3 h. ago Why is the US House speaker refusing to seat an elected Democrat? | Moira Donegan

Adelita Grijalva won a landslide election for her Arizona seat. But Mike Johnson is defying the will of the votersThe people of Arizona’s seventh congressional district – a vast territory extending across the state’s south, along the Mexican border – have been denied representation in Congress for weeks. That’s because Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, has refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva, their representative-elect, who won a special election to fill the seat vacated by her father, the late Raúl Grijalva, in a landslide late last month. Grijalva, a Democrat, has been largely ignored by the speaker. Unlike sworn representatives, she has to go around the Capitol with an escort. There’s an office with her name on the door, but she hasn’t been allowed inside, and has worked instead out of a conference room on another floor.It is an unprecedented abuse of procedural power on the part of the speaker, one that has had the effect of silencing a political opponent and denying ...

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4 h. ago How M&S shoppers can get beauty advent calendar worth £330 for just £60

Here is how M&S shoppers can bag the bestselling festive countdown for over £200 less.

Economics

4 h. ago Dua Lipa fan floored after spotting who's 'dancing behind him' in crowd

A Dua Lipa fan was enjoying the second night of the star's Radical Optimism tour in L.A. when he noticed another famous face was dancing and having a good time in the crowd behind him

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4 h. ago M&S shopper flaunts £20 food haul but Brits are stunned by how much he bags

A man was left floored when he did a quick shop at Marks & Spencer and spent just over £20.00 on food, but some Brits were pretty stunned by the amount of items he bagged

Economics

4 h. ago Aldi shopper floored after paying £3.30 for Too Good To Go bag and seeing what's inside

Bargain hunter Becky has shared what she received in her Too Good To Go bag from Aldi, as she praised the budget supermarket for reducing food waste while feeding people on pennies

Economics

4 h. ago Aldi shoppers fume after spotting new Specialbuy items on Vinted for 'triple the price'

Aldi shoppers have complained the Specialbuys are being listed on Vinted for "double" their RRP

Economics

5 h. ago UK supermarket cuts price of Christmas chocolate tubs to cheapest in country

Aldi has cut the cost of a 550g tub of Cadbury's Heroes and Nestlé's Quality Street to less than £5, making it the cheapest supermarket to buy the festive chocolates

Economics

6 h. ago 'I got £3.30 Too Good To Go bag from Aldi and I was floored by what was inside'

A woman has shared what was inside her Too Good To Go bag from Aldi - and has praised the budget supermarket for covering all the bases with the items they included

Economics

7 h. ago 'Most beautiful cat in the world' makes jaws drop as people spot 'unique' detail

A cat has gone viral on social media and been dubbed the 'most beautiful in the world' by stunned TikTok users who noted just how stunning the rare cat is, with some left with their jaw on the floor

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8 h. ago Dunelm's £60 corner floor lamp that 'doesn't take up much space' is ideal for small homes

"I had a dark corner that needed illuminating, and this little unit fit right in"

Economics

9 h. ago Tourist, 23, leaps to his death from Tenerife hotel as blaze ripped through room sparking evacuation of terrified guests

A TOURIST leapt to his death from a Tenerife hotel balcony as a blaze ripped through the room. The tragedy unfolded at the four-star Melia Costa in the northern port city of Puerto de la Cruz last night. The man was pronounced dead after throwing himself from a third-floor balcony, for reasons currently unknown. It...

Events

11 h. ago ‘I’m a composer. Am I staring extinction in the face?’: classical music and AI

Technology is radically reshaping how we make music. As I dug deeper into this for a radio 3 documentary I began to wonder if creative organisations are right to be so upbeat about AI. Are we riding the wave or will the wave destroy us? The hacker mansion is part startup commune, part luxury crash-pad, part sales floor for the future. They are dotted around Silicon Valley, inhabited by tech founders and futurists. The most opulent I’ve seen is in Hillsborough, one of the Bay Area’s wealthiest enclaves, just south of San Francisco. Inside, marble floors gleam beneath taped-up portraits of tech royalty; in the gardens, gravel is raked into careful Zen spirals and pools shimmer beyond the hedges.It was a sunny June afternoon, and I had come with my producer, Fay Lomas, to record interviews for a BBC Radio 3 documentary about the collision of generative AI and classical music in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Doctor says 60p item from Asda or Aldi 'works just as well' as cold medication

Dr Xand Van Tulleken said that while many think this home remedy is a myth, there's actually a science behind it

Science

12 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for red peppers stuffed with orzo, tuna, capers and herbs | A kitchen in Rome

Small pasta shapes from a wondrous Roman bakery inspire a delicious dish that will keep for daysJust beyond the hard rush of Viale Marconi, in the quieter Via Gerolamo Cardano, is a popular bakery called Albanesi il forno delle meraviglie, meaning “the oven [or bakery] of wonders”. Established in 1959 by Aldo Albanesi, and now run by his sons Adriano and Alessandro, Albanesi is wondrous also for its size. Behind an 11-window shopfront lies almost 500 sq m of shop floor, and a small maze of laboratories in which almost everything that can be made is made: bread, pizza, pies, cakes, biscuits, fresh egg pasta, sauces, baked pasta and other dishes that are ready to eat. The snake of glass-fronted counters also hold cheese, other dairy products, cured meats, and vegetables and olives preserved in various ways, while the shelves are packed with everyday provisions of good and practical quality. This is a shop with something for everyone.It also sells acini di pepe, a tiny pasta shaped lik...

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24 h. ago Man smashes windows and trashes posh paint shop Farrow & Ball in Hove by covering it....in PAINT

The paint shop was cordoned off as a man inside the store violently broke the glass and smeared luxury paint across the floors and counters.

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25 h. ago Boots rivals Amazon deal with £51 discount on ‘divine and long

Shoppers looking to bag a designer fragrance without paying the designer price tag won't want to snooze on this Boots sale which has beaten Amazon with a mega £51 discount

Economics

27 h. ago Amazon sale drops 40% off 'hybrid' Philips shaver that gives 'the smoothest shave'

There's not long left to bag this bestselling Philips electric shaver for 40 percent less.

Politics

28 h. ago Airline announces it is scrapping bag sizers at gate in major boarding change

It will bring about a big shake-up for frequent flyers

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28 h. ago BBC Gardeners' World's Monty Don left 'lying on the floor for hours' after health scare

The Gardeners' World presenter has opened up about a health scare that happened when he was filming a Channel 4 show

Politics

29 h. ago Woman buys ironing board from Temu but is floored by item that arrives

A woman bought an ironing board from Temu, and she was left floored by what arrived. Her story has tickled many, as they simply can't believe what she was sent in the post

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