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A private nursery has admitted killing a toddler who was suffocated during nap time. Noah Sibanda's parents thought Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley was taking care of their 14-month-old boy.

Scientists at Kyoto University were treated to a spontaneous musical performance from Ayumu, a 26-year-old chimpanzee.

Benjamin Netanyahu from his bunker in Tel Aviv gave his top commanders a 48-hour deadline to destroy Iran's weapons industry after reviewing Donald Trump's proposed peace plan to end the war.

Don Pettit snapped the photo during Expedition 72, which took place from 23 September 2024 until 18 April 2025.

Pentangle drummer Terry Cox who played with Elton John, David Bowie and the Bee Gees has died aged 89.

Critics have been calling for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex pay for themselves on their quasi-royal visit next month and urged government officials not to contribute.

Longtime Slashdot reader JackSpratts writes: The Supreme Court unanimously said on Wednesday that a major internet provider could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online in a closely watched copyright clash. Music labels and publishers sued Cox Communications in 2018, saying the company had failed to cut off the internet connections of subscribers who had been repeatedly flagged for illegally downloading and distributing copyrighted music. At issue for the justices was whether providers like Cox could be held legally responsible and required to pay steep damages -- a billion dollars or more in Cox's case -- if they knew that customers were pirating music but did not take sufficient steps to terminate their internet access. In its opinion released (PDF) on Wednesday, the court said a company was not liable for "merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights." Writing for the court, Justice Clarence Thomas said a provider like Cox was liable "only if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement" and if it, for instance, "actively encourages infringement." Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, wrote separately to say that she agreed with the outcome but for different reasons. [...] Cox called the court's unanimous decision a "decisive victory" for the industry and for Americans who "depend on reliable internet service." "This opinion affirms that internet service providers are not copyright police and should not be held liable for the actions of their customers," the company said.

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You can go behind the scenes and follow in the footsteps of famous sports stars in this 'footie fan's dream'

Katie Price hit the gym with her husband Lee Andrews as they posed for a mirror selfie for Instagram snaps in Dubai on Tuesday.

Ex-CISA boss also says no reason to panic about AI and security

RSAC 2026  "Everybody feels massive FOMO if they don't get to RSAC," Jen Easterly says.…

Zendaya continued her bride 'method dressing' as she stepped out in Paris wearing a stunning white outfit. 

Emergency services rushed to the A157 close to Grimblethorpe, Louth, following the multi-vehicle crash.

She burst on to the scene in 2024 as a loud and liberal popstar with her hit record Good Luck Babe! 

No arrests have been made at this time

Gemma Kingsley, 50, was today sentenced at Swindon Crown Court after admitting a string of theft and fraud offences that funded her lavish lifestyle.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Stephen Colbert already has a new job lined up for when he ends his 11-year run as host of "The Late Show" in May -- the comedian and well-known J.R.R. Tolkien superfan announced he will co-write and develop a new film in the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" franchise. Colbert joined "LOTR" director Peter Jackson to reveal the news in a video announcement. "I'm pretty happy about it. You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me," the late-night host told Jackson, who led the Oscar-winning team behind the nearly $6 billion original "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies. [...] Colbert said the next installment will be based on parts of Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring" book that didn't make it into the original movies. "The thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in (The Fellowship of the Ring) that y'all never developed into the first movie back in the day ... and I thought, 'Oh, wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story.'" he said. Colbert said he discussed the idea with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee, to work out the framing of the story. "It took me a few years to scrape my courage into a pile and give you a call, but about two years ago, I did. You liked it enough to talk to me about it," Colbert told Jackson. Colbert said he, McGee and Jackson have been working alongside screenwriter Philippa Boyens on the development of the story. "I could not be happier to say that they loved it, and so that's what we're going to be working on," Colbert said. Colbert's LOTR movie, tentatively titled "Shadow of the Past," will be the second of two new upcoming films in the franchise from Warner Bros. Discovery. The first of which is called "The Hunt for Gollum" due to be released in 2027.

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Four former NSA bosses walk onto the stage at RSAC…

rsac 2026  There's a theoretical red line with cyber warfare. Cross it, and the US will respond with a physical attack like missile strikes. And that line "is whatever the President says it is," according to former NSA boss retired General Paul Nakasone.…

ITV bosses are confronting a growing row 'at the very top' after Ed Balls was accused of 'whataboutery' over a controversial Good Morning Britain interview.