67 m. ago Republicans have been smearing trans people as violent for years. Now DOJ wants to ban them from owning guns

The conservative frenzy over Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman is the culmination of a years-long effort to vilify transgender people as mass killers, writes Io Dodds

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84 m. ago 'I thought NYC would be brutal on my wallet but I lived the high life on a budget'

Can you really visit one of New York's most upmarket borough's on a budget? I visited this wallet-friendly hotel and felt like I was staying in a boutique haven.

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2 h. ago Case against Tennessee man accused of killing 4 people can move forward to grand jury, judge rules

An FBI agent says data from a cellphone used by a Tennessee man accused of killing four members of the same family and kidnapping a baby showed he was in the vicinity of the wooded area where the bodies were found with gunshot wounds and covered with tarpaulins

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2 h. ago Ross Kemp urges people to strengthen their pension to ‘gain some serious pounds’

The actor and presenter takes part in a fitness workout for a new Pay Your Pension Some Attention campaign.

Economics

2 h. ago I don’t want childen. Is it hypocritical to not be forthright about this soon after meeting someone? | Leading questions

Not wanting kids isn’t especially unusual, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes. It might help to frame the conversation as what you’re saying yes to rather than what you’re refusingRead more Leading questionsI know that I don’t want to have any children, and that to not offer this up early in any relationship would make me a hypocrite. But I have become convinced that the reason I never meet anyone is because I am forthright about my opinion about children. How can I meet someone without having to be a liar or a hypocrite?Eleanor says: If it’s your job to figure out when to share this, it’s also a partner’s job to figure out when to ask. Wanting kids isn’t like monogamy or working for a living, where until instructed otherwise people can basically assume that’s your plan. More people than ever are deciding they don’t want kids. The fact that you’re one of them is not shocking, confronting or even especially unusual. If that’s a dealbreaker for a partner, they need to share ...

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4 h. ago Inside former bustling seaside town now described as the 'worst' and an 'urban hell' by locals

IT was once one of the UK's most popular holiday destinations, now people believe it has lost its charm and is no longer what it used to be

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4 h. ago Trump set to host US tech leaders at Rose Garden – minus Elon Musk

Tesla CEO’s absence is marked departure from his constant presence at the White House in early days of Trump 2.0When Donald Trump hosts leaders from the US’ biggest tech companies at a lavish Rose Garden dinner on Thursday night, there will be one notable absence. Elon Musk, once inseparable from Trump and a constant, contentious presence in the White House, will not be in attendance.The dinner, which will include Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is exactly the type of event where Musk would have sat at Trump’s right hand only a few months ago. Instead, the Tesla CEO stated on his social media platform X that he was invited but could not make it. He said he planned to send a representative. He spent the day on X posting a familiar stream of attacks on immigration and trans people. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Republican senator suggests eating radioactive shrimp will turn you into an alien

Louisiana Republican John Kennedy claimed that eating recalled radioactive shrimp could make people resemble the creature from the sci-fi horror movie Alien – or even grow an extra ear

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5 h. ago Afghanistan is rocked by a STRONGER earthquake just days after more than 2,200 were killed

Afghanistan's eastern region has been rocked by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10km just days after a large 6.0 quake left more than 2,200 people dead.

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5 h. ago The US will buy 2 million doses of an HIV prevention drug for low

The U.S. is purchasing enough doses of a new twice-a-year HIV prevention shot to share with up to 2 million people in poor countries by 2028

Economics

5 h. ago Trump ignites culture war with extraordinary plan to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

President Donald Trump's Justice Department could take a huge step to address gun violence that goes against decades of precedent set by previous Republican administrations.

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5 h. ago Trump looking to ban transgender people from having a gun and declaring them ‘mentally ill’: report

Justice Department reportedly mulling restrictions in threat to Second Amendment rights fueled by anti-trans rhetoric

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5 h. ago US government blames power company for LA fires that destroyed hundreds of homes: suit

The Eaton Fire killed 19 people in January as it raged across Los Angeles, destroying thousands of structures

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6 h. ago Federal government sues California utility, alleging equipment sparked deadly wildfires

The federal government has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed thousands of structures and killed 17 people

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7 h. ago DWP minister issues update over controversial benefit reforms during Greater Manchester visit

The Manchester Evening News has covered at least two suicides in recent years linked to dire DWP benefits system failings, including one woman who had received disability payments

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7 h. ago Angelina Jolie Debuts Dramatic Blonde Look While Filming ‘Anxious People’ in London – See the Set Pics!

Angelina Jolie Debuts Dramatic Blonde Look While Filming ‘Anxious People’ in London – See the Set Pics!  Just Jared

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9 h. ago Ebola outbreak: Symptoms of deadly disease which 'makes eyes bleed' as 15 die

The Ebola outbreak, which has killed 15 people so far, has triggered a Rapid Response Team, joined by World Health Organization (WHO) experts, to set up disease surveillance and deliver urgent treatment

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9 h. ago Afghan earthquake death toll jumps to more than 2,200, say Taliban

Aid agencies plead for funds as rough terrain hinders relief effort and 98% of buildings in one province are damagedHundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to more than 2,200, a Taliban government spokesperson said Thursday.The shallow, magnitude-6.0 quake struck the mountainous and remote eastern part of the country late on Sunday, levelling villages and trapping people under rubble. Most of the casualties have been in Kunar province, where people typically live in wood and mud-brick houses along steep river valleys separated by high mountains. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Angelina Jolie debuts striking blonde bob as she's seen filming Scandi drama Anxious People for the first time in London alongside son Maddox, 24

Angelina Jolie debuted a striking blonde wig as she was seen filming drama Anxious People for the first time alongside her son Maddox, 24.

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9 h. ago Live updates as crash causes queues on both sides of M4 near Cardiff

There are long queues eastbound where the crash took place with all traffic held for a time, but there are also queues westbound due to people looking over at the scene

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