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Teen shot twice while driving through Sydney streets in terrifying ambush
An 18-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after being shot twice in the chest during an ambush while driving through Greenacre in Sydney’s south-west on Thursday night. The attack has raised concerns given the victim’s reported associations with the Alameddine crime family, though police have not confirmed whether this connection was linked to…
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‘It is British life’: No 10 enters ‘vertical drinking’ row
Downing Street has urged Westminster City Council to work with London pubs after proposals appeared to discourage “vertical drinking” — customers standing while drinking — in parts of the West End. The row matters because ministers and the hospitality sector argue that standing at the bar is a longstanding part of pub culture and that…
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Labour’s social media curfew plans for young people in tatters as nearly eight in ten teenagers admit they would simply opt out of them
Labour’s proposed “social media curfew” for young people appears unworkable, according to new polling showing that nearly eight in ten teenagers say they would simply find ways to bypass any restrictions imposed on their online access. The finding undermines a flagship policy the government has been considering as part of efforts to curb children’s exposure…
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Teenagers overwhelmingly likely to turn off optional social media curfews – poll
Polling suggests that most 16 to 18-year-olds intend to disable the Government’s planned social media curfews, undermining a flagship online safety policy announced by Sir Keir Starmer shortly before leaving office. The scheme would block 16 and 17-year-olds from social media between midnight and 6am by default, but users could switch it off, and the…
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What’s next for Fauci?
Dr Anthony Fauci announced that he would leave his federal health roles in December 2022, ending a long career that made him one of America’s best-known public-health officials. The decision mattered because Fauci had been a central adviser during the COVID-19 pandemic and a prominent, often politically divisive, voice on infectious disease policy. Fauci said…
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ESPN personality busted on social media for inaccurately trying to promote the SEC’s strength of schedule
An OutKick (Fox News Sports) column accuses an ESPN personality of misrepresenting the SEC’s college football strength of schedule in an effort to bolster the conference’s reputation, after social media users flagged inaccuracies in the claims. The piece frames the incident as further evidence of what it calls an “open secret” — that ESPN, as…
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Senate Democrats introduce bill to roll back press restrictions at Pentagon
Senate Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at reversing restrictions on journalists covering the Pentagon. The proposal matters because it would seek to protect reporters’ ability to gather information independently about the US military and hold defence officials to account. The move follows a series of Pentagon measures that have limited press access and prompted legal…
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Badenoch vows to put forward ‘serious Tory candidate’ in Clacton to face Reform UK – on one condition
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives will field a “serious candidate” in Clacton if a parliamentary standards investigation into Nigel Farage eventually forces a second by-election there, though the party is not standing in the current contest. Voters go to the polls on 13 August in a by-election triggered by Farage’s resignation as MP, with…
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Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected
US Representative Ro Khanna has introduced a House resolution calling for a “Data Center Bill of Rights” to protect local communities’ ability to reject data centre projects being built near their homes. The move follows growing state-level pushback against rapid data centre expansion, including a one-year moratorium in New York, and comes as the federal…
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Judge formally dismisses Reflecting Pool charge against Olympian
A Washington judge has formally dismissed the felony property-destruction charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who had been accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The dismissal ends the immediate prosecution after the Justice Department concluded that newly obtained evidence undermined its ability to prove Hearn caused the damage beyond reasonable doubt. Hearn,…