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England to receive bank holiday if Tuchel’s side win World Cup
Sir Keir Starmer is understood to be preparing to declare a bank holiday should England’s men’s team win the 2026 World Cup, marking what would be the nation’s first triumph in the tournament since 1966. The prime minister declined to confirm a date so as not to “jinx” the team’s progress, but the day off…
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DoorDash Is Offering the Chance to Win Tickets to the World Cup Final Through Its Summer of Dashpass Campaign
DoorDash, an Official Tournament Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026, is running an eight-week “Summer of DashPass” campaign that began in June and coincides with the tournament and the wider summer season. The headline perk is a sweepstakes giving DashPass members the chance to win a trip for two to the World Cup Final,…
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Ariana Grande impersonator shares DM she received from singer: “You’re very beautiful as YOURSELF”
Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann has shared a private direct message she says the singer sent her in 2019, publishing it in her new six-part Apple TV documentary series “Turning The Paige”. In the message, Grande gently encouraged Niemann to embrace her own appearance, writing that she was “very beautiful as YOURSELF” without heavy make-up…
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Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Google’s SynthID watermarking system has been used to expose a high-profile fake image, marking a notable success for anti-deepfake technology. An AI-generated picture purporting to show US Senator Mitch McConnell severely ill in a hospital bed spread widely on Reddit and X earlier this week, but the fact-checking site Snopes debunked it after finding the…
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Dan Bongino says Democrats dumped Graham Platner over ‘power’ not ‘principle’ after bombshell rape allegation
Fox News contributor and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has claimed that senior Democrats abandoned Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner out of self-interest rather than moral conviction, arguing they turned on him only once they judged him unable to win. Speaking on “The Ingraham Angle”, Bongino said “there were no principles involved here at…
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West Virginia town fires entire police force after chief resigns, sergeant alleges evidence room break-in
The entire police department of Barrackville, a small town in West Virginia, has been abruptly relieved of duty by the mayor and town council, just days after its police chief resigned. The department announced its dismissal in a Facebook post, thanking the community for its support, while the move sparked public backlash, allegations of government…
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The Pitt earns 25 Emmy nominations, nearly doubling its debut haul
HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” secured 25 Emmy nominations for its second season, nearly doubling the 13 it earned for its debut. The haul establishes the series as one of the year’s most recognised dramas and places it narrowly ahead of “Hacks”, which set a comedy-series record with 24 nods. The scale of the…
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Far-left candidate’s past anti-meat activism clashes with campaign pivot in cattle country
Fox News reports that Manny Rutinel, a Democratic state legislator running for Congress in Colorado’s 8th District, faces scrutiny over a long history of activism against ranching and animal-related businesses, even though the district he hopes to represent depends heavily on the cattle and dairy sector. The tension matters because he is challenging Republican Rep.…
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: ‘The Pitt’ And ‘Hacks’ Dominance Proves It Helps To Be On A Show Voters Actually Watch
Deadline awards columnist Pete Hammond analyses the 2026 Emmy nominations, announced on Wednesday, in which the medical drama The Pitt led with 25 nominations and the comedy Hacks set a new comedy-series record of 24 in its final season, beating the previous record held by The Studio and The Bear. Hammond argues the results confirm…
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8 Action Thrillers Better Than ‘John Wick’
Entertainment site Collider has published an opinion piece by writer Marcel Ardivan arguing that, despite John Wick being widely regarded as one of the best modern action franchises, several other action thrillers surpass it. The article celebrates John Wick for reviving Keanu Reeves’ action career and popularising stylised “gun-fu” choreography, while contending that certain films…