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Facebook Inc. says it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of companies that have tried to rebrand themselves over the years
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Amazon reports sales and profit drop in 3Q

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Online behemoth Amazon reported a drop in third quarter profits and sales as the pandemic-induced online splurging eases
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Official: Meeting didn't impact Noem daughter's application

1 minute ago | The Independent

South Dakota's labor secretary says officials had decided to give Gov. Kristi Noem's daughter another chance to win her state real estate appraiser license even before a...
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HGV driver shortages: My morning at the wheel of the road's biggest beast

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New rules are to make it easier to become an articulated lorry driver. Colin Drury enjoyed a taster lesson but wonders if the change could risk road safety...
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Deputy head sacked after revenge porn attack on rival

13 minutes ago | Daily Express

A DEPUTY headteacher has lost her job after posting a revenge porn picture of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.
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Benedict Cumberbatch to play poisoned Soviet spy in HBO series

13 minutes ago | The Guardian

The actor will star in Londongrad as Alexander Litvinenko, who was fatally poisoned by a radioactive isotope in 2006 Benedict Cumberbatch will play the Soviet spy Alexander...
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Neo-Nazi duo handed nine-year US prison terms over apparent attack plot

13 minutes ago | The Guardian | 2 articles

Judge rules pair intended to engage in terrorist activity in case that highlights broader federal crackdown on far-right extremism Two neo-Nazi group members were sentenced on...
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Review: Plush are the future of rock on debut album

19 minutes ago | The Independent

The future of rock ‘n' roll is in good hands with Plush, the all-female hard rock quartet whose self-titled debut album could be the best album of 2021
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Andrew Cuomo: Misdemeanor complaint filed against former governor related to sex crime, court says

19 minutes ago | The Independent | 2 articles

A misdemeanour complaint has been filed against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for “forcible touching,” according to a filing from the Albany County Sheriff's Office.
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Biden is headed to Europe for COP26, having narrowly avoided embarrassment

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What the president achieved in Congress with the Build Back Better bill was just a potential victory, but an achievement nonetheless
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El Chapo's two underlings, including a former cop, found guilty in Texas court

Two members of the transnational drug trafficking organization co-founded by Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán were found guilty by a Texas federal court on Tuesday. Read more ...

Student fell to her death from bridge after getting email WRONGLY telling...

Mared Foulkes, 21, from Anglesey, north Wales, died on July 8 after falling from Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait. She took her own life after she was wrongly told she... Read more ...

Andrew Cuomo is charged with forcibly touching aide who claimed he groped...

The charges were filed on Thursday in Albany City Court, before sheriffs had received the permission of the victim - Brittany Commisso - to do so. Read more ...

Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray region kills at least 10

Children were among 10 people killed when an Ethiopian military airstrike hit the capital of the country's Tigray region, a doctor said. Read more ...

Trans-row professor quits university over 'toxic' environment

Sen. Burr under investigation again for pandemic stock sales

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Fox News takes heat for graphic showing crosshairs on parents in attack on...

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Gordon Wood and Woody Holton clash over past and present

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UK Government committee meeting to discuss fallout of triggering NI Protocol...

Discussions are taking place within the UK Government about the potential fallout for triggering Article 16 of the NI Protocol as soon as next month, according to Sky News. Read more ...

Gadzooks! Is bumbling Boris right about recycling?

Something extraordinary happened this week. An accidental truth popped out of Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister was holding a press conference for children about ways to deal... Read more ...