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A double murderer has been awarded Β£7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, was moved to a close supervision centre (CSC) – a special unit for dangerous prisoners – after helping to take…
Only a quarter of people think immigration is an important issue locally – and concern about it is “a manufactured panic,” it has been claimed. A YouGov poll found only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community. This was half the 52% who said…
For the second summer in a row, “asylum hotels” have become a flashpoint of protest, with some turning violent. The government has said the asylum system is under “unprecedented strain”, forcing it to use hotels to accommodate migrants. Meanwhile the number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel has surpassed 25,000 this year – the earliest…
SEOULΒ βΒ South Korea says the U.S. has agreed to release the hundreds of Koreans caught in the largest-ever immigration raid last week. South Korean presidential chief of staff, Kang Hoon-sik, said Sunday that negotiators were finalizing talks with U.S. officials to secure the release of the workers arrested in a federal immigration crackdown at a factory…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Democrats who once saw retaking the U.S. Senate as a long shot in 2026 have newfound hope thanks to an unpopular president and a California donor machine that has snapped into action. Californians provided the most out-of-state cash to Democrats in nearly every hotly contested race, and in several cases gave more than in-state donors,…
Restaurateur Tommy Fello was driving from his Ohio establishment to his house on Christmas Eve when he started veering off the road. Fello, then 71, had been awake since 4 a.m. local time preparing a holiday buffet for his family. He chalked the disturbance up to a flat tire. Driving slowly and relying on the…
AI-generated artist Tilly Norwood and the company behind her released a new music video speaking directly to her critics. As AI evolves, Hollywood faces questions over legal protections, copyright infringement and human labor. Jo Ling Kent reports.
Transgender women athletes will be excluded from the Olympics beginning with the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the International Olympic Committee implemented a new eligibility policy on Thursday. Eligibility for womenβs competition will be determined by a one-time, mandatory genetics test, according to the IOC. The test requires screening through saliva, a cheek swab or…
San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert doesnβt generally agree with political parties redrawing congressional maps to gain power. But after President Trump persuaded Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to redraw his stateβs maps in order to improve Republican chances of retaining control of Congress in 2026, Von Wilpert said she decided Californiaβs only option was…
More than 10 years ago, I filmed my kids for a report on the impact of screens on young minds. My eldest daughter was six at the time, her twin sisters nearly three. They didn’t have their own devices – Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube were beyond their imagination. TikTok hadn’t even been invented. Yet now…
