Trump claims credit as India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire

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<p>Matthew David Hughes (right) was convicted of aggravated stalking and first-degree home invasion after breaking into rapper Eminem's home for a second time </p>

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Eminem stalker convicted after breaking into rapper’s Detroit home twice

<p>Donald Trump loves his ‘big, beautiful’ tentative trade ‘deal’ with Britain. American automakers don’t</p>

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New York resident charged after 69 live cats and 24 dead ones are found in his home

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<p>Roger Stone, a longtime Republican strategist and Donald Trump loyalist, accused Senator Mark Kelly of ‘treason’ for pushing a bill that would make it illegal for the president and government officials to have crypto assets while in office</p>

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Roger Stone calls for ‘execution’ of 'treasonous' Senator Mark Kelly after lawmaker rips Trump for raking in crypto profits from the White House

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More than $220 million in contracts canceled by Musk and DOGE have been brought back

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A man was found dead outside a courthouse hours after his release. A decade later, police say they’ve arrested his killer

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New Jersey mayor arrested outside ICE facility after protest with members of Congress

<p>SpaceX is facing allegations from a former employee claiming disability discrimination</p>

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<p>Deron Wells, 59, is fighting for his life — and now he also has to fight his insurer, which has denied to authorize a life-saving operation</p>

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Cigna denies life-saving operation to man battling stage 4 cancer

<p>New York Republicans rejected an offer by House Speaker Mike Johnson as insufficient.</p>

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Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ spending bill appears on life support as GOP looks to end some tax relief president created

<p>A joust participant rides a horse at the Texas Renaissance Festival in Todd Mission, Texas. The festival's owner, ‘King’ George Coulam — has been ordered by a judge to sell the festival for $60 million and to pay $22 million in damages to a group who sued him after he allegedly backed out of a sale agreement</p>

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<p>Donald Trump raged at MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle for saying that he's ‘backed into a corner’ on his tariffs and is now ‘looking for an exit.’</p>

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Killer executed by firing squad died in ‘excruciating conscious pain’ after bullet missed his heart, report says

<p>Stephen Miller said the Trump administration was ‘looking at’ suspending habeas corpus in carrying out Trump’s mass deportation agenda </p>

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Trump admin weighs cutting protections for mental health treatment coverage

<p>Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is making significant staffing cuts to the 65-year-old Peace Corps, according to reports. </p>

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JFK-created Peace Corps preps for ‘significant restructuring efforts’ as DOGE targets humanitarian group

<p>Fewer than half of US and UK adults trust that President Donald Trump will abide by trade deal terms</p>

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<p>A US flag is hung upside down below the Upper Yosemite Falls during a protest against federal employee layoffs at Yosemite National Park, California on March 1, 2025. </p>

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Fears grow FBI head Kash Patel isn’t taking his job seriously as he skips morning briefings and frequently attends UFC fights

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<p>George Santos, the former congressman who pleaded guilty to a series of crimes, wants President Donald Trump to give him a pardon or issue clemency</p>

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Tearful George Santos pleads for a pardon from Trump

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<p>Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican</p>

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<p>New footage shows the harrowing moment a mother was detained by ICE and her daughter arrested by police in Worcester, Boston </p>

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<p>Apple is settling a class action lawsuit in which claimants accuse Siri of eavesdropping for over a decade. </p>

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<p>Texas jail guard Clemente Lopez (left) is accused of allowing other inmates to beat Francisco Bazan (right) to death. </p>

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Texas jail guard accused of helping and laughing as four inmates killed another prisoner over $40 debt

<p>The Teal Wand will allow women to screen themselves for cervical cancer from the comfort of their own home</p>

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Former NFL player Carl Nassib recalls conversation that inspired him to come out as gay

<p>Nia Ayers, 24, a nurse in Florida, has been accused of aggravated assault of a person with disabilities. </p>

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‘Acts of torture:’ Florida nurse accused of assaulting quadriplegic, non-verbal woman

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<p>Jeffrey Rupnow, the father of teen who opened fire at Wisconsin's Abundant Life School last December, was criminally charged.</p>

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<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) take part in a wreath laying ceremony on Victory Day, which marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, in Moscow, Russia.</p>

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<p>Grandmother Peggy Bryant, 78, (left) died after eating an incorrectly labeled peanut butter cookie – to which she was 'deathly' allergic, her family says</p>

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‘Labels are there for a reason’: Families sues after cookie mixup kills a 78-year-old grandmother

<p>Bill Gates talks to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on CBS on Thursday May 8 2025</p>

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Bill Gates doubles down on Elon Musk criticism during Colbert interview and says he ‘looks forward’ to Trump meeting

<p>A security guard at the Gan Jewish Preschool in Portland, Oregon, shot a man who allegedly attacked him outside the school. </p>

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Preschool security shoots man who threatened to attack him at school

<p>Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joins protesters outside of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025</p>

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New Jersey city lowered the voting age for school board – only 4% of teens showed up to cast ballots

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<p>Morgan Wallen missed the 2025 ACM Awards despite seven nominations</p>

Morgan Wallen skips 2025 ACM Awards and posts picture with NFL legend instead

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<p>Natalie Sorrells was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting her son’s friend</p>

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Church volunteer mom will head to prison for 5 years after having sex with 13-year-old

<p>Kate Fagan returned to ESPN’s ‘Around the Horn’ on Thursday and advocated for transgender kids who want to play sports</p>

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ESPN panelist Kate Fagan says ‘trans kids deserve to play sports’ in final appearance before show’s cancelation

<p>Optimal Carnivore issues voluntary recall on its Bone & Joint Restore capsules for possible salmonella contamination</p>

