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Tennessee woman accused of turning traffic stop into a show for passing drivers by allegedly exposing herself
A traffic stop in Lebanon, Tennessee last week reportedly turned into an impromptu roadside spectacle after officers stopped a vehicle carrying two senior citizens for a seatbelt violation, only for a female passenger to allegedly expose herself to passing drivers. The Lebanon Police Department said the incident escalated further when a police dog indicated the…
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Almost 100 humanitarian groups call on Burnham to commit to climate action
Almost 100 humanitarian and aid organisations, including Oxfam GB, WaterAid and ActionAid UK, have urged prime minister Andy Burnham to tackle global inequality and poverty after his government decided to redirect international climate aid to help fund a cut in UK bus fares. The charities warned that turning climate finance grants into repayable loans could…
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Want To Own a Sports League? Ice Cube’s BIG3 Bets That Being Public Can Be a Propellant
Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league, the three-on-three competition he co-founded with Jeff Kwatinetz in 2017, is set to go public via a SPAC merger in the coming months, valuing the company at around $290 million. The move marks a significant milestone for a startup sports league that has managed to survive where more than 100…
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Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago
Four beluga whales have been transported from a bankrupt Canadian aquarium to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium in what organisers describe as an unprecedented international rescue operation. The whales, named Acadia, Lillooet, Osiris and Sierra, previously lived at Marineland of Niagara Falls, which closed to the public in 2024 after its owners died and it ran out…
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David Ellison Addresses Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Delay Amid State AGs’ Lawsuit in Staff Memo: ‘The Facts and the Law Are on Our Side’
Paramount CEO David Ellison has sent a companywide memo defending his company’s $111 billion (£87 billion) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, after confirming the deal will be paused for several months amid an antitrust lawsuit brought by 12 US state attorneys general. The delay, agreed on Friday, could push the merger’s completion into 2027, and…
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Shearling Announce New EP Don’t Look At Me The Way A Dog Might Look At Your Leg: Hear “Believe Me (Dust)”
Experimental rock band Shearling have announced a new EP, titled Don’t Look At Me The Way A Dog Might Look At Your Leg, due for release this week. It follows the band’s acclaimed 2025 debut, the single-track album Motherfucker, I Am Both: “Amen” And “Hallelujah”…, and marks a shift towards more conventional, song-based structures while…
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You Might Need A Face Scan To Buy Pokemon Cards Soon, Thanks To Scalpers
GameSpot reports that buying Pokémon cards may soon require a facial scan, apparently as a response to scalpers obtaining limited stock and reselling it at inflated prices. If introduced, the measure would matter because it could make purchases less anonymous and raise privacy concerns for ordinary collectors. The supplied article text contains only a website…
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Krallice Announce New Album Scour Order: Hear “Living Useless Ritual”
Krallice, the experimental New York black metal band formed in 2007 by Mick Barr and Colin Marston, have announced their first-ever European tour alongside a new double LP titled Scour Order, the follow-up to 2024’s Inorganic Rites. The announcement is notable both for the rare pan-European trek from a band known for its dense, dizzying…
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Devastating European wildfires in maps – and how they’re being tackled
Wildfires raging across France and Spain have forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes, with France recording more land burnt than in any year this century and Madrid officials calling the blazes the worst the region has ever seen. The fires follow a summer of intense heatwaves across Europe, with temperatures exceeding 40C…