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Little did Stephanie Howarth know her family hid a very sinister secret linking her to a notorious female killer, a celebrity executioner and a street with a dark past.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MONACO: In winning this 72nd world championship edition of the sport's most fabled race, he became the youngest driver ever to do so.

Music legend Sir Elton John was frisked by Italian police at the airport ahead of catching a private jet out of Sicily after performing at Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's wedding.

"Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies," reports the Los Angeles Times: The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. This year, 57 of the top companies are headquartered in Texas, compared with California's 56. It's a reversal from two years ago when the Golden State had the pole position... California's corporate haters say they try to avoid the state's high costs, income taxes and strict regulations, but the western state is still a top money maker. "California dominates on nearly every other measure: its Fortune 500 companies are the most profitable ($647 billion), most valuable ($20 trillion), and employ more people than any other state (2.8 million workers)," Fortune said in a news release. Indeed, despite the naysayers, Californian companies have been leading the world in developing artificial intelligence technology as well as the latest in space and defense tech. The state is home to nearly 400 "unicorns," or billion-dollar startups — more than any other state, according to CB Insights. It also gobbled up nearly two-thirds of U.S. venture capital last year, with San Francisco Bay Area startups such as OpenAI leading the way, according to the business information platform Crunchbase. Texas and California have been in a tug-of-war for the crown. In 2024, after a decade, California bagged the top spot with 57 companies on the list, while Texas and New York tied in second with 52 companies each... The fourth spot was tied between Illinois and Ohio, with 29 companies each. Amazon was the top company on the list, ending Walmart's 13-year reign at the top of the annual Fortune 500 companies list. Amazon's 2025 revenue was $716.9 billion, compared with Walmart's $713.2 billion. Seattle-headquartered Amazon joined Exxon Mobil, General Motors, and Walmart as the only four companies to have ever held the top position since Fortune began publishing the data in 1955.

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Both Kardashian sisters chose to rudely ignore the reporter, refusing to say a single word to him before they turned to their entourage in a bid to seemingly get him moved away.

The days of crowded drawers and scratched pots are a thing of the past, thanks to Cuisinart's new pan range.

Paul Edwards, 52, ordered a copy of Mother & Baby in 2007 when his daughter was 18 months old and his son was due to be born three months later.

A growing number of adverts pose as impartial advice without clearly saying they are promoting a business, and fail to make clear you can claim for free, says FCA

She famously sang 'it's me, I'm Cathy' in her hit song Wuthering Heights. But passers-by could be forgiven for wondering which one was the real Kate Bush

The SNP embezzlement scandal has thus far trained its spotlight on Peter Murrell and his penchant for pilfery, and on his estranged spouse Nicola Sturgeon, a strategic mastermind with the observational skills of Mr Magoo.

"Can a company take away something you've already paid for?" asks the BBC. "In the world of online video games, some already do." Publishers can decide to switch off a game's servers, often leaving it effectively unplayable. Stop Killing Games, a growing consumer rights campaign started by American YouTuber Ross Scott in 2024, is challenging that practice. In January, the group submitted a petition featuring nearly 1.3 million signatures to the European Commission, triggering a public hearing in the European Parliament in April. What began as an online campaign is now awaiting a decision from one of the EU's most powerful institutions... Scott's campaign began following an announcement from the major studio Ubisoft, saying it would shut down the online-only racing game The Crew in 2024... Ubisoft has already defended its position in court. Responding to a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by two The Crew players in California, the studio argued that customers had purchased a licence to use the game, not unlimited ownership rights, and that players had been warned online services would not be available forever. The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice in June 2025, after the plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew the case. The wider games industry has also pushed back against the campaign. Video Games Europe, which represents many of the industry's largest publishers, said shutting down online services "must be an option" when games are no longer commercially viable. It also warned that some of the campaign's proposals could make online-only games significantly more expensive to develop. "In no way are we asking companies to keep servers running or services going, they can end it any time they want," said Scott. Instead, he and his fellow campaigners argue that when a game is shut down it should be done "responsibly", with publishers considering "end-of-life plans" such as updating the game to work offline or releasing software that allows players to continue running it. Two key points from the article: "In March, French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir launched legal action against Ubisoft over the shutdown of The Crew, arguing that players were misled about the permanence of their purchase and that some of the company's contract terms were unfair." "The European Commission must respond to the European Citizens' Initiative — the petition brought by the group — by 27 July." Thanks to Alain Williams — Slashdot reader #2,972 — for sharing the article.

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Naisha Ruzensky and her then-girlfriend Jayden Johnson were watching TV in 2014 when Johnson suddenly turned to Ruzensky and blurted out: 'I am transgender.' It was a shock, to say the least.

Long waits at the border in Europe and fears over the jet fuel crisis are causing more people to consider holidaying in the UK - and for those wanting to travel north of the country, Yorkshire is a hotspot.

If you want to watch the games from within the UK, the usual pair of networks are where you will go. The big two, BBC and ITV , will show their own particular games before both broadcasting the final.

At the age of 54, I was trying to find a job in one of the toughest markets I've ever known.

Filling out the Power of Attorney forms is possible without expert guidance. But these are some of the most common pitfalls.

My wife is losing her voice. Her GP says that it's silent reflux but the prescription medicines aren't helping. Could there be another cause? Dr Ellie replies to a reader's concerns.

The Great British Bake Off judge has unveiled freshly-baked plans for his 18th-century countryside retreat after falling foul of town hall planners last October.

DI Ben Coogan, 49, was sacked for gross misconduct following a hearing in April after he was found to have saved five sexual pictures of a female colleague he was romantically involved with.