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Ex-Abercrombie CEO charged with running sex trafficking ring
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Mike Jeffries and his British partner have been arrested and charged in the alleged sex trafficking of more than a dozen victims.

'Everyone flew through the air': Survivors describe Israeli strike on Beirut that killed 18
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Lebanese tell BBC their residential building was brought down on top of them, killing 18 including children.

Palestinians fleeing Jabalia say bodies are left lying on streets
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Displaced residents give harrowing accounts of the situation as an Israeli offensive continues.

German police raid pizzeria serving side order of cocaine
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The number 40 pizza was one of the Düsseldorf restaurant's most popular pizzas, police said.

Giuliani must turn over $6m NYC apartment to election workers
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

He has a week to also hand over watches and sports memorabilia to two election Georgia workers who successfully sued him for defamation.

Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
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Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
Posted on Monday April 17, 2023

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2023

The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.

'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement
Posted on Tuesday April 18, 2023

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.

Judge who tossed Trump's classified docs case on list of proposed candidates for AG
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

A document circulated within Donald Trump's transition operation lists Judge Aileen Cannon, who tossed his classified docs case, as a possible AG candidate, sources say.

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Posted on Thursday October 17, 2024

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Giuliani must turn over luxury items, apartment to cover judgment in poll worker case
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Rudy Giuliani must turn over luxury items and shares of his New York City co-op apartment to help cover what he owes two Georgia poll workers he defamed, a judge ruled.

Iranian general charged in alleged plot to kill New York-based journalist
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Federal prosecutors said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Ruhollah Bazghandi orchestrated a failed plot to kill a New York-based Iranian journalist in 2022.

WATCH: House has epic âBeetlejuiceâ-inspired Halloween lights display
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Kyle Bostick and his wife Christina went above and beyond with their Halloween decorations at their Garden City, Michigan, home this year.

Rams may trade star receiver Cooper Kupp ahead of NFL deadline: reports
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The Los Angeles Rams have reportedly reached out to teams about the possibility of trading away star receiver Cooper Kupp at the NFL trade deadline.

Tim Walz slams Elon Musk as a 'dip----' during rally with Obama in Wisconsin
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Vice President Harris' running mate Tim Walz slammed Elon Musk on Tuesday, claiming he is Trump's real running mate.

Immigrant business owner blasts 'anti-science' Biden admin push that crippled her sales: 'Devastating'
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

A small business owner told Fox News Digital that her sales have been crippled by regulations from the Biden administration that she says are not based in science.

One Direction star Liam Payne's death and final days under investigation by Argentinian officials
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Liam Payne's father, Geoff Payne, was informed that toxicology studies are still pending as officials investigate the One Direction musicians final days.

Fox News Politics: Georgia on Trump's mind
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.

Despite Global Crises, Gas Prices Slide as U.S. Election Nears
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Fuel prices, which had soared after Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine, have dropped to their lowest level since February.

I.M.F. Says Inflation Fight Is Largely Over but Warns of New Threats
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The International Monetary Fund said protectionism and new trade wars could weigh on growth.

Gov. Josh Shapiro Tries to Deliver Pennsylvania for Harris
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Pennsylvaniaâs governor may not be on the verge of the vice presidency, but he says he has everything â including his âheart and soulâ â riding on a Kamala Harris victory.

Bill Gates Privately Says He Has Backed Harris With $50 Million Donation
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Mr. Gates said in a statement to The Times that âthis election is different,â reflecting a significant change in his political strategy.

Kurt Olsen Helped Trump Fight His 2020 Defeat. Trump Is Talking to Him Again.
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Mr. Olsen, a lawyer, has spoken to the former president multiple times in recent weeks. Heâs insisted itâs important to make legal demands concerning voting-machine data before Election Day.

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Georgia Supreme Court won't step in to reinstate controversial election rules
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board included one that would require ballots be hand-counted.

Duloxetine antidepressant recalled over presence of toxic chemical
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Some bottles of the antidepressant duloxetine, sold under the brand name Cymbalta, were recalled due to the presence of a toxic chemical.

CDC: McDonald's Quarter Pounders linked to deadly E. coli outbreak
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

McDonald's has stopped selling the popular product in some states as an investigation into the cause of the bacteria continues.

