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US stocks have fallen for five days running as traders nervously await a speech from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Central bankers are gathering for an annual summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Mr Powell could indicate whether interest rates will be cut soon. The Fed hasn’t reduced the cost of borrowing since December –…
SACRAMENTOΒ βΒ Erik Menendez will not be released, the California Parole Board decided in a highly anticipated and lengthy hearing Thursday, curtailing for now his and his older siblingβs contentious push to be freed after the 1989 killing of their parents in their Beverly Hills home. The hearing came after years of legal efforts by Menendez and…
Long before Zack Fox was making scene-stealing appearances in βAbbott Elementary,β releasing music and amassing millions of views on his sweat-inducing DJ sets, he was best known for his Twitter jokes. Fox, a graphic artist and emcee for Atlanta-based indie label Awful Records at the time, was posting absurdly funny tweets under the alias βBootymath,β…
The UK government won’t find much in the latest dump of migration data to back up its claim that it is restoring order to a broken asylum system. In a competitive field, perhaps the most damaging stat is the rising number of small boat crossings – up 38% on 12 months previously and close to…
The future of streaming and movies The future of streaming and movies as “Stranger Things” creators sign with Paramount 03:17 Apple is raising the price of a subscription to its Apple TV+ streaming service for U.S. customers. The technology giant said Thursday that an Apple TV+ subscription will now cost $12.99 a month, up from…
DENVERΒ βΒ When the Dodgers arrived in Colorado on Sunday night they had a golden opportunity to pad their narrow division lead against with the worst team in the majors. Unfortunately, even with Thursdayβs 9-5 win over the Rockies, the Dodgers only managed a split of the four-game series. They now head to San Diego for a…
One of the UK’s last remaining steel companies has been pushed into compulsory liquidation – and will fall into government control. Speciality Steels UK (SSUK), part of the Liberty Steel empire owned by metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, employs nearly 1,500 people at sites in Rotherham and several other locations across South Yorkshire. Behind Tata Steel…
Regulation of psilocybin β the βmagicβ substance in psychedelic mushrooms β has been a hot-button issue for Californians in recent years, but repeated attempts by state lawmakers to allow medical use of the substance have floundered. Now it seems change may come at the federal level. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is…
βHoney Donβt!β is a smutty desert mystery in which the detective, Honey OβDonohue (Margaret Qualley), never gets around to solving the central crime. Sheβs too busy seducing women and swatting down randy men. Iβd call the opening murder a red herring except itβs really more like a fish left to cook in the blinding Bakersfield…
The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels has risen by 8% since Labour came to power, the latest government figures show. The Home Office data revealed there were 32,059 asylum seekers in hotels at the end of June – up from 29,585 in June 2024. However, the proportion of all asylum seekers staying in…
