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Shabazz Palaces Announces New Album It’s A Style Sport: Hear “Ahh World (I Won The Alphabet)”
Shabazz Palaces, the Seattle art-rap project led by Digable Planets member Ishmael Butler, has announced a new album titled “It’s A Style Sport”, set for release on Sub Pop Records. The record follows 2024’s mini-album Exotic Birds Of Prey and the standalone single “Time Knows Me”, continuing a project that began 15 years ago as…
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Progressive praise for Trump as Warren backs push to curb defense contractor CEO payouts
Senator Elizabeth Warren has credited a Trump administration policy with curbing stock buybacks by major US defense contractors, saying the change has redirected roughly $2 billion away from shareholder payouts. Her comments came as the Progressive senator offered rare praise for a Trump-era measure, amid a wider push to rein in defense contractor executive pay,…
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David Ellison Told Top Execs Paramount Will Exit California If AG Refuses To Negotiate Settlement In WBD Merger Suit
Paramount CEO David Ellison has warned senior executives that the company will begin relocating out of California from 1 October if state Attorney General Rob Bonta refuses to negotiate a settlement over the antitrust lawsuit challenging Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The threat escalates a bitter public dispute between Paramount and California’s top prosecutor…
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WNBA Trailblazer Sheryl Swoopes on How Roku’s ‘Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete’ Documentary Spotlights That Balancing Act
A new Roku Originals documentary, “Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete,” premiered at the 24th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, exploring how WNBA players balance motherhood with professional sport. The film features Sheryl Swoopes, one of the league’s founding stars, alongside Skylar Diggins-Smith, Bria Hartley, Natalie Achonwa and Allison Feaster, who share candid reflections on pregnancy, postpartum…
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Copernicus! Tony Soprano! The inventor of the semicolon! The heroic obsessions of artist Isabel Nolan
Isabel Nolan, a Dublin-based artist, has created Ireland’s presentation for the Venice Biennale, transforming the national pavilion into a secular chapel-like installation titled “Dreamshook”. The work borrows heavily from Christian visual language, such as stained-glass-style arches and radiant tapestries, but redirects that aesthetic power towards celebrating secular figures including scientists and humanists, reflecting Nolan’s belief…
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Chilling new details of Trump’s brazen escape from Iranian assassins sparks outrage
The Daily Mail reports fresh details about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump, focusing on a dramatic account of his escape aboard Air Force One during a stopover linked to Turkey. The story has generated public anger, with critics highlighting the apparent scale of the threat and questioning how close the plot came…
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Boy, 3, rings 999 and potentially saves his mum’s life – South Yorkshire Police release recording of call
The remarkable call came just months after the little boy visited Sheffield’s Emergency Services Museum
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New midterm battleground takes shape as parties build election armies
Republicans and Democrats are increasingly focused on the infrastructure of elections themselves, not just candidates and policy, as both parties race to build up poll-watching and organisational capacity ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Republican National Committee says it has already surpassed its 2024 poll-worker recruitment numbers, reflecting President Donald Trump’s long-standing emphasis on who…
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Trump Administration Splits MMR Vaccine Into Three Separate Doses, Drawing Medical Warnings
President Trump has signed an executive order modifying federal childhood immunisation policy by separating the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual doses spaced across multiple doctor visits,
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Toronto Film Festival 51 Completes 293-Title Slate with McDonagh, Herzog, and Chris Rock Premiere
The Toronto International Film Festival has finalised its 51st-edition programming with 293 confirmed films, adding marquee releases from acclaimed directors Martin McDonagh and Werner Herzog alongside actor Cody Fern’s