41 m. ago Japan earthquake UPDATES: Megaquake warning as huge tsunami could kill 200,000

A huge 800-mile stretch of Japan is subject to the megaquake alert — the highest-level warning of its type — following the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that injured dozens this week

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45 m. ago The hidden life of Matthew Perry: ‘He would say: I need to stop and get help’

The actor’s publicist and manager worked with him for more than 30 years, before his death in 2023. They discuss the man behind the headlines – and why they are continuing his mission to help others struggling with addictionWatch the third season of Friends, writes Matthew Perry in his memoir, and you can see how thin he had become by the end of it. “Opioids fuck with your appetite, plus they make you vomit constantly,” he writes. Look again, and yes – his fragile wrists emerge from a shirt that looks as if he has borrowed it from someone far larger, his trousers hang off him – and it’s unbearably sad now, with the knowledge that addiction would kill Perry nearly 30 years later, at the age of 54. At the time, most people watching probably wouldn’t have noticed, dazzled instead by Perry’s sharpness and immaculate comic timing as Chandler Bing, the show’s dry wit. He was having to take 55 Vicodin pills a day – an opioid - just to function and avoid terrible withdrawal symptoms, but he...

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75 m. ago Dear Coleen: I’m starting to feel awkward around my flirty married mate

"I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t attracted to him. I think most women are because he has the killer combo of being sexy and funny."

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96 m. ago Man executed in Florida after brutally killing woman in 1989 home invasion

Mark Allen Geralds was killed by lethal injection for fatally stabbing Tressa Pettibone in February 1989

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2 h. ago Tragedy as 'amazing' Millie Gribble, 6, killed by careless truck driver in crash

Millie Joy Gribble's father described his daughter as "mischievous and yet loving" in an emotional tribute yesterday after Stephen Worden was jailed for causing her death by careless driving

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3 h. ago Killer executed over brutal murder of mum after quizzing kids on when dad would be home

Mark Allen Geralds was executed for the murder of Tressa Pettibone in her home, in what was described as 'one of the most cruel cases ever' as he subjected her to a terrifying 20-minute onslaught

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3 h. ago Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman

A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’US diplomats have been ordered to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, with secretary of state Marco Rubio calling the Biden administrations decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.The department under Rubio’s predecessor Antony Blinken switched to Calibri in 2023, claiming the modern sans-serif font was more accessible for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features and was the default in Microsoft products. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Murderer's curious last words before he's executed 36 years after killing mum

After Mark Allen Geralds burst into Tressa Pettibone's home and stabbed her in a twisted rage, her eight-year-old son found her body lifeless on the kitchen floor

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5 h. ago Our Girls: The Southport Families is a sensitive tribute to Alice, Elsie, Bebe and their families says CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

This hour-long tribute did a fine job of honouring these parents' wishes. It made no mention of the killer's existence and barely touched on the horrific events of July 29 last year

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5 h. ago Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight'

A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing last year

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5 h. ago Coronation Street fans ‘spot huge clue’ major character will be killed off after 49 years onscreen in Corriedale special

CORONATION Street viewers think the end is nigh for Tracy Barlow and have pieced together clues to prove their point. Fans of the ITV soap believed the character would be killed off following an ominous conversation with her dad on Monday's episode combined with clues in the 'Corriedale' teaser trailer. Coronation Street and Emmerdale come together next month for a...

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6 h. ago Renowned opera singer stabbed to death in California home and cops say his son is suspected killer

Jubilant Sykes, 71, died at his home in Santa Monica, California, with son, Micah, taken into custody

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7 h. ago Nigerian soldiers open fire on protesters in the northeast, killing 9, witnesses say

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa state

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7 h. ago Zelenskyy ‘ready for elections’ after Trump questions Ukrainian democracy

Zelenskyy says he would hold wartime elections within months given help from allies and Ukraine’s parliamentTrump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying’ Europe and hints at walking away from UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to hold a wartime election within the next three months, if Ukraine’s parliament and foreign allies will allow it, after Donald Trump accused him of clinging on to power.Zelenskyy, clearly irritated by Trump’s intervention, said that “this is a question for the people of Ukraine, not people from other states, with all due respect to our partners”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Parents accused of killing daughter and her unborn child put the fetus in a cooler, cops say

Rebecca Park’s body was found in Manistee National Forest, near Boon, Michigan on November 25

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8 h. ago 'Beloved mum' died after 'catching legionella infection from hot tub on birthday trip'

Retired butcher's assistant Paulette Crookes died aged 70 after contracting legionella from a hot tub on the Isle of Wight, with an inquest hearing its water was 'off-colour'

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8 h. ago Storm Bram batters Scotland as high winds bring parts of country to standstill

Storm Bram has made its presence felt as road, rail and ferry travel disrupted and homes left without power.

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8 h. ago UK teaching assistant banned from classrooms after telling students he killed hundreds of people

Scott Trigg-Turner made the inappropriate comments to a group of Year 8 students and made other claims about his background that colleagues became suspicious of

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8 h. ago San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police

The San Diego City Council has approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old killed by police

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9 h. ago Truck driver who killed schoolgirl, six, when he ploughed into group of children as they stepped off a bus is jailed for 12 months

Millie Gribble, six, was mowed down by Stephen Worden, 61, after she stepped off a stationary decker bus as she and her mother headed for lunch on August 15, 2023.

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