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Ministers to expand digital rail ticketing app trials as part of crackdown on fare dodgers costing industry £400 million a year
The UK government plans to widen trials of digital rail ticketing apps as part of a broader effort to tackle fare evasion, which is estimated to cost the rail industry around £400 million a year. Ministers see the expanded rollout of app-based and contactless ticketing as a way to make it easier for passengers to…
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Cargo ship reports being struck in Strait of Hormuz
A cargo ship reported Monday that it was struck by a projectile while passing through the Strait of Hormuz overnight, as the U.S. and Iran are at odds over holding new peace talks. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO) stated that the cargo vessel reported that it was “hit by an unknown projectile”…
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Luigi Mangione seeks to broadcast trial live
Luigi Mangione is facing state charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Wenger and Infantino’s No 2 Grafström criticise ‘sad and reproachable’ World Cup plan
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has faced further criticism from within his own organisation after secretary general Mattias Grafström described the failed World Cup private investment scheme as a “sad and reproachable series of events”. Arsène Wenger, Fifa’s chief of global development, also broke his silence to say the plan’s withdrawal was “absolutely necessary and beyond…
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Rosie O’Donnell returning to ‘The View’ for season 30 reunion
Rosie O’Donnell left the show in 2007 following a huge on-air fight with former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
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Dressed to run the country? PM’s de facto deputy ‘Red Lou’ Haigh turns up for work (in scuffed-up trainers) as she’s left as most senior minister in UK while Burnham takes a family holiday
Louise Haigh, nicknamed “Red Lou,” has been left as the UK’s most senior minister after Prime Minister Andy Burnham departed for a family holiday abroad only two weeks into his premiership. Haigh was pictured arriving for work in scuffed trainers, and the timing of Burnham’s trip has drawn criticism, with the break being dubbed “Bunk…
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Departure of New York Times columnist puts a spotlight on the void of pro-Trump voices in its opinion pages
The New York Times has lost columnist Ross Douthat from its opinion pages, a departure that highlights a growing absence of pro-Trump voices in the paper’s commentary lineup. With Douthat gone, the paper’s remaining conservative columnists are seen as largely critical of President Trump, prompting scrutiny of how the Times balances ideological viewpoints in its…
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5 states hold primaries today. And, Spokane police arrest man connected to wildfire
This is NPR’s daily “Up First” news roundup, covering several distinct stories rather than a single event. The lead items are primary elections in five US states and a Justice Department confirmation battle, alongside an arrest connected to devastating wildfires in Washington state and an ethics finding against a US congressman. – Primaries were held…
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Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules
President Donald Trump’s administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, upending the hallmarks of the early education program for impoverished children, two people familiar with the deliberations said.
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Authorities arrest arson suspect in connection with one of Washington’s devastating wildfires
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man from Spokane, Washington, was arrested Monday and charged with setting one of the devastating wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and other structures in and around the state’s second-largest city. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of first…