4 h. ago Item in millions of bedrooms could cause brain damage during sleep... as experts warn to throw it out NOW

Researchers from Canada discovered a bedroom staple contains toxic substances like flame retardants and phthalates, both of which have been linked with an increased risk of brain damage.

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16 h. ago Governor's mansion arsonist Cody Balmer makes chilling revelation about what he'd have done if he'd seen lawmaker

Cody Balmer, 38, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, and terrorism over the shocking incident early on Sunday morning.

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20 h. ago Pennsylvania arson suspect planned to beat governor with hammer, documents say

Authorities say suspect told them he would have beaten Josh Shapiro with sledgehammer if he had found himA man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion – where he set a fire – had planned to beat the governor, Josh Shapiro, with a hammer if he found him because he hates the politician, according to court documents released on Monday.The fire left significant damage and forced Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building early on Sunday. The man, arrested later in the day, faces charges including attempted homicide, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault, authorities said. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Naked OAP high on 'monkey dust' goes on rampage causing £100,000 worth of destruction

Walter Harrison, 71, was naked and high on monkey dust when he started banging on neighbours' doors in Leek Staffordshire - he then started a fire that caused £100,000 in damage

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33 h. ago Suspect arrested for arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence

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37 h. ago Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s family home hit by arson attack

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence

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39 h. ago Israeli air strike destroys part of 'last fully functional hospital' in Gaza

Witnesses said the strike caused major damage to the intensive care and surgery departments of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital - with video online showing huge flames after missiles hit the two-storey building

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39 h. ago Dem governor Josh Shapiro's official mansion is torched by arsonist while he and his family slept inside

An arsonist set fire to a Democratic Governor's mansion overnight while he and his family slept inside.

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39 h. ago Fire intentionally set at home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro forcing evacuations (cloned)

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building. No one was injured

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41 h. ago Pennsylvania governor’s residence set ablaze in ‘act of arson’, police say

Fire left ‘significant amount of damage’ to portion of home while Josh Shapiro and his family slept in a different areaPolice say they evacuated Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and his family from the official gubernatorial residence after someone set fire to the building.No one was injured. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Fire intentionally set at home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and caused a ‘significant amount of damage’

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building

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42 h. ago Police: Someone set fire to Pennsylvania governor's residence; no one was injured

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building

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3 d. ago What’s the true cost of Donald Trump? All the crises around the world that we’ve no time to fix | Jonathan Freedland

The US president adores the attention, but while leaders struggle to mitigate the damage he causes, other emergencies are getting worseWe’re all having to master a vocabulary that was once the preserve of specialists. Now everyone needs to know their tariffs from their treasuries, their levies from their yields. But there’s one more term from the realm of economics that urgently needs to enter our lexicon. Given what Donald Trump is doing to the world economy – and the world – we need to talk about opportunity cost.Put simply, opportunity cost is the value of opportunity lost. It’s the benefit you could have had if you had chosen a different path. For an economist, the opportunity cost of the Mars bar you bought is the Twix you didn’t.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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5 d. ago California's effort to hold oil companies liable for natural disaster damage stalls

A bill in the California Legislature that would have made oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes caused by natural disasters has failed to advance

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6 d. ago New map reveals extent of countryside scorched by Dumfries and Galloway wildfire

Forestry and Land Scotland have released the graphic from OpenStreetMap which reveals the amount of damage caused by the blaze.

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6 d. ago Australian government gave $2.7m to Elon Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as owner

Exclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate contentElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government spent nearly $3m of taxpayer dollars advertising on Twitter/X in the first year after the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, took over the platform, despite warnings of brand reputation damage that caused the government to initially pause ads.Data obtained by Guardian Australia, after a protracted freedom of information battle with the federal finance department, revealed $2.7m was spent between November 2022 and November 2023. Musk finalised his purchase of the platform on 28 October 2022.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wildfire smoke and prescribed burns caused 20,000 early deaths and billions in damages in just one year

Elderly, Native Americans, and Black communities suffered the greatest harm from the smoke

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6 d. ago Just Stop Oil protesters deny criminal damage after latex poured on Tesla robot

Nigel Fleming, 63, and Catherine Nash, 74, denied causing £2,696.40 in criminal damage after the incident at a Westfield Tesla store.

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6 d. ago Common item you should never put in washing machine as it could cost you a £700 bill

An expert has issued a warning over one laundry item you should never include in your wash cycle due to the significant damage it can cause your machine.

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7 d. ago People starting wildfires risk being charged with manslaughter – Muir

The Environment Minister visited the Mourne Mountains in Co Down on Monday evening to view the extent of damage caused by recent fires.

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