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15 summer vacation destinations millennials will love that are within driving distance of major US cities

Summer vacation won't look the same for travel-loving millennials this year. Business Insider rounded up 15 weekend getaways for millennials that are within driving distance of...
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US executes second man this week after lawyers argued dementia made him mentally unfit

3 minutes ago | The Independent | 2 articles

A Supreme Court ruling on Thursday blocked an injunction that prevented Wesley Ira Purkey's execution
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The US is headed for climate disaster - but Joe Biden's green plan might just work | Art Cullen

7 minutes ago | The Guardian

Biden's $2tn green agriculture plan is ambitious but realistic. That's important, because everything is riding on it The world's food supply is imperiled by a climate crisis...
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Donald Trump's trade tariffs cost Scottish whisky industry more than £200 million

9 minutes ago | Evening Express

Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on whisky have cost the industry more than £200 million, with exports to the US down 65% in May alone.
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Behind the scenes of 'Billions': How production designer Michael Shaw built a home and office befitting a billionaire hedge fund manager for the show's main character

19 minutes ago | Business Insider

The Showtime hit "Billions" centers around the homes and offices of two characters: archnemeses Axe, a billionaire hedge fund manager, and US Attorney Chuck Rhoades. Production...
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Cop jailed for making homeless man lick public urinal

21 minutes ago | Metro

Former Honolulu police officer John Rabago was sentenced to four years in prison for forcing a homeless man to lick a urinal A former police officer was jailed for forcing a...
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Coronavirus: Russian hackers target Covid-19 vaccine research

21 minutes ago | BBC | 5 articles

The UK, US and Canada say state-backed hackers tried to steal coronavirus vaccine research.
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US executes second man this week

23 minutes ago | Belfast telegraph | 2 articles

The United States has carried out its second federal execution this week, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers contended he had dementia and was unfit to be...
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Ethical labels not fit for purpose, report warns consumers

25 minutes ago | The Guardian

Schemes such as Fairtrade may serve to mask human rights abuses and allow government inaction, study claims Many of the world's leading certification standards are not only...
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UK: Russian hackers attempted to steal coronavirus vaccine research

27 minutes ago | Politico | 5 articles

LONDON - Russian hackers are targeting organizations developing coronavirus vaccines, according to security officials from the U.K., United States and Canada. The U.K.'s...
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Islamic State Bride Shamima Begum Should Be Allowed To Return To UK, Court Rules

Shamima Begum - one of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group - should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the... Read more ...

Jofra Archer dropped from England squad for West Indies Test after rules breach

Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England's second Test against the West Indies after a breach of the team's 'bio-secure protocols' Read more ...

Russia ‘almost certainly' attempted to interfere with general election...

Boris Johnson at his general election win The government has admitted for the first time that it ‘is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 General... Read more ...

Marc Quinn replaces statue of slaver Edward Colston with Black Lives Matter...

Artist Marc Quinn has erected a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Jed Reid on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of a slave trader stood before it was torn... Read more ...

‘WTF' - Arsenal's Aubameyang fuming after Alexander-Arnold's dangerous...

Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has hinted that he's seriously annoyed that Trent Alexander-Arnold's challenge on Bukayo Saka wasn't reviewed by VAR, if this tweet's... Read more ...

England and Wales to meet in Wembley friendly on October 8

England will play a friendly match against Wales at Wembley Stadium on Thursday October 8. Read more ...

Sun captured in closest images ever and show spectacular 'campfires' on surface

Britain's Solar Orbiter has taken these never-seen-before close-up pictures of the Sun - revealing miniature solar flares dubbed 'camp fires' erupting on its surface Read more ...

Vanessa Paradis And Winona Ryder No Longer Giving Evidence In Johnny Depp's...

Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis will no longer be called to give evidence in Johnny Depp 's libel claim against The Sun, the High Court has heard. The Hollywood actor is suing... Read more ...

Crystal Palace vs Man Utd TV channel, live stream, team news, odds and...

Man Utd are on an 18-match unbeaten run Manchester United continue their battle for a top four finish on Thursday night when they travel to Crystal Palace in the Premier... Read more ...