59 m. ago They want to talk to somebody. That ‘somebody’ ends up being AI

What is it like to get your mental health treatment from an unlicensed chatbot? Users tell Io Dodds how A.I. helped them through difficult times — but also how it can go catastrophically wrong

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2 h. ago Erik ten Hag was utterly humiliated by Leverkusen staff before 'unprecedented' sacking

Erik ten Hag lasted just over two years in charge at Manchester United, but only lasted two league games at Bayer Leverkusen after tension with the hierarchy over signings and the direction of the club

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2 h. ago Man arrested after police probe of 'those involved in encouraging Palestine Action support'

A 59-year-old man in Oban has been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing investigation into those involved in encouraging support for Palestine Action.

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2 h. ago Lucas Paquetá faces fine after being found guilty of two misconduct charges

West Ham forward cleared in July of spot-fixing Paquetá to have hearing to determine punishmentLucas Paquetá is poised to receive only a fine after being found guilty of two misconduct charges relating to the spot-fixing allegations he was cleared of in July.The independent commission that acquitted Paquetá of being deliberately booked to fix betting markets upheld two lesser charges against him of failing to answer questions and provide information to the Football Association’s investigation, with its written reasons for both verdicts due to be published this week. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'I landed iconic 90s Nickelodeon show role after making big change to myself'

A successful actor and director has admitted there was one key move in an important interview in Los Angeles as a teen that helped shape his career, revealing things could have been so different

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3 h. ago Dad threatened to burn down Betfred because he kept losing on bets and 'smashed up shop'

Hawest Karimpoori hurled a chair, set fire to a newspaper and began ripping up the carpet during his ill-fated trip to the bookies

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4 h. ago Neighbor realizes he unwittingly helped murderer dispose body after being told it was 'hockey mannequin', police say

Christopher Caron (pictured), 42, was charged with murder after he allegedly tricked his neighbors into helping him move a dead body by telling them it was a 'hockey mannequin'.

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4 h. ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

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4 h. ago Swansea City finally complete loan deal for Burnley winger Manuel Benson to complete impressive window

Swansea have completed their final move of the summer window

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4 h. ago He traveled to 118 countries before turning 20. Here’s how he did it and where he visited

Arjun Malaviya set off from his home in California on his 17th birthday with the aim of ‘seeing the world alone, before turning 20’. He spoke to US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill about his epic odyssey, revealing the country where he rode a scooter on an airport runway, where has the best food... and the places that disappointed

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5 h. ago Another defeat for Jeanine Pirro as DC grand jury again declines to bring charges amid Trump takeover

A grand jury declined to bring a federal indictment against an individual accused of making threats against the president

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5 h. ago Pregnant British teen 'drug mule' facing life in Georgia prison set for release if 'substantial' fine paid

Bella May Culley, 19, is accused of carrying £200,000 worth of narcotics into the ex-Soviet country

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5 h. ago Teens who murdered virgin as part of a sickening 'satanic ritual' freed from jail

Elyse Pahler was killed on July 22, 1995, by her high school classmates Royce Casey, Jacob Delashmutt, and Joseph Fiorella. She was stabbed, choked, kicked and left to bleed to death.

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5 h. ago Suspect locked up for alleged crime spree faces murder charges after pregnant woman found dead in abandoned car

James ‘Jaime’ Benavidez, 50, is accused of murdering 32-year-old Keeley Koff

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5 h. ago Queen Camilla fought off London train groper with her shoe as a teen: book

Queen Camilla fought off London train groper with her shoe as a teen: book  Fox News

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6 h. ago Man United handed new penalty verdicts after late Burnley drama at Old Trafford

Ruben Amorim saw his side win for the first time this season after a last-minute penalty ensured a 3-2 win over Burnley

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6 h. ago Margaret Atwood releases short story critiquing book bans in Canada

Author quipped she wrote ‘suitable’ piece after Alberta school ban included her novel The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual content” has seen numerous works of literature swept up in the dragnet, including Atwood’s, dystopian work The Handmaid‘s Tale.In a social media post, Atwood wrote that since her famed work was no longer permissible in Alberta schools, she had written a “suitable” short work for teens, adding the work was necessary because the province’s minister of education thought students were “stupid babies”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago England thrashed by South Africa with 175 balls to spare: first men’s one

England are skittled for 131 at HeadingleyBaker set for debut as Overton takes ‘indefinite break’1st over: England 8-0 (Duckett 0, Smith 8) Burger with the first over. Tall, broad, left arm, a shadow of a moustache, a doormat of a goatee, and Smith plays the first three balls watchfully away. Balls five and six however, go for four, one sent away at 27 minutes past the hour, one at 27 minutes to.Our man on the ground, Simon Burnton, reports a ground half full and filling up quickly, as the players prepare to walk through a welcoming committee of flag-waving women over 40. Just add that to our skill set. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago All Brit 'drug mules' in foreign jails as pregnant teen Bella Culley may soon be free

As pregnant teenager Bella Culley appears in court in Georgia accused of drug smuggling, we share a list of Brits accused of similar crimes currently held in prisons abroad

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6 h. ago Football Daily | Are Strasbourg a sister club to Chelsea or just their storage facility?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Strasbourg, official seat of the European parliament, the jewel of the Alsace region on the west bank of the Rhine. Important historically, geographically and politically. One of the city’s most famous sons, Arsène Wenger, as a boy, was so embedded that his first language was Low Alemannic German, not French. To use a word Wenger brought to the English football vernacular – footballistically – Strasbourg was never too much of a hub. The club reformed after liquidation as recently as 2011, having won just one French title back in 1979 when Wenger was a fringe player already embedded in coaching. In defence was the future France coach Raymond Domenech, the keen astrologist in charge when a very Gallic bust-up ravaged Les Bleus at the 2010 World Cup.We’re all captivated by the journey of Wrexham. It’s been amazing for Welsh football and hopefully now in a number of years we’ll see young players coming through There isn’t similarities t...

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