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The pop music icon even changed the lyrics to her 2019 hit thank you, next from 'Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh' to '… they still kinda slap' and '…he still got my back'

The Home Secretary is pressing ahead with plans - first floated in November - to create new 'safe and legal routes' for refugees.

The Los Angeles Police Department says about 1,500 police agencies across America have drone programs, reports SFGate, and 58 of those drone-using police agencies are in California. The Sacramento County sheriff's office recently posted drone footage on Instagram set to theme from "Mission: Impossible," claiming "a nationwide first" where their drone successfully disarmed a felon "seen earlier with a firearm" (though now not moving, but holding a knife while lying face down in a garage). In the video the "not responding" suspect continues not moving as the drone dangles a magnet which catches on the knife. The drone then pulls multiple times until it comes out of the unmoving suspect's hand. The sheriff's office says their footage shows their drone "disarm an armed suspect, helping bring the incident to a safe resolution," in their post on Instagram, "rather than rush into a potentially deadly encounter..." Was he pretending to be dead or simply lying in wait for deputies to approach...? It's also worth noting that our drones are labeled as "military equipment" (even though anyone can purchase them at their local Walmart), but are really just another piece of technology helping deputies resolve dangerous situations safely. Their use protects both law enforcement personnel and suspects. SFGate offers more reports from around California: In Yucaipa, officials launched a Drone as First Responder (DFR) pilot program on May 28, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department announced this month. According to the release, drones have already been used to respond to over 100 calls for service, arriving before deputies for 71% of them. "The drones also contributed to 12 arrests, assisted in locating persons of interest on 37 occasions, and provided aerial overwatch during 44 incidents," it continues, though details on how they assisted the police are unclear. The drones, manufactured by Skydio, were also used to locate a young person experiencing a mental health crisis and another person launching illegal fireworks.

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Kate, 27, confessed she was struggling to adjust to being single again, sharing a snap of herself beaming, but explaining in the caption that it was a 'fake smile'.

The 58-year-old, who shot to fame in 1985 when he became the youngest ever men's champion at Wimbledon, was jailed in 2022 for hiding £2.5million of assets and loans to avoid paying taxes.

Nathan Muir, 32, brazenly posted the image, which features flattering lighting that shows off his muscles, on Greater Manchester Police's wanted appeal for him on Facebook .

The terrifying incident happened at around 9.15am on Friday near the Mud Volcano area, just north of Fishing Bridge, according to park officials.

The Jerusalem Post reports that doctors at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus "have successfully treated their first Israeli opioid addiction patient using an experimental noninvasive brain technology, easing him through withdrawal in just 20 minutes..." [T]he team of specialists at the Haifa medical center intervened in the electrical activity of an area of the patient's brain called the nucleus accumbens, the core of the brain system responsible for feelings of satisfaction, pleasure, and reward. The treatment, based on technology from the Israeli company Insightec, is similar to the one used to treat symptoms of essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor, under MRI control. In this case, the treatment was carried out with the help of a new technology that performs noninvasive neuromodulation, without heating or burning tissue, and allows stimulation in the same area of the brain to increase or suppress activity... "Tests carried out a week later produced negative results for opioids and other substances," [said Dr. Lior Lev-Tov, director of the functional neurosurgery unit in Rambam's neurosurgery division and the one leading the new study at the medical center.] "The patient himself reported a craving score of zero out of 10 for using the drug, and even another side effect, a drastic drop in the desire for cigarettes, from three packs a day to just a few cigarettes, and with no urge to use alcohol. In other words, in a treatment that lasted about 20 minutes net, our patient was completely freed from an extreme dependence that had accompanied him every day for years. This is nothing less than a medical and therapeutic revolution." Dr. Lev-Tov added that "This experience opens doors for us to treat a wide range of very serious illnesses such as PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, other addictions, severe depression, severe pain disorders, and I hope we will also be able to reach cognitive areas and treat attention deficit disorders, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and more." Thanks to Slashdot reader Bruce66423 for sharing the article.

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Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, and a boy, 17, who cannot be named attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.

PC Lydia Ward suffered a broken nose and was left needing surgery when she was attacked by Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, in Terminal Two of the airport in July 2024.

Olivia Attwood wowed in a black bikini as she enjoyed a day out at a beach bar in Ibiza with pals on Saturday - after Pete Wicks spoke out about their romance for the first time.

A dramatic conclusion saw the Briton first on the grid ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in second and third. Kimi Antonelli, the championship leader, was fourth fastest.

While there were a handful of England WAGs desperately seeking attention on Wednesday night, there was one who stood out - for her absolute determination to stay hidden.

Princess Andre showed off her dad Peter's lavish Cyprus villa with a huge pool, tennis court and extensive grounds as they enjoyed a family holiday this week.

The village is highly sought after because of its pretty countryside feel, as well as being within the London commuter belt

Keith Di Palma, 57, told a court in Turkey how his wife Lisa, 61, was mercilessly 'thrown almost five metres' after she was hit by an alleged drunk driver while on holiday last August.

On Friday, the UK record for the hottest day in June was broken for a third day in a row, with temperatures reaching 37.5 °C in London, the Met Office has said.

Thursday the Free Software Foundation blogged about this year's 47 'LibreLocal 2026' meetups, highlighting 10 that took place in Australia, Mexico, the United States, New Zealand, Cameroon, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, China, and Iran. "Far from each other in many parts of the world, they came together around one unifying belief: free software." We envisioned LibreLocal as a collage of in-person community meetups that would bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebrate free software. When we asked the free software community to organize LibreLocals last year, the response was very inspirational: 29 different meetups were hosted. After we made the global call this year, we were greeted with an even more enthusiastic response... Organizers hosted LibreLocals in cafes, bars, restaurants, libraries, universities, a computer repair shop, and even as part of a field trip to the System Source Museum, a museum dedicated to the history of computing in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA. We also learned that a LibreLocal was organized inside Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad, Iran by a free software supporter. Originally planned to be held in Shiraz, we were informed of this change in location on the LibreLocal wiki page set up for listing all LibreLocals. The updated entry, by another free software supporter in Iran, reads: "This year, one of our dedicated activists organized a LibrePlanet event from within prison in Iran. Currently serving a sentence for "cyber-crimes" related to his promotion of free software, he continues to introduce the principles of software freedom to his fellow inmates. We have placed this banner to honor his resilience and the community of individuals in prison who continue to stand for technological freedom. His identity will be revealed when it is safe to do so." Advocating for user freedom should never result in a prison sentence. We especially admire and respect the bravery and strength of those who fight for software freedom in the most dangerous and oppressive of environments. 50 people attended the LibreLocal meetup in Switzerland, according to one of the organizers, "forging connections between several local free software stakeholders and strengthening their cohesion." But the FSF's blog post stresses these are "ten stories among many more of free software supporters from across the globe... We also thank you our donors and associate members for the support that makes such meetups possible." The GNU Press Shop is now open through July 19 for their biannual fundraiser, offering a variety of freedom-respecting novelties including an FSF-branded antisurveillance webcam guard and both technical and philosophical books, like Richard Stallman's Free as in Freedom (which allegedly has turned up in Anthropic's training data). Other items include a slick new FSF logo sticker, a brass and zinc GNU "emblem" pin with real gold plating, and a cheeky sticker reminding everyone that "There is no cloud." And there's even a plush GNU toy.

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They already ran a business together, dressed alike, drove the same cars and even owned matching dogs.

MATTHEW LAMBWELL: She cut her practice session short at Wimbledon and then cancelled her planned press conference, raising fears over her physical condition ahead of it.