91 m. ago Felix Baumgartner dead at 56 as man who jumped from space dies in horror paragliding crash

Felix Baumgartner - who became an icon when he jumped out of a helium balloon from 24 miles in the air in 2012 - has died at the age of 56 after a paragliding stunt went wrong

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2 h. ago Lawmakers are trying to run home for the summer before they are forced to vote on Epstein controversy

House Republican leaders have faced internal pressure to send members home amid suggestion of a bipartisan ‘discharge petition’ that would force a vote on the controversial files

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2 h. ago House votes on trio of cryptocurrency bills aimed at legitimizing the industry

The House is voting on a trio of bills intended to boost the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry with new regulations

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2 h. ago 'Young people like me will have their voices heard thanks to votes at 16'

Young campaigner Inaaya Ijaz who called for Votes at 16 at last year's Labour Conference says young people will now have their voice heard at the next general election.

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3 h. ago Connie Francis dead at 87 as singer's hit Pretty Little Baby goes viral on TikTok

Legendary singer Connie Francis has died at the age of 87, her friend Ron Roberts has confirmed.

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3 h. ago Wisconsin elections officials find clerk broke laws over uncounted ballots

Wisconsin election officials have found that the former Madison city clerk broke five election laws during the 2020 presidential election

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3 h. ago Microsoft wants to use human poop to lower its vast carbon footprint

Microsoft announced a deal to purchase 4.9 million metric tons of durable carbon dioxide removal from Vaulted Deep, a company that injects ‘bioslurry’ underground

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4 h. ago Count us out! Teenagers given the power to vote by Starmer say 16 and 17

Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled plans to 'modernise our democracy' by lowering England's voting age from 18 to 16 to bring national elections in line with those held in Scotland and Wales

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4 h. ago Ancient American language dies after last fluent speaker passes away aged 95

An ancient tribal language has lost its last fluent speaker, who recently died at the age of 95.

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4 h. ago Merz says he ‘deplores deeply’ UK’s decision to leave EU after signing UK

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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5 h. ago We’re on the road to fully autonomous cars, but the Tesla trial proves the road is going to be bumpy

The Tesla Autopilot court case probably won’t be the last as the journey towards driverless cars continues, predicts our EV Editor, Steve Fowler

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5 h. ago What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

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5 h. ago Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship

Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on researchThe Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he should consider resigning his fellowship if he felt unable to help mitigate the Trump administration’s attacks on research, the Guardian has learned.The owner of X, who is also CEO of Tesla and Space X, was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018 for his contribution to the space and electric vehicle industries. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Married city banker sacked after brief affair with junior colleague claims she became 'unhinged' when she learned his wife was pregnant, tribunal hears

Stanislav Stepchuk, a former director at Merrill Lynch, is suing the US investment giant for sex and age discrimination after it dismissed him for 'reckless and inappropriate' behaviour.

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6 h. ago Scientists pinpoint exactly how a cup of coffee can change the brain

Decaf coffee may be the last thing on your mind if you're looking for an afternoon caffeine hit to get you through to the end of the working day.

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6 h. ago Calls for changes at all major UK tourist attractions after new grant announcement

Earlier this week, households across the UK were told they could save more than £3,000 on an electric car

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6 h. ago US corn growers warn Trump’s push for cane sugar in Coke will cost thousands of American jobs

The Corn Refiners Association added the move would also lower farm income and boost imports of foreign sugar ‘all with no nutritional benefit’

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6 h. ago Starmer says coalition of willing plan for peacekeeping force for Ukraine includes troops on ground – UK politics live

UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Livingston MP welcomes change in voting age for Westminster elections

The changes, published today in a new government strategy paper, will bring Westminster elections into line with Holyrood and local elections in Scotland, where 16 and 17-year-olds have had the vote since 2014.

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6 h. ago Football Daily | Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Uefa sermons on integrity

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Football Daily has long believed that no good can come from the prefix “multi”. Multi-storey car parks have been causing spikes in blood pressure ever since City & Suburban Electric Carriage Company opened the first anxiety maze at 6 Denman Street, London, in May 1901. Multiplexes are for watching films that have been dubbed over by some gobby ne’er-do-well crunching on a never-ending bucket of popcorn. Multiperspectivalism looks an interesting concept, sure, but we’re too thick to understand it properly and now we’ve got a headache. And the multiverse? This one not causing you enough misery?Re: Hamrun Spartans’ shoot-out win over Zalgaris and it being ‘the first time a Maltese side have made it beyond this round, becoming part of football history’ (yesterday’s Football Daily). I am sure I won’t be the only football geek to point out that Malta was represented regularly in the European Cup’s early decades – eg Floriana (beaten 1...

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