41 m. ago National park entry to be free next year on Trump’s birthday

NPS also announced that, starting in 2026, entry free days will only apply for American citizens and residents.

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1 hour ago National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

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6 h. ago 6 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he replaces MLK Jr Day celebration with his own birthday

This weekend will probably go down as one of the weirdest of Donald Trump's second presidency. It started with him getting a made-up peace prize from his mate who owns FIFA, and it will end with him handing out a medal to Frank Spencer

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11 h. ago Martine McCutcheon refuses to back down as family feud with mum continues

EXCLUSIVE: Love Actually star Martine McCutcheon is looking forward to her 50th birthday and embracing 'fun and freedom' after her marriage split and family estrangement

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15 h. ago Brit dad, 30, found dead on holiday in Thailand hotel in mystery

Jael Askum Ngozi Kuumba, 30, was found dead in a hotel room in Thailand while celebrating his birthday, and an inquest has now recorded an unascertained conclusion

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17 h. ago Edinburgh's Princes Street is a fundamentally depressing experience. Here's what we need to do to fix it

Edinburgh needs to hold a public summit to develop a vision for Princes Street that’s big enough to match its grandeur

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21 h. ago Kelly Brook, 46, sends pulses racing in her 'birthday suit' as she thanks husband Jeremy Parisi for a surprise trip to Byron following her exit from the I'm A Celebrity jungle

The former glamour model, 46, became the fourth campmate to be evicted from I'm A Celebrity on Tuesday and had an emotional reunion with her husband Jeremy Parisi on the bridge.

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25 h. ago Kristi Noem blasted for wearing sombrero at Mexican restaurant despite her push for more deportations

Noem’s Department of Homeland Security has been accused of racially profiling Latinos as it carries out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign

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28 h. ago Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users

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29 h. ago Sharon Osbourne and her daughter Kelly share hilarious lip sync clip as the duo look closer than ever just days after marking Ozzy's birthday

They filmed themselves inside a lavish location where they were joined by close pal and Heartstopper actor Bradley Riches, 23.

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32 h. ago I spent hours listening to Sabrina Carpenter this year. So why do I have a Spotify ‘listening age’ of 86?

Many users of the app were shocked, this week, by this addition to the Spotify Wrapped roundup – especially twentysomethings who were judged to be 100“Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally.” Those words were the first inkling I had that I was about to receive some very bad news.I woke up on Wednesday with a mild hangover after celebrating my 44th birthday. Unfortunately for me, this was the day Spotify released “Spotify Wrapped”, its analysis of (in my case) the 4,863 minutes I had spent listening to music on its platform over the past year. And this year, for the first time, they are calculating the “listening age” of all their users. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Dick Van Dyke at 99 is keeping it ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ 60 years after Mary Poppins and groundbreaking sitcom

As he approaches his 100th birthday, the cherished performer is still uniting generations. Kevin E G Perry looks back at a staggering career that stretches from World War II radio performances to ‘The Masked Singer’, a record-breaking Emmy win and a Coldplay video

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34 h. ago Kia Vision Meta Turismo is Kia’s 80th birthday present to itself

Everything Kia knows about tech rolled into one concept that claims to be the performance car of the future

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37 h. ago Melody’s Echo Chamber: Unclouded review – an enchanted, balmy garden of dreampop

(Domino)Blooming strings, mellifluous guitars and airy vocals make Melody Prochet’s fourth album a calming place to visit – even if there’s a lack of standout tracksFrench musician Melody Prochet, AKA Melody’s Echo Chamber, never struggles to find a supporting cast. Her self-titled 2012 debut was produced by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker. On second album Bon Voyage (2018) she teamed up with Swedish psychedelic rock band Dungen, whose guitarist Reine Fiske popped up again on 2022’s Emotional Eternal and now features on Unclouded. Prochet’s fourth album is produced and partly co-written by composer Sven Wunder, and its dizzying array of contributors also includes Josefin Runsteen (opulent strings) and DJ Shadow collaborator Malcolm Catto (percussive fizz).Still, somehow Prochet retains her own singular vision. Borrowing a title from a quote by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki – “You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is go...

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37 h. ago Mum injured on birthday night out after drink spiked when she left it

Police say they are powerless to help

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38 h. ago BBC SSO 90th Anniversary Concert, Glasgow review: 'profound insights'

This was a concert of of seriousness and vision, but - for a birthday party - perhaps a little light on celebration, writes David Kettle

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45 h. ago Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?

As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and RednoteAustralia social media ban explained: everything you need to knowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs Australia prepares to block under-16s from accessing 10 of its largest social media platforms, less prominent companies have begun courting the teen market – in some cases paying underaged influencers to promote them.One teenaged TikTok influencer said in a paid “collab” video for the app Coverstar: “The social media ban is fast approaching, but I found the new cool app we can all move to.” Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Meta plans to slash metaverse spending as Zuckerberg shifts focus to AI

Social media company considering cutting unit’s budget by as much as 30%

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54 h. ago How Katie Price has regained custody of her youngest children

After being banned from her daughter's reality TV show and not invited to her 18th birthday party - just some of the family's drama - Katie Price finally has something to smile about.

Economics

54 h. ago Apple loses controversial design chief who launched overhaul of iPhone’s look

Alan Dye will move to work at Meta, which says it wants to focus on design

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