I visited a deeply divided Pennsylvania – and found Republicans repeