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Mario Kart 8 Just Got a Game-Changing Update for Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo has released a surprise update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, adding native Nintendo Switch 2 support nearly a decade after the game’s original 2017 launch. The headline change is a doubling of split-screen capacity to eight players on a single Switch 2 screen, up from four on the original Switch, alongside clearer visuals, faster…
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HBO’s 4-Part ‘Game of Thrones’ Spin-Off Is Still the Queen of Streaming
House of the Dragon continues to perform strongly on HBO Max weeks after its third season finale, ranking third among the streamer’s Top 10 TV shows worldwide even as its fourth and final season remains in development. The Game of Thrones prequel’s sustained popularity underlines HBO’s ongoing reliance on the franchise, with reviewers and audiences…
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The band that gave Dolly Parton the greatest high: “Like you’ve never felt”
Dolly Parton has spoken about the joy of forming The Trio with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, describing the experience of singing together as giving her “a high like you’ve never felt”. After years of success as a solo artist, having stepped out from under the shadow of former musical partner Porter Wagoner, Parton found…
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Danny Booko & Nia Sanchez Exit ‘The Valley’ After 3 Seasons
Danny Booko and Nia Sanchez have left Bravo’s *The Valley* after three seasons, announcing the decision in a joint social media statement just as Season 4 begins production. The couple said their “priority is protecting our peace and our family,” adding they remain “fully committed to each other” and their children while thanking Bravo and…
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Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets as Fulham strike on deadline day, tributes flow for Kusama
Apple has widened its OpenAI lawsuit alleging evidence destruction, Savvy Games’ Brian Ward has quit after $38bn in deals, and Fulham have signed Angel and Larsson; Gary, Indiana recovers from derecho outages while tributes continue for Yayoi Kusama.
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Top Democrat survives double-barreled challenge as party’s Israel divide hits home
US House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark won her party’s primary in Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District, defeating two progressive challengers who had sought to make Gaza policy and pro-Israel campaign funding the central issue of the contest. The result illustrates the wider strain within the Democratic Party over its stance on Israel’s conduct in the Gaza…
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10 things they won’t tell you about travelling around America
A travel writer who spent a month touring the United States, following England’s football team at the World Cup, shares candid observations about aspects of American travel that catch visitors off guard. The piece, written for Far Out Magazine, blends humour with genuine travel advice, aiming to prepare British tourists for cultural quirks they might…
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Chris McKenna Calls ‘General Hospital’ Exit “Disappointing”: “But This Was A Gift”
Actor Chris McKenna has spoken about leaving ABC’s General Hospital, describing the exit as “disappointing” but ultimately a positive experience. McKenna joined the long-running soap in February 2025 as WSB chief Jack Brennan, taking over the role from Charles Measure, before his character was killed off after being found dead in the Metro Court pool.…
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Humiliating misfire for Democratic upstart, 47, promising change as voters choose 80-year-old in generational battle
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, 80, has decisively won the Democratic US Senate primary against 47-year-old challenger Representative Seth Moulton, defeating his rival’s argument that the party needed generational change. Early returns showed Markey ahead by more than 35 points, a comfortable rather than narrow margin, underlining that in a solidly liberal state a strong progressive…
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Police failed to tell families of Nottingham attack victims ‘that they were being stalked by a mentally ill man’
A public inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks has heard that police failed to warn the families of victims Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates that a mentally ill man obsessed with the case had been trying to track them down, and allegedly downplayed the threat he posed. The man, who had been sectioned…