78 m. ago Berthoumieu’s ban cut to nine games and Feleu also out of Women’s Rugby World Cup

Player’s remorse for biting Wafer a factor in reductionFrance captain banned for two games after citing upheldAxelle Berthoumieu’s ban for biting Ireland’s Aoife Wafer has been reduced to nine matches but Manaé Feleu’s citing was upheld by a disciplinary committee meaning both will miss the rest of the Rugby World Cup. France play England in the semi-finals on Saturday.The pair were cited on Sunday after their 18-13 quarter-final win against Ireland. Berthoumieu was cited for biting Wafer and, while the flanker accepted the foul play, she was appealing against the length of the initial 12-match ban a disciplinary committee proposed on Monday. That had already been reduced from the starting point of 18 matches but was taken down to nine because of her clean previous disciplinary record, remorse and public apology. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Police rule out foul play after student found dead in the middle of Delta State University campus

Student Demartravion ‘Trey’ Reed was found dead at the college, which had been due to hold a series of celebrations to mark its centenary

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8 h. ago Charlie Kirk tells young daughter how he met Erika in video released after his death

Charlie Kirk told his young daughter how he and his wife Erika met in a video released after he was shot and killed while speaking at a university campus.

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13 h. ago Farmer's horrifying death after being eaten by his own pigs with only his dentures left behind

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Investigators say the farmer may have been deliberately knocked over and eaten by his mammoth pigs, with the possibility of foul play not ruled out.

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22 h. ago Mississippi university cancels classes and 100th anniversary celebrations after body found on campus

It was not immediately clear whether the body belonged to a student or staff member

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3 d. ago UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’ The University of California, Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 faculty members and students as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”, a move a targeted scholar likened to a “practice from the McCarthy era”.UC Berkeley, a top-ranked public institution, sent a letter to affected members of campus last week disclosing that university lawyers had included their names in reports to the Department of Education’s office for civil rights (OCR). The education department has been targeting colleges across the country as part of Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism, international students and academic freedom. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago How Charlie Kirk assassin vanished into thin air: Escape route mapped as FBI admit they're stumped in hunt for 'athletic' gunman who hid rifle in his jeans and was last leaping from roof

Authorities have released new information about the suspect, describing him as a college-aged male with a high level of proficiency in handling firearms and a likely familiarity with the university campus.

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4 d. ago 'Trans ideology' linked assassin is 'no amateur': Hunt for athletic Charlie Kirk gunman limped to campus with rifle hidden in his jeans, escaped with dramatic leap from building and vanished

Authorities have released new information about the suspect, describing him as a college-aged male with a high level of proficiency in handling firearms and a likely familiarity with the university campus.

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4 d. ago Charlie Kirk suspect leaps from rooftop in seconds after shooting in surveillance video

CCTV shows the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect running across the roof of the Utah Valley University campus building, before climbing down and fleeing into a nearby wooded area on Wednesday, 10 September.

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4 d. ago Charlie Kirk 'told he'd be killed at university' before assassination expert says

Charlie Kirk was warned he would be killed at a university campus event by a security expert who said he had a "100%" chance of being assassinated

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4 d. ago UMass Boston 'gunshots' LIVE as terrified university students run for cover

Gunshots were heard on the Dorchester campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston as terrified staff and students ran for their lives and SWAT teams swarmed the area

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4 d. ago UMass Boston 'gunshots' RECAP as university students 'seen running for cover'

Gunshots were reportedly heard on the Dorchester campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston as staff and students were evacuated and SWAT teams swarmed the area

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4 d. ago Oxford University Union's president elect is accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination

George Abaraonye allegedly shared comments making light of Kirk's death shortly after he was struck in the neck by a single bullet at a university campus in Utah .

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4 d. ago Oxford University Union President is accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination

George Abaraonye allegedly shared comments making light of Kirk's death shortly after he was struck in the neck by a single bullet at a university campus in Utah .

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5 d. ago Councillor resigns after sparking fury over Charlie Kirk post saying he 'brought assassination upon himself'

Mr Kirk, a married father of two, was struck in the neck by a single bullet while speaking about mass shootings at a university campus in Utah yesterday, with a manhunt still underway.

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5 d. ago Eyewitnesses recount horror as Charlie Kirk shot at Utah university event

Eyewitnesses have given accounts of the horror which unfolded at the Utah Valley University campus after right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking on stage.

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5 d. ago Trump's speech on Charlie Kirk slammed as AI sleuths spot 'disappearing finger'

Charlie Kirk, 31, who founded the influential and Trump-backing right wing student movement Turning Point, was brutally shot dead as he spoke in front of 3,000 students

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5 d. ago Trump ‘filled with grief and anger’ following ‘heinous’ assassination of Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump says he is “filled with grief and anger” following the “heinous” assassination of Charlie Kirk on a Utah university campus.

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5 d. ago Charlie Kirk shooting latest: search for killer under way as Trump vows crackdown on ‘political violence’

In an address delivered before the person who killed Kirk had even been identified, Donald Trump blamed ‘the radical left’ for the shooting Here is a graphic showing the site of the Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley University campus and also the reported location of the shooter:Here is a summary of what we know and the developments so far:Kirk, a 31-year-old influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot on Wednesday while speaking at a university in Utah, triggering a manhunt for a lone sniper who the governor said had carried out a “political assassination”.Authorities said they still had no suspect in custody as of Wednesday night, about eight hours after the midday shooting at Utah Valley University campus in Orem during an event attended by 3,000 people.On Wednesday night, the campus of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem remained on lockdown, with traffic cones and flashing police cars blocking every entrance. At the nearby Timpanogos regional hospital, wher...

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5 d. ago Charlie Kirk dead: Everything we know as shooter at large and Trump issues blame

Right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk, 31, was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University when he was shot in the neck from a nearby campus building - the suspect remains at large

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