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Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia’s voting system

Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia’s voting system [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Tariffs don’t all act the same

The Trump administration is set to slap a broad set of tariffs on imported goods. Similar policies have had a range of impacts in the past.
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FA lobbies UK government to make ‘tailgating’ at turnstiles a criminal offence

  • Governing body hopes law will be in place for Euro 2028
  • FA: ‘Enforcing entry points is a huge drain on resources’

The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the United Kingdom and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship.

The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, where 68 of the 91 arrests made were for attempting to enter the ground without a ticket.

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Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries

Critics say bans would hinder rights as proponents would impose their beliefs on others who don’t share their views

Rightwing groups around the US are pushing legislation that would place new limits on what books are allowed in school libraries in a move that critics decry as censorship often focused on LGBTQ+ issues or race or imposing conservative social values.

Caught up in the attempts at suppressing books are classics like The Color Purple and Slaughterhouse Five.

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I drink my own pee for the health benefits — I also do urine enemas and splash it on my skin to sunbathe

Troy Casey doesn’t mind the taste, calling it “hair of the dog” — but several experts have shared warnings about his “direct biofeedback loop.”
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Sirens wail and families cry at Myanmar disaster site

As the sirens wailed outside the ruins of Mandalay’s Sky Villa condominium and Myanmar began a minute’s silence for its more than 2,000 earthquake dead, Shwe Sin thought of her missing child.The Sky Villa block was one of Mandalay’s better housing options, with a generator offering 24-hour electricity — a rarity in war-ravaged Myanmar even before Friday’s quake — as well as a gym and a swimming pool.
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Wendy Williams initially thought guardianship was for finances, not loss of control: source

The former talk show host, 60, was assigned a court-ordered guardian after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia — a degenerative disease that causes memory loss.
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How Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy and your wallet

Here’s what “liberation day” means for you.
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Musk shares ‘mind blowing’ chart showing millions of ‘noncitizens’ given Social Security numbers under Biden

‘We went there to find fraud and we found this by accident,’ DOGE advisor said.
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Exclusive: Pharma industry lobbies Trump for phased tariffs, sources say

Drugmakers are lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump to phase in tariffs on imported pharmaceutical products in hopes of reducing the sting from the charges and to allow time to shift manufacturing, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.