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Family of Minnesota man gunned down by immigration agents found out son was killed while watching live TV footage after recognizing his jacket and glasses
The family of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old US Department of Veterans Affairs nurse shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on 24 January, has revealed they learned of his death by recognising his jacket and glasses on live television footage. Speaking publicly for the first time, seven months after the shooting, his parents Michael…
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Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for you
Instagram has launched “First Draft”, a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims raw clips down to their most interesting moments, giving users a ready-made starting point they can then refine before posting. The tool rolled out to Instagram’s iPhone app, and the company subsequently confirmed it does not use artificial intelligence, distinguishing it from similar…
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Xbox Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Translucent Green Accessories and Controller Design Evolution
Microsoft’s “Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary” collection of limited edition accessories has launched for pre-order, marking the official release of the range after it was previewed at E3 in June. Almost every item is finished in translucent “OG Green”, a deliberate nod to the Halo special edition of the original Xbox and matching branding used…
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Devoted and much-loved mom of two is killed while driving after being hit by a PLANE falling out of the sky onto busy road
A mother of two from Prince George, British Columbia, has died after a small charter plane lost power mid-flight and crashed onto a busy road, striking her car along with three others. Alex Garneau was the only fatality in the incident on 20 August; two other people in the affected vehicles were taken to hospital…
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GeForce Now is getting support for the Steam Controller
Nvidia has confirmed that its GeForce Now cloud gaming service will add official support for Valve’s Steam Controller and Steam Machine later this year, allowing the gamepad to be used with the GeForce Now app on Steam Deck and Steam Machine devices. Support on Windows and macOS will follow at an unspecified later date. The…
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Government under fire as Russia threatens UK factories and gold hits five-month high
Burnham signals more tax rises are possible before October’s Budget as Russia warns of strikes on British drone factories over Ukraine support; Carney readies fresh tariffs against the US, and Druckenmiller attacks Bessent over bond yields.
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How Xbox controllers have changed in the last 25 years
The Xbox controller has undergone significant redesigns across four console generations while retaining several core features since Microsoft’s original console launched on 15 November 2001. As the original Xbox approaches its 25th anniversary in 2026, the article traces how Microsoft transformed one of gaming’s bulkiest gamepads into the streamlined controller used today, reflecting broader shifts…
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Podcaster and reality TV star James English guilty of domestic abuse
Scottish podcaster and reality TV star James English has been found guilty of a domestic abuse campaign against his former partner following a 12-day trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The 43-year-old, best known for starring in reality show Glow and hosting the popular Anything Goes podcast, repeatedly attacked the 30-year-old woman, including while she was…
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Baby in center of surrogacy saga is in critical condition after complex heart surgery as biological parents demand restraining order against birth mom
A baby at the centre of a high-profile US surrogacy dispute is in a critical condition after undergoing complex open-heart surgery, according to court documents. The child, born on 12 August in Dallas, Texas, to Alaskan surrogate McKenna West, was diagnosed in the womb with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a life-threatening defect that can be…
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A-list fashion designer who had luxury Richard Mille watch ‘cut from wrist outside Mayfair restaurant’ tells jury: ‘I couldn’t believe that something like this would happen in London’
Catalin Botezatu, the Romanian fashion designer who has worked with Vogue and Versace, gave evidence at Southwark Crown Court describing how three men allegedly ambushed him outside the Mayfair restaurant Amazonico and cut a diamond-encrusted Richard Mille watch from his wrist. He told jurors he “couldn’t believe” a robbery of this kind could happen in…