Police warn of violent pornography and ‘toxic’ influencers as suicides outstrip homicides for third year running The first teenage girl has been identified as having been driven to kill herself after domestic violence, as police chiefs blamed violent pornography and “toxic” influencers for being behind a rise in teen abuse. Suicides after domestic abuse have outstripped homicides for the third year running, according to the Domestic Homicide Project, which records deaths in England and Wales aft
Resolution Foundation report says ‘crisis’ stems from rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job support Britain has the third-highest rate of young people not in work or education among Europe’s richest countries because of rising ill-health and a failing system of benefits and job support, a report has warned. The Resolution Foundation thinktank said the UK was facing a “crisis” in youth jobs amid a dramatic rise in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in education, em
The British monarch and Queen Camilla come to a city still reeling from shooting at dinner attended by Trump King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Washington on Monday for a state visit in a city still rattled by a weekend shooting and a transatlantic alliance showing fresh signs of strain. British flags could be seen lining lamp-posts outside the White House, where Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, were set to host the royals for a private tea and a tour of the newly expanded
Jay Bryant’s admission came more than two decades after the rapper’s killing, but he didn’t name others involved Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Nearly a quarter century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades. Jay Bryant pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling a judge that he helped other people get into a recording studio to a
Attack in Adamawa state continues wave of violence across the country, including armed raid on orphanage in Kogi Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in north-east Nigeria, a state governor said on Monday, with local people saying the attackers targeted young people gathered at a football pitch, the latest bout of deadly unrest in Africa’s most populous nation. The attack on Sunday occurred in Adamawa state, which borders Cameroon, and is a hotspot for violence by jihadists and criminal gangs.
NBC News · Oct 8
NBC News' Garrett Haake joins "Here's the Scoop" to discuss President Trump's renewed push for a White House ballroom in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacy The US supreme court is considering whether sprawling warrants for smartphone location data infringe on Americans’ privacy rights and violate the constitution. Justices heard opening arguments in Chatrie v United States on Monday that concerned law enforcement’s reliance on so-called “geofence warrants” in difficult cases. The case was originally brought by Okello Chatrie, whose p
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The case is part of a national redistricting fight with high stakes for the November midterm elections Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Virginia supreme court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s Democratic -led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high stakes for the balance of power in the US House. The new districts, which could net Democ
Guardian - World · Oct 8
US president says there’s ‘no reason to meet’ Tehran unless they agree never to have nuclear weapons Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Donald Trump has said Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran. Iran gave the US a new proposal on reopening the strait and ending the war, with nuclear negotiatio
