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Chefs name America’s best fast-food fried chicken and biscuits — and one chain stands above the rest
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has been named the best fast-food chain for fried chicken and biscuits by a panel of five professional chefs, in a taste comparison organised by the website Allrecipes. The near-unanimous verdict matters as a marker of brand standing in the fiercely competitive American fried chicken market, where Popeyes was judged to have…
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UK must stop young people spending ‘endless hours in solitude, relentlessly online’ or risk another Southport massacre, inquiry hears
The second phase of the public inquiry into the 2024 Southport stabbing massacre has opened in London, warning that action must be taken to stop isolated young people spending “endless hours in solitude, relentlessly online” and being drawn towards imitating the killer, Axel Rudakubana. This stage matters because it moves beyond the individual failings that…
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Bolt of lightning struck house, traveled through wiring and shocked boy who was playing computer game, investigators say
A 13-year-old boy in Cypress, Texas, near Houston, was shocked while playing computer games when a bolt of lightning struck his home on Tuesday, according to investigators. Vlad Skuridin was at his bedroom desk when he was thrown backwards after the current reached him through a metal part of the desk that his skin was…
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Couple survive six days lost in Italian forest by drinking their own urine and eating berries after getting lost while hiking
An Italian couple have survived six days lost in the Dolomites mountains of northern Italy by drinking their own urine and foraging for berries. Davide Cesaroni, 41, and his wife Chiara Pesaresi, 38, set off on 1 July on what they intended to be a circular day hike, but lost their way in a dense…
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Australia’s most dangerous roads are revealed – as well as who is most likely to crash on them
An insurer’s analysis has named Plenty Road in Melbourne’s north-east as Australia’s most dangerous stretch for car crashes, based on AAMI’s Crash Index Decade of Driving report. Drawing on 4.3 million motor claims lodged between 2014 and 2023, the report ranks the country’s worst crash hotspots and highlights how targeted road-safety measures can reduce accidents.…
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Moana live-action remake left disappointingly flat, Collider critic finds
Collider critic Taylor Gates has reviewed Disney’s new live-action remake of *Moana*, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Maui and newcomer Catherine Laga’aia as Moana, and found it underwhelming. Published on 8 July 2026, the review argues that the film feels unnecessary — particularly as the animated original was released only a decade ago —…
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Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine
Republican strategists aligned with Donald Trump are privately delighting in the turmoil surrounding Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate, Graham Platner, whose campaign has been engulfed by controversy. Platner, a US Marine veteran who won the Democratic primary last month, is now facing a fresh sexual assault allegation and calls from senior Democrats to withdraw, throwing the…
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Moana live-action remake earns broadly positive verdict from critic
The Hollywood Reporter’s chief film critic David Rooney has given a broadly favourable review to Disney’s live-action remake of Moana, arriving just ten years after the 2016 animated original. Rooney, who admits general scepticism about Disney’s live-action remake “assembly line”, argues the film succeeds on its own terms thanks to its heart, humour and respect…