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The crisis engulfing Morgan McSweeney deepened after the email shed new light on a episode in which his think-tank was fined for breaches of electoral law involving donations.

Asked by journalist Clover Hope from Elle if he looks forward to being a husband, the Harlem-bred music artist quipped, 'How you know I'm not already a husband?'

A wide range of convicted criminals - particularly those from African, Middle Eastern and Caribbean nations - are being removed from Britain at a glacial pace.

MLB has approved the use of robot umpires in the 2026 season. According to ESPN, the system will give teams two challenges per game for balls and strikes where hitters, pitchers, and catchers can request reviews. From the report: Hitters, pitchers and catchers will be the only ones allowed to trigger the system by tapping their head, and if a challenge is successful -- the pitch will be shown on in-stadium videoboards -- teams will retain it. While the vote in favor of the automated ball-strike challenge system was not unanimous -- some of the four players on the 11-man committee voted no, according to sources -- the vote was a fait accompli, with MLB owners all in favor and in possession of a six-seat majority on the committee. The ABS system uses similar technology to the line-calling system in tennis, with 12 cameras in each ballpark tracking the ball with a margin of error around one-sixth of an inch. The ABS zone will be a two-dimensional plane in the middle of the plate that spans its full width (17 inches). The zone's top will be 53.5% of a player's height and the bottom 27%. Teams that run out of challenges over the first nine innings will be granted an extra challenge in the 10th inning, while those that still have unused challenges will simply carry them into extras. If a team runs out of challenges in the 10th, it will automatically receive another in the 11th -- a rule that extends for any extra inning. During the league's spring training test this season, teams combined to average around four challenges per game and succeeded 52.2% of the time, according to the league. Catchers, whose value in framing pitches outside the zone to look like strikes could take a hit due to the new rule, were the most successful at a 56% overturn rate, while hitters were correct 50% of the time and pitchers 41%. MLB's minor league testing, which started in 2021, led to Triple-A players in 2023 using ABS challenge three days a week and a full ABS system, with every pitch adjudicated by computer, the other three.

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Guy Pearce has revealed he stepped up as his family's father figure after the shock death of his dad in a plane crash when the actor was only eight years old.

Rebecca Adlington has announced that she is pregnant with her third child after opening up about her devastating miscarriages. 

The trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest - and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Researchers think a mysterious signal, dubbed GW190521, could have arrived from a parallel universe after passing through a wormhole.

YouTube's parent company, Alphabet, said it will reinstate creators previously banned for spreading COVID-19 misinformation and false election claims, citing free expression and shifting policy guidelines. The Hill reports: "Reflecting the Company's commitment to free expression, YouTube will provide an opportunity for all creators to rejoin the platform if the Company terminated their channels for repeated violations of COVID-19 and elections integrity policies that are no longer in effect," the company said in a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chair of the House Judiciary Committee. "YouTube values conservative voices on its platform and recognizes that these creators have extensive reach and play an important role in civic discourse. The Company recognizes these creators are among those shaping today's online consumption, landing 'must-watch' interviews, giving viewers the chance to hear directly from politicians, celebrities, business leaders, and more," it added in the five-page correspondence. Alphabet blamed the Biden administration for limiting political speech on the platform. "Senior Biden Administration officials, including White House officials, conducted repeated and sustained outreach to Alphabet and pressed the Company regarding certain user-generated content related to the COVID-19 pandemic that did not violate its policies," the letter read. "While the Company continued to develop and enforce its policies independently, Biden Administration officials continued to press the Company to remove non-violative user-generated content," it continued. Guidelines were changed after former President Biden took office and urged platforms to remove content that encouraged citizens to drink bleach to cure COVID-19, as President Trump suggested in 2020, or join insurrection efforts launched on Jan. 6, 2021, to overthrow his 2020 presidential win. But the company said the Biden administration's decisions were "unacceptable" and "wrong," while noting it would forgo future fact-checking mechanisms and instead allow users to add context notes to content.

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President Donald Trump has made a major reversal on the Russia war, claiming on Tuesday that Ukraine is positioned to retake all of its lost territory and more.

Trump is on a revenge tour. Anyone in any doubt must not have heard the president's eulogy for Charlie Kirk on Sunday, when he said: 'I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them.'

Dani Dyer has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing days before the first live show, with the news sparking reaction from fans, co-stars and her dad Danny Dyer

Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori has sensationally announced the launch of her own fashion brand after shocking the world with her naked looks.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: While many vibe-coding startups have become unicorns, with valuations in the billions, one area where AI-assisted coding has not yet taken off is on mobile devices. Despite the numerous apps now available that offer vibe-coding tools on mobile platforms, none are gaining noticeable downloads, and few are generating any revenue at all. According to an analysis of global app store trends by the app intelligence provider Appfigures, only a small handful of mobile apps offering vibe-coding tools have seen any downloads, let alone generated revenue. The largest of these is Instance: AI App Builder, which has seen only 16,000 downloads and $1,000 in consumer spending. The next largest app, Vibe Studio, has pulled in just 4,000 downloads but has made no money. This situation could still change, of course. The market is young, and vibe-coding apps continue to improve and work out the bugs. New apps in this space are arriving all the time, too. This year, a startup called Vibecode launched with $9.4 million in seed funding from Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six. The company's service allows users to create mobile apps using AI within its own iOS app. Vibecode is so new, Appfigures doesn't yet have data on it. For now, most people who want to toy around with vibe-coding technology are doing so on the desktop.

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Just 12 hours after a surgery to try and stop the infection from spreading, it had made it to his chest, hands and head. He was dead about a week later.

After the Big Society and Levelling-Up, we are now to be lectured about another opaque political idea, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

Margot G. Lewis, 33, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Monday in connection with the stabbing death of Liara Tsai, 35, in Minneapolis.

Two women, named recently as Elizabeth and Jasmin Ramos, who were dumped in a park as toddlers, discovered their mother had been murdered in a decades-old cold case.

The explosive allegations against Errol Musk, 79, are allegedly why the tech billionaire and Tesla founder has kept his distance from his estranged father over the years.

The higher the wage level, the more entries they'll get in the draw

The H-1B lottery in the US is being tipped heavily in favor of high-wage earners under a long-awaited rule proposal unveiled on Tuesday.…