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Marshall set to face pastor in Kansas Senate election
Kansas’s US Senate race was set after Democrat Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor and founder of the Church of the Resurrection in the Kansas City area, won his party’s crowded primary on 4 August. He will face the Republican incumbent, Roger Marshall, in the November general election. Marshall secured the Republican nomination with little…
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Netflix Lands Another Sydney Sweeney Project Ahead of Live-Action ‘Gundam’
Netflix has acquired streaming rights to Sydney Sweeney’s 2024 religious horror film “Immaculate,” which will debut on the platform’s US library on 13 August. The addition comes as Sweeney’s profile continues to rise following the box-office success of her thriller “The Housemaid,” reinforcing her position as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors despite a mixed…
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The artists Tom Petty wanted to be remembered like: “Everyone else had died or faded out”
Tom Petty once reflected candidly on the rarity of surviving into old age as a rock star, remarking in a 2005 interview how few of his peers from the genre’s early days had lived to see 50 while still performing. His comments, resurfaced now, carry an added poignancy given his death in 2017, underscoring how…
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Creepy lawyer, 76, was filmed groping female attorney, 43, in court… now he has launched brazen scheme to avoid paying her $5 million damages
A 76-year-old Texas lawyer, Allan Manka, is fighting to overturn a $5 million (£3.9 million) damages judgment awarded to fellow attorney Michelle Acosta, 43, after he was caught on video groping her at a courthouse. Acosta sued Manka in 2021, alleging he grabbed her buttocks two years earlier while she was representing her brother during…
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Pokémon Pokopia Updated To Version 2.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Pokémon Pokopia has received its Version 2.0.0 update on Nintendo Switch 2, released on 4th August 2026. The update is significant because it arrives alongside “Bubbly Basin”, the first instalment of the game’s Expansion Pass DLC, and introduces the new move Dive along with the ability to build houses underwater, marking a major expansion of…
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OpenAI pays $3.2m to settle claims it discriminated against US workers
OpenAI and its subsidiary Statsig have agreed to pay $3.2m (£2.5m) to settle US justice department claims that they discriminated against American job applicants by favouring foreign workers on temporary employment visas. The department alleged the companies discouraged US citizens from applying by requiring paper applications, advertising roles late at night on the radio, and…
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Andy Burnham warned plan for votes at 16 could ‘backfire in spectacular fashion’ as report suggests it would see surge in Gaza independent candidates winning seats from Labour
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has warned that Labour’s plan to extend voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds could “backfire in spectacular fashion”, after a report suggested the change could see independent candidates focused on Gaza take seats from Labour. The intervention highlights growing unease within Labour ranks over how younger voters, seen as more sympathetic…
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Irish leader’s jet ‘can’t land in fog after he had its navigation system removed… because it was made in Israel’
Reports indicate that the Irish premier’s government jet has lost the ability to land safely in foggy conditions after its navigation system was removed, reportedly because the equipment was manufactured in Israel. The move appears to reflect a wider political stance against using Israeli-made technology, but it has left the aircraft with a significant operational…
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Why North Carolina mom killed husband then herself in white picket suburb, after losing her only two children in horrific tragedies just one year apart
A mother in North Carolina, named in reports as Tracey Willetts, killed her husband Stephen before taking her own life, according to the Daily Mail. The deaths came after the couple had already lost their only two children in separate tragic incidents roughly a year apart, leaving them devastated in what had appeared to be…
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Authorities arrested a man with ammo and apparently monitoring security at Trump golf course near LA
Authorities arrested a man on suspicion of monitoring security preparations at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, ahead of a fundraiser US President Donald Trump was due to attend. The arrest has drawn attention because of the man’s proximity to a sitting president’s venue and the weapons and ammunition found both on…