2 h. ago ‘Is this AI?’: surfing world in awe after ‘best air ever’ pulled off by 18

Hughie Vaughan widely hailed for ‘stalefish backflip’ manoeuvreCentral Coast teenager stuns with move at wave pool in TexasA step change in the evolution of surfing brought about by an Australian teenager has electrified the world of extreme sport and drawn praise from the doyen of skateboarding, Tony Hawk.Eighteen-year-old Central Coast surfer Hughie Vaughan produced what has been dubbed a “stalefish flipper” at a competition in a wave park in Texas this week that has already been viewed millions of times on social media. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Woman fighting for life after 'BMW driver flipped car and attacked her' in Leicester

A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an incident where a woman in her 50s was reportedly attacked in the street by a BMW driver as she walked down the street

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5 h. ago Woman is fighting for her life after 'BMW driver flipped car and then attacked her' as she walked down the street

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the horror assault which happened at around 5.30pm on Tuesday in Leicester.

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5 h. ago California violated Title IX by allowing trans athletes on girls teams, Trump administration says

US education agency’s resolution proposes barring trans women from women’s sports and stripping them of prizesThe Trump administration has found that the California department of education and the state’s high school sports federation violated civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams.The federal education department announced the finding Wednesday and proposed a resolution that would require California to bar transgender women from women’s sports and strip transgender athletes of records, titles and awards. It’s the latest escalation in the Republican administration’s effort to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports teams nationwide. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Snipers lurk on roof above JD Vance as VP attends Club World Cup game amid rising fears of Iranian sleeper cells

Amid growing fears of Iranian terrorist sleeper cells on US soil, Donald Trump 's No 2 was back in his home state and taking some time out from the serious business to watch Borussia Dortmund.

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7 h. ago Republican who pushed to ban lawmaker stock trading bought Lockheed shares ahead of Iran strikes

Three co-sponsors of act to regulate lawmakers’ trading activity bought stock in defense companies less than two months before Israel-Iran war reignited

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9 h. ago Usha Vance: husband’s pick as Trump running mate came ‘like a bolt of lightning’

Second lady says on Meghan McCain podcast she is ‘not plotting next steps’ and is just ‘along for the ride’Usha Vance learned her husband, JD, had been selected to be Donald Trump’s running mate “maybe five minutes” before the news was made public – and just about an hour before he was formally nominated.“It really was like a bolt of lightning,” Vance said during an interview on Meghan McCain’s podcast, Citizen McCain. Nearly a year later, seated in the Naval Observatory, Vance reflected on how radically her life has changed – “people call you ma’am. No one’s ever called me ma’am before this.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Usha Vance opens up about her pregnancy struggles while teasing whether she and JD are planning for another baby

Second lady Usha Vance sat down for her first on-air interview since Vice President J.D. Vance was sworn-in in January and discussed whether the couple might have more kids.

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10 h. ago JD Vance flips the bird during Ohio Republican dinner speech

The vice president also revealed he didn’t learn he was going to be Trump’s running mate until the morning of the RNC

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12 h. ago CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing

CDC nominee Susan Monarez says she values vaccines and rigorous scientific evidence but has largely sidestepped questions about widespread cuts to the agency and whether she disagreed with any of Health Secretary Robert F

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12 h. ago Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration

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13 h. ago Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes

People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floatsThere are so many questions swirling around the forthcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos to Lauren Sánchez this weekend – for instance, who in their right mind books Venice in high summer? Why isn’t Katy Perry going? And how is Eva Longoria still on every guest list, despite not having been famous since 2012? – but the one I keep sticking on in this: as the world’s third richest man, Bezos could, we assume, charm almost any woman on the planet into some sort of marital arrangement with him. In which case, and with all due respect, why Sánchez?I don’t mean this to be as rude at it sounds. Lauren Sánchez, a 55-year-old former TV presenter and licensed pilot, is, I’m sure, funny and clever and up there with Peter Ustinov as a great dinner party guest. Her betrothed, on the other hand, doesn’t appear to be a man comfortable with making anything but the most obvious choice...

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13 h. ago Bipartisan bill seeks to ban Chinese AI from federal agencies, as U.S. vows to win the AI race

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep Chinese artificial intelligence systems out of federal agencies while pledging to ensure the U.S. will prevail against China in the global AI competition

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13 h. ago US officials forced to share bald JD Vance meme by denying tourist’s claim he was denied entry over photo

DHS does not deny strong-arming tourist into letting them into his phone, only that agents sent him home because of a meme

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13 h. ago Ohio plans swift appeal as court declares private school voucher system unconstitutional

Ohio plans a swift appeal of a decision declaring the state's private school voucher system unconstitutional

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14 h. ago England ease off Bazball big talk but continue to embrace thrill of the chase

Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’s side have developed clarity in the final innings and never seem to give upSports writers love a Churchillian speech that precedes a mind-bending feat. Take three years ago, when word got back that Brendon McCullum had told his England players to “run towards the danger” at Trent Bridge before Jonny Bairstow vaporised a target of 299 against New Zealand. It was like ruddy catnip for the press corps.And this time, after reeling in 371 at Headingley at a breezy 4.5 runs per over and with 14 overs to spare? Apparently very little was said in the dressing room beforehand beyond “bat the day, win the game” or Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett deciding between them to ignore the target and just “play like it was day one”. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer warns the UK faces serious threats in major defence speech

The Prime Minister said it was a mistake to think threats were far off

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16 h. ago Xi Jinping to skip Brics summit in Brazil after India’s Modi offered state dinner

Chinese president has never missed a Brics summit before

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17 h. ago Keir Starmer gives dire verdict on threats UK faces as Brits urged to 'prepare for war'

Keir Starmer said it is a 'mistake' to think threats to the British mainland are far off, and warned Britain faces dangers 'on a daily basis'

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17 h. ago Jamie Theakston makes emotional cancer admission as he jokingly digs Amanda Holden in awards speech

The comments came as he picked up the Best Radio Show gong for his and Amanda Holden's Heart Breakfast radio show

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