5 h. ago Man tracks down America's 'most inbred family' and shares haunting first encounter

A filmmaker who has been documenting the lives of the Whittaker family in West Virginia, who are known as 'America's most inbred family', has been accused of being exploitative

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7 h. ago 'I'm pals with America's most inbred family, they bark and share same scary deformity'

Documentary filmmaker Mark Laita did his best to help the Whittaker clan - aka 'America's most inbred family', spending time getting to know them and assisting them in their hour of need. Then he learned he'd been cruelly deceived.

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27 h. ago Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais

Israel turns the violence up and down at will, maintaining full dominion over Gaza and the West Bank, then calls each pause a generous ‘ceasefire’If you started attending one funeral a day beginning 1 January 2025, you would finish in the year 3887. That is how long it would take to mourn every life lost in Gaza. By then, your grandchildren’s great10 grandchildren would be dust, and still you would be burying Palestinian bodies from a “war” Israel insists was about self-defense. Even then, this number does not tell you about the thousands of ways these bodies were burned, torn, crushed and made anything but whole.And yet here we are, watching world leaders gather in Egypt for a “peace summit” last month where the only people absent were Palestinians. The banner read “Peace 2025”, while Palestine’s representatives were barred from the room.Ahmad Ibsais is a first generation Palestinian American, law student and poet who writes the newsletter State of Siege Continue reading...

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3 d. ago GOP lawmaker proposes changing name of popular airport to ‘Donald J. Trump International’

Republican lawmakers previously tried to slap Trump’s name on a different airport, named after a controversial president

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3 d. ago The Big Short investor who called 2008 crash is betting big against AI

Tech stocks took a nosedive Tuesday as a result of the investor’s bets

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6 d. ago Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions

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7 d. ago The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp reliefIt was a feast fit for a king – and any billionaire willing to be his subject. From gold-rimmed plates on gold-patterned tablecloths decorated with gold candlestick holders, they gorged on heirloom tomato panzanella salad, beef wellington and a dessert of roasted Anjou pears, cinnamon crumble and butterscotch ice-cream.On 15 October, Donald Trump welcomed nearly 130 deep-pocketed donors, allies and representatives of major companies for a dinner at the White House to reward them for their pledged contributions to a vast new ballroom now expected to cost $300m. That the federal government had shut down two weeks earlier scarcely seemed to matter. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Member of America's most inbred family pumps iron at the gym with only 7 toes

A member of what's been called America's most inbred family has taken a trip to Planet Fitness to pump some iron. Timmy throws himself into the workout, even counting the reps as he goes

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7 d. ago Scotland captain hails 'impressive' teammate after USA thrashing and hopes one coach is pleased

Glasgow Warriors pal excels in 13-try rout of Americans

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9 d. ago 'I helped make Fortnite – now I'm gearing up for World Darts Championship after career change'

Alex Spellman made his World Darts Championship debut in 2023, losing in the first round to Ryan Joyce, but the American will get another crack at the Alexandra Palace event this year

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9 d. ago A solid gold toilet is up for auction with a $10 million starting price

Sotheby’s has announced it will auction a solid gold toilet, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan called “America.”

Economics

9 d. ago Vick Hope blasts Tim Westwood, expresses solidarity with Palestine, and claims America is turning into The Handmaid's Tale in politically charged speech at Glamour Awards

The presenter, 36, is currently on maternity leave after welcoming her first child in August but was happy to step in for the awards ceremony.

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2 w. ago Her Majesty in the saddle: Queen Elizabeth poses on wooden horse at Buckingham Palace for American artist Arnold Friberg in previously unpublished behind

Published here for the first time, a series of 'behind the scenes' pictures show the late monarch posing on a wooden 'sawhorse' for American artist Arnold Friberg at Buckingham Palace

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2 w. ago ‘Frustrated young man’ pleads not guilty to sparking deadly Palisades Fire

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of sparking one of the most destructive wildfires in California history

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2 w. ago What to know about the 13 hostages whose remains are still inside Gaza

Palestinian militants have so far released 15 bodies of hostages that were held in Gaza for the past two years as part of the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war

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3 w. ago Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’

San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local governmentThe Caribbean Colombian village that proudly calls itself “the first free Black territory in the Americas” is on the verge of freeing itself once again – not from the Spanish crown, as it did in the early 18th century, but from local government control.Just over 300 years after Spain recognised San Basilio de Palenque as a slavery-free territory, residents of the community, just 30 miles away from the touristic hub of Cartagena, are set to vote on finally becoming an independent town.Young people rehearse their musical performance for the night of the Drum festival in San Basilio de Palenque Continue reading...

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3 w. ago He ‘freed Palestine, literally’: Karoline Leavitt rips protesters who hacked into airport systems to mock Trump

Leavitt asks why pro-Palestine demonstrators aren’t praising Trump as ceasefire teeters on the edge

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4 w. ago Israel rejects freeing from prison the most popular Palestinian leader

The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under the new Gaza ceasefire deal

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