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New electoral system ‘opens door to racist, bigoted, eccentric’ candidates, Chancellor warns
Chancellor John Healey has warned that changing the electoral system could give fringe parties more influence in government. His past criticism has resurfaced after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a national commission to examine reform, and renewed calls for proportional representation. Healey argued in 2011 that the alternative vote could prompt major parties to seek…
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Major League Baseball desperately needs to fix its terrible postseason scheduling practices
A wild card playoff game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies featured a dramatic late-game home run by Austin Riley that gave Atlanta a series lead. However, the broadcast revealed thousands of empty seats at the stadium, creating poor optics for Major League Baseball as it attempts to grow the sport’s popularity against the…
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Girl, four, killed in alleged custody dispute shooting in Houston
A mother allegedly shot her four-year-old daughter dead in Texas just hours after losing a custody battle to her ex-husband, a private equity lawyer. Cibelle Savella, 34, reportedly opened fire on her daughter Vivian in her partner’s townhouse in a gated Houston community before turning the gun on herself and surviving. The killing represents a…
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MPs urge BBC to lower licence fee and extend it to devices
MPs have urged the BBC to cut its £180 licence fee while extending it beyond television sets to devices such as mobiles and laptops. The Commons culture committee says a broader, cheaper charge could encourage more households to pay, as the Government considers how the BBC will be funded and governed from 2028. The committee…
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Irony alert: OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
OpenAI says it disrupted a month-long campaign to extract reasoning from its models, with the core activity linked to people associated with China’s Moonshot AI, developer of Kimi. It argues that large-scale distillation could let competitors reproduce advanced capabilities while bypassing the safety safeguards of the original models. The campaign began on 1 July and…
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Fired-up Pete Hegseth goes on unhinged rant to US service members… as he unveils terrifying new ‘autonomous’ battlefield revolution plan
Pete Hegseth used a speech to senior military leaders in Virginia to criticise US news organisations, accusing them of politically motivated coverage of the Iran war and calling it a “national betrayal”. He also announced a new Pentagon command focused on autonomous warfare, intended to help the US develop and deploy drones and robotic systems…
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Kemi to stop school leavers going straight on the dole: As Burnham lurches further Left – and talks of a second Brexit referendum – Tories launch bid to stop young lives being wasted…
Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives would stop unemployed school leavers from claiming Universal Credit immediately, requiring them instead to take part in intensive job coaching. The proposed approach is intended to move young people into work and make welfare conditional on making efforts to find or accept a job. The proposed “Get To Work” scheme…
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Flydubai passengers restrained pilot after cockpit stabbing and steep descent
A pilot stabbed the captain of a Flydubai flight bound for Israel, triggering a steep descent that terrified passengers aboard. Crew and passengers managed to restrain the attacker, save the stabbed pilot and recover control of the aircraft, preventing what could have been a catastrophic crash. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv plummeted 17,000…
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Mom accused of killing pregnant daughter to steal unborn son had sexual relationship with victim’s fiancee, he reveals in bombshell testimony
Cortney Bartholomew and her husband, Bradley, are accused of murdering their pregnant daughter, Rebecca Park, and killing her unborn son. At a preliminary hearing, Park’s fiancé testified that he had previously had a sexual relationship with Cortney, a detail that adds personal context to the case as the court considers whether there is enough evidence…