5 h. ago Man who says he was held captive in Connecticut home for 20 years makes his first public comments

A man who told police that he was held captive in a Connecticut home for 20 years until being rescued in February says he recently celebrated his first-ever birthday party as he turned 32

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26 h. ago US begins inquiry into pharmaceutical and chip imports in bid to impose tariffs

Notices show Trump administration setting stage for levies on both sectors on national security groundsThe Trump administration is kicking off investigations into imports of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as part of a bid to impose tariffs on both sectors on national security grounds, notices posted to the Federal Register on Monday showed.The filings scheduled to be published on Wednesday set a 21-day deadline from that date for the submission of public comment on the issue and indicate the administration intends to pursue the levies under authority granted by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Such inquiries need to be completed within 270 days after being announced. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Public sector malaise must be put to bed

Sir Jim Mackey's mid-afternoon snoozeathon is embarrassing for him and for the NHS he helps to lead.

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6 d. ago Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul | Adrian Chiles

Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?Some time in the early years of the last decade, a friend and I travelled by train from London to Barcelona, where we would be covering a football match for work. We had a very nice day, playing Scrabble and drinking train wine as we sped south. The only problem was that a kid near us, not 10 years old, was watching a cartoon or playing a game on an iPad without the benefit of headphones. The sound wasn’t so much loud as persistent. Slowly but surely it drilled its way into our skulls and started to eat into our souls. I shot the family a couple of glances but got a look back which managed to communicate two things. Firstly that they were sorry. Secondly that if they took the iPad off the kid, we’d all be sorry. So, on he went. And an otherwise perfectly pleasurable journey started to drag.Then I had an idea. I got my headphones out of my bag, caught the mother’s eye,...

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7 d. ago Wayne Gretzky says he has 'no political power' over the president or prime minister

Wayne Gretzky says he has no political power or pull with the U.S. president or Canada's prime minister in his first public comments on the issue since Donald Trump began his second term

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1 week ago Musk lashes out at architect of Trump’s tariffs in first public comments about shock policy

DOGE boss says Peter Navarro being Harvard trained is a ‘bad thing, not a good thing’

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2 w. ago Photos show inside of Connecticut house where man says he was held captive for 20 years

Connecticut police have released more than 100 photos showing the inside of a home where a 32-year-old man said he started a fire in a desperate attempt to free himself from more than 20 years of captivity

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2 w. ago Police release shocking photos from inside Connecticut home where man was allegedly held captive for 20 years

Kimberly Sullivan was arrested and charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, cruelty and reckless endangerment

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2 w. ago Immigration officials look to collect social media handles from those seeking benefits. Is this new?

U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying to benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump

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2 w. ago Lip reader reveals stinging comment Prince Harry whispered to Meghan Markle during their final public appearance

As the royals marked Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey in 2020, there were signs of frostiness - but none more clear than the snarky comment a lip reader was able to make out.

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2 w. ago Man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged

A Connecticut prosecutor says a man who told authorities he was held captive in his own home for two decades has asked why his stepmother is not behind bars after being charged with cruelty to persons and other crimes

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2 w. ago Family seeks reunion with man who says he was held captive for 2 decades

Relatives are hoping to reconnect with a 32-year-old man who told police he was held captive and given limited food for two decades in his Connecticut home

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3 w. ago Former NFL coach pleads not guilty over alleged hacking of athletes’ intimate photos

Matt Weiss worked for Ravens before joining Michigan Women file additional lawsuit over alleged hackA judge entered a not guilty plea Monday for a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images, primarily of women.Matt Weiss’s appearance in federal court in Detroit was brief and came four days after a 14-page indictment was filed. He is accused of unauthorized computer access and identity theft from 2015 until early 2023. Weiss and his attorney, Douglas Mullkoff, waived a public reading of the indictment and later declined to comment on the case. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Florida mayor drops threat to evict cinema over No Other Land screening

The Oscar-winning film, about a Palestinian community resisting displacement and violence from Israeli forces, has become the latest focus of a culture war in the stateAfter a week of controversy, the mayor of Miami Beach decided to withdraw his initial proposal to cancel the lease and block a small cinema’s funding due to its screening of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land.Residents packed city hall to make public comments, and regardless of their backgrounds and opinions, the majority, including city commissioners, agreed that censorship, eviction and defunding of O Cinema were not the answer or the path forward. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Anatomy of a ‘thought bubble’: is the Coalition serious about a referendum on deporting criminals?

Will Peter Dutton take his plan to the election? Comments in public and behind the scenes on Tuesday suggested mixed feelings among the Coalition See all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt 7am on Tuesday, Peter Dutton was publicly discussing reports of his suggestion for a referendum on stripping citizenship from dual nationals convicted of serious crimes.But by mid-morning, the opposition leader’s shadow attorney general, Michaelia Cash, was telling media: “We have no plans to hold a referendum at this stage.” Continue reading...

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