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Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom A controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local news station documented appalling conditions for disabled people in the red brick buildings on the banks of Schuylkill River. Re…

Oscar-winning actor to write and direct fact-based movie that will follow a police officer mixed up in 2021 Capitol riot Sean Penn will direct a new film about the January 6 riot set to star Bradley Cooper . According to Deadline , the star, who recently won his second Oscar, will bring what’s been described as a “passion project” to the screen and act as both writer and director. Continue readin…

When Rivers received a surprise letter from DeLillo, it encouraged him to set the author’s one-act play in an adult-free, postapocalyptic world Nine-year-old girls reciting the gnomic prose of Don DeLillo – it sounds like an extreme English detention, but for film-maker Ben Rivers this was the foundation of his new movie, and the culmination of an unlikely friendship with the literary titan. DeLi…

Yum Brands is selling the pizza chain as it struggles with outdated stores and growing competition The struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7bn by parent company Yum Brands. Yum Brands said in February that it was considering selling Pizza Hut and the chain looked to close 250 US restaurants. The pizza chain has struggled with outdated stores and growing competition. Continue…

Japanese technology company at centre of Post Office IT scandal is negotiating settlement with UK government over faulty software Business live – latest updates The chair of Fujitsu, the Japanese technology firm at the centre of the Post Office IT scandal, has resigned after its board became aware of his “woman-related inappropriate conduct”. The company said on Tuesday that Hidenori Furuta had s…

Dublin-born defender’s display against Spain drew comparisons with Paul McGrath’s against Italy in 1994 but he says there is still room to improve Rucksack on his back, Roberto “Pico” Lopes was standing on the corner of the narrow walkway way below the stands at the Atlanta stadium on Monday afternoon when the last of Spain’s players tried to make their way home. More than an hour after the final…

At least eight states have banned the plant-derived product as more people use it and some claim it’s addictive In 2024, Maizie Hepner, 24, started visiting a bar in Dubuque, Iowa that did not serve alcohol and instead offered beverages containing kava and kratom, psychoactive substances derived from plants. The drinks were marketed as “herbal tea mocktails”. Hepner, who works as a server and bar…

Rejected citing ‘conflict of interest’, the ad took aim at Trump allies David Ellison, Paramount Skydance chief, and his billionaire father, Larry Ellison Paramount Skydance refused to air an ad submitted by a press freedom group that heavily criticized the network’s leadership and merger with Warner Bros Discovery, with an advertising associate deeming it a “conflict of interest”. The Freedom of…

Call at G7 summit in France comes as Ukraine president tells US counterpart Kyiv is no longer losing on battlefield Europe live – latest updates European leaders at the G7 summit have urged Donald Trump to try to break the deadlock over ending the Ukraine war by taking up the proposal for him to host talks in the US between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. The US president lamented “the gr…

Ridglan Farms facility in Wisconsin was at the center of protests against the practice of using animals for research A beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin that has been the focus of animal rights protests is shutting down, and a rescue group in Florida is taking in the remaining dogs. “Not one dog will remain,” Lauree Simmons, founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida, said in a p…

Players deny their decision comes from place of hate MLB says writing on caps is a violation of league rules Major League Baseball has issued a statement critical of players who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night hats after an incident at a San Francisco Giants game last week. MLB celebrates Pride month during June and most teams choose a home game to acknowledge the LGBTQ community and its …

Details of potential threat were not immediately disclosed, after event was held on Donald Trump’s 80th birthday Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Law enforcement officials disrupted “planned attacks” meant to target the UFC cage fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, and multiple people were in custody, said Kash Patel, the FBI director. The nature of the pote…

Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather Donald Trump ’s $14.2m bid to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a “filthy” and “dirty” site into a “beautiful” monument has encountered a hitch. The water is green again. Continue reading...

Judge decides Timothy Hudson should face trial as an adult, though he will be held in an approved juvenile facility A teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship turned himself over to the custody of federal authorities on Monday after a judge reversed his decision on pretrial release now that the teen is charged as an adult. The US a…

Medical societies endorse ACOG’s schedule, saying maternal vaccines are ‘key element’ of protection The leading professional organization for obstetricians and gynecologists in the US has launched its first maternal vaccination schedule and diverged for the first time from federal recommendations. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has long recommended giving the shots…

Borrowers face stricter payment timelines after Biden-era Save repayment plan was ended by Donald Trump The American student loan repayment system is set to undergo a significant overhaul next month, changing the way millions of borrowers pay off their debt. The series of changes, which take effect 1 July, are a result of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed last …

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal and state charges tied to Brian Thompson’s 2024 killing Luigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in Manhattan state court on Tuesday in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson . Mangione faces state and federal charges in Thompson’s 4 December 2024 killing on a New York City street. He has pleaded not guilty in both court cases. Conti…

Sixteen-year-old tells police Juven Pineda treated her like a ‘prisoner’ and thretened to harm family in Honduras An accused sex trafficker allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl to resolve a $13,500 debt that he claimed she and her family owed him, according to Louisiana police. Juven Pineda, 34, faces charges of second-degree rape and human trafficking after his capture in North Carolina and recent…

The new DC mayor will face a slew of challenges in the city, including how to handle the Trump administration There’s a transplant from Mar-a-Lago at the center of DCs mayoral primary race on Tuesday, but his name is nowhere on the ballot. For the first time in more than a decade, Washington DC will have a new mayor this year as the city faces concerns about how to address public safety, housing …

The NBA postseason remains a psychodrama of moments, memes and memories unlike anything in sport. We look back at the biggest takeaways Sometimes it’s just your year. When infectiously optimistic young mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected this past fall, there was a palpable vibe shift in the city. That’s not to say that there’s a direct correlation between the New York Knicks being NBA champions and…