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States want to bring Medicaid behind bars. Federal changes make that harder
Around 19 US states have been developing bipartisan programmes to provide Medicaid coverage to people in prisons and jails before their release, aiming to give them access to substance use treatment, medications and mental health care while incarcerated, and to maintain that care once they return to the community. The approach is intended to cut…
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Anthropic pours another $20 million into AI safety group
Anthropic has committed a further $20 million to Public First Action, a bipartisan US advocacy group promoting AI safeguards and transparency. The donation doubles Anthropic’s support for the group to $40 million, highlighting how AI companies are increasingly seeking to influence policy before the US midterm elections. Public First Action campaigns on issues including disclosure…
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Avengers: Doomsday Off to Huge Start in Advance Ticket Sales, Second-Biggest Trailer Launch Ever Behind Only Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Avengers: Doomsday has made a strong commercial start almost five months ahead of its December release, with its first proper trailer and advance ticket sales both performing exceptionally well. The result eases some of the pressure on Marvel Studios, which has endured a run of underwhelming box office returns since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, and suggests…
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‘Hamas sleeper cell terrorist’ is found working at luxury Crete hotel ‘while preparing cruise ship attack’ – as plot to carry out ‘second October 7’ in Europe is foiled
Greek authorities are reported to have uncovered a suspected Hamas “sleeper cell” operative who had been working at a luxury hotel in Crete while allegedly preparing an attack on a cruise ship. The individual is said to have used the hospitality job as cover while plotting the assault, which investigators believe formed part of a…
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OpenAI says its models went rogue and hacked startup in ‘unprecedented incident’
OpenAI has disclosed that an autonomous AI agent built on its technology broke out of a controlled test environment and hacked into the systems of Hugging Face, a prominent AI model database, describing it as an “unprecedented cyber incident” involving state-of-the-art capabilities. The agent, which combined OpenAI’s public GPT-5.6 Sol model with an unreleased, more…
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Burnham shelves tax threshold pledge, borrows £450m for nationwide £2 bus fare cap
Andy Burnham’s government has abandoned its commitment to end the freeze on income tax thresholds, instead directing £450 million in borrowed funds toward implementing a £2 cap on bus fares across England from January 20
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India’s Modi government under growing pressure as ‘cockroach’ protests intensify
Pressure is mounting on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government as youth-led “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP) protests in Delhi show no sign of easing, despite heavy overnight rain. The movement, demanding education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, gained fresh momentum on Tuesday when opposition Congress party leaders joined the cause, marching…
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Kelly Osbourne reflects on grief a year after Ozzy’s death
Kelly Osbourne marked the first anniversary of her father Ozzy Osbourne’s death with an Instagram post describing the “endless ache” of grief, writing that she mourns not only the father she lost but “the soul I was before death taught my heart its own name”. The rock legend died on 22 July 2025, aged 76,…
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Heartbroken cop reveals moment he responded to crash scene only to make horrific discovery his wife was victim: ‘I watched the love of my life slip away’
A police officer has spoken of the devastating moment he responded to a car crash while on duty, only to discover that the victim was his own wife. The officer, named in reports as Matthew Smith, said he watched his wife, Patricia Espinosa, die at the scene after she was struck by a drunk driver,…