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F1 Movie Breaks Boundaries with Apple iPhone Tech For Onboard Cameras

The makers of the F1 movie went one step further to record high-quality ProRes racing action in LOG format using Apple technology.
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How Karen Read’s multimillion-dollar celebrity legal team over-powered prosecutors and won, twice

“It is unbelievable, the insight you get from the jurors after they have sat on [a jury],” Geragos told News Nation about his own experiences working with previous jurors like George.
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Dallas Cowboys Reportedly Adding Ex-Packers Player

Free Agent cornerback Robert Rochell has agreed to terms with the Cowboys, according to a report.
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How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill targets transgender medical procedures nationally

The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a provision barring the use of taxpayer money to fund so-called “gender-affirming care,” for both children and adults.
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UK watchdog criticises ‘offensive’ portrayal of older people in adverts

ASA report finds many use negative stereotypes and highlights concerns about targeting of end-of-life services

An elderly man fires off a tirade at a child who has asked “grandad” to return a mud-covered football that has landed on his gleaming car. He is then seen eating a microwave dinner for one and chuckling, with the now-deflated ball pinned to the table next to him by a large kitchen knife.

The TV advert for the Scotland-based Strathmore Foods, maker of the McIntosh of Strathmore ready meals stocked by most big supermarket chains, has been identified in a report by the UK advertising watchdog as showing an “offensive” portrayal of older people – by stereotyping them as grumpy and intolerant, and implying many are lonely and isolated.

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English universities barred from enforcing blanket bans on student protests

Office for Students guidance urges ‘very strong’ approach to permitting lawful speech on campus

Universities in England will no longer be able to enforce blanket bans on student protests under sweeping new guidance that urges a “very strong” approach to permitting lawful speech on campus.

The detailed regulations set out for the first time how universities should deal with inflammatory disputes, such as those between the University of Cambridge and students over the war in Gaza, and rows over academics who hold controversial but legal opinions, such as the gender-critical professor Kathleen Stock.

The guidance issued by the Office for Students (OfS) will make it harder for universities to penalise students and staff for anything other than unlawful speech or harassment.

Academics should not be pressed to support particular views.

Protests should not be restricted for supporting legal viewpoints.

Students or staff should not be “encouraged to report others” for lawful speech.

Universities must “secure freedom of speech” for visiting speakers.

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Magic Johnson shades Celtics after historic $10 billion Lakers sale

Lakers legend Magic Johnson applauded the agreement to sell the organization to Dodgers owner Mark Walter.
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Sizing Up World Religions

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Anne Burrell’s husband found her unresponsive in shower, body was cold: report

Burrell’s husband reportedly found her unconscious in the bathroom early Tuesday morning.
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Iran rejects Trump’s calls for surrender amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment

In cryptic remarks Wednesday, President Trump wouldn’t say whether he’s willing to join Israel in its attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. The prospect of direct American involvement adds fears of a wider Middle East war while angering some of the president’s Republican allies for violating a campaign promise. Geoff Bennett reports.