31 h. ago Wigan councillor who called Wigan Athletic football fans 'six fingered f*****s' apologises

John Vickers represents the Hindley Green ward in Wigan

Sport

7 d. ago New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors sends US states racing to attract the industry

U.S. states are positioning themselves to compete for newer, cheaper nuclear reactors being developed as communities and tech giants compete in a race for electricity

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8 d. ago Severe storms flood streets and prompt water rescues in South Texas

South Texas is trying to dry out after severe thunderstorms flooded streets, forced the closure of an airport and had authorities conducting more than 50 water rescues as many drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles on roadways and parking lots

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9 d. ago Grieving father of American Airlines pilot killed in DC chopper crash says tragedy was 'completely preventable' as he calls for apology from US army

Samuel Lilley (pictured, his father Tim Lilley), 28, was the copilot onboard American Airlines flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter in Washington DC last month.

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1 week ago Rep. Jasmine Crockett has a history of mocking Gov. Gregg Abbott’s wheelchair use

Texas congresswoman under fire for ridiculing the Republican governor as ‘Hot Wheels’ but insists she was referring to the ‘planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants’

Politics

1 week ago Rep. Jasmine Crockett refuses to apologize for calling Gov. Greg Abbott ‘Hot wheels’

‘At no point did I mention or allude to his condition,’ Crockett defended herself in a statement on X

Politics

1 week ago Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty

Events

1 week ago Jasmine Crockett under fire for mocking Texas governor’s wheelchair: ‘Governor Hot Wheels down there’

‘Crockett is what the Democratic base wants, but she's the opposite of what the party needs,’ conservative writer says

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1 week ago Child's play: The best toy deals in the Amazon Spring Sale from Barbie and LEGO to Hot Wheels

Toying with the idea of a spring shopping spree? Amazon’s spring sale has plenty of offers in the bag

Economics

1 week ago AG Pam Bondi calls for Jasmine Crockett to apologize to Texas and Tesla ‘shareholders’ for Elon Musk criticism

Trump administration has said it will investigate attacks on Tesla as domestic terrorism

Events

1 week ago AG Pam Bondi calls for Jasmine Crockett to apologize to Texas and ‘shareholders’ of Tesla for comments on Elon Musk

Trump administration has said it will investigate attacks on Tesla as domestic terrorism

Events

1 week ago AG Pam Bondi warns Rep. Jasmine Crockett to watch what she says about Elon Musk

Bondi and Crockett exchanged barbs after the Democrat said that the Tesla chief should be ‘taken down’

Events

2 w. ago Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses Rep. Jasmine Crockett of ‘terrorism’ for participating in online Tesla Takedown event

Taylor-Greene took Trump’s pledge to declare any Tesla vandals as ‘terrorists’ a level further after tearing into Jasmine Crockett’s disdain for Tesla Inc.

Events

2 w. ago Lib Dem enforcer faces call to apologise for telling off dog who crossed the floor for hugs

Lib Dem activists have jokingly demanded chief whip Wendy Chamberlain apologises for telling off Guide Dog Jennie after she was seen brazenly crossing the Commons chamber

Politics

2 w. ago Labour dubbed ‘nasty party’ as it rejects call for winter fuel payments apology

A Conservative motion seeking further data on the impact of the cut was defeated in the Commons.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Will Freya find a lovely birthday gift for mummy?’: why the Sylvanian Families movie is the anti

The trailer for the new film about the dainty woodland creatures will wash over your brain like a warm 70-second bath. Does every toy movie need to be an Oscar-worthy social commentary?This Easter, a new movie based on Sylvanian Families will be released into cinemas. If you’ve been keeping up with films based on toys for the last decade or so, then you’ll be forgiven for feeling a modicum of dread upon hearing this news. Because ever since Barbie took a billion dollars and found itself nominated for a bunch of Oscars, a toy movie isn’t allowed to be a toy movie any more. It has to be an auteur-driven toy movie; one that also functions as a commentary about the capitalist machinations that drive the toy industry.It’s everywhere. In 2022, Emily V Gordon and Jon M Chu announced that they were making a Play-Doh movie that would be about “creativity, imagination, and the purpose of art”. JJ Abrams is making a film based on Hot Wheels that he describes as “emotional and grounded and grit...

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3 w. ago Wales boss Craig Bellamy dismisses Aaron Ramsey apology attempt as shock call

Ramsey has been forced to pull out of the latest Wales squad following another injury setback

Events

4 w. ago Venezuelan parents watch from home as their son is laid to rest in Texas after drowning

The cries of a mother watching from Venezuela through a cellphone pierced through the somber Christian music and gusts of wind as her son's casket was lowered into the ground

Society

4 w. ago Elon Musk celebrates after Texas man loses job over refusal to remove gender preferences from email

Frank Zamora was terminated for failing to comply with a directive inspired by Governor Greg Abbott’s order for state agencies to ‘reject woke gender ideologies’

Politics

4 w. ago Elon Musk and Texas governor celebrate firing of worker over pronouns in email signature

Billionaire Trump ally and Greg Abbot tweet about Frank Zamora, who was let go after refusing to remove pronounsThe Texas governor, Greg Abbott, and, later, Elon Musk showed support on Wednesday for the firing of a state employee who refused to remove his pronouns from his work email signature.Frank Zamora, 31, was let go from his job as a program manager at the Texas real estate commission (TREC) last month because he refused to comply with a mandate from the organisation to employees to remove gender pronouns from email signatures. Continue reading...

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