8 h. ago Chelsea striker left sweating on deadline day transfer as huge issue emerges

Chelsea forward David Datro Fofana was hopeful of securing a deadline day loan to Charlton but an issue with the paperwork and a failure to meet the 7pm cut-off time means he's set to remain with the Blues

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24 h. ago Cabin chaos as SkyWest flight drops 4,400ft in seconds sending screaming passengers to hospital

Passengers flying from Colorado to Texas experienced plummeted more than 4,000 feet in under a minute. 'We're going to need a stretcher, and there is bleeding as well,' a pilot said.

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26 h. ago Boy, 11, shot dead after ‘ding dong ditch’ prank goes horribly wrong

The child’s fatal shooting in Houston is at least the second death in the U.S. this year linked to the prank

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4 d. ago Atomic review – the intro is the most hardcore 37 seconds of TV this year

The suspense never ends in Alfie Allen and Samira Wiley’s uranium-smuggling thriller. If you can make it through the intense opening, you can make it through anythingYou know what they say. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the drug smuggling across the Sahara racket. Alas, these are wise words that young cartel driver Max (Alfie Allen, bringing exactly the reckless high energy the character and venture require) has failed to heed. We first meet him speeding across the Algerian portion of the north African desert with a companion called Carlos (Nezar Thalal) on their way to Beirut to exchange a great deal of cocaine for some antique statues, when bish, bash, wallop, what’s happening?! An ambush by a militant group armed with machine guns who kill Carlos and are about to kill Max? But then one of the group turns on the others and kills all of them stone dead instead, before flinging Max and the coke in the car and hightailing it out of there? That is what’s happening! Goodness ...

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4 d. ago Former MLB star Mark Teixeira announces bid for US House seat in Texas

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira is seeking the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas

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5 d. ago More records from Uvalde, Texas school shooting are being released after law firm error

Thousands more pages of records related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, were being released this week after the school district's lawyer said his firm mistakenly failed to make public all documents as promised in a legal settlement

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8 d. ago Houston homeowner shoots and kills two men in ski masks who turned up at home claiming to be cops

Two suspects were wearing bulletproof vests and badges around their necks

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9 d. ago Gliders battle thunderstorms and wildfire smoke at women’s world championship | Emma John

British team had a ‘nightmare’ in the Czech Republic, but the solidarity among competing nations shone throughAnne Soltow’s glider was leading the field all day. Now it is in an actual field and a kilometre short of the finish. The single-seater sailplane looks like a giant alien bug: long slender fuselage, a canopy encasing the cockpit like a single eye, epic wings, 15 metres tip to tip. They were all that was keeping Soltow’s engineless aircraft in the sky – until 10 minutes ago.The pilot is furious with herself. She had been in the air for nearly four hours and in first place before running out of altitude on the final run back to the airfield. “Landing out” is common in gliding, where testing courses are spread across hundreds of kilometres (think orienteering in the sky). You stay airborne by climbing naturally occurring, upward-spiralling cylinders of warm air known as thermals. Fail to find these and the ground comes to meet you a lot earlier than you would like. Continue rea...

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9 d. ago Royal Mail fail to deliver one in four first class letters on time in first months under new ownership approved by ministers

The postal service, which is already under scrutiny after it increased the cost of a first-class stamp to £1.70 in April, is failing to meet the targets imposed by the watchdog.

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1 week ago Texas senate gives final approval to redrawn congressional map that heavily favours Republicans

The map will now be sent to governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, who is expected to quickly sign it into lawThe Texas senate has given final approval to a redrawn congressional map that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional seats, fulfilling a brazen political request from Donald Trump to shore up the GOP’s standing before next year’s midterm elections.It will now be sent to governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, who is expected to quickly sign it into law, however Democrats have vowed to challenge it in court. The Texas house of representatives approved the map on Wednesday on an 88-52 party-line vote, before the senate approved it early on Saturday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gavin Newsom signs bill to redraw California districts in response to Texas effort to add five GOP seats

Signing comes day after Texas House sent GOP plan to add five seats on fast track to passage

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1 week ago California lawmakers approve special election to ask voters to approve new congressional maps – follow live

The effort, led by state governor Gavin Newsom, is an answer to Republican gerrymandering in Texas at behest of Donald TrumpCalifornia approves special election for redrawn voting mapsThe government lost its bid to unseal grand jury transcripts in the sex-trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein.Richard Berman, a federal judge in New York, said the transcripts pale in comparison to the documents the government already has on Epstein and that disclosing them could harm victims.It’s kind of bizarre that we have a bunch of old, primarily white people who are out there protesting the policies that keep people safe when they’ve never felt danger in their entire lives. Continue reading...

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1 week ago California supreme court rejects Republican effort to stop redistricting as legislature seeks vote on plan – live

California Democrats’ aim is to offset the Republican-drawn gerrymandered Texas map that nets five new US House seats for the GOP in 2026Texas Republicans pass gerrymandered congressional mapThe government lost its bid to unseal grand jury transcripts in the sex-trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein.Richard Berman, a federal judge in New York, said the transcripts pale in comparison to the documents the government already has on Epstein and that disclosing them could harm victims.It’s kind of bizarre that we have a bunch of old, primarily white people who are out there protesting the policies that keep people safe when they’ve never felt danger in their entire lives. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Texas Republicans pass gerrymandered congressional map requested by Trump

Redrawn map fiercely opposed by Democrats next goes to the state senate where it is expected to passUS politics – live updatesThe Republican-controlled Texas house on Wednesday approved a redrawn congressional map requested by Donald Trump and fiercely opposed by Democrats who led a weeks-long protest to stall the effort that kicked off a redistricting arms race between red and blue states.With the house’s approval, the measure next goes to the state senate where it is expected to pass, possibly as soon as Thursday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Texas Republicans to approve new gerrymandered map; Vance and Hegseth booed at DC station – live

State house to hold vote on map; US vice-president, defense secretary and Trump aide Stephen Miller booed at photo op with police in Washington DCThe White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale.“America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?” read a caption on the account’s first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular video-sharing app. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Latest: Texas GOP poised to approve map gerrymandered for their advantage

The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP

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1 week ago Influencers 'inches from death' after car slams into restaurant during live food review

Influencer couple Patrick Blackwood and Nina Santiago were recording a food review at a restaurant in Houston, Texas when a car reportedly slammed into the booth they were sitting at

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2 w. ago Texas Democrat remains locked in House chamber after refusing GOP law enforcement escort

Nicole Collier rejects Speaker Dustin Burrows’ pledge to return for Wednesday morning vote on Republican push to redraw state’s electoral map

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2 w. ago Texas House has enough lawmakers present to pass gerrymandered congressional map – US politics live

Quorum in state House also paves way for redistricting battle across the country to continueTrump pledges to scrap mail ballots before 2026 midtermsNewsmax and Dominion settle for $67m in defamation suit over US election liesAn aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured children from Gaza has said it is “distressed” by the US state department’s decision to stop issuing visitor visas for Palestinians after a far-right influencer complained directly to the secretary of state about their work.Laura Loomer, who has previously described herself as a “proud Islamophobe”, told the New York Times that she had spoken to Marco Rubio on Friday night to warn the secretary of state of what she called the threat posed by “Islamic invaders”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta working on five deals despite being handed Eberechi Eze blow

Arsenal are set to face Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, but they have missed out on the chance to sign some players after they failed to meet a key deadline

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