68 h. ago Teenager arrested over kidnap and sexual assault of girl during soccer practice in Golden Gate Park

Investigators believe the same suspect may have approached another girl in the area a day earlier

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2 d. ago US public health officials vigilant as newer mpox variant detected

Risk to general public is low but cases in California suggest virus is spreading undetected in some communitiesA newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in the US and Europe.The risk to the general public is low, but community transmission in new places signals greater challenges for public health to detect cases and stop the spread. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Katy Perry's friend reveals why star was 'drawn' to 'strong' Justin Trudeau after Orlando Bloom heartbreak

'Katy said he is a solid guy and she loves that he is a earth sign, a Capricorn, she is very into astrology,' the pal noted. 'It's like every day that girl is on Astrology Zone, she has fun with it.'

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6 d. ago Gavin Newsom tells supporters of redistricting proposal to ‘stop donating’

California governor launched the effort to counter Texas’s gerrymander and has far out-raised measure’s opponentsWith just one week before California voters are set to head to the polls to decide on the state’s redistricting proposal, Gavin Newsom sent an unexpected message to would-be donors: keep your money.“We have hit our budget goals and raised what we need in order to pass Proposition 50. You can stop donating,” the California governor said in an email. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Gavin Newsom tells Prop 50 supporters to ‘stop donating’ after war chest swells

California governor launched redistricting effort to counter Texas’s gerrymander and has out-raised oppositionWith just one week before California voters are set to head to the polls to decide on the state’s redistricting proposal, Gavin Newsom sent an unexpected message to would-be donors: keep your money.“We have hit our budget goals and raised what we need in order to pass Proposition 50. You can stop donating,” the California governor said in an email. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Blue Jays will not pitch to devastating Shohei Ohtani for rest of World Series

Japanese star was almost unstoppable in Game 3Ohtani will also pitch in Game 4 for DodgersAfter watching Shohei Ohtani baffle their pitching staff during Game 3 of the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays have made a bold decision: they are done pitching to baseball’s biggest star.Blue Jays manager John Schneider did not mince his words after the Dodgers prevailed 6-5 on Monday in an 18-inning classic during which Ohtani smacked two doubles and two home runs in his first four at-bats before Toronto essentially stopped trying to get him out. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Girl, 8, dies after falling unwell in car park day before her birthday

Eight-year-old Olivia Grace Edwards was rushed to hospital after being taken unwell in a car park in Aberdeen, but was tragically pronounced dead a short time later

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8 d. ago ‘I could have killed them’: Lawson’s fury after narrowly missing hitting marshals

Marshals ran across track clearing debris at Mexico GP‘I nearly hit one of them, honestly, it was so dangerous’Liam Lawson issued a damning broadside after he narrowly missed hitting two marshals on track at the Mexico City Grand Prix, warning that he could have killed them and branding it dangerous and unacceptable.In the race which was won in dominant form by McLaren’s Lando Norris, the Racing Bulls driver had started in 15th place but took damage on the opening lap and made an immediate pit stop. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Little girl dies on the day before her ninth birthday 'after taking unwell in car'

Olivia Grace Edwards, eight, was at the Kingswell Park and Ride on Skene Road in Aberdeen when she became poorly at around 8.40pm on Saturday, October 25.

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8 d. ago 'Beautiful' girl, 8, dies after falling 'unwell' in car park day before birthday

A young girl died suddenly after falling ill in a car park in Aberdeen, the day before her ninth birthday, leaving the local community in shock

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8 d. ago 'Beautiful' little girl died after taking unwell in Scots car park day before her ninth birthday

Olivia Grace Edwards took unwell a park and ride facility on Skene Road and died shortly after at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.

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1 week ago Just redo it: inside Nike’s plans to put the swoosh back into its sales

The world’s largest sportswear company was wobbling amid complaints that it had become too safe. Armed with a provocative new slogan, the company reveals the innovations and strategy it hopes will turn its reputation aroundThe entrance to Nike’s swish global headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon is paved with rough cobbles, designed to remind employees to watch their step when they go forward.Last summer, though, not even the world’s biggest sports brand could stop itself from taking an almighty tumble. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sudanese migrant, 30, who attacked two security guards and told them he would 'teach them a lesson' after he jumped train station barriers is spared jail

Karam Abdulkarim-Mohamed, 30, called the guards 'motherf******' after they stopped him at Reading railway station in January.

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2 w. ago Girl, 15, raped every day after being forced to marry man twice her age

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Rubie was just 15 when she was forced to marry a man twice her age after being taken from the UK to Bangladesh by her family

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2 w. ago Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse

Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a heroThere is a strand running through Nobody’s Girl – a memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April this year – in which the activist and survivor of Jeffrey Epstein grapples with something more insidious than abuse. “I know it is a lot to take in,” she writes after a gruelling early passage detailing how she was sexually abused as a child. “But please don’t stop reading.” After recounting the first time Epstein allegedly forced her to have sex with one of his billionaire friends, she writes, “I need a breather. I bet you do too.”Throughout the book, Giuffre beguiles, apologises and cheerfully breaks the fourth wall in an effort to soften the distaste she assumes her story will trigger. Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions s...

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2 w. ago Dad scoops monster EuroMillions jackpot thanks to daughter's 'persistent' plea

Valdet Bujupi scooped more than half a million pounds on the EuroMillions - the 44-year-old was returning from a day out with his little girl when she asked him to buy her some treats.

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2 w. ago Ferrari cuts number of cars it sends to UK after tax changes

Non-dom regime was abolished in April and carmaker says ‘some people are getting out of that country’Ferrari has cut the number of cars it sells in the UK as wealthy individuals relocate overseas after tax changes and the abolition of non-dom status.The Italian luxury carmaker reportedly began limiting the number of vehicles it exported to the UK about six months ago, in an attempt to stop a decline in their residual value. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?

Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrialsFor centuries, great thinkers have pondered why, given the hundreds of billions of planets in the galaxy, we have seen no compelling signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.Now, scientists are mulling an intriguing possibility: if aliens exist, their technology may be only marginally better than ours. And having explored their cosmic neighbourhood for a while, they simply got bored and stopped bothering, making it difficult to detect them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police suspected Tommy Robinson had information relevant to acts of terrorism on phone, court told

Activist refused to give police his phone pin when stopped at Channel tunnel in July 2024Police officers who stopped Tommy Robinson as he tried to leave the UK last year had reasonable suspicions that his phone contained information relevant to acts of terrorism, prosecutors have told his trial.The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel tunnel on 28 July 2024. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police who stopped Tommy Robinson ‘had reasonable suspicion’ of far

Activist refused to give police his phone pin when stopped at Channel tunnel in July 2024Police officers who stopped Tommy Robinson as he tried to leave the UK last year had reasonable suspicions that his phone contained information relevant to acts of terrorism, prosecutors have told his trial.The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel tunnel on 28 July 2024. Continue reading...

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