2 h. ago Texas court again pauses execution of man in ‘shaken baby’ case

Robert Roberson, who has maintained innocence in death of two-year-old daughter, gets third execution date stayedTexas’s top criminal court again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was scheduled to become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016, including an attempt nearly a year ago that was stopped by an unprecedented intervention from a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers who believe he is innocent. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case

Texas’ top criminal court has again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he had been set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death in a shaken baby case

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6 h. ago Texas father remains hopeful he can avoid execution in ‘shaken baby’ case

Robert Roberson said he is optimistic he will one day get a chance to prove his innocence with a new trial

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37 h. ago Robert Roberson remains hopeful as he faces another execution date in shaken baby syndrome case

Robert Roberson hopes he will again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome

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4 d. ago Netanyahu hopeful hostage deal will be announced in ‘coming days’

Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he hopes all remaining Israeli hostages will be freed from Gaza in the “coming days”.

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4 d. ago US envoys head to Egypt for Gaza ceasefire talks as Trump says ‘we are very close’ to deal

US president says he will push to finalize agreement in the coming days even as scores of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacksDonald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior envoy are heading to Egypt to begin ceasefire negotiations, the White House has said, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he hoped to bring all remaining hostages home in the coming days.A White House official said the US president was sending his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, to Egypt on Saturday to finalise the technical details of a hostage release and discuss a lasting ceasefire deal a day after Hamas said it was ready to free hostages under Trump’s plan to end the two-year-old war. In an interview, Trump said “we are very close” to reaching an agreement. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago What has the United Nations ever done for us? Why we'd be lost without it

Amid rising nationalism and geopolitical tension, critics argue the UN is slow, bureaucratic and sometimes toothless, but it remains our best hope for shaping a brighter future

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1 week ago Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor

The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take overAs humanity inches closer to an AI apocalypse, a sliver of hope remains: the robots might not work.Such was the case last week, as Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company’s new AI-enabled smart glasses. “I don’t know what to tell you guys,” Zuckerberg told a crowd of Meta enthusiasts as he tried, and failed, for roughly the fourth time to hold a video call with his colleague via the glasses. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Strip club executives accused of bribing tax auditor with lap dances to save millions: ‘The girls were very beautiful and nice’

Prosecutors say a company that owns strip clubs across the country and several of its executives have been charged with bribing a government official to avoid paying more than $8 million in sales taxes to New York City and the state of New York

Economics

3 w. ago Man Utd could still complete one more transfer with talks over move ongoing

Manchester United managed to offload a number of players during the summer transfer window, and youngster Sam Mather still remains hopeful that he can secure an exit

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