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Supplement company issues urgent recall over potential contamination

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Liev Schreiber details ‘profound moment’ daughter Kai came out as transgender

<p>More than 50 planes lined in formation at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, this week </p>

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<p>‘As an animal conservationist, fighting an endangered species just doesn't sit right with me,’ Irwin said</p>

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<p>Remains of ancient Papal found in Rome</p>

Archaeologists accidentally unearth hidden ‘papal palace’ under Rome

<p>A middle-aged man collapsed in the water at Ocean Beach during a dog rescue mission gone wrong </p>

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Bay Area man dies trying to save dog from surf on beach

<p>Ivanka Trump, 43, will speak Thursday about access to fresh produce at the Heartland Summit in Bentonville, Arkansas.</p>

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Ivanka Trump to push healthy foods as her company echoes MAHA mindset sweeping DC

<p>For the first time this year a bison at Yellowstone National Park gored a man on Sunday</p>

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Bison gores Florida man at Yellowstone National Park after he got too close to powerful animal

<p>Kay Adams, a 48-year-old teacher who went missing in 1987 and whose partial skeletal remains were sent to police in November the same year. DNA analysis determined a skull found in 1993 — approximately 100 miles from where other portions of the teacher's remains were found along the California coast — is Adams'. </p>

Crime

Breakthrough made in cold case of California school teacher whose remains were found 100 miles apart

<p>Timothy Morgan was charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing death of his wife. Authorities claim he used a plastic sword and pliers as murder weapons. </p>

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Husband used plastic sword to attack wife then killed her with pliers

<p>A health worker gives a child a measles vaccine at the health center in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico</p>

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Mexico grapples with measles outbreak amid misinformation and distrust

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<p>Fox News pundit was discussing President Joe Biden's appearance on The View moments before she passed out</p>

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Former Trump official Camryn Kinsey faints live on-air during Fox News interview

<p>This photograph shows a flag waving at the headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva on March 13, 2025</p>

Politics

Trump hires UN migration team to help with ‘self deportation’ of undocumented people in the US

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Texas Republicans pushing for death penalty in all 50 states for undocumented murderers

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Trump team calls on Supreme Court to end humanitarian protections for 530,000 immigrants

<p>RFK Jr. swerves past question about whether he's being controlled after his former running mate suggested he's not in charge, following Trump picking Dr. Casey Means as surgeon general</p>

Politics

RFK Jr. dodges question on if he is being controlled

<p>Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will take on a senior policy role in the Department of Health and Human Services </p>

Politics

Trump’s failed Surgeon General pick lands on her feet with a job at RFK Jr’s HHS

<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the department to start moving out transgender members of the military as early as next month</p>

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Pete Hegseth sets fast timeline to boot transgender troops from military

<p>White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)</p>

Politics

First white South Africans to arrive in America despite Trump’s refugee freeze

Culture

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William Shatner doubles down on the US joining Canada

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Tom Cruise praises Nicole Kidman: ‘She’s a great actress’

<p>Rose-tinted glasses: Mark Hoppus’s memoir shimmers with gratitude after the pop-punk legend survived cancer in 2021</p>

Blink-182 rocker Mark Hoppus: ‘‘I wish I had kissed Robert Smith back’

<p>Tom Hanks in a 2006 SNL skit</p>

SNL star says 2006 Tom Hanks song left him ‘feeling terrible’

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Christopher Wheeldon’s dazzling range celebrated by The Royal Ballet

<p>John Legend and Kanye West</p>

John Legend says Kanye West’s mother’s death started his ‘descent’

<p>The popular depiction of Beatlemania: two girls in Beatles sweatshirts wait for the band’s arrival into New York in 1964</p>

The Beatles film is being brought to us by white men – how boring

<p>'Dunkirk is not a war film. It's a survival story and first and foremost a suspense film'</p>

Dunkirk beats Saving Private Ryan to be named UK’s favourite WWII film

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Suits LA cancelled after one season by NBC

<p>Lake Geneva provides a splendid backdrop to the Montreux Jazz Festival</p>

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<p>Nintendo sent out invitations on Thursday, May 8</p>

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<p>The new SPF has been reformulated without zinc oxide</p>

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The Ordinary’s serum achieved ‘impressive results in very little time’

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Liam Payne and Cheryl Tweedy’s son may not receive £24m until he’s 25

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Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury confirm they are back together

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Ford Explorer: More of a driver’s car than its VW siblings

<p>Most of us have an opinion on whether we sympathise more with the brash and traditional heir, William, or the more in-touch-with-his-feelings and wounded ‘spare’, Harry</p>

Why the sibling relationship is now more important than ever

Paris Hilton is sharing skincare knowledge with her kids with new line

<p>Shia LaBeouf reflects on past feud with Broadway co-star Alec Baldwin</p>

Shia LeBeouf slept outside during feud with Alec Baldwin

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Americans react to Robert Prevost becoming first US pope

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<p>A United regional jet being fitted with Starlink</p>

United Airlines announces debut for ‘game-changing’ Starlink Wi-Fi

<p>Nick Sturgill and Devin Mefford take visitors on tours of the abandoned Portal 31 coal mine in the town of Lynch</p>

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<p>Cruise lines and local Mexican governments whose economy relies on cruises have made an agreement to lower the tax</p>

Mexico slashes controversial cruise tax after backlash

<p>Frontier Airlines is launching a new direct service to Myrtle Beach</p>

Airline launches $49 flights to iconic East Coast beach

<p>The picturesque harbour on Hydra in Greece</p>

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