help others

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7 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans 'in shock' amid musicals week reveal

BBC viewers were surprised over a star's chosen routine

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7 h. ago Tim Walz responds ‘as a parent’ to Trump’s slur: ‘This is cruelness’

Walz has a son with multiple disabilities and Trump’s words came on the anniversary of the law that requires students with disabilities to receive a free appropriate public education

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