44 m. ago Marguerite Casey Foundation dips into endowment to grant out $130M this year

The Marguerite Casey Foundation plans to significantly increase donations this year to $130 million to help nonprofits respond to policy changes from the Trump administration

Politics

55 m. ago Tragic feud over Freddie Mercury's fortune: How Queen singer's 'wife' quietly took control of his millions

Following the Queen star's death at 45 in 1991, the main beneficiary of his estimated £200million fortune wasn't his close family, or the man he shared his life with, but his close friend Mary Austin.

Events

67 m. ago A set of first editions of Shakespeare's plays could fetch $6 million at auction

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month

Economics

76 m. ago Cycling fanatic Jeremy Vine accuses angry motorists of having 'small d*** energy'

He's the cycling BBC presenter on a mission to shame the dodgy drivers blighting Britain's roads - a man who has been described as 'willing to die in defence of the Highway Code.'

Sport

88 m. ago Hopes of breakthrough at London peace talks to end Ukraine war dashed after US top envoy Marco Rubio pulls out

Officials from Ukraine, US and the UK are meeting in London – but the talks will not be the high-level meeting of ministers originally envisaged

Events

1 hour ago Truth about video of Keir Starmer and Lord Alli 'kissing'. RONAN O'REILLY reveals its origin as millions see outrageous 'footage'

The blurry ten-second clip, which appears to have first surfaced on TikTok and has since clocked up millions of views, purports to show the two men kissing passionately.

Culture

1 hour ago Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs OpenAI millions in energy bills

Common courtesy is quietly adding to OpenAI’s soaring AI bill — and could also prove costly for ChatGPT users

Economics

1 hour ago $50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to Indian carbon

An Indian company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation

Economics

2 h. ago Unremarkable £429,000 house on sale where young David Bowie grew up before fame

The current owner of the terraced home says her grandparents met David Bowie as a six-year-old child playing in the back garden decades before he found fame and made millions

Economics

2 h. ago Humiliation for Ed Miliband as he is forced into legal guarantee that solar panels made by slaves WON'T be used in Labour's Net Zero drive

The Energy Secretary will reportedly introduce an amendment to legislation forcing GB Energy to ensure 'slavery and human trafficking' is not part of its supply chain.

Politics

2 h. ago Everton announce US billionaire Christopher Sarofim as new investor

Fund manager joining club’s ownership groupIdea is to give access to broader sources of fundingEverton have announced a new investor, with the American billionaire Christopher Sarofim joining their ownership group. The 62-year-old fund manager is also a minority shareholder of the Houston Texans NFL franchise.Sarofim has joined Everton’s ownership group, Roundhouse Capital, and will be given an observer position on the football club’s board. Everton will remain under the day-to-day control of The Friedkin Group (TFG), who bought the club from Farhad Moshiri last December. Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago Have Europe's hottest couple called it quits? High society reeling as Archduke Alexander of Austria and Countess Natacha Roumiantzoff

A source has claimed that Archduke Alexander of Austria and Countess Natacha Roumiantzoff-Pachkevitch have divorced after less than two years of married life.

Politics

2 h. ago Oasis fans estimated to have lost more than £2m to ticket scams

Fans have lost over £2 million trying to grab tickets for the long waited reunion tour says Lloyds, with Newport being a hotspot for scammers

Economics

2 h. ago New heat pump rule could 'automatically' save you £100 a year on your energy bill

The UK Government is looking to require that heat pumps are sold with smart functionality, so that customers can benefit from cheaper energy tariffs

Economics

2 h. ago What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan

Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishopsWe might never quite know what Pope Francis said to the US vice-president during their very brief meeting on Sunday. In the widely shared video clip, it was hardly audible. The morning after, Francis died, and Vance jetted to visit India, finding time to tweet that his heart went out to the millions of Christians who loved Francis (implying, I suppose, that not all Catholics loved him) and patronizing the dead pontiff by calling one of his homilies “really quite beautiful”).Francis had been as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops; but he was not just registering his rebuke of Trump and Vance’s cruel treatment of refugees and migrants; he was reacting to a broader trend of instrumentalizing religion for nationalist and authoritarian populism. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Nearly half of Americans breathing in unsafe levels of air pollutants – report

American Lung Association’s study says almost 156 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of soot or smogAlmost half of Americans are breathing in dangerous levels of air pollutants, a new report shows, a rise compared with a year ago and likely to further increase in coming years thanks to the climate crisis and the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental rollbacks.Just over 156 million people live in neighborhoods with unhealthy levels of soot or smog – a 16% rise compared with last year and the highest number in a decade, according to the American Lung Association (ALA) annual state of the air report. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial is set for opening statements at a different #MeToo moment

Five years after Harvey Weinstein’s original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, the ex-studio boss is on trial again after an appeals court threw out his landmark rape conviction

Events

4 h. ago Original cast of Hollyoaks now from showbiz exes to wild career changes

From heartthrob Kurt to funny man Jambo, the original series of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks was filled with memorable characters but what happened to the actors who played them?

Politics

5 h. ago Freddie Mercury’s sister 'secretly spent £3 million to buy back his memorabilia'

Kashmira Bulsara spent millions to keep some of his possessions, including his jukebox and draft lyrics, in the family

Economics

5 h. ago Alice Cooper says he thrives on proving people wrong: ‘I am defiant about this’

Shock rocker is still going strong at 77 and just announced a new album with his band’s original lineup

Politics