Mass shootings in America have become so common that an official handbook has been prepared to help mayors to cope when there is a shooting in their community. As the first funerals take place for the victims of the Independence Day mass shooting near Chicago in Illinois, the mayor of the city where it happened,
10:58 PM ET Associated Press High Connection won the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby by 1 3/4 lengths Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert his second victory on the card in his return to competition after serving a 90-day suspension. “What a way to come back,” said Baffert, whose punishment by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ended
Tax policy is shaping up to be a deciding issue among the Tory leadership hopefuls. Former health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid, who both announced their candidacy on Saturday, have said they will cut corporation tax. Both men said that they would scrap current government plans to raise the tax from 19% to 25%
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In this article AI-FR ENR-DE BP BP.-GB SHEL-GB On Wednesday, Shell said the Holland Hydrogen I facility would be “Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant” when operations start in 2025. Shell is one of several big firms looking to lay down a marker in the sector. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Plans to build
Boris Johnson is taking questions at the Liaison Committee but is not getting a warm reception. The SNP’s Angus Brendan MacNeil said: “The game’s up – will you be prime minister tomorrow?” #skynews #borisjohnson SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us
In her first interview since her release, a Ukrainian paramedic tells CNN’s Alex Marquardt about her three months in Russian captivity. #CNN #News #cnni
The firesale of a leading British mobile phone technology provider whose owners include Roman Abramovich has been halted by the government amid a national security probe into the deal. Sky News has learnt that officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued an interim order this week to block the purchase
A journalist reports near a crowd of abortion-rights activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court announced a ruling in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Nathan Howard | Getty Images The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last month raised
6:00 PM ET The Raiders have hired Las Vegas attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan as their new team president, becoming the first-ever Black woman to hold a team president title for an NFL franchise. Morgan’s a Las Vegas native who comes to the Raiders after previously serving as chairwoman and executive director of the Nevada Gaming
Paving the way for the fabrication of artificial hearts, bioengineers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have successfully created a biohybrid model of human ventricles. The fabrication of a human heart is crucial as a heart cannot repair itself after injuries like other organs. But, to do so,
Education minister Andrea Jenkyns has explained why she made a rude gesture while entering Downing Street this week. The Morley and Outwood MP made the sign with her hand on Thursday as she walked through the black gates, where she says a “baying mob” outside were insulting MPs on their way in. Ms Jenkyns, who
Researchers have found that certain drugs used for treating ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) could help deal with the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. In a new study, researchers analysed how noradrenergic drugs, used in ADHD patients, can also be used for treating Alzheimer’s. These drugs tend to target the noradrenergic system which has locus coeruleus, a
Hollywood actor Paul Rudd has become a real-life superhero after reaching out to a schoolboy whose yearbook was only signed by two students. Rudd, who plays Ant-Man in the Avengers franchise, reportedly responded to a now viral Facebook post by 12-year-old Brody Ridder’s mother, Cassandra, when he received just two autographs wishing him well. Cassandra,
A group of scientists have identified that the fossil records of yunnanozoans, an extinct creature that lived 518 million years ago in the Cambrian Period, are the oldest known stem vertebrates. Stem vertebrates refer to creatures that were vertebrates, i.e. possessing a spinal column, but have now gone extinct though have closely related living vertebrates.
How to tell the story of the complex figure that was George Michael? The singer, who by 1988 had become the biggest-selling artist in the world thanks to his debut solo album Faith and earlier huge success with Wham!, will always be remembered for his music. He was a songwriter with a gift for creating
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have broken through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence. In one of the biggest anti-government marches to hit the country this year as the economy crumbles, the demonstrators have demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, announced he would quit on Saturday
Finnish startup Polar Night Energy and local Finnish utility Vatajankoski have together built the world’s first commercial sand-based, high-temperature heat storage system that can be powered by solar and wind. Sand-filled energy storage in Finland Polar Night Energy’s heat storage system is a 23-foot-tall steel container filled with 100 tons of sand. (Polar Night Energy
An Indian Oil Petrol Pump employee is seen wearing a face shield, as he fuels a customer’s vehicle in an open Petrol Retail Outlet of Kolkata during the Covid-19 pandemic. Avishek Das | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Despite criticism from the West, India is not backing down on its commitment to buying
Conservative MP Gary Sambrook wins spontaneous applause during Prime Minister’s Questions when he calls on Boris Johnson to “take responsibility and resign.” He called the Prime Minister out for blaming other MPs at the event at the Carlton Club event, saying that they should have stopped Chris Pincher from drinking too much. Elected in 2019,