3 d. ago Sunblock, charcoal ... and Powerball? Holiday weekend lottery drawing worth $1 billion

Here's something to add to your holiday weekend list: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history

Economics

5 d. ago Trans Met Police volunteer officer , 27, is guilty of sexually assaulting 12

Volunteer Metropolitan Police officer James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child.

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5 d. ago Bermuda Triangle mystery cracked as new 'splashing in bathtub' theory revealed

Dr Simon Boxall says rogue waves, not UFOs, cause Bermuda Triangle vanishings, with wild currents and storms in the Florida-Puerto Rico-Bermuda region swallowing ships and planes.

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5 d. ago Former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez pleads guilty to campaign finance violation

Former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez has pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that also allegedly involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker

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6 d. ago Deal to restructure Puerto Rico power company debt crumbles as some bondholders walk away

A plan to restructure over $9 billion in debt for Puerto Rico's power company has hit a big snag

Economics

9 d. ago The downfall of Marco Pierre White Jr: Son of Michelin star chef has shirked his affluent upbringing to have multiple brushes with the law as he pleads guilty to stealing £1500 of JELLYCATS

The troubled son of Michelin star chef Marco Pierre White, 30, has admitted to a number of burglaries in a west London crime spree, including stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys.

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1 week ago Trans woman who concealed gender before performing sex act on man is found guilty of sexual assault

Ciara Watkin, 21, of Stockton-on-Tees, was found guilty of multiple charges relating to sexual acts she performed on the 21-year old man over a number of days in June 2022.

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1 week ago Evil husband who poured hot oil over his wife's face before stamping on her as lay screaming on the floor amid row over house sale is found guilty of attempted murder

Raju Mollah, 49, also placed hot cooker hob racks over Mosammed Mumtaz's chest and face and stamped on her while she was on the floor in the kitchen of their Birmingham home.

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1 week ago Trans woman who concealed she had male genitalia before performing sex act on man is found guilty of sexual assault

Ciara Watkin, 21, of Stockton-on-Tees, was found guilty of multiple charges relating to sexual acts she performed on the 21-year old man over a number of days in June 2022.

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1 week ago Evil husband who poured hot oil over his wife's face before attacking her found guilty of attempted murder

Raju Mollah, 49, also placed hot cooker hob racks over Mosammed Mumtaz's chest and face and stamped on her while she was on the floor.

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1 week ago Escuelas de Puerto Rico no están preparadas para afrontar olas de calor cada vez más intensas

Cuando las temperaturas suben vertiginosamente en una escuela pública de la isla puertorriqueña de Culebra, los estudiantes se dispersan en busca de alivio.

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1 week ago Puerto Rico's schools are unequipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves

Students and teachers often suffer heat-related illnesses at schools in Puerto Rico, one of many places where extreme heat is disrupting children’s education more frequently

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1 week ago Marco Pierre White Jr pleads guilty to burglary AGAIN: Troubled reality star stole £1,500 worth of Jellycats and 'caused £43k of damage to antiques store' in west London crime spree

Marco Pierre White Jr, 30, raided an antiques shop on June 19 this year in Westminster, central London, burgled an Italian deli on June 12, and smashed into another store on July 21.

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2 w. ago Matthew Perry's drug dealer dubbed 'Ketamine Queen' takes plea deal for supplying fatal dose

A source close to the case told the Daily Mail that Sangha was initially facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

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2 w. ago Police offer £15,000 reward for capture of gunman who left innocent nine

The nine-year-old schoolgirl was eating ice cream when she was struck with the first of six bullets blasted into a Mediterranean restaurant in north London.

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2 w. ago Hurricane Erin knocks out power lines in Puerto Rico before heading north

Most of more than 147,000 customers affected reconnected by Monday as category 4 storm not forecast to make landfallHurricane Erin’s outer bands pelted the US territory of Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm winds during the day on Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers, according to officials.At one point, more than 147,000 utility customers were without power in Puerto Rico, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of power on the island. By 5.30am on Monday, 96.3% of customers had electric service, with most who were affected by outages being concentrated in the Caguas, Mayagüez and San Juan regions, Luma said on X. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along US coast

Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week

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2 w. ago Thousands without power after Hurricane Erin strikes Puerto Rico

The Coast Guard allowed all ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to reopen

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2 w. ago Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as storm lashes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 diminishes but tropical storm warnings issued for Turks and CaicosHurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.While Erin’s maximum winds diminished, the storm’s overall size grew and forecasters issued tropical storm warnings for the Turks and Caicos Islands and a watch for the south-east Bahamas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as parts of Caribbean brace for tropical storm

First Atlantic hurricane of 2025 reached category 5 status before weakeningHurricane Erin was downgraded to a category 3 hurricane early Sunday as a tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos Islands – and winds and heavy rains whipped the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, reached category 5 status before weakening, with maximum sustained winds of 125mph (205kph), according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Continue reading...

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