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Netflix fast-tracks Cobie Smulders Lincoln Lawyer spin-off
Netflix has fast-tracked development of a potential The Lincoln Lawyer spin-off starring Cobie Smulders as Artemisia “Emi” Finch, following the decision to end the original series with its fifth season. The project would extend the legal-drama franchise on Netflix, but it has not yet received a full series order and remains subject to further agreements.…
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Kiki’s Delivery Service Meets Akira in ‘Crescent County’, Launching Summer ’27
With extra cosy vibes. Kinetic Publishing and Electric Saint have announced Crescent County, a cosy adventure that sees you make deliveries during the day and take part in races during the night, all on awesome sci-fi inspired ‘motorbrooms’. Boasting some lovely, colourful visuals, Crescent County has been confirmed for PC and consoles and will launch…
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EA’s New ‘Star Wars’ Game Was Inspired by an AMC Revolutionary War TV Series and a Love for Turn-Based Tactics
EA and Bit Reactor are launching “Star Wars Zero Company”, a single-player turn-based tactics game set during the Clone Wars. Its developers say it differs from previous Star Wars games by centring on original, customisable characters rather than established heroes, allowing players to form their own attachment to the squad while remaining within official canon.…
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Karoline Leavitt to leave White House press secretary role in August
President Donald Trump has announced that Karoline Leavitt will leave her post as White House press secretary at the end of August to spend more time with her young family. Her departure removes a prominent and often combative administration spokesperson, although Trump said she would remain involved as an outside adviser and Republican Party voice.…
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Baby at the center of surrogacy scandal is BORN in Texas after biological parents demanded he was aborted but woman carrying him refused
A baby at the centre of a dispute over surrogacy has been born in Texas after the woman carrying him, McKenna West, refused the intended biological parents’ request to terminate the pregnancy. The case has highlighted competing questions about a surrogate’s bodily autonomy, the enforceability of surrogacy contracts and decisions over treatment for a child…
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Female squatter used terrifyingly easy trick to take over couple’s apartment
A New York City couple returned from holiday to find a stranger had let herself into their apartment after telling their building’s doorman she was there to walk their dog. Bill and Yelim Kim spotted the woman lounging on their sofa via a Ring camera notification, sparking hours of frantic calls to police and friends…
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DOJ announces indictments in sham marriages case
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against 11 people for their alleged involvement in a decade-long “multimillion-dollar marriage fraud scheme” that federal prosecutors said secured Chinese nationals permanent U.S. residence status. In an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York, federal prosecutors alleged that these individuals participated in an “extensive” plot to…
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Blanche seeks distance from ‘anti-weaponization’ fund questions: ‘It was never set up’
Attorney General Todd Blanche again said Wednesday the “anti-weaponization” fund he proposed, then later revoked, is “dead.” During a press conference on the Department of Justice (DOJ) securing indictments of 11 individuals charged with orchestrating sham marriages, Blanche took issue with a reporter’s question on whether he would seek again to establish the fund. “I…
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Sheffield and Norfolk Death Investigations as Philippines Storm Leaves Debris
The reports concern separate incidents rather than a single linked event. In Norfolk, police said a member of the public found a man’s body in woodland off Ringland Road, Taverham, on 12 August. Formal identification was still pending, but the family of missing 48-year-old Timothy Turner had been informed. Norfolk Constabulary said the death was…
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FlightAware dropped its lawsuit against Kalshi after just one day
FlightAware has withdrawn its lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi just one day after filing it, dismissing the case without prejudice. The dispute concerned Kalshi’s use of flight data for markets on cancellations, and its rapid withdrawal leaves the companies’ relationship and the reason for the reversal unclear. Kalshi has changed its wording from saying…