Want to work at Chipotle? Be prepared to chat with AI.
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Chipotle plans to deploy a conversational AI hiring system, dubbed "Ava Cado," across more than 3,500 restaurants.

North Carolina county overcounted Helene deaths, sheriff says
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Buncombe County officials overcounted deaths caused by Helene by as many as 30, according to a statement Tuesday from its sheriff's office and data from the state.

Millions of teenagers in Africa have undiagnosed asthma – study
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Rapid urbanisation thought to be damaging adolescent health, as researchers say need for medication and diagnostic tests is urgent

Millions of teenagers in Africa are suffering from asthma with no formal diagnosis as the continent undergoes rapid urbanisation, researchers have found.

The study, published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, involved 27,000 pupils from urban areas in Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria. It found more than 3,000 reported asthma symptoms, but only about 600 had a formal diagnosis.

Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Warning of ‘lost generation’ in Adré and Farchana camps as Sudan’s civil war drives huge numbers across border

What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises?

Refugees and aid agencies have warned of deteriorating conditions in overcrowded and severely underfunded camps in Chad, as intensifying violence and a hunger crisis in Sudan drive huge numbers across the border.

About 25,000 people – the vast majority women and children – crossed into eastern Chad in the first week of October, a record number for a single week in 2024. Chad, one of the world’s poorest countries, hosts 681,944 Sudanese refugees – the highest number globally.

Cotswold wildlife park successfully breeds endangered Madagascan lemur
Posted on Sunday October 20, 2024

Greater bamboo lemur births in captivity are extremely rare and park is only UK collection to have bred it this year

Cotswold wildlife park has successfully bred one of Madagascar’s most endangered lemurs.

The as yet unnamed youngster was born to a breeding male, Raphael, and female, Bijou, at the wildlife park.

Mozambique opposition figures killed as protest grows over election results
Posted on Saturday October 19, 2024

Lawyer Elvino Dias and official Paulo Guambe shot as their party plans a national strike over disputed election

Attackers killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing rounds at a car in which they were travelling, ratcheting up tensions before protests against a disputed election result, the EU and rights groups have said.

Mozambique’s new opposition Podemos party and its presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, have rejected provisional results showing a probable win for Frelimo, the party that has ruled Mozambique for half a century. They have called for a nationwide strike on Monday.

Somali security agents arrest journalist in night-time raid
Posted on Saturday October 19, 2024

Abduqadir Mohamed Nur’s reported abduction from home and detention is latest attack on press freedom for critical writing on regime, media union says

A Somali journalist was abducted from his home by intelligence agents early on Friday, according to press freedom campaigners.

The journalists’ union Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) said the detention of Abduqadir Mohamed Nur was a “brazen attack” on the reporter and his news outlet, Risaala Media Corporation, for critical reporting of state security forces.

1 dead, dozens sickened in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died, federal health officials said.

Israel says it killed a top Hezbollah official expected to be the group's next leader
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The Israeli military said that one of its airstrikes earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine. There was no immediate confirmation from the militant group about the fate of top official.

A Nightclub Turned Shelter in Beirut
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

More than a fifth of Lebanon's population is now displaced, mostly fleeing from the country's south as Israel carries out airstrikes against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah there. With so many people out of their homes, they're taking refuge anywhere they can, including in one of Beirut's most popular nightclubs. Our reporter in Lebanon introduces us to some of the displaced.

For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates.

Olivia Nuzzi and 'New York Magazine' have split over her relationship with RFK Jr.
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The magazine said the two parties agreed to part ways, though an investigation found no inaccuracies or bias in Nuzzi’s reporting. Meanwhile, Nuzzi and her ex-fiancé are blaming each other in court.

Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

New reports from Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors Without Borders document a "massive influx" of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What can be done to stop it?

Harris: ‘We have the resources and expertise’ to handle post-election challenges from Trump
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris tells NBC News’ Hallie Jackson that her campaign has teams ready to push back against any possible election challenges from former President Trump.

Inside the New York elections that could decide control of Congress
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The road to the House majority for Republicans and Democrats is running through New York, well outside the presidential battleground map.

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries, has been arrested on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. NBC News' Marissa Parra reports on the arrest.

