21 h. ago America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose

This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distractionWhen we talk about our inability to pay attention, to concentrate, we often mean and blame our phones. It’s easy, it’s meant to be easy. One flick of our index finger transports us from disaster to disaster, from crisis to crisis, from maddening lie to maddening lie. Each new unauthorized attack and threatened invasion grabs the headlines, until something else takes its place, and meanwhile the government’s attempts to terrorize and silence the people of our country continue.So let me break it down. There is one story: our country is on the brink of an authoritarian take-over. In Minneapolis an innocent poet and an ER nurse at a VA hospital were both killed in cold blood by federal agents. It is happening now. Toddlers are being sent to detention centers; videos of their gyms for kids recall the youth choruses that the Nazis so proudly showed off at the Terezin concentration c...

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27 h. ago DailyMail analyzes what really happened when ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol

DailyMail US Senior News Reporter Natasha Anderson examines the events surrounding the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti by Federal officers in Minneapolis.

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69 h. ago Federal prosecutors reportedly blocked from investigating Renee Good’s killing – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States have begun in Abu Dhabi, according to the United Arab Emirates’ ministry of foreign affairs.The UAE is hosting a rare set of trilateral talks, bringing together negotiators from Russia, Ukraine, and the US. The talks have started today, and are scheduled to continue over the next two days. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Emmerdale spoilers reveal what happens next after Bear kills Ray

Emmerdale's Bear could face a huge problem on Friday in the fallout to Ray's murder, while spoilers for next week tease Paddy takes action to cover up Bear's killer crime

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4 d. ago Emmerdale Ray's killer finally revealed as fans say 'I did not see that coming'

Evil Ray Walter was killed weeks ago and Emmerdale fans finally know exactly what happened to the villain on his last day on Earth

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6 d. ago A child of Greater Manchester killed in a place of safety, her parents fear will happen again

Katie Wheeler and John Meehan spoke about the support they had received for the Campaign for Gigi, and what's next

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6 d. ago Who killed Ray in Emmerdale? ITV soap confirms when fans find out who murdered villain

Emmerdale will finally confirm who killed Ray Walters in flashback scenes which will revisit what happened on his last day on Earth and how his body ended up in Jai Sharma's van

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1 week ago Emmerdale Paddy's secret 'uncovered' after Ray's death and fans will be floored

Emmerdale fans think they've worked out what really happened to Bear Wolf, and who killed Ray Walters

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1 week ago Reza Pahlavi: is the last shah's son a viable opposition leader for Iran? – video explainer

From his exile in the US, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah of Iran, has galvanised protesters in his home country, calling for them to continue demonstrating against the Islamic Republic. But Pahlavi is a divisive figure. As the heir of a violent authoritarian regime, his potential return is viewed suspiciously by some. Chants in his favour heard in the streets of Tehran and beyond may be less about support for the crown and more about him being seen as the only option to take people out of the country's political 'dead end'Growing protests in Iran do not necessarily herald a return to monarchy‘The world needs to know what’s happening’: families of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreak Continue reading...

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1 week ago EastEnders fans 'work out' what happens next as Anthony Trueman's killer revealed

The BBC soap ended its week with a major twist in the whodunnit storyline

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1 week ago ‘The world needs to know what’s happening’: families of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreak

As Tehran’s internet blackout means names of those killed in the uprising are only starting to emerge, the diaspora is reacting with shock, sadness and angerThe families of Iranians killed by the regime in its crackdown on anti-government protests over the past week have told the Guardian of their devastation on learning of their relatives’ deaths.More than 2,500 people have been killed so far, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, but the death toll is expected to rise substantially as the regime eases a communications blackout imposed since 8 January. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Stunning new footage shot by ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good shows what REALLY happened

Newly released video shows the moment Renee Nicole Good taunted the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot her dead.

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2 w. ago At least two killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City

Dozens of people were attending a funeral inside the church as the shooting happened, police saidTwo people were killed and several injured in a shooting outside a church in Salt Lake City, Utah police said on Wednesday.The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Grindr death accused googled what happens 'if you accidentally kill someone during sex'

Josh Baxter, 28, is accused of manslaughter, intentional strangulation and GBH of Michael Barron, 38 after the pair met on the online dating app in January last year

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3 w. ago Exact moment fire starts in Swiss club as 'disaster waiting to happen' blaze kills 47

The owners of the Swiss nightclub where at least 47 people have died in a fire have been revealed as a husband and wife French couple who are powerful figures in the Swiss hospitality industry

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4 w. ago What happened when a mother met her son's killer was extraordinary

At the age of 19, Jacob Dunne killed trainee paramedic James Hodgkinson with a single punch

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4 w. ago Anthony Joshua car crash happened on Highway of Death where 645 killed and 4,000 injured

Boxing superstar Anthony Joshua has been hospitalised following a car crash in Nigeria that resulted in two deaths, and the road on which the accident occurred has a scary reputation

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