16 m. ago Trump says kids may only get ‘2 dolls instead of 30’ due to possible toy shortage over trade war with China: Live updates

President tries to deflect blame to predecessor as new GDP figures show U.S. economy contracted for first time in three years

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26 m. ago Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues Meta over AI responses about him

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant’s artificial intelligence chat bot spread false statements about him, including that he participated in the the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

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27 m. ago A former Trump official backs World Heritage status for the vast Okefenokee Swamp

President Donald Trump's former agriculture secretary wants the administration to support adding the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge to a United Nations list of World Heritage site

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83 m. ago Early bird tickets are now available for first North Lanarkshire Half Marathon

Lace up and join hundreds of other runners on Sunday, August 24, for an unforgettable race day at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, proudly sponsored by Albert Bartlett.

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1 hour ago Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promo

NBC is continuing its strategy of infusing the Olympics with pop culture and celebrity appeal to generate momentum ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy next year

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1 hour ago ‘One big dream’: Bodø/Glimt’s modern miracle built on history and humility

Family club, known as a symbol of northern Norwegian self-esteem, prepare to face Tottenham in Europa League semisNobody is sure precisely when the “coffee table” tradition began, but consensus traces it back about 60 years. It would take a lot for one of the regulars not to show up. The time is almost 11am and cups are being laid out in the Aspmyra Stadion canteen for the Bodø/Glimt old boys’ daily catchup. In walks Ivar Bakke, who can count himself as the group’s elder statesman at 94. “One of the oldest people in Norway!” he laughs before sitting down. Tall tales are retold, memories sharpened in delighting over past and more recent glories; however far those stretch, everyone here knows what it has taken to bring their club to the barely fathomable territory of a Europa League semi-final.The raconteur in chief is Jacob Klette, a sharp figure in his late 70s who made almost 400 appearances for a team that broke boundaries. “The northern part of Norway has always had to fight for ...

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2 h. ago Alijah Arenas, USC recruit and son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, out of hospital after crash

Southern California basketball recruit Alijah Arenas has been released from the hospital six days after he was involved in a fiery crash in Los Angeles

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2 h. ago L.A. County pays out $4 billion to victims abused in juvenile facilities and foster homes

Record settlement comes after a 2020 California law waiving the statute of limitations and giving sexual abuse survivors three years to come forward

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2 h. ago If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich

We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak outWe have witnessed the first 100 days of the odious Trump regime.The US constitution is in peril. Civil and human rights are being trampled upon. The economy is in disarray.If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home? And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies? The threat, even if not the actuality, would always be present, and the Executive’s obligation to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed’ would lose its meaning.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US colu...

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3 h. ago Four common summer culprits all dog owners must watch out for in hot weather

Your dog will love summer for long evening walks and splashing in garden pools but there are frequent summer-related dog problems that can arise, forcing pet owners to stump up huge bills

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3 h. ago ‘Still an open wound’: damning docuseries revisits Vietnam war 50 years on

Netflix series Turning Point: The Vietnam War goes back to retrace a devastating history from multiple perspectivesThis Wednesday, 30 April, marks a full half century since the fall of Saigon. The takeover of the South Vietnamese capital, renamed Ho Chi Minh City, by North Vietnamese forces reunited a country riven by a decades-long civil war that killed more than 3 million civilians – a triumph of one vision of Vietnam’s future at the violent expense of another, with many caught perilously in between.For the US, the fall of Saigon was an indisputable humiliation and the end to what was then its longest war, one that killed over 58,000 servicemen, divided a nation and has only grown more ignominious with time. Fifty years on, the picture is clear: the Americanization of the Vietnam War was an unfathomably costly, poorly run, incomprehensibly horrific folly based on political lies and dubious intelligence. It is taught as a brief but upsetting chapter in American schools – if it’s ta...

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3 h. ago Harry Potter reboot actor among hundreds to sign letter on trans rights

Paapa Essiedu is set to play Snape in the new series, a project that’s been controversial over its links to JK Rowling

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3 h. ago Holidaymakers warned of 10 food items you can no longer bring back from France

France is a favourite holiday hotspot for UK holidaymakers particularly if you have a motorhome but you need to be aware of a new government ban on food exports

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3 h. ago Lacrosse hazing included high schoolers staging armed abduction, prosecutor says

A prosecutor in Syracuse, New York, says he’ll bring charges against several students suspected in a violent hazing linked to a high school lacrosse team

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4 h. ago Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour ticket sales slump: is Diddy to blame?

Hours before the singer’s first show in Los Angeles, tickets had reportedly dropped to as low as $57.50 — and thousands of seats seemed to be available through resale markets

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4 h. ago US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say

New U.S. government data shows that more U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline

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5 h. ago Leeds crossbow attacker's chilling 'manifesto' as he 'targeted students on pub crawl'

Two women were severely injured on Saturday when shot by a crossbow in Headingley, Leeds, days before the attacker died on Tuesday, as his manifesto was discovered

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5 h. ago The simple 'bird test' which you can try at home which could determine whether your relationship will last or not

The 'bird test', which has grown in popularity on platforms like TikTok across the US and UK, sounds exceedingly simple but provides some telling results.

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5 h. ago Expert gives definitive answer on Meghan Markle's use of HRH title

Since it emerged that Meghan Markle sent a gift basket to a friend with a card that described her as 'HRH The Duchess of Sussex' controversy has grown - now a constitutional expert has weighed in

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5 h. ago Jessica Simpson's, 44, daughter Maxwell, 13, towers over her mom as they are seen at airport amid divorce

The 44-year-old - who sent the tongues of fans wagging in a recent racy shoot - was seen at LAX Airport in Los Angeles on Tuesday with her eldest daughter and mom Tina Ann Drew, 65.

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