A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest may have sparked life on Earth
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, scientists reveal.

How losing your sense of smell affects breathing patterns and mental health
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Losing or not having your sense of smell may be linked to changes in breathing that could lead to depression, social isolation or other mental health problems, a new study suggests.

Blinken Meets With Netanyahu After Israeli Strike Kills 18 in Lebanon: Live Updates - The New York Times
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Blinken Meets With Netanyahu After Israeli Strike Kills 18 in Lebanon: Live Updates The New York Times
IDF says it has confirmed presumed Nasrallah successor Safieddine was killed in Oct. 4 Beirut strike The Times of Israel
Live Briefing: IDF confirms death of top Hezbollah leader; Blinken meets with Netanyahu The Washington Post
Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader USA TODAY
Video: Israeli military claims killing of Hezbollah commander in Damascus Al Jazeera English

Woman drops phone, gets stuck upside-down in rock crevice looking for it - The Washington Post
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Ukraine's population has shrunk by 10 million since Russia first invaded, according to U.N. estimate - CBS News
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Israel '100% accountable' for Shirel Golan's death by suicide, brother says - USA TODAY
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Israel '100% accountable' for Shirel Golan's death by suicide, brother says USA TODAY
Nova festival survivor takes own life; family blames state for ignoring PTSD The Times of Israel
'Shirel Was Murdered Twice. She Survived Hamas Terrorists but Not Israeli Bureaucracy' Haaretz
Hamas Attack Survivor Dies By Suicide On 22nd Birthday, Family Cites PTSD NDTV
‘The state killed Shirel’: Nova festival survivor found dead at home on her 22 birthday The Jerusalem Post

Doha-based committee to lead Hamas amid war, in wake of Sinwar’s death — report - The Times of Israel
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Doha-based committee to lead Hamas amid war, in wake of Sinwar’s death — report The Times of Israel
Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat The New York Times
Israeli channel sued for 'emotional distress' after airing images of Sinwar's dead body Haaretz
Israel Killed Sinwar by Forcing Him From the Tunnels - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
What Sinwar’s death reveals about war and peacemaking in Palestine Al Jazeera English

Tributes to ‘adored father’ stabbed to death in Carlow house as he’s named locally
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

A father-of-two who died after being stabbed at a house in Carlow last night has been named locally.

RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family postponed after death of young contestant
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

One of RTÉ’s biggest shows, Ireland’s Fittest Family, has been rocked by the death of one of this year’s competitors.

Brian Stanley’s wife appointed to EU role by Sinn Féin
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Former Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley’s wife, party Cllr Caroline Dwane-Stanley, has been appointed to a role in the EU by the party.

Anna Kendrick: ‘I was being forced into a place of dishonesty in my private life’
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Anna Kendrick knows what was missing. “In the parlance of the internet, I think I was known as sort of quirky and relatable,” she tells me. She says those last two words with deliberately exaggerated theatre-kid pep, a cheesy grin falling on the right side of annoying. If only just. “But in that, there’s not a lot of room for sadness and fear.”

Martin Breheny: Ignoring the handpass virus is a real sickener for football – FRC’s proposals don’t tackle root cause
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The talking, trialling and sandboxing are over – it’s judgement time. The GAA’s Central Council will decide on Saturday how many of the Football Review Committee’s proposed rule changes will be forwarded to Special Congress on November 30.

Tusla says it notified gardaí of its ‘significant concern’ around missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin (8) back in August as search gets underway
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Tusla has said it first notified gardaí about its “significant concern" in relation to missing schoolboy, Kyran Durnin (8), back in August.

Man who got stranger to sit driver theory test gets suspended jail sentence
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

A Co Donegal man who got somebody else to sit his driver theory test so he could obtain a provisional licence has received a suspended jail sentence.

‘I was pressured into transferring our family farm to our son before my husband died – and our daughters got nothing. I feel guilty. What can I do?’
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Query: Dear Mary Frances, I am seeking legal advice regarding a situation involving the transfer of my family’s farm, which occurred shortly before my husband passed away.

‘I came out as a trans man twice and James supported me both times, but that’s just one aspect of our friendship’
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

It was during the pandemic that Adam McBride came out as a trans man for the second time. The first time was in college, after joining the then-LGB group (there was no T back then).

