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Lindsay Clancy defense wants TikToker to expose hospital ‘lies’ as judge warns ‘this is not Tripadvisor’
A dispute over a TikTok video has emerged at the start of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, after her defence team sought to add a former McLean Hospital staff member to their witness list. The individual had publicly accused existing witnesses of spreading “lies and misrepresentations” regarding Clancy’s psychiatric treatment, prompting objections from prosecutors and scrutiny…
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Baby Shark Boy set to make K-pop debut
Park Geon-roung, the boy known as “Baby Shark Boy” for his appearance in Pinkfong’s globally viral Baby Shark music video, is preparing to launch a K-pop career. The video he starred in as a seven-year-old became the most-watched clip in YouTube’s history, amassing more than 17 billion views, giving him a huge built-in profile as…
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Athlete’s ex-girlfriend recounts reaction after his visit to Alan Jones: ‘Like he’d seen a ghost’
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These seaside apartments were a ghost city – then police say scammers moved in
Malaysian police say they have uncovered scam call centres operating out of Forest City, a vast Chinese-built “ghost city” development on Malaysia’s southern coast that was originally marketed as a $100bn luxury paradise for 700,000 residents. In mid-July, officers raided 32 premises across the near-empty development, arresting 335 people accused of running cryptocurrency-based investment and…
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Trump on declaring national security emergency for elections: ‘Stranger things have happened’
President Trump on Tuesday left the door open to declaring a national security emergency and federalizing control over the November midterms. Conservative commentator Wayne Root suggested during an interview with Trump that the president could declare a national emergency if the Senate does not pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. The legislation, which…
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Georgia teacher, father hailed as hero after dying to save girl from Myrtle Beach rip current
A Georgia elementary school teacher and father, named as Derrick Moore, has died after jumping into the sea to rescue a young girl caught in a rip current off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is being remembered as a hero by his community and colleagues after giving his life to save the child, who survived…
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‘Assassin’s Creed’ Creator’s New Action-Adventure Game ‘1666: Amsterdam’ Sets Early Access Release (Gaming News Roundup)
Panache Digital Games, the studio led by “Assassin’s Creed” creator Patrice Désilets, has announced that its new title “1666: Amsterdam” will launch in Early Access on 25 August. The dark, third-person narrative action-adventure game casts players as Noa, the Collector, who uses witchcraft to hunt “Originals” — demonic entities disguised as humans — across a…
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Forget Lois Lane, This Is Officially Amy Adams’ Wildest Superhero Role [Exclusive]
At a Fan Expo Boston panel, the cast of Smallville — including Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance and Michael Rosenbaum — reminisced with Collider about the show’s most outlandish “freak-of-the-week” episodes from its “freak-of-the-week” format, in which Clark Kent battled a different oddity each week in his hometown. Among the highlights was an early…
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AI reshapes traditional campaign strategies
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI reshapes traditional campaign strategies Artificial intelligence is reshaping the campaign trail, as candidates up and down the ballot turn to the technology for deepfake attack ads, viral social media posts and self-promotion. © Illustration / Courtney Jones; and Adobe Stock The embrace of AI as a political…
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Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again
The Trump administration has formally lifted the ban on TikTok use by federal government employees, with a new memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirming the app “may be used on government devices.” The move follows a Justice Department opinion arguing that the 2022 law banning TikTok from most federal devices no…