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Dundee politicians given poor rating in ‘people-power' index

Chris Law and Stewart Hosie are ranked outside the top 500 in the first ever People-Power index of the best MPs in the UK.
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Once again, our legal system has failed the victims of Hillsborough | David Conn

2 hours ago | The Guardian

The acquittal of David Duckenfield is further evidence that the perverse separation of inquiry, criminal prosecution and inquests should end For the families of the 96 people...
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Has WhatsApp become a potential career assassin? | Afua Hirsch

2 hours ago | The Guardian

The app helped connect me to an inspiring sisterhood. But the case of police officer Robyn Williams shows unopened messages can be a legal minefield We need to talk about...
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How the end of Moore's Law will usher in a new era in computing

3 hours ago | The Telegraph

How New York's 'Taxi King' Gene Friedman brought down the city's cab industry

3 hours ago | Daily Mail

Gene Friedman, 49, went from mingling with Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city elites to facing the full force of the law, following the collapse of the city's taxi industry.
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Indian police shoot dead four men suspected of Hyderabad rape

4 hours ago | The Guardian | 3 articles

The men had been in police custody and were shot near the scene of the crime during a reconstruction Indian police have shot dead four men who were suspected of raping and...
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Ring's Ukraine office threw a party where white employees wore Native American headdresses and face paint

6 hours ago | Business Insider

Photos posted to Facebook in 2017 showed dozens of Ring employees - apparently all white - wearing racially insensitive costumes and shirts that read "FUCK CRIME," according to...
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Terrorists could be released, sparking federal government fight to keep them behind bars

8 hours ago | Daily Mail

New terror laws passed in federal parliament on Wednesday will ensure Australia's most dangerous criminals will remain behind bars for as long as possible.
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GOP law professor witness says he's already receiving threats

9 hours ago | Daily Mail

Jonathan Turley, the GW law professor who testified on behalf of the Republicans at Wednesday's impeachment hearing, said he's already fallen victim to threats.
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BBC attacks Boris Johnson for avoiding interview

12 hours ago | Politico | 6 articles

LONDON - The BBC on Thursday launched an unprecedented attack on Boris Johnson, accusing him of avoiding scrutiny. BBC presenter Andrew Neil spoke directly to camera as he gave...
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Uber reveals more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault in US last year

Labour's second Brexit referendum will be RIGGED, claims Boris Johnson

Labour's manifesto suggests the party will extend voting rights to two million migrants from EU countries who are resident here, but who were not entitled to vote in 2016. Read more ...

Uber safety report reveals over 3,000 sexual assaults in US rides in 2018

Ride-hailing app Uber released its first ever safety report on Thursday and said that 3,045 sexual assaults had been reported in the US in 2018. This story is developing... Read more ...

R. Kelly is accused with bribing a government employee to obtain fake ID to...

Federal prosecutors accused the disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly with bribing an Illinois government employee to acquire a fake ID for 15-year-old Aaliyah. The ID falsely listed... Read more ...

The internet is roasting YouTube's 'Rewind 2019' video, with people calling...

YouTube just dropped its annual year-in-review video , called "Rewind 2019: For the Record," that highlights the platform's biggest creators and trends in 2019. The video is... Read more ...

Father, 21, who caused death of his fiancée when he fell asleep at the wheel...

Dominic Evans was driving his partner Kayleigh Gill, 22, and their two children back from Gatwick Airport in the early hours of the morning when his car veered across a... Read more ...

'You're a damn liar, man!': Joe Biden explodes at voter during Iowa campaign...

Former Vice President Joe Biden called a man a 'damned liar' at a campaign event after he accused the former Vice President of sending his son Hunter to Ukraine. Read more ...

British diver REFUSES to apologize to Elon Musk for calling his plan a...

Vernon Unsworth told a court in LA on Thursday he didn't feel the need to apologize to Elon Musk, saying his remarks were directed to Musk's mini submarine - not Musk directly. Read more ...

'Hard man' who used martial arts to murder Mother Teresa's former assistant...

The CEO of Bill and Melinda Gates' multibillion-dollar nonprofit is stepping...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann is stepping down, the nonprofit said on Thursday after concluding "she could not adequately meet the demands of the... Read more ...