4 h. ago America's harshest death row grants killer inmates incredible new perk

Rodolfo 'Rudy' Alvarez Medrano, 45, a Texas death row inmate, is among a select group of about a dozen prisoners chosen for a groundbreaking program.

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43 h. ago The Breakdown | Five areas where the Australia v Lions Test series will be won and lost

Selection, discipline, kicking, aerial dominance and individual brilliance will all be key in the next few weeksSelection It may sound obvious but both sides need their key chess pieces to be in the correct places. Neither team are due to declare their hands officially until Thursday but the Lions will be well aware of Joe Schmidt’s ability to produce a tactical surprise or two. The big name to look out from an Australian perspective will be Rob Valetini, such an important cog in the Wallaby pack but injured for the recent Fiji game. If Valetini is ruled out it will be a blow to home morale; the Wallabies are going to need their main men on the field. The Lions have had their own injury problems but their back-row and centre selections will be instructive. They will be tempted to start with their most physical flanker, Tom Curry, and send out Ben Earl and/or Henry Pollock to up the tempo later. But Jac Morgan, the only Welshman left in the squad and a specialist jackler, would offer...

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57 h. ago Reform defector left Tories after mayoral candidate selection row involving Theresa May’s husband

Exclusive: A prospective Tory candidate for a mayoral race next year has switched to Reform after he was not added to a shortlist following an interview with Sir Philip May

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58 h. ago Cuomo staying in NYC mayor’s race as independent after losing Democratic primary to Mamdani

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will campaign for mayor of New York City as an independent candidate, staying in a crowded field running against surging left-wing Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani

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62 h. ago Rachel Riley says she'd rather 'swim with killer sharks' than do Strictly again

Countdown queen, Rachel Riley, may have met her husband, Pasha Kovalev, on Strictly Come Dancing, but she inisits there's no way she'd go back on the show

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65 h. ago I was on New York’s rent board. Zohran Mamdani’s ideas aren’t pie in the sky | Leah Goodridge

The Democratic mayoral candidate has faced controversy over his calls for a rent freeze. But the plan has plenty of precedent During the New York City mayoral primary campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for a citywide rent freeze became a contentious topic. The Democratic nominee says to achieve a cap on annual rent increases for the city’s 1m rent-stabilized apartments, he would appoint members to the city’s rent guidelines board who support it. Critics decry a rent freeze as a pie-in-the-sky, unrealistic proposal.I served as a rent guidelines board member for nearly four years, appointed by then mayor Bill de Blasio in 2018. And it’s clear this controversy isn’t just about rent freezes – there’s a larger agenda to deregulate rent-stabilized housing, under which rent ceilings prevent landlords from raising the rent too high and tenants must be offered renewal leases (unless the landlord shows legal reason not to). Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump booster Charlie Kirk calls NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani a ‘parasite’ and says legal immigration ‘also the problem’

Charlie Kirk called NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a “parasite” and slammed legal immigration in a xenophobic attack on Friday.

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8 d. ago Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote is 'still living with husband Kris Evans' despite the couple 'heading for divorce'

The former Coronation Street star, 34, has endured a torrid time of late after a fire ripped through her beauty business last month.

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9 d. ago Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan

With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against MamdaniA recent New York Times news story immediately drew fire from readers – and for very good reason.Headlined “Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application,” the article centered on Zohran Mamdani, the candidate for New York City mayor who drew national attention recently with his stunning win in the Democratic primary election.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Georgia May Foote's husband Kris Evans looks dishevelled in first sighting since split rumours

It was a rare outing for Kris - who had enjoyed a low-key relationship with Georgia - having made the major decision to retreat from public eye following years of fame hunting.

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9 d. ago Fans go wild as Katie Holmes LIKES Instagram post confirming ex Tom Cruise's romance with Ana de Armas... after the movie legend, 63, marked Bond Girl's 37th birthday with London night out

Katie Holmes liked an Instagram post regarding the confirmation of her ex-husband Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas' new romance back in May.

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9 d. ago Coronation Street's Georgia May Foote and X Factor star husband 'headed for divorce'

Coronation Street actress Georgia May Foote is said to be preparing to divorce her husband, X Factor star Kris Evans, just two years after the pair married one another

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2 w. ago Zohran Mamdani is wrong — of course billionaires should exist

The democratic socialist candidate to be mayor of New York mistakenly believes that the economy is a zero-sum game

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2 w. ago Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship

Move comes after rightwing Republican accused New York mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’ The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York, of his US citizenship as part of a crackdown against foreign-born citizens convicted of certain offences.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, appeared to pave the way for an investigation into Mamdani’s status after Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican congressman for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support for “terrorism” during the naturalization process. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mamdani says we shouldn’t have billionaires after Trump branded him ‘communist lunatic’

New York mayoral candidate defends plans to tax city’s wealthiest one percent to end inequality

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2 w. ago Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani ‘doesn’t behave’

Democratic mayoral candidate denies Trump’s accusation that he is communist while reaffirming push to tax wealthyDonald Trump on Sunday threatened to cut New York City off from federal funds if favored mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, “doesn’t behave himself” should he be elected.Mamdani, meanwhile, denied that he was – as the president said – a communist. But he reaffirmed his commitment to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers while saying: “I don’t think that we should have billionaires.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Awkward moment NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s 2019 rap video is played during a CNN interview

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was presented with an awkward blast from his past during a live CNN interview.

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2 w. ago Zohran Mamdani’s cringe moment as CNN’s Erin Burnett makes him watch his 2019 rap video

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was awkwardly confronted on CNN with a resurfaced 2019 rap music video.

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2 w. ago Cuomo to stay in New York mayoral race despite Mamdani besting him in primary – report

Ex-governor failed to secure Democratic nomination this week but still plans to run on ‘Fight and Delivery’ ballot lineFormer New York governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly plans to run as an independent candidate in the New York City’s mayoral race, days after finding himself bested in the Democratic primary by progressive insurgent candidate Zohran Mamdani.Several news outlets reported late on Thursday that Cuomo, 67, part of a long and powerful political dynasty in New York, would not withdraw after conceding the primary to democratic socialist newcomer Mamdani, who is now the favorite in the race and could become the city’s first Muslim mayor at the general election in November. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mamdani stood firm in his support for Gaza. The Democratic party could learn from him | Yousef Munayyer

Few issues highlight how out of touch Democratic leaders are than the issue of Palestine – Mamdani chose a different pathAs the ballots were counted on Wednesday in the Democratic primary election for mayor in New York City, a young candidate with little national name recognition, Zohran Mamdani, stood atop a slate of candidates including the runner-up, and favorite, Andrew Cuomo. There are several reasons why Mamdani was able to pull off this remarkable victory, putting him on track to compete favorably in the mayoral election in November, and many of them have implications for elections outside New York City.But one area where the contrast between the candidates could not be clearer was on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Mamdani, for his part, stood with protesters, demanded the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and called out Israel’s war crimes. Mamdani even pledged he’d have the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, an indicted war criminal, arrested if he came to New York City wh...

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