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Selma Blair gave an incredible update on her years-long battle with Multiple Sclerosis this week.

Dugan is accused of escorting the man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, and his lawyer out of the courtroom through the jury door on April 18 as a way to help avert his arrest.

Her family announced her passing in a statement, saying her death had left them with 'utterly broken hearts'. The 41-year-old grew to prominence after she was trafficked by the late financier.

The Government has launched its ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper which hopes to help the 2.8 million people out of work due to long-term sickness.

Jacob was born needing care from Great Ormond Street Hospital at just six months old

The Government has launched its ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper which hopes to help the 2.8 million people out of work due to long-term sickness.

PLANS to build a guest house at the site of a former pub and takeaway in Castle Hedingham have been given the green light.

Run by 21-year-old Jessica King, Jessica’s Place on Rosemary Road is more than just a café – it’s a celebration of community.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump won't be the only American VIPs in attendance at Pope Francis ' funeral in Rome Saturday.

Zoe Conant, 36, and her now-husband Blane Conant, 29, were set to tie the knot. But mayhem ensued when Zoe wasn't allowed in the country.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Multiple studies and investigations have found that about half of American households watch TV and movies with subtitles on, but only a relatively small portion of those include someone with a hearing disability. That's because of the trouble many people have understanding dialogue in modern viewing situations, and Netflix has now introduced a subtitles option to help. The closed captioning we've all been using for years includes not only the words the people on-screen are saying, but additional information needed by the hard of hearing, including character names, music cues ("dramatic music intensifies") and sound effects ("loud explosion"). For those who just wanted to make sure they didn't miss a word here and there, the frequent descriptions of sound effects and music could be distracting. This new format omits those extras, just including the spoken words and nothing else -- even in the same language as the spoken dialogue. The feature will be available in new Netflix original programming, starting with the new season of You in multiple languages. Netflix says it's looking at bringing the option to older titles in the library (including those not produced by Netflix) in the future. Traditional closed captions are still available, of course. Those are labeled "English CC" whereas this new option is simply labeled "English" (or whatever your preferred language is).

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Just weeks after a string of mysterious social media posts, Virginia Giuffre's family confirmed on Friday that she had died by suicide in the tiny town of Neergabby, north of Perth.

Virginia Giuffre, 41, suffered a series of personal and physical blows in the years before she died by suicide at her $1.3million farmhouse in Western Australia.

The family of Virginia Giuffre , who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein as a teen, have released a statement following her death by suicide.

TV producer Alex Berger criticized Apple TV+ as "the worst marketer in the universe" for failing to promote his French-language show La Maison, despite its success in Europe. Berger said he initially partnered with Apple out of hope, but ultimately felt they undermined their own content by not supporting it properly. 9to5Mac reports: Rafa Sales Ross at Variety recently interviewed TV producer Alex Berger, who made La Maison for Apple TV+. That partnership is apparently not one he intends to repeat: "Marketing makes a show," he emphasized. "Apple, for example, is probably the worst marketer in the universe -- the best for iPhones, the worst for television. They don't do marketing, and it was an issue for us with 'La Maison.' We did a great show that had an amazing success in France and other places in Europe, but they never promoted it. It drove me crazy." Asked why, while believing Apple TV+ to lack in marketing efforts, did he decide to take "La Maison" to the streamer, Berger said simply: "Hope. We had hope." "Apple TV+ had never done a show in France and never really done a show in Europe," adds the producer. "'Slow Horses' started [things] in the U.K., but it was with the U.S.. I was hoping I would change them. We got very frustrated and just thought at one point that they were shooting themselves in the foot, and why? "La Maison faced the additional challenge of being a French-language series, at the time one of the only non-English shows on the streamer," notes 9to5Mac's Ryan Christoffel. "So it had an uphill battle already, making Apple's marketing struggles even more of a problem."

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YKK, the world's largest zipper maker, has unveiled a prototype self-propelled zipper that uses a motorized worm gear to zip itself closed at the push of a button. It currently relies on a wired remote and external power, and can zip spans up to 16 feet in under a minute. The Verge reports: Although some recent zipper innovations, such as Under Armour's one-handed MagZip upgrade, are designed to improve accessibility and make zippers easier to use for those with limited mobility, YKK envisions more industrial use cases for its prototype. As demonstrated in a video recently shared on the company's YouTube channel, the self-propelled zipper is seen connecting a pair of 16-foot-tall membranes in about 40 seconds. Zipping them together manually would require the use of a ladder or other machinery. In another video, the prototype is used to quickly connect a pair of 13-foot-wide temporary shelters standing over eight feet tall, taking about 50 seconds to progress from one side to the other. [...] In addition to miniaturizing the tech and adding a battery, YKK would also need to develop some safety mechanisms before its self-propelled zipper could ever reach consumers' clothing, ensuring there's nothing that might get stuck.

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The House of Commons is an intimidating place and, as I rose to speak, my voice wavered. What I hadn't reckoned on was how revisiting the birth of my daughter, Arabella, would affect me.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Volodymyr Zelensky has remained steadfast that the territory belongs to the Ukrainian people, asserting that their 'position is unchanged'.

Trump is one of dozens of world leaders who jetted to Italy ahead of the historic funeral of the pontiff, who died at the age of 88 on Monday.