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A star Democratic recruit has a family secret that’s been buried for 30 years. Sign up to the DC Insider newsletter to uncover the mystery
The Daily Mail reports that a Democratic Party recruit standing for a competitive US House seat this autumn is concealing a family secret dating back roughly 30 years. The piece frames this as significant because the candidate is a well-funded, high-profile Marine veteran whom Democrats are counting on to help flip Congress, yet the article…
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ICE asks Michigan to hold Haitian illegal alien who allegedly ‘barbarically stabbed’ coworker
The US Department of Homeland Security has said that Valmir Djempsley, a 20-year-old Haitian man in the country illegally, should not be released after he was charged with fatally stabbing a coworker at a Michigan food processing plant. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer request asking Michigan authorities not to free him…
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Marvel Rivals may have solved season 9’s Apocalypse murder mystery
NetEase Games has unveiled the villain Apocalypse in the announcement trailer for Marvel Rivals season 9, only for him to be fatally run through with a sword by an unseen attacker at the trailer’s end. This sets up a season-long murder mystery, but fans believe they have already worked out the culprit, making the reveal…
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Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Two high-severity vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel have come to light this week, both earning bug bounties from Google’s kernelCTF programme. The more serious, dubbed “Januscape” and tracked as CVE-2026-53359, sits in KVM — the virtualisation component built into many Linux distributions — and lets an untrusted guest virtual machine break out and compromise the…
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TalkFuse afternoon briefing, 8 Jul 2026 17:55
Your afternoon briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on Daily Mail, Rock Paper Shotgun, Variety, The Guardian.
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‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Poker Face’ Nominated for 2026 Emmys After Being Canceled
Several television series that have already been cancelled by their networks and streamers nonetheless received nominations at the 2026 Emmy Awards, announced on Wednesday morning. Among them were the Apple TV comedy Palm Royale, the Peacock mystery Poker Face, and titles including Ponies, Stumble and Gen V, demonstrating that critical and craft recognition can arrive…
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Players prove Destiny 2 can still produce wonders with discovery of poopy pants transmog
A PC Gamer article highlights a light-hearted moment in the online shooter Destiny 2, in which players have discovered a novel transmog (cosmetic appearance) combination dubbed the “poopy pants” look. The piece frames this as evidence that, despite the game’s age and periodic criticism, its dedicated community can still surface amusing and creative finds, offering…
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Squad member calls DHS ‘greatest threat to our safety’ after ICE-involved shooting
Following a fatal shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Tuesday, Democratic Congresswoman Delia Ramirez of Illinois publicly described the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the “greatest threat to our safety”. The victim, Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during an attempted traffic stop.…
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TalkFuse afternoon briefing, 8 Jul 2026 14:55
Your afternoon briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on Daily Mail, Rock Paper Shotgun, Variety, Fox News.
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Ghost in the Shell directors explain why the new anime is the most faithful adaptation yet
Science Saru’s new Ghost in the Shell anime, which premiered on Prime Video on 7 July, marks a deliberate break from the franchise’s tradition of reinvention. Rather than reinterpreting Masamune Shirow’s original manga, director Mokochan and character designer Shuhei Handa told Polygon at Anime Expo that they set out to adapt it “one-to-one”, treating the…