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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years
Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year
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Timpson to replace town cobblers open 30 years with 'larger shop' as owners retire
The owners of The Cramlington Cobbler have retired, but the same team will remain as Timpson prepares to open a larger store at Manor Walks.
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Capital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the 'female economy' | TechCrunch
The firm backs companies building in the “female economy,” or the markets where women drive demand — women’s health, digital commerce, and AI tools.
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‘Work is good for you’: how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisis
Paid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under way
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Father says college student was killed by police in Pennsylvania after he went to wrong house
An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a 22-year-old college student in Pennsylvania
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Maine GOP governor candidate says he wants Trump’s border czar to send ICE to polls
Bobby Charles said he would make the appeal three or four weeks before Election Day
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FBI probe into water system cyberattacks expands after tech supplier is targeted
The breach occurred amid a spate of hacks directed at PLCs in Minnesota and at least six other states
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How do we explain OpenAI's executive exodus? | TechCrunch
Was Greg Brockman the right executive all along?
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Pulitzer winning photographer who shot iconic 'Burst of Joy' dies at age 99
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Sal Veder, who is known for his iconic image “Burst of Joy,” has died
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PC Andrew Harper’s killers ‘to be excluded from early release scheme’
Those convicted of a certain type of manslaughter will no longer be eligible for early release, including Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole
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How the Trump administration is expanding its immigration crackdown to people entering legally
The Trump administration has trained much of its immigration crackdown on people who entered the United States illegally from Mexico and elsewhere, but it is intensifying another battle, this time with people who come legally
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Passenger on Scotland to Chicago flight says weather turned flight into 20-hour trip
The flight from Edinburgh is typically about 8 hours long — but turned into a much longer travel nightmare for some
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UK weather: New thunderstorm warnings as rain set to continue
The Met Office has issued fresh thunderstorm warnings for Thursday with the potential for England and Wales to see flash flooding as the unsettled weather continues.
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Judge, for now, refuses to dismiss Steve Bannon's conviction in contempt of Congress case
A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol
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From Tennessee to Tyneside, the amazing reach of Dolly Parton
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Meta's $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn't work well | TechCrunch
The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.
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New study finds growing link between diabetes, obesity and liver disease
Overweight or inactive individuals face higher risk of developing MASLD, alongside people with type 2 diabetics, the over-50s and those with high blood pressure
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Trump team wants billion-dollar companies to be small businesses
The Small Business Administration is proposing a rule that would massively increase the cap at which companies are considered ‘small’ – with some allowed to make over $1 billion
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Mercedes speeds 'wrong direction' down high street after seeing police car
A car sped the 'wrong way' down Thornaby high street after getting spooked by seeing a police vehicle, Cleveland Police said.
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FACT FOCUS: Could Canada leave US cities in the dark as part of the trade war? Not likely
Social media users are claiming that Canada could shut off electricity in the U.S. and cause massive blackouts if the trade war between the two countries escalates further
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National Trust forced to use winter feed months early because of drought
Hay meadows that normally produce 150 tonnes at Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire have yielded nothing, the conservation charity said
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Trump goes on mid-day posting spree to brag about himself
Trump’s schedule had no events between his intelligence briefing and ‘signing time’ set for 2:00 pm
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A judge suspends charges against an ex-Marine arrested on Trump's golf course with ammunition
A former U.S. Marine arrested at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course had his criminal charges suspended
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Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings
FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he has treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlier
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Forty children who went missing from UK asylum hotels still not found
Dozens of people who went missing as children have still not been located
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Ukraine's president coos over a puppy, starting a new volley in his war of visuals against Russia
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has been captured on video cuddling a three-month-old American pit bull terrier named Freya
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Teen receives life sentence after pleading guilty to murdering 10-year-old cousin
A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday to the 2022 murder of his 10-year-old cousin in Wisconsin.
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Army plans to build nuclear microreactors at five bases as US seeks to ramp up nuclear power
The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid
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Newspaper headlines: 'Britons lost in Nepal flood' and 'Regal has landed'
The devastating flash flood and mudslides along the Nepal and Tibet border dominates Thursday's papers.
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Neighbour recalls woman ‘jumping from window’ during house fire which left two dead
A local resident described how she ran up and down the street, shouting to raise the alarm after the fire broke out in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough
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Nico Gonzalez: 'Mini Rodri' shown he will be loved at Newcastle
Nico Gonzalez is given a rapturous welcome before Newcastle's Carabao Cup win against West Brom following the £52m midfielder's arrival from Manchester City.
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Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45B deal with Nscale | TechCrunch
The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.
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Iran has caused ‘billions’ in damage to American intelligence assets, report says
CIA outposts in Saudi Arabia and Iraq have reportedly been struck by Iranian drones
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Mom of 7 shot dead while holding her infant, family says
Six of Shawanda Alston’s seven children were home at the time of the shooting
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Google's Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI | TechCrunch
Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture.
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Investigators sift for evidence at burned Montana home where 8 family members were killed at dinner
Investigators are sifting through the charred remnants of a Montana home where four generations of a family were killed as they gathered for Sunday dinner
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Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a 'global disruption' to its operations | TechCrunch
The company won't say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated.
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Carabao Cup third-round draw: Liverpool face Tottenham, Manchester United v Brighton, Ipswich v Arsenal
Liverpool face Tottenham in the third round of the EFL Cup, Manchester United play Brighton and Manchester City draw Norwich.
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Judge rejects Trump DOJ’s attempt to throw out Steve Bannon’s contempt conviction
The move from Jeanine Pirro’s office is ‘insufficient to justify’ tossing out a case against Bannon for defying January 6 committee subpoenas
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A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products’ effects on young people’s mental health
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Protest to take place across UK over ‘financial impacts of parental leave’
Parents are set to join protests taking place across the UK, including at Downing Street
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Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. The economy says otherwise
President Donald Trump says the United States doesn't need Canada
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Woman suspected in death of US diplomat gets prison sentence for immigration charge
It's not clear whether she has been formally charged with murder, or even whether a murder investigation is still ongoing, a lawyer said
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New hope for pancreatic cancer patients after FDA approves drug to improve survival
Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms, largely because detection is difficult before malignancy spreads to other organs
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Girl, 13, among missing British citizens after flash flood in Nepal
More than 400 travellers are said to be missing after flood on Tibet border, including 33 Britons
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Trump has still not picked a Karoline Leavitt replacement days before she leaves
Some possible contenders include conservative commentator Scott Jennings and Katie Miller, the wife of White House official Stephen Miller
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London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour
Surgeons aided by real-time analysis of camera footage that identified critical anatomy in brain to be avoided
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Messy County Durham gardens lead to hefty fines as residents ignore council warnings
North East households have been fined up to £917 after failing to clear waste from gardens and ignoring Community Protection Notices.
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Farmer ordered to destroy his orchard after giving away free fruit
‘Boy, they’re not gonna take the trees out easily,’ the farmer has said
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Trump administration designates Palestine Action a terrorist group
The US government has confirmed it has ‘taken action’ against the UK-based group