‘We asked for a bike shed, not the Taj Mahal’ – OPW appears before the Public Accounts Committee on €336,000 scandal
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

A spokesperson for Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said that the Oireachtas Cycling Group “asked for a bike shed, not the Taj Mahal we got” after the chair of the Office of Public Works appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer questions over a controversial €336,000 bike shed.

Rachel Reeves hands Ukraine another £2bn and Putin will be furious where the money is from
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The funds will be a part of a package aimed at supporting Ukraine's military efforts amid the ongoing war with Russia.

Gibraltar braces for Spanish protests as demonstrators push for Brexit agreement
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Local residents have been urged to join the demonstration in large numbers, which is set to take place in a matter of days.

Hilarious moment rampaging wild boar escapes after surrounded by 10 Spanish police cars
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Residents in Madrid were left terrified as a 100 kilogram wild boar rampaged through a neighbourhood, being chased by numerous police officers and a helicopter.

North Korean flag 'raised in Ukraine' as Kim Jong Un 'lends' Putin 12k troops
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Pyongyang is planning to send up to 12,000 troops to Russia, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service .

Humiliation for Majorca and Ibiza protesters as UK tourists 'simply ignore them'
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Bookings have surged in regions including Majorca, Ibiza and Mallorca, according to recent data.

Ukraine's population plunges by 10m and birth rate shrinks as millions flee Putin's war
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Ukraine's birth rate has fallen to an average of about one child per woman, well below the replacement rate.

Huge 'twin tunnels' in £1.2bn project to end traffic jams in one of world's biggest cities
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The tunnels, which are part of a wider project, will each have three lanes and have a width of between 36 and 45 metres.

Woman wedged upside down between boulders for seven hours after trying to retrieve phone
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The female phone seeker escaped with only minor injuries according to the ambulance service despite being trapped in a precarious position for hours.

Major archaeology breakthrough as scientists unearth buildings key to Roman empire
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Forums were the heart of ancient Roman cities, serving as hubs for social activities, gatherings, and public speeches.

Israel breaks up Iranian espionage ring - as 13 more killed in bombing of Beirut
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Israeli intelligence say they have broken up an attempt by Iran to recruit its citizens to commit espionage.

Israel says potential new Hezbollah leader Safieddine was killed in strike
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

The announcement came as the Beirut suburb where Hashem Safieddine was killed was pummeled by a series of fresh airstrikes.

The 7am warehouse parties that want to turn the US election ‘on its head’
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

To my left, a woman in purple spandex is performing a masterful pole dance. To my right, a man stomps to the music, his singlet reading: Freedom In Every Vote.

Four people killed, including child, after Israeli strike on Beirut hospital
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

At least four people have been killed, including a child, in an Israeli strike outside one of Beirut's biggest public hospitals.

Polls show movement towards Trump, but Harris has a bright spot
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are essentially tied in The New York Times’ polling average of five critical battleground states.

Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets; Israel vows to hit more ‘vaults of cash and gold’
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

At least 15 branches of the bank-like institution Al-Qard Al-Hasan have been hit in southern Beirut.

The US Electoral College explained
Posted on Tuesday October 22, 2024

Shane Wright, SMH and The Age's go-to numbers cruncher, breaks down how the next president of the United States will be elected.

Threat of violence in the name of ‘saving America’ worries Georgia election official
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

He was the Republican who went viral for debunking Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and warning someone would get killed. He was right.

From Call Her Daddy to Logan Paul: How podcasters became the vanguard of the US election
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Even Donald Trump recently admitted he’s guided not by his dozens of staffers, but by his 18-year-old son, when it comes to who he should be speaking with.

Starmer says Charles doing a ‘fantastic job’ as Thorpe’s heckle makes UK news
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

Keir Starmer has also ruled out formally apologising for transatlantic slavery and colonialism ahead of this week’s Commonwealth head’s meeting in Samoa.

Moldova chooses EU over Russia in ‘unfair fight’ involving vote buying
Posted on Monday October 21, 2024

President Maia Sandu says “unprecedented” meddling by criminal groups had tried to buy off 300,000 votes and keep the country in Russia’s orbit.