Moment ‘mini tsunamis’ hit Ibiza – flooding streets and restaurants
"Mini tsunamis", known locally as rissagues, struck the Balearic island of Ibiza on Monday morning, sending seawater surging through streets and restaurants at the popular Platja de s'Arenal beach in Sant Antoni de Portmany. Holidaymakers and locals fled as the sudden change in sea level flooded the promenade,…
Georgia cops are hunting down a man who picked up $30 from a Walmart floor and didn’t turn it in…and people are angry about it
Police in Albany, Georgia, appealed to the public for help identifying an elderly Walmart shopper who picked up $30 that another customer had dropped, prompting a wave of online mockery over the use of police resources for such a minor incident. The original victim reportedly wanted to press…
Family left heartbroken as ICE rips away 5-year-old boy from his mother on the way to soccer game
A five-year-old boy and his father were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, while on their way to a soccer match, leaving the boy's mother distraught. Victor Martinez Nieto and his son, Liam Tadeo, were arrested on 16…
Sudanese woman is allowed to stay in UK with her refugee cousin because they are married… after couple had ‘customary Islamic’ wedding in their home country
A Sudanese woman who was initially refused asylum in the UK has won the right to stay after successfully arguing that deportation would breach her human right to a family life, because she is married to her cousin, a recognised refugee already living in Britain. The Home Office…
Zillow settlement requires Redfin rental listings market return
Zillow has reached a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission over an antitrust case concerning a $100 million deal it struck with rival property platform Redfin. The agreement had paid Redfin to withdraw from the internet listing service (ILS) market for apartment rentals for up to nine…
Threads is testing a podcast transcription feature
Meta is testing a new feature on Threads that automatically generates transcriptions for podcast clips, allowing users to read along even with the sound turned off. Platform head Connor Hayes revealed the trial, describing it as one of several podcast-focused tools currently in development for the service, though…
Scottish Labour leadership frontrunner admits party faces ‘systemic’ problems as he vows new taxes on families and big businesses
Michael Marra, the frontrunner to become Scottish Labour's next leader, has admitted the party faces "systemic" problems while proposing new taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations to address funding pressures. Speaking in Glasgow, he said dissatisfaction with Sir Keir Starmer had been "a storm from which the…
Two week electricity blackout sees power crews SHOT AT in notoriously-scary Midwest city where Michael Jackson was born
Restoration crews working to restore power in Gary, Indiana were forced to briefly halt operations after being shot at overnight, following storms that left thousands of residents without electricity for roughly two weeks. Two NIPSCO utility workers were surveying Rutledge Street just after midnight on 15 August when…
Family of grandmother, 73, who died after taking Mounjaro say doctors ‘were fixated on fat jab side effects’, inquest hears
An inquest heard that the family of Caroline Savage, a 73-year-old grandmother who died in October 2024, believe doctors became too focused on Mounjaro side effects and may have overlooked other potential causes of her illness. Mrs Savage, from Wortwell in Norfolk, had been privately prescribed the weight-loss…
Man ‘killed partner by stabbing her 70 times before turning knife on her daughter’, court hears
A man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with murder and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his partner around 70 times in what prosecutors described as a "murderous attack", before also stabbing her daughter when she tried to intervene. Alan Dore, 48, is accused of killing 52-year-old…
Manchester City agree £34m deal for Allan Elias as Nico González nears Newcastle move
Manchester City have agreed a £34m deal to sign the Palmeiras winger Allan Elias, a move that will pave the way for the club to sell fellow Brazilian Savinho to Tottenham. City are also in advanced talks to sell midfielder Nico González to Newcastle, with the funds potentially…
The cat-and-mouse game over 3D-printed guns has begun
Cody Wilson, creator of the first 3D-printed gun, says he has built a tool to defeat new software designed to stop 3D printers from producing firearms. Dubbed "Hochulization" in reference to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who this year signed the first US law requiring gun-detection software on…
GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has widened a safety investigation into General Motors after hundreds of reports of brake failure linked to the automaker's "eBoost" brake-by-wire system. The fault, which involves a spindle fracture that can occur while a vehicle is being driven, affects more than…
Deregulated planning, Thames Water rescue plan, and a fatal A66 crash lead today’s news
UK ministers relax garden-plot planning rules and Thames Water creditors pitch a new board, as tech firms are pressed to remove posts glorifying the A66 crash that killed seven. Elsewhere: US-Canada tariffs escalate, Ukraine strikes Russian warehouses, and football probes illegal Russian broadcasts.
Conjure cash with old Macs by linking them to AI inference Borg
Eigen Labs, a Seattle-based startup, is inviting owners of Apple Silicon Macs to rent out their idle computing power to earn passive income through Darkbloom, a distributed AI inference network that recently became a paid provider on OpenRouter. The move matters because it offers a novel way for…
Jaw-dropping percentage of Americans who now do marijuana, even though almost half the country disapproves of the drug
A record 17% of American adults now say they smoke marijuana, according to Gallup's latest Consumption Habits poll, even as public opinion on the drug remains almost evenly divided. The figure marks a return to the previous high set in 2023 and represents more than double the seven…
Ecstasy, ketamine and laughing gas are found buried underneath Creamfields festival site as 80,000 ravers prepare for four-day music event
Cheshire Police have uncovered ecstasy, ketamine and more than 200 canisters of nitrous oxide buried at the Creamfields festival site in Daresbury as part of "disruption work" ahead of the event's opening on Thursday. Up to 80,000 people are expected to attend the four-day festival, which features more…
Boy, five, died after jumping from ‘compromised’ 15th-floor window because ‘he believed he could fly’, inquest rules
An inquest has ruled that a five-year-old boy died after climbing through a "compromised" 15th-floor window and jumping because he believed he could fly. Aalim Ahmed, who had autism, fell from a kitchen window at a temporary social housing flat in Plaistow, east London, in the early hours…
Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
Security researcher Matthew Callaghan discovered that AliExpress fingerprints visitors using an outdated "soundprinting" technique that sends inaudible audio signals to browsers to help identify individual devices. He stumbled upon the tracking by accident, noticing that his multipoint Bluetooth headphones stopped playing phone audio whenever the AliExpress homepage was…
Trump proposes NEW eye-popping fee for H-1B visas for foreign workers amid immigration crackdown
The Trump administration has proposed a new $103,265 fee for US employers seeking to hire foreign workers through the H-1B skilled worker visa programme, marking a further escalation of its hard-line immigration policies. Announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, the charge would apply per H-1B…