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Does the WNBA Not Like Caitlin Clark?
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McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, saw no need for ‘immediate return’ from China as former GOP leader hospitalized
Former US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao stayed in China on a family trip while her husband, Senator Mitch McConnell, was hospitalised, with her spokesperson saying his condition did not warrant an “immediate return”. The matter matters because McConnell, 84, is the longest-serving Senate Republican leader in history, and the lack of official detail about his…
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The FCC wants to make easier for ISPs to hide junk fees
The US Federal Communications Commission, under its Republican leadership, is proposing to weaken a Biden-era transparency rule that requires internet service providers to display “broadband nutrition labels” itemising the fees customers will pay. The most significant change would remove the obligation to list all “passthrough fees” — extra charges stemming from government agencies and third-party…
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Judge tosses attempted murder case against California dad who allegedly drove family off 300-foot cliff
A judge in San Mateo County, California, has dismissed the first-degree attempted murder charges against Dharmesh Patel, a 45-year-old radiologist who allegedly deliberately drove his family off a cliff in January 2023. The charges were tossed after doctors reported that Patel was progressing well in a court-ordered mental health diversion programme. The case matters because…
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong to Front Punk Supergroup Honoring the Ramones
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is to lead a new punk supergroup, Cretin Family, at a concert marking the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ debut album. The Official Ramones 50th Anniversary Tribute will be held on 30 August at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, with proceeds going to Dr David Agus’s cancer research…
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Watch Rihanna Uplift a Self-Conscious Fan Who’s Battling Cancer in Touching Interaction: ‘You’re Fire’
Rihanna shared a warm exchange with a fan who is living with cancer, captured in an episode of Jason Lee’s “Grocery Shopping With Rihanna” released on Monday 6 July. The moment resonated because the singer used the encounter to reassure a self-conscious admirer, offering a public gesture of kindness that quickly drew attention online. While…
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The ‘G-Wagen of golf carts’ could be the ideal second car
A Lisbon-based EV start-up called Amble has unveiled the Amble One, a premium, street-legal open-air electric buggy pitched as a household’s ideal second car rather than its main vehicle. Founded by alumni of Apple, Audi and e-bike firm Cowboy, the company is positioning the compact vehicle as an antidote to increasingly large, fast and overpowered…
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Deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sparks concern in major US city: Know the symptoms
New York City health officials have declared a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with 23 confirmed cases and 17 hospitalisations recorded as of 6 July. No deaths have been reported. Officials are urging anyone who has visited the east side of Central Park or the Upper East Side since late June to…
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iRobot made a non-robot floor cleaner
iRobot’s new floor cleaner isn’t a robot at all.
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Man in his fifties dies after being hit by a jet-ski whilst riding on an inflatable with children off Hampshire coast
A man in his fifties has died after a jet-ski crashed into an inflatable he was riding with his two children off the Hampshire coast on Sunday evening. Emergency services were called to the sea near Calshot Activity Centre in the New Forest at around 6pm following reports of a man in difficulty in the…