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What he told me made my blood run cold – Michael Sheen investigates Wales’ toxic legacy
Actor Michael Sheen has made a new BBC iPlayer documentary investigating claims that chemical giant Monsanto dumped huge quantities of toxic industrial waste, including PCBs, at sites across Wales decades ago, allegedly contributing to rare cancers among people who lived nearby. The investigation was prompted by whistleblower Douglas Gowan, a former farming consultant who spent…
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Divorced dad’s attempt to bond with his daughter ended in tragedy… now legal experts say it could spark seismic shift in America’s gun laws
Jeffrey Rupnow, a divorced father from Wisconsin, gave his 15-year-old daughter Natalie a gun as a bonding gesture, only for her to use it to kill a classmate and a teacher before taking her own life at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison in December 2024. Rupnow has now been sentenced to prison after admitting…
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Michigan Dem Senate nominee comes under fire over resurfaced blog post linking football to ‘toxic masculinity’
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for a US Senate seat in Michigan, is facing criticism after a 2021 blog post resurfaced in which he linked American football to “toxic masculinity”. The piece, highlighted in a report by The Midwesterner, has drawn attention as El-Sayed campaigns for the Senate, with critics seizing on his past remarks…
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American Academy of Pediatrics calls Trump vaccine order ‘dangerous’
The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted President Trump’s Monday executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines. “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold and flu season quickly approaching, today’s executive order on vaccines is not only disheartening but dangerous,” Dr. Andrew Racine said in a release. …
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Government reviews early release of PC Harper’s killers
Downing Street faced intense backlash after appearing to rule out blocking the early release of two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers, before performing a late-night U-turn in which No 10 said prime minister Andy Burnham had asked justice secretary Alex Norris to explore options for keeping more serious offenders, including Harper’s killers, in prison for…
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Top Senate Dem’s new tax idea gets torched as critics warn nearly every American could pay
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, has proposed increasing taxes on data centres and cloud computing, prompting sharp criticism from opponents who warn the added costs could ultimately be passed on to nearly all American consumers. The plan, outlined in a white paper released last week, would target tax…
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Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta drops open-source model
Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay setting out his vision for artificial intelligence, coinciding with Meta’s release of a new open-source AI model, Muse Glimmer, aimed at rivalling products from Anthropic and OpenAI. The essay, titled “The Future is for Everyone”, positions Meta against those rivals by arguing for free, open-weight AI models and minimal…
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White House thrusts vaccines back into headlines
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story White House thrusts vaccines back into headlines The Trump administration appeared to be backing away from making moves on changing vaccine policy in recent months, perhaps wary of political backlash ahead of the midterm elections. But it all came roaring…
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Alabama heads into a second primary election after redistricting
Alabama voters are again selecting candidates for four Congressional districts after the state changed the district map to favor Republicans. The redistricting is causing confusion among voters.