21 h. ago Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert review – how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves

The Pulitzer-nominated journalist recounts how modern misogyny has been shaped by a mass culture attuned to male desire and all-pervasive pornographyIn 2021, JD Vance told Fox News that senior Democrat women were just “childless cat ladies”, lacking cultural or social value compared with their married and procreating counterparts. When Taylor Swift looked down the barrel of this insult with a post on Instagram showing her posing with beloved feline Benjamin Button (from Time magazine’s photoshoot naming her 2023’s person of the year), she embraced the role of killjoy, rejecting Vance’s attempt to divide women. But even this gesture of defiance and solidarity was not enough to push back the red tide of misogyny and corruption: Trump was elected to a second term, the US was denied a female leader, and millions of women held their breath.When Sophie Gilbert, a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and critic at the Atlantic, was writing Girl on Girl, the 2025 Trump administration was just a wo...

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63 h. ago Man killed and six people rushed to hospital after police chase ends in three

One man has been killed and another person is fighting for their life after three cars smashed in a horror crash following a police chase.

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3 d. ago Murderer killed after being smacked over head with dumbbell inside jail gym

John Mansfield was killed while serving a life sentence at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire after he was jailed in 2014 for the murder of his elderly neighbour Ann Alfonso

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4 d. ago Convicted murderer John Mansfield killed in brutal attack at high

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the drug-fuelled murder of his neighbour Ann Alfanso, was set upon at inside HMP Whitemoor, which is near March, Cambridgeshire

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4 d. ago Croydon killers who murdered man and ordered Guinness minutes later jailed

David Walcott, 35, and Rammon Mali, 33, have been jailed for life for the murder of Rijkaard Siafa, 22, who was stabbed at least 13 times in Croydon in April last year

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4 d. ago Killer died from head injury in prison, tests show as murder probe continues

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for murder, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Convicted murderer John Mansfield died of a head injury after being 'attacked by another inmate' in high

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the drug-fuelled murder of his neighbour Ann Alfanso, 63, was attacked inside HMP Whitemoor, Cambs.

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5 d. ago Knifeman dressed as The Joker ‘stabs man to death in horror triple nightclub stabbing’

An alleged knifeman was caught on CCTV arriving at a nightclub dressed at the Batman supervillain before reportedly stabbing three people - one person was killed in the horror attack

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6 d. ago One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack on Tuesday occurred two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Residents unable to return home after explosion kills one person

A man in his 50s has been found dead among the wreckage of the house that was destroyed in a suspected gas explosion

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6 d. ago Man jailed for murder of friend after ‘childish’ eyebrow prank

Matthew Higgins was sentenced to life over the fatal stabbing of David Eaton last year.

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6 d. ago Man who murdered pal after he shaved his eyebrow off jailed for 18 years

David Eaton, 37, was brutally stabbed to death by his pal Matthew Higgins in the heart after he shaved off his eyebrow as a 'joke' - Higgins has now been jailed for murder

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6 d. ago The return of the firing squad is a defeat for death penalty supporters | Austin Sarat

The method is a vivid reminder of the brutality of state killing. That undermines the pro-capital-punishment narrativeOn 11 April, South Carolina executed Mikal Mahdi by firing squad. Mahdi had been convicted and sentenced for the 2004 killing of an off-duty law enforcement officer.One month before his execution, South Carolina put Brad Sigmon to death using the same method. He was the first person since 2010 to be killed by the firing squad. Both Mahdi and Sigmon chose the firing squad from a menu of three ways to die, the others being lethal injection and the electric chair. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Sickening reason killer John Mansfield targeted vulnerable neighbour he used to shop for

John Mansfield, 63, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his female neighbour, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March in Cambridgeshire on Sunday

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7 d. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murdering convicted killer John Mansfield in prison

Mansfield, was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor.

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1 week ago Child killer Rick Thorburn, who murdered Tiahleigh Palmer, found dead in Queensland jail cell

Thorburn was jailed for life after admitting to killing the 12-year-old foster child after his son Trent confessed to sexually assaulting herRick Thorburn, the Queensland man who was serving life in jail for the murder of 12-year-old foster child Tiahleigh Palmer, has been found dead in his cell.Queensland Corrective Services confirmed he had died in his Woodford Correctional Centre cell on Saturday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Texas plane crash: At least one person killed after latest horror aircraft smash near airport

Emergency services have descended on Propwash Airport, which is in Justin, Texas, as a plane has crashed - after the pilot reportedly experienced an issue with the aircraft

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1 week ago Emmerdale spoilers for next week: Anthony bombshell as John's secrets unravel

Emmerdale is lining up huge moments in the fallout to John Sugden's secrets being exposed, with him revealed as the killer of Nate Robinson and the person behind other crimes

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1 week ago Further convictions of man jailed for soldier murder referred to court of appeal

John McDevitt was convicted of the murder of Private Neil Clark on Easter Monday 1984 in Londonderry.

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1 week ago Florida brings charges against a man jailed on federal counts of trying to assassinate Trump

Florida's attorney general says his office will bring terrorism and attempted murder counts against a man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump while he was golfing last fall

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