10 h. ago New Jersey mayor told cops to keep Black people out of his town, according to lawsuit from the state

New Jersey state officials allege that Clark Township used traffic quotas and targeted minority areas, using minor or false violations to justify searches

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47 h. ago Timothy Busfield told cops he wanted a 'playful environment' on set after arrest for child sex crimes

Timothy Busfield, 68, allegedly told cops he wanted to create a 'playful environment' on the set of the television series The Cleaning Lady.

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3 d. ago Diversity still a major issue at the Winter Olympics. The US is making some strides

USA Bobsled and Skeleton is set to unveil its Olympic rosters, with most women competing likely being women of color

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4 d. ago Scott Adams, Dilbert creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68

Cartoonist – who was dropped from US papers in 2023 after calling Black people a ‘hate group’ – had prostate cancer Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind the satirical comic strip Dilbert and conservative commentator, has died aged 68 after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.On Tuesday, Adams’s ex-wife Shelly Miles revealed his death in a tearful livestream of his YouTube channel Real Coffee with Scott Adams. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Boy planning terrorist acts wanted ‘white supremacist utopia’, Leeds court told

Northumberland teenager, who denies terrorism charges, amassed weapons and researched local synagogues, alleges prosecutorA white teenage boy alleged to hate Jews and black people gathered weapons and researched local synagogues as he prepared to commit acts of terrorism, a jury has heard.The boy, now 16, from Northumberland, was proud of holding Nazi beliefs and became a member of a banned terror group which had the goal of creating a “white supremacist utopia”, prosecutors said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Scots cops told they can't follow criminals in cars due to new safety rules

Frontline cops fear that bedlam will result from the new guidelines that were issued last week.

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5 d. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Gordon Black, man who helped define Scottish hairdressing for nearly five decades

Gordon Black, hairdresser. Born: 28 October 1953. Died: 29 October 2025 , aged 72

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9 d. ago ‘Pack what’s precious’: Victorians bracing for catastrophic fire danger hunker down with caravans, kelpies and litres of water

The black summer bushfires cast a dark shadow as people seek shelter at the Seymour disaster relief centreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen 82-year-old Jan Sporry and her husband had to pack up and leave their home in regional Victoria – possibly for the last time – they struggled to choose what to take with them.On Thursday, the couple and their kelpie Ruby moved to a disaster relief centre in Seymour as firefighters fought blazes in the worst heatwave since the 2019-20 black summer bushfire season and the state braced for a day of catastrophic fire danger on Friday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Parents mistakenly told son, 17, survived fatal car crash – only for cops to admit 22 days later they had wrong victim

A DEVASTATED mum and dad were told their teen son had survived a fatal crash - only for bungling cops to admit they had the wrong victim. South Yorkshire Police issued a statement confirming Trevor Wynn, 17, had died in a horror smash along with a 17-year-old girl on December 13. Joshua Johnson, 18, was...

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2 w. ago Traitors' fans have theory that Claudia Winkleman 'lives secret double life'

Claudia Winkleman fans have shared their thoughts on her iconic look - with some people believing the black hair, heavy eyeliner and orange make up is all a cover up

Society

2 w. ago Ethnic minorities in England less likely to have access to diabetes tech – study

‘Concerning’ disparities in access to continuous glucose monitors despite black and south Asian people being more likely to live with conditionPeople from ethnic minority backgrounds in England are less likely to have access to the latest diabetes technology, despite being more likely to live with the condition, according to analysis.Devices such as a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) can help people check their blood glucose levels in order to better manage the disease. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Confusing optical illusion has people arguing over what they can see

An optical illusion that shows a black box filled with multi-coloured letters has left people baffled and arguing over what they can see in the box. Can you solve it?

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3 w. ago Armed cops swarm block of flats as residents told 'stay inside'

Armed police swooped on a residential block in the south west of Edinburgh on Boxing Day.

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3 w. ago Police call explosion at nursing home near Philadelphia ‘mass casualty incident’

People at Silver Lake healthcare center in Bristol Township injured and trapped inside after partial building collapseAn explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia collapsed part of the building and left people injured and trapped inside, authorities said.A plume of black smoke rose from Silver Lake healthcare center in Bristol Township, as emergency responders across the region gathered there. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cop who killed Tamir Rice fired again as he struggles to keep a job

Tamir’s killing sparked an outcry about police treatment of Black people and systemic racism, especially after a grand jury decided not to indict the officer or his partner

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4 w. ago ‘He knows a few people involved’ – SPFL boss reveals star wore black armband in personal tribute to Bondi terror victims

JIM GOODWIN revealed the black armband Zac Sapsford wore against Hibs was a tribute to the Bondi Beach terror attack victims. Aussie striker Sapsford is from Sydney and knew people who were caught up in the shooting on December 14 in which 15 lost their lives. The 23-year-old former Western Sydney Wanderers striker started the 1-1...

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4 w. ago How Sinners became the most culturally important film of 2025

Ryan Coogler’s critically acclaimed horror blockbuster had people talking all year, proving industry naysayers wrong and breaking various recordsIt was the film that was supposed to destroy Hollywood: a vampire horror about life and times in the Jim Crow south peopled by a majority Black cast, and shot on Imax 70mm. Ryan Coogler, the acclaimed director who rose to prominence steering Marvel’s colossal Black Panther franchise, was thought to be out of his depth for trying to midwife a script he himself said he cobbled together in two months. Warner Bros, the studio fronting the film’s near $100m budget, was supposedly out of its mind for not only throwing that much money behind the project, but further agreeing to singularly favorable authorship deal terms that gave him control over the film’ final cut and full rights over the film after 25 years. Hollywood machers were convinced the film would never make money and that Warner Bros’ big gamble “could be the end of the studio system”....

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