England complete famous innings win over Pakistan on day five of first Test – reaction
Jack Leach cleaned up on the final morning in Multan to complete an historic victory for England
42nd over: Pakistan 169-6 (Salman 55, Jamal 30) Salman touches Atkinson to fine leg to reach a really good half-century. Chuck in his first-innings hundred and he has scored 156 runs without being dismissed.
The TV commentators are discussing Pakistan’s squad for the second Test. I can’t see wholesale changes – that’s not how Jason Gillespie works – but there’s a case for asking Babar Azam whether he needs a break to refresh mentally. Graham Gooch did that in 1989 and within a year he was biffing 333.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:30Middle East crisis live: UN says peacekeepers in Lebanon ‘increasingly in jeopardy’ after being fired at by IDF
Operational activity of Unifil peacekeepers has virtually come to a halt, UN official tells security council
Palestinian news agency Wafa reports two people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia and on Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Five people, it reports, were rescued after being trapped in a house that had been targeted.
The claims have not been independently verified.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:23Saturday Night Live: the 20 greatest sketches ever
The comedy show reaches its 50th anniversary this week and to celebrate, a look back to its funniest moments ever
With the season premiere this past weekend, Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th season on air. It’s a remarkable achievement for a show that seemed doomed from the start (see, or maybe don’t, the historical dramedy Saturday Night, currently in US theaters) and one that has had ups and downs worthy of the Big Apple’s skyline.
Choosing the 100 greatest sketches from the show’s run would be a daunting task, so having to pick just 20 is downright impossible. For every one that is listed below, you could probably swap in 10 more just as good, if not better.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:07Sports quiz of the week: Johan Neeskens, Bond and airborne antics
Test your knowledge of football, cricket, tennis, darts and more over the last seven days
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:00‘It’s like, wow. I was really deranged’: stars and repentant stans on the terror of toxic fandom
Chappell Roan, Halsey and Tegan and Sara are among the music icons rebuking bad fan behaviour. From catfishing to sexual assault and death threats, singers and fans explore how pop became so dehumanised
This summer, norms of pop flipped when musicians started telling off their fans. Leading the pack was Chappell Roan, the 26-year-old breakout star of 2024. In a statement on Instagram, she outlined the “too many nonconsensual physical and social interactions” she had had with fans, including people hassling her family and friends. One fan even grabbed and kissed her while she was in a bar, she said. “I do not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path,” she wrote, “nor do I deserve it.”
Roan isn’t alone. In the past year, Halsey has called out her “mean” fanbase in a now-deleted post on Tumblr. The band Muna chastised certain fans for bullying and cyberstalking. Doja Cat called fans who tried to give themselves a collective name, à la Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters, “creepy as fuck”. Even Taylor Swift, whose relationship with the Swifties has previously felt sacrosanct, prodded at overbearing fan behaviour on her album The Tortured Poets Department. Artists, it seems, are finally pushing back against intrusive fan culture.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:00Marc Cucurella: ‘Before, people liked the superstars, now they empathise with me’
Spain’s cult hero on the injury layoff that revived his career, not taking football too seriously and Chelsea’s resurgence
“Before it was Ronaldinho and now it’s people like … well, me,” Marc Cucurella says, and then there is laughter. With him there is a lot of laughter. All of a sudden the Chelsea defender is a European champion and cult hero, and you can see why. There’s the hair: massive, as the song says, and in the right light still a bit red, celebratory dye not entirely washed out three months after Spain won Euro 2024. There’s the playing style that helped take them there, “one people empathise with”. And there’s the personality. What was it Erling Haaland said? “He’s a funny man.”
A very funny man.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:00You be the judge: should my flatmate stop taking things off the street to furnish our home?
Set designer Amala can’t resist a ‘please take’ sign. Ruby thinks it’s all junk and worries about dirt. You decide whose argument belongs in a skip
Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror
If something has a ‘please take’ sign on it, Amala can’t ignore it even if it’s junk. She’s addicted!
Ruby’s a bit paranoid about cleanliness. Street thrifting is fun – that’s how I got the sofa she loves
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 09:00Elon Musk unveils Tesla Cybercab self-driving robotaxi
Billionaire says autonomous car expected ‘before 2027’ will have a pricetag of less than US$30,000, with a ‘Robovan’ that can carry 20 people to follow
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the company’s robotaxi, Cybercab, promising it will cost less than US$30,000, and announced plans to bring autonomous driving to its Model 3 and Model Y cars in California and Texas by next year.
At the much-anticipated We, Robot event hosted at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, the billionaire arrived in the Cybercab in his trademark black leather jacket, accompanied by a man dressed in a space suit. Human-like robots mingled in the crowd, danced and served drinks to those gathered for the party.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 08:54Hurricane Milton leaves path of destruction across Florida, at least 16 dead
More than 2.5 million homes and businesses have no power after Hurricane Milton hit Florida hard.
11th October 2024 08:49ECHR ruling for Cyprus asylum seekers may embolden refugees in buffer zone
Lawyers predict more claims after ‘perfect win’ for two Syrian asylum seekers pushed back to Lebanon
A ruling by the European court of human rights ordering authorities in Cyprus to pay damages to two Syrian refugees found to have been prevented from applying for asylum has been welcomed as a “perfect” victory by campaigners.
Lawyers said Tuesday’s judgment would encourage others to follow suit, including an ever-growing group of asylum seekers stranded in the UN-patrolled buffer zone of the war-split country.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 08:43Musk, Tesla unveil long-awaited "Cybercab" robotaxi
Skeptics say CEO Elon Musk has yet to show Tesla's self-driving system can travel safely without human supervision.
11th October 2024 08:39The Book of Abba by Jan Gradvall review – dark backstories and new revelations
From Himmler to herring, a Swedish music critic offers unexpected angles on the 70s supergroup
It comes as something of a surprise, 22 pages into The Book of ABBA, to find yourself reading about Heinrich Himmler. But there he is, in between a description of how Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus met and an explanation of the youth cult raggare, Sweden’s answer to rockers or greasers (the raggare’s 60s band of choice were the Hep Stars, featuring a pre-Abba Benny Andersson, surely the least likely musician in history to have once provided soundtrack for leather-clad, booze-fuelled gang warfare). There are details of Himmler’s “breeding policy”, lebensborn, and of its influence on both the plot of Hiroshima Mon Amour and a grim sub-genre of porny Nazi-centric pulp fiction that proliferated after the second world war.
There is, it should be noted, a link between all this and Abba – Anni-Frid Lyngstand’s mother was Norwegian and her father a member of the occupying German army – but, nevertheless, notice is served that Melancholy Undercover is not the book you might expect. A series of essays rather than a chronological history, it certainly covers all the bases, from Eurovision to the groundbreaking “virtual concert” Voyage, alongside global success on a scale even more staggering than you might have realised: Abba, it turns out, were huge in 70s Afghanistan, and so big in Vietnam that one journalist suggests their profoundly morose 1980 track Happy New Year is “probably the [country’s] most revered song … after the national anthem”.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 08:30Elon Musk hypes $30,000 Tesla self-driving Cybercab and larger Robovan at robotaxi event
Tesla's long-awaited robotaxi event started almost an hour late on Thursday and included more big promises from Elon Musk.
11th October 2024 08:16Vera Lutter: photographs challenging the boundaries of space and time
German artist Vera Lutter’s photographs are made with large camera obscuras, often the size of an entire room, and using long exposure times ranging from a few minutes to months, depending on light conditions and the size of the pinhole. An exhibition in Italy brings together for the first time a large selection of her photographs focusing on industry, work and infrastructures that facilitate the movement of goods and people.
Vera Lutter: Spectacular, An Exploration of Light is at Fondazione MAST, Bologna from 11 October to 6 January 2025
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 08:00Homes for sale on high streets in Great Britain – in pictures
From an historic home incorporating a former shop in a London’s Pimlico to a one-bed in Edinburgh’s Old Town
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 08:00From the Peloponnese to the Pyrenees: readers’ favourite long-distance walks in Europe
Pull on your walking boots and immerse yourself in magnificent scenery on these long-distance trails, chosen by our tipsters
The best ever walk I’ve been on was actually two weeks of walking, along the GR11 on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees from Candanchú to La Guingueta d’Àneu. We got the train to France, packed food for a week and restocked half way, and wild camped each night. So not only was it the best trip ever, it was also cheap and eco-friendly. Each evening we’d camp by a lake, and start our day with an (incredibly bracing) dip. It is so incredibly beautiful and peaceful, and there’s lots of friendly refuges along the way if you want a chat, a bed and hot food. The route is challenging, but doesn’t require any specialist equipment. At the end, all I wanted to do was carry on walking.
Rachel
Gunmen kill 20 miners in southwest Pakistan attack ahead of Asian security summit
It's the latest attack in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.
11th October 2024 07:30TD Bank to pay $3 billion in money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department
Canada-based TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, the largest bank in U.S. history to do so, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
11th October 2024 07:23US election briefing: Democrats unleash powerhouse surrogates as Trump insults Detroit in Detroit
Harris campaigns in early-voting Arizona and Obama appeals to the youth in Pennsylvania; Trump calls for CBS to be stripped of its licence
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 07:12Maggots to the rescue: innovative food waste solution may help wild fish populations too
Project Mila’s team of volunteers collect organic waste from households, markets and restaurants in Mombasa and feed it to voracious larvae
A group of young Kenyans are working on an unusual solution to the problems of food waste and fish feed produced unsustainably from wild-caught fish stocks: maggots.
The larvae of the black soldier fly are now devouring unwanted food in projects around the world. Their excrement, known as frass, can be used as a fertiliser for land-based crops, and their protein-rich bodies, harvested before they turn into flies, can be fed to livestock.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 07:0010/10: CBS Evening News
Dozens of rescues for those stranded by Milton; Dog rescued from rubble of Florida home destroyed by Milton
11th October 2024 06:00Not all the credit goes to Ratan Tata – but he did shape investment in UK steel and JLR | Nils Prately
Steel and car-making in Britain would have shrunk even further without long-termism of Tata Group’s late former chair
In India, Ratan Tata is being mourned as a towering business leader who took the sprawling family-controlled Tata Group into international markets while retaining its founding spirit of capitalism laced with philanthropy. But the UK has its own reasons to be grateful to the chair of the group from 1991 to 2012. Two heavy industries in the UK – steel and car-making – would almost certainly have shrunk even further without his style of long-termism.
Tata’s 2007 purchase of Corus, the merged British Steel and Dutch firm Koninklijke Hoogovens, was a terrible deal – appallingly timed and overpriced. Having agreed a takeover at 455p a share, the Indian group ended up paying 608p, or £6.2bn, after a Brazilian competitor emerged as a rival bidder. Steel prices promptly collapsed with the global financial crisis and the recession that followed. Steelmakers were losing money across Europe. Since Tata was assumed to be mostly interested in Corus’s more modern Dutch assets, the writing looked to be on the wall for the UK end.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 06:00Bella Ciao: a brief history of the resistance anthem sung to Viktor Orbán
A look at the origins and appeal off the song MEPs used to serenade the Hungarian PM in Strasbourg
“This is not Eurovision,” said the speaker of the European parliament, Roberta Metsola, as she tried to silence leftwing MEPs greeting the visiting Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, with a rowdy rendition of the classic anti-fascist anthem Bella Ciao.
The bang-your-fists-on-the-table motif at the heart of this earworm of a ditty – whose title means “Goodbye, beautiful” – may indeed sound like something cooed through dry fog by a spandex-clad blond at the European song contest. But the story it tells reaches far deeper into the continent’s history than the annual kitsch music extravaganza, telling an age-old tale of the left’s determined struggle against political oppression.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 06:00The shapeshifter: who is the real Giorgia Meloni? – podcast
She’s been called a neo-fascist and a danger to Italy. But she has won over many heads of Europe, including the UK prime minister. Should we be worried? By Alexander Stille
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 06:00Charli xcx: Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat review – her lime-green imperial phase is unstoppable
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Big-name guests abound on a thrilling remix album that takes a glimpse into celebrity’s heart of darkness but makes it transcendently fun and cool
On Brat, Charli xcx’s zeitgeist-lassoing sixth album, its creator brooded on her chronically underrated status. Over the sickly sweet deconstructed UK garage of Rewind, she worried about her lack of presence on the Billboard charts, unsure “whether I think I deserve commercial success”. During the jagged synthpop of Sympathy Is a Knife she bristled under the pitying gaze of a megastar peer. On electro dirge I Might Say Something Stupid, she described herself as “famous but not quite”.
The agony and ecstasy of the sub-mainstream pop star proved an incredibly rich seam. Brat mussed up Charli’s cult sound – a harsh and excessively artificial strain of dance-pop – and paired it with lyrics that ricocheted between euphoric swagger and eye-wateringly candid vulnerability. It was so rich, in fact, that the concept cancelled itself out. Brat, which hit No 3 hit on the US chart when it was released in June, became a bona fide commercial hit and a cultural juggernaut – thanks in part to an ingeniously meme-friendly marketing campaign (its cut-through best exemplified by the Kamala Harris campaign co-opting the artwork). It elevated the 32-year-old to the celebrity firmament and, more importantly, shifted pop’s Overton window to a more futuristic, experimental space.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 06:00Harris uses town hall to show empathy with Latino voters
Vice President Harris took questions on inflation, immigration and the way she became the Democratic nominee from undecided voters in her first town hall.
11th October 2024 05:28At least 2 killed, multiple injured when Texas plant leaks hydrogen sulfide
At least two workers at a Houston-area oil refinery were killed when hydrogen sulfide leaked at the plant, setting off urgent warnings for nearby residents to stay indoors before authorities determined the public wasn't in danger.
11th October 2024 05:03Obama, in blunt terms, tells Black men to get over their reluctance to support Harris
Lack of enthusiasm for Harris “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers," Obama said while campaigning for her in Pittsburgh. He said Black men need to get behind Harris and get out to vote.
11th October 2024 04:02One man on his grief for Gaza – podcast
Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq on losing 21 family members in an Israeli airstrike
In the early hours of 22 October 2023, London-based journalist Ahmed Alnaouq messaged his family’s WhatsApp group to see how they were doing. No one responded.
“Usually when I sleep, I go into deep, deep, deep sleep. But on that particular night, I woke up suddenly at 4 or 5am. I don’t remember exactly, but it was still dawn and I was having a panic attack. My heart was beating very fast.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 04:00Obama tells men to drop ‘excuses’ and support Kamala Harris over Trump
Ex-president campaigns in Pennsylvania and says fellow Democrat ‘actually cares about making your life better’
Barack Obama made his first appearance on the campaign trail for Kamala Harris on Thursday, speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania and at an event for Black voters, where he urged men in particular to support the vice-president.
In comments directed specifically to Black men in the swing state during an event at one of Harris’s campaign offices, Obama questioned their unwillingness to vote for her – a September NAACP poll showed that over one quarter of Black men under 50 say they will vote for Donald Trump.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 03:52Appeals court weighs fate of DACA protections for 500,000 "Dreamers"
DACA has been the subject of a years-long court battle and remains in legal jeopardy due to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states that oppose the policy.
11th October 2024 03:02Woman’s arm severed in dog attack in north Queensland
Police euthanise the animal after being called to an incident at a property in Townsville
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A woman has been taken to hospital after her arm was severed in a vicious dog attack in north Queensland.
Emergency services were called to reports of a dog mauling at a Lonerganne Street property in Garbutt, a suburb of Townsville, just after 7am on Friday.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 02:57Microsoft will let people buy games through Xbox app on Android in November after Google antitrust ruling
Microsoft is keen on boosting its mobile gaming position. A judge's decision this week opened the way to do so on Android devices.
11th October 2024 02:41Harris reiterates support for "Dreamers," as she courts Latino voters
Harris fielded questions at a Univision town hall about immigration, the economy and healthcare — all issues that polls suggest are critical to the Latino voting bloc.
11th October 2024 02:34Biden calls on Congress to act on emergency funding after hurricanes
President Biden also warned that conditions remain dangerous in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
11th October 2024 02:22Dozens of rescues for those stranded by Milton
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office conducted dozens of rescues in the Tampa area after Hurricane Milton dumped heavy rain on the region. In Clearwater, Florida, hundreds of first responders were using highwater vehicles and boats to rescue families trapped in an apartment complex. Vladimir Duthiers and Jonathan Vigliotti report.
11th October 2024 01:51Dog rescued from rubble of Florida home destroyed by Milton
A CBS News crew on Thursday was surveying the destruction left behind by Hurricane Milton in a retirement community in Fort Pierce, Florida, when a dog was found in the debris of a home. Lulu, a small Shih Tzu, survived Milton, but her owners died. Morgan Raynor has more.
11th October 2024 01:43How radio became a lifeline for western North Carolina residents during Helene
When Hurricane Helene struck western North Carolina, it knocked out cell phone service in some areas, forcing many residents to depend on the radio for communication and information. For days, WWNC AM radio host Mark Starling and his producer, Tank Spencer, served as a proxy dispatch service, helping to coordinate wellness checks and connect the stranded with nearby resources. Skyler Henry has more.
11th October 2024 01:381 killed, several hurt in Colorado mine accident
At least one person was killed and four others injured when authorities said a mechanical issue occurred involving an elevator in the Mollie Kathleen Mine, a tourist attraction near Colorado Springs. Another 12 people remained stranded underground in the mine. Carter Evans has the latest.
11th October 2024 01:37Fisher-Price recalls 2 million Snuga Swings after infant deaths
The deaths of five infants ages 1-3 months old occurred from 2012 to 2022. It's not the first time the New York-based company has had to remove products from the market following infant fatalities.
11th October 2024 01:36Biden criticizes Trump for false claims about hurricane response
President Biden has again called out former President Donald Trump for spreading false information about response efforts to hurricanes Helene and Milton, while Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that some hurricane victims have heard false rumors that FEMA will seize their land. Nancy Cordes reports.
11th October 2024 01:34‘We are trying for a baby, but how do we navigate becoming parents if we struggle with monogamy?’ | Leading questions
The things we look for in a romantic or sexual partner, says Eleanor Gordon-Smith, often aren’t the things we look for in a co-parent.
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My partner has recently come to me in significant emotional distress with a reinvigorated want to open our relationship as he feels he needs more “love”. We are actively trying for a child after a few years of infertility and this new [wish] is not doing anything for the stability of our relationship. How do we navigate becoming parents if we struggle with monogamy?
Eleanor says: One of the weird things about 21st century love is the way we select partners first for dating and sexual attraction, and then segue those relationships into partnerships of parenting and household. These are very different kinds of relationships to have with another person. The things we look for in a romantic or sexual partner often aren’t the things we look for in a co-parent.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 01:32Coast Guard rescues boat captain clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico
A boat captain rode out Hurricane Milton overnight in the Gulf of Mexico before he was found clinging to a cooler around 30 miles offshore and rescued by helicopter.
11th October 2024 01:32Why Milton spawned a rash of tornadoes
Hours before making landfall Wednesday, Hurricane Milton spawned at least 17 confirmed tornadoes across Florida. One of those tornadoes ripped through a senior community in St. Lucie County, killing several people. Rob Marciano examines why Milton generated so many tornadoes.
11th October 2024 01:32"CBS Evening News" headlines for Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024
Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."
11th October 2024 01:30Hurricane Milton: US Coast Guard rescues man clinging to ice chest in Gulf of Mexico – video
The man was aboard a fishing vessel that became disabled off Madeira Beach, Florida, hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall, a Coast Guard press officer says. The man was able to radio the Coast Guard in nearby St Petersburg before contact was lost
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 01:18Lonely Planet review - Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth heat up beach-read travel romance
A novelist meets a financier two decades her junior at a writers’ retreat in Morocco, in this welcome addition to a flurry of age-gap romances released this summer
Be it a quirk of timing or the invisible hand of trend cycles, Hollywood seems ready to reconsider the idea of the “older woman”. A wave of age-gap romances have brought the traditionally objectified mommy-age lover into the mainstream this year, including Anne Hathaway’s tryst with a boybander in The Idea of You; Carol Kane’s free-spirited grandmother involved with a decades-younger widower in Between the Temples; and Nicole Kidman’s transgressive dalliances in both A Family Affair (with Zac Efron’s movie star) and the forthcoming Babygirl (with Harris Dickinson’s intern). And that’s not to mention the weirder, psychosexual French version – a 50ish lawyer seducing her gangly teenage stepson – in Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer.
Now Lonely Planet, a Netflix film from Susannah Grant, writer of Erin Brockovich and most recently the co-creator of the underrated series Unbelievable, continues what Vulture’s Rachel Handler has termed “the year of New Milf Cinema” with a travel romance that exceeds Netflix’s middling expectations.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 01:01Carsley: Full Throttle – a weird attempt to reinvent was a tactical backfire | Barney Ronay
Interim England manager went full-on roar ball for the people but Greece claimed a shock win at Wembley
Lee Carsley achieved something at Wembley that might have seemed impossible just a few short weeks ago. On a thrilling, almost entirely shapeless night of international football Carsley made Gareth Southgate look as though, actually, just maybe, he might have known what he was doing, laying on a performance and tactical plan that it was in its own way a wonderfully selfless tribute to his oddly maligned predecessor.
Ok, Carsley seemed to be saying here. The people want full-on, brakes-off, English roar-ball. Let’s see what that actually looks like. And the answer, of course, in any version of the real world, is... well, what exactly? Like a collapsed wedding cake rolling down an ornate set of stairs, while a football match takes place nearby. Like confused talented people running strangely. Like watching someone trying to construct a dinghy out of only liquorice, diamonds and vibes. At some point you will need some twine and a bit of driftwood. But carry on. It’s kind of mesmerising.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 00:59Nations League: Italy squander two-goal lead against Belgium after Pellegrini red
- ‘We should have won,’ says Belgium’s Arthur Theate
- France beat Israel 4-1 without Kylian Mbappé
Italy were held to a 2-2 draw by Belgium after Lorenzo Pellegrini was sent off and they squandered a 2-0 lead but remained top of Nations League Group A2. Italy lead the standings on seven points, one ahead of France who beat Israel 4-1 with Belgium third on four.
At the Stadio Olimpico, Italy scored in the first minute when winger Federico Di Marco fired a low cross into the box and Belgium keeper Koen Casteels saved the first shot from Andrea Cambiaso who bundled in the rebound.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 00:57Tesla robotaxi event comes after a decade of unfulfilled promises from Elon Musk
Tesla’s robotaxi event on Thursday will test investors faith in Elon Musk’s vision
11th October 2024 00:33Breakdancers told too many headspins could give them a ‘cone-head’
BMJ case report reveals potential overuse injury after man in his 30s has surgery to remove large lump on his head
Going breakdancing today? If so, maybe go easy on the headspins. Unless you want to end up with a “cone-head”, that is.
Breakdancing’s extreme physical demands mean it is known to involve a high risk of injury: everything from hair loss to sprains and damage to almost every part of the anatomy.
Continue reading... 11th October 2024 00:30Maryland U.S. Senate candidates debate abortion rights
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks is highlighting former Gov. Larry Hogan's actions in office as evidence he isn't as supportive of abortion rights as he now claims to be.
11th October 2024 00:23Brown University votes against divesting from companies in Israel
Ivy League university said its exposure to companies with Israeli military ties is "de minimis" and does no harm.
10th October 2024 23:5112 rescued from underground mine after fatality during tour
A rescue operation in Colorado to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died and four others were injured.
10th October 2024 23:51This common mistake may shrink your 401(k) by as much as $300,000
The 401(k) is the most popular retirement plan in America, but many workers make a repeated mistake that can cost them.
10th October 2024 23:22Trump urges judge in 2020 election case not to allow release of further evidence
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump accused the special counsel of cherry-picking and mischaracterizing evidence compiled by prosecutors in their case against him.
10th October 2024 23:15Consumer Reports calls for federal ban on baby walkers. Here's why.
Banned in Canada for 20 years, baby walkers send thousands of U.S. children to hospital emergency rooms every year.
10th October 2024 23:02Ethel Kennedy obituary
Widow of Bobby Kennedy who brought up 11 children after his 1968 assassination and later devoted herself to social causes
Ethel Kennedy, who has died aged 96, was one of the most active and best-known US political wives of the 20th century. As her husband, Robert F Kennedy, campaigned first for the Senate and then for the presidency, she supported him while also bringing up their children. The 11th and last of them, her daughter Rory, was born after Bobby was assassinated in 1968. From the 1970s onwards, Ethel devoted herself to social causes and was latterly co-chair of the Coalition of Gun Control.
Her life had been touched by tragedy earlier, when her parents died in a plane crash in 1955. Her brother-in-law, President John F Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963. Two of her children died prematurely – David of a drug overdose at the age of 28 in 1984 and Michael in a skiing accident in 1997, when he was 39. Her husband was shot at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles following his victory in the California primary for the US presidential race.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 23:01There’s been 38 eyewitness-reported tornadoes in Florida: Why did Milton cause so many?
“We ended up with 126 tornado warnings” in Florida, Matthew Elliott, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, told NPR.
10th October 2024 22:53Floridians survey Milton's damage and get ready for a lengthy recovery
More than 3 million Floridians were without power after Milton. In some areas like Siesta Key, damage was severe. In Sarasota, many residents were thankful things were not worse.
10th October 2024 22:51What a Hospital in War-torn Sudan Looks Like
Sudan's war has displaced more than 10 million people and half the country faces starvations. The country's medical services have collapsed leaving a patchwork of charities, local groups and the Sudanese diaspora to try to provide what health care they can. NPR's Africa correspondent takes us to one of the few remaining hospitals, near the Sudanese capital.
10th October 2024 22:50Trump Media shares up 100% from recent low as DJT rally continues on heavy trading
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, owns nearly 57% of Trump Media stock and has said he will not sell his DJT stake.
10th October 2024 22:41Photos, videos show Hurricane Milton damage in Florida
Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida's west coast on Wednesday, also sparked multiple tornadoes.
10th October 2024 22:15This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 13)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
10th October 2024 22:13AMD launches AI chip to rival Nvidia's Blackwell
Advanced generative AI such as OpenAI's ChatGPT requires massive data centers full of GPUs, which has created demand for more companies to provide AI chips.
10th October 2024 21:54Rafael Nadal announced he's retiring. Here's how much money he's made.
Rafael Nadal is one of tennis's highest net-worth players, having amassed a fortune in prize money and sponsorships.
10th October 2024 21:48Are you in the process of buying or selling a home? We want to hear from you.
The housing market these days isn't easy. We want to hear from you about what it's like to buy or sell a home right now.
10th October 2024 21:44TD Bank to pay $3 billion after breaking U.S. money laundering rules
TD Bank allowed money laundering networks to move more than $670 million through its accounts between 2019 and 2023, Justice Department said.
10th October 2024 21:43Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial to start in May, judge decides
Hip-hop mogul, who remains in custody, attends preliminary hearing after previous judge recused himself
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial is scheduled to start on 5 May, the judge presiding over his case decided during a proceeding on Thursday.
Combs’s appearance in Manhattan federal court this afternoon marks his first in front of Judge Arun Subramanian. The jurist was assigned to the case after another judge recused himself over past associations with attorneys on Combs’s case.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 21:36TD Bank pleads guilty in money laundering case, will pay $3 billion in penalties
The Department of Justice reportedly was investigating how drug traffickers used TD Bank to launder money derived from fentanyl sales in the U.S.
10th October 2024 21:36Deaths expected to rise as Florida begins to assess Hurricane Milton destruction
State battered by category 3 storm overnight, leaving more than 3.4m homes and businesses without power
The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to at least 10 on Thursday as Florida continued to assess the damage from the category 3 storm that caused extensive property damage across the state and left more than 3.5m homes and businesses without power.
Five fatalities were in a senior community in St Lucie county that was struck by a tornado formed in Milton’s outer bands, authorities there said. The tornado happened before the hurricane made landfall near Sarasota on Florida’s western coast on Wednesday evening.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 21:29George Baldock drowned in pool at his apartment in Greece, family says
- Panathinaikos defender was found at bottom of his pool
- Initial police inquiry finds no suggestion of foul play
The former Premier League footballer George Baldock “most likely” drowned in the pool of his seaside apartment in southern Athens, Greek authorities believe.
Police investigating the circumstances of the former Sheffield United and Greece defender’s death said there was no suggestion of foul play “at least at this stage of the inquiry”. In a statement, Baldock’s family added: “We can confirm that a postmortem examination has found that George tragically drowned whilst swimming in the pool at his home in Glyfada, Athens.”
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 21:27Millions without power in Florida after Hurricane Milton; 12 storm-related deaths confirmed
The hurricane spawned multiple tornadoes before making landfall.
10th October 2024 21:20Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is still in jail in Egypt despite completing his five-year sentence, was selected by PEN Pinter winner Arundhati Roy
British-Egyptian writer, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named this year’s PEN writer of courage. The 42-year-old is still in prison in Egypt, despite having completed his five-year sentence for allegedly “spreading false news”.
“Let’s remember that this is an innocent man who has committed no crime, but even so, he will have served his time on 29 September,” Abd el-Fattah’s sister, Sanaa Seif, said last month.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 21:00Diwali Barbie has arrived! What Indians are saying about the doll's skin tone and vibe
The new doll is being scrutinized for the color of her skin, her facial features and her garb. Early reviews are Barbie-tastic.
10th October 2024 20:52FBI returns Monet painting stolen by Nazis to family of the Jewish owners
Agents were ‘honored’ to give back the piece as hundreds of thousands of stolen cultural objects remain unreturned
A Claude Monet pastel looted from a Jewish couple by Nazis in the second world war was returned to the family’s descendants, officials said on Wednesday.
Adalbert “Bela” and Hilda Parlagi purchased the artwork, titled Bord de Mer, at an Austrian art auction in 1936. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Parlagis had to flee and they left their possessions in storage.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 20:51Afghan charged with planning Election Day attack previously worked for CIA
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi was previously employed by the intelligence agency before coming to the U.S.
10th October 2024 20:28Florida resident recounts riding out hurricane on a sailboat
Joseph Malinowski, known as "Lieutenant Dan," told CBS News that he wasn't afraid of Hurricane Milton, despite his boat being slammed into a wall.
10th October 2024 20:28Strong solar flare could bring northern lights as far south as Alabama
Coronal mass ejection hits Earth and ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm could disrupt power grids and hit satellites and GPS
A “severe” geomagnetic storm and auroral displays of the northern lights far into the south of the US could occur on Thursday after charged solar particles slammed into Earth, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather prediction center has warned.
The center alerted to the approach of an enormous mass of charged solar particles spewing from the sun, later reporting that the coronal mass ejection hit Earth at 11.15am ET on Thursday. A “severe” G4-class geomagnetic storm remained likely.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 20:27Some Florida residents breathe sigh of relief as they return home: ‘We were very nervous’
While some parts of Florida saw deaths and destruction, others fared reasonably well in wake of Hurricane Milton
After Hurricane Milton came ashore on Florida’s Gulf coast, Carla Simionescu was reassuring relieved relatives on Thursday morning on the phone while she took photos of the tree branches, rocks, bits of wood and other debris littering the front yard and gravel driveway of her Sarasota house.
The 46-year-old waitress lives a mere six miles (10km) from the seaside community of Siesta Key, where the storm made landfall at around 8.30pm on Wednesday evening.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 20:05BFI apologises to film-maker over racial discrimination complaint
CEO Ben Roberts admits Faisal Qureshi has been ‘let down’ after report finds his complaint was badly handled
The chief executive of the British Film Institute has apologised to a prominent film-maker of colour for mishandling his complaint about racial discrimination.
The apology from Ben Roberts comes after an independent report found that the BFI had “badly handled” a complaint by Faisal Qureshi, the producer behind hit UK film Four Lions, and that it was “understandable that [he] feels deeply dissatisfied”.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 20:05Eighteen treated for severe nausea in Stuttgart after opera of live sex and piercing
Florentina Holzinger’s bloody Sancta was criticised by Austrian bishops and is now a sellout in Germany
Eighteen theatregoers at Stuttgart’s state opera required medical treatment for severe nausea over the weekend after watching a performance that included live piercing, unsimulated sexual intercourse and copious amounts of fake and real blood.
“On Saturday we had eight and on Sunday we had 10 people who had to be looked after by our visitor service,” said the opera’s spokesperson, Sebastian Ebling, about the two performances of Sancta, a work by the Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger. A doctor had been called in for treatment in three instances, he added.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 19:35Han Kang’s Nobel win is testament to importance of small press publishing
Literature in translation has long been reliant on indie presses to bring work such as the South Korean author’s to wider audiences
• South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel prize in literature – as it happened
The announcement of the South Korean writer Han Kang as the 2024 Nobel Literature laureate is a triumph not only for Korean literature but also a reminder of the huge reach and influence of small press publishing, which takes on so much of the heavy work of introducing literature in translation to a wider audience.
Though Han’s most recent work has been published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, her first novel, The Vegetarian, published in South Korea in 2007, was published by the now defunct independent Portobello Books in 2015. It won the International Booker prize the following year.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 19:04Zuckerberg's metaverse is finally showing signs of life, but it's not from VR
The company formerly known as Facebook appears to have found its footing in virtual and augmented reality through a different medium.
10th October 2024 18:58Hurricane Milton’s destructive power – in pictures
The category 3 storm tore through Florida, whipped up tornadoes and storm surges and flooded Cuba
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 18:57Delta says travelers are trading scorching summer Europe trips for fall getaways
Delta and other airlines have said many travelers have been booking Europe trips after the traditional summer peak.
10th October 2024 18:50Trump and his allies are whipping up a whirlwind of lies about the hurricanes | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump and Vance see the natural disasters not as tragedies but as opportunities to advance their far-right conspiracy theories
Whipping up hurricanes to merge with great replacement theory took hardly a week, about the time it takes for hurricanes themselves to form. The overheated atmosphere warmed the waters that were drawn up into the winds to churn them into a menacing storm.
After Hurricane Helene hit, Donald Trump unleashed a whirlwind of humid lies: the federal government was deliberately preventing aid and even water from reaching areas that held Republican voters, “not getting anything”; Kamala Harris “spent all her Fema money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants”; and Fema was offering only $750 in disaster relief – all false, all debunked by the Republican governors in the affected states. The Republican congressman Chuck Edwards of North Carolina felt compelled to issue a statement to his constituents not to listen to “untrustworthy sources trying to spark chaos by sharing hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and hearsay about hurricane response efforts” and the “outrageous rumors spread online”.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 18:44Fisher-Price recalls more than 2 million infant swings after 5 deaths
Fisher-Price is offering $25 to product owners who remove and destroy swing parts that increase risk of suffocation.
10th October 2024 18:42New images show remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship
Composite images of Endurance compiled from 25,000 digital scans mapped by underwater robots
More than a century after it sank below the icy Weddell Sea in Antarctica, forcing its crew to embark on one of the most celebrated survival quests in history, new images have revealed the remarkable state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance.
The famed vessel, which sank in 1915 after becoming stuck in pack ice, was discovered in 2022 resting at a depth of 3km below what Shackleton called “the worst portion of the worst sea in the world”.
Endurance will be at London film festival on 12 October, in UK cinemas on 14 October and on Disney+ later this year.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 18:26Harris campaign surpasses $1 billion in fundraising, source says
The Harris campaign has seen a donation windfall in the three months since Harris became the Democratic nominee.
10th October 2024 18:17Portugal proposes decade of tax breaks for young people to stem brain drain
Measure government says will help up to 400,000 people included in budget after negotiations with opposition Socialists
Portugal will attempt to stem the country’s brain drain by offering young people a decade of progressive tax breaks that would see them paying nothing at all in their first year of work.
The centre-right minority government of Luís Montenegro is ditching a proposed 15% cap on income tax for 18- to 35-year-olds and replacing it with a progressive scheme similar to one supported by the opposition Socialists after some last-minute wrangling.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 18:04‘My cancer was not in those pictures’: how breast density affects mammograms
A new FDA rule requires that screenings inform people if they have a high ratio of dense breast tissue. Experts say it’s just one step toward awareness
In 2017, 55-year-old Leslie Ferris Yerger underwent a routine mammogram and breast ultrasound. Both came back clear. Two months later, she had an unrelated Dexa scan to measure her bone density. The technician noticed an abnormality in her hip. After additional testing, Yerger was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer – an advanced stage of the disease in which the cancer has spread beyond the breasts.
The mammogram and ultrasound had not picked up the cancer because, Yerger would learn, of her dense breast tissue.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 18:00‘Better to break it in the shop than at home!’: expert tips for finding forever fashion
With high-street shops vaunting sometimes dubious sustainability creds, it can be hard to spot quality threads. Here’s how to find durable jeans, boots with welly and more
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This week more than most, we have been hearing a certain word uttered in fashion circles. Alongside “janties”, “Hedi Slimane” and “kilts”, a perhaps less expected – or, at least, less glitzy – word has been taking up airtime: durability. It comes off the back of Primark’s new Durability Framework, which the fast-fashion giant says is “designed to set the bar for how retailers can extend the life of their clothing – meaning our customers will ultimately be able to love and wear their clothes for longer”.
“Durability shouldn’t be a luxury,” the retailer continued. But while the importance of extending the life of clothes is in no doubt – figures from environmental NGO WRAP show that using an item for nine months can reduce carbon, waste, and water footprints by up to 30% – Primark’s business model is designed to sell masses of clothes at extremely low prices, arguably fuelling a “buy once, wear once” mentality. So it comes as little surprise that Patrick Duffy, founder of the Global Fashion Exchange, describes the announcement as “a textbook example of greenwashing” and “nothing more than a marketing tactic to polish their image”.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 18:00United plans flights to Greenland, Mongolia and northern Spain in search for next 'it' destination
United is expanding its summer 2025 travel schedule with off-the-beaten track destinations.
10th October 2024 17:55Robert Kraft, professional sports leagues join forces with campaign against antisemitism
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his foundation unveiled an ad titled "Time Out Against Hate" on Thursday in collaboration with major sports leagues.
10th October 2024 17:50Ethel Kennedy, activist and widow of Robert F Kennedy, dies aged 96
Kennedy, who remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy, had been hospitalized after having a stroke
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy for decades thereafter, died on Thursday, her family said. She was 96.
Kennedy had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke in her sleep on 3 October, her family said.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 17:42Inflation rate hit 2.4% in September, topping expectations; jobless claims highest since August 2023
The consumer price index was expected to show a 0.1% increase in September and a 2.3% gain from a year ago, according to Dow Jones consensus estimates.
10th October 2024 17:33Harris campaign’s record $1bn funds fail to translate into swing state advantage
Vice-president raised same amount in 80 days as Biden’s entire 2020 campaign but Democrats worry about polls
Kamala Harris’s campaign has raised a record-breaking $1bn within 80 days of her becoming the Democrats’ nominee yet has failed to translate her cash advantage over Donald Trump into a poll advantage in the key battleground states that will probably decide the election.
The vice-president’s fundraising haul, first reported by NBC, dwarfs the $309m raised by Trump’s campaign by the end of August, and equals the amount brought in by Joe Biden for his entire 2020 campaign.
Continue reading... 10th October 2024 17:12Delta sales guidance disappoints, CEO says airline expects lower demand around the election
Delta Air Lines expects to grow earnings in the fourth quarter, thanks to resilient travel demand and strong bookings for year-end holidays.
10th October 2024 16:13Alicia thinks she will be killed by her controlling ex. She says police won’t listen until ‘there’s a dead body’
Coercive control is a known risk factor for intimate partner homicide but victims say police often don’t treat it seriously
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Marcus* believes it is only a matter of time before his father kills his mother, him or one of his siblings.
“If he was to find us properly, and if he was to get a really good chance, I reckon he would do it,” the university student says.
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