36 m. ago Mixing up names of ethnic colleagues can be race discrimination, employment tribunal rules

Employment judge Garry Smart said those from minority backgrounds are often 'confused' with others from the same heritage, which can make them feel hurt, offended and 'lumped as a group'.

Sport

2 h. ago Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man convicted for 1991 murder

Kay Ivey says Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers will serve life in prison after jury claimed lack of physical evidence at crime sceneThe Alabama governor, Kay Ivey, on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.Ivey said Myers, who was facing execution this spring, will instead spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. She noted that was the sentence jurors at his 1994 trial had recommended. A judge overruled that recommendation and imposed a death sentence, a maneuver that has since been outlawed in Alabama, according to the human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Starmer wants ‘creatives to thrive’ after musicians lead backlash to AI plans

Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John and Kate Bush are among artists who have protested about proposals around copyright and artificial intelligence.

Politics

4 h. ago Mexican drug lord pleads not guilty to killing of DEA agent after US extradition

Rafael Caro Quintero arraigned in New York over federal agent’s death after years as one of US’s most wanted menAfter years as one of US authorities’ most wanted men, the Mexican drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero was brought into a New York courtroom on Friday to answer charges that include orchestrating the 1985 killing of a US federal agent.Caro Quintero pleaded not guilty to running a continuing criminal enterprise. Separately, so did Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, the leader of another cartel. Carrillo is accused of arranging kidnappings and killings in Mexico but not accused of involvement in the death of the DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Prison officer bragged about intimate act with lag and sent messages from 'your queen'

A judge told prison officer Katie Evans, 26, she will have to go to jail after she admitted 'intimate' relationship with an inmate at a prison and boasted about what she did to him

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5 h. ago Trump’s effort to curtail birthright citizenship suffers yet another setback

Second federal appeals court declines to lift order blocking executive order signed by president on 20 JanuaryDonald Trump’s effort to curtail automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of his hardline immigration crackdown suffered another legal setback on Friday when a second federal appeals court declined to lift one of the court orders blocking the Republican president’s executive order.The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th US circuit court of appeals on a 2-1 vote rejected the Trump administration’s request for an order putting on hold a nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in Maryland who concluded the order was unconstitutional. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago ‘Hit them where it hurts’: Americans boycott corporations to protest anti

Participants commit to not spending money for 24 hours to resist Trump administration and Musk’s cutsDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.On Friday, Americans across the country are participating in an economic boycott for 24 hours.Organized by the People’s Union USA, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization, the boycott quickly picked up steam across social media, with thousands of users sharing posts with related hashtags. Participants are asked not to spend any money, and if they need to, it is recommended that they shop at a local, small business and pay in cash. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Jury begins deliberations in trial of Illinois landlord charged with murdering Muslim boy

A jury in Illinois began deliberations on Friday in the criminal trial of a landlord charged in the brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead

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6 h. ago Everything the judge told Neil Speakman as he jailed him following little Albie's death

Neil Speakman was jailed for 12 months for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act, having '[failed] to ensure the health and safety of Albie, so far as is reasonably practical'

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7 h. ago Ant and Dec pull off epic prank against Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell

Ant and Dec couldn't stop laughing after they were able to pull a prank that left Britain's Got Talent head judge Simon Cowell embarrassed as he took the wheel of a golden car

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7 h. ago Scientists react to ‘stupid’ NOAA firings with more on the way: ‘It’s just utter cluelessness. It’s malevolence’

A former climate scientist called layoffs ‘malevolence’ and ‘utter cluelessness’

Politics

7 h. ago Blake Lively suffers another blow as her demand for Justin Baldoni's texts and calls is DENIED

Blake Lively has suffered a blow in her defamation battle with Justin Baldoni today after a judge blocked her efforts to make him surrender more than two years' worth of texts and call data.

Politics

8 h. ago Museums defend BP sponsorship despite backlash against cuts to climate change funding

The British Museum’s relationship with BP was decried as ‘untenable’ and ‘indefensible’

Economics

8 h. ago Bargain Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson cleared of abusing wife

A jury unanimously acquitted the television auctioneer of controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating

Economics

8 h. ago Police called after campaigners storm Barrhead bank in protest over closure

Around 40 campaigners descended on the town’s Main Street on Friday afternoon as they cranked up the pressure on top brass at the Bank of Scotland.

Events

8 h. ago Charles Hanson cleared of domestic assault allegations after four

The Bargain Hunt star said ‘the truth has finally come out’ after being unanimously cleared following four hours of jury deliberations.

Events

8 h. ago Sadiq Khan backs Trump state visit and says protests will show freedom of speech

The King has invited the US president to make a second state visit to the UK.

Politics

9 h. ago Fox News host hypes ‘free speech’ college as place where ‘protests are essentially not allowed’

After airing a clip of University of Austin professor Michael Shellenberger describing the school as a ‘place of free thought,’ Brian Kilmeade praised the college for supposedly outlawing student protests.

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9 h. ago Bargain hunt star Charles Hanson sobs as he is cleared of abusing his wife after telling trial he was a 'slave' and completely under her control during fractious marriage

TV auctioneer, known for appearing on Bargain Hunt and Flog It!, Charles Hanson, 46, sobbed as he was found not guilty of assaulting his wife Rebecca Hanson.

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9 h. ago Delusion of the leftists: Luvvies whose theatre has been overrun by refugees lash out at 'climate

Some 200 men moved in last December when the management gave them free tickets to a 'Refugees Welcome in France ' conference, but their numbers have now swelled to more than 440.

Society