Lai wins $60,000 literary award for her study of a young woman’s repression and rage as she struggles to juggle the needs of those around her Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads As the 2026 winner of the Stella prize, Lee Lai has established two new firsts: the first ever non-binary winner with her book Cannon, which is the first graphic novel to win the $60,000 Australian literary award for women and non-binary writers. Cannon follows the titular, queer Chinese woman living in M
Condolences poured in for the Louisiana beaver-like legend who once appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Condolences have poured in for a Louisiana couple who successfully battled wildlife authorities to keep their domesticated nutria as a pet, watched the semi-aquatic rodent appear on cable news and accumulate a social media following tens of thousands strong, and then endured the animal’s recent death from cancer. Denny and Myra Lacoste a
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Bovis Homes owner’s shares plunged 10.5% after it was forced to cut prices as buyers have become cautious One of the UK’s biggest housebuilders has warned its profits will be “significantly” lower, as it was forced to cut prices after heightened uncertainty sparked by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Vistry’s shares plunged 10.5% in early trading on Wednesday, hitting their lowest level in nearly 15 years, as it warned shareholders its first-half profits will be hit by the fallout from the Middle Eas
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Guardian - World · Oct 8
British pop-metallers’ frontman Oli Sykes suffers concussion after phone strikes him on the head, in latest in spate of similar incidents faced by musicians Eric Clapton and Bring Me the Horizon’s frontman Oli Sykes have both been struck by objects thrown at them while performing, the latter incident leaving Skyes with concussion. As Bring Me the Horizon performed in St Louis on Monday, a member of the audience threw a phone at Sykes, striking him on the head. Sykes continued to perform but cut
NBC News · Oct 8
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NPR News · Oct 8
Military life has always involved some degree of uncertainty. But for many families, the fear and unknowns that come with the Iran war are new territory. (Image credit: Stella Kalinina for NPR)
NBC News · Oct 8
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus on April 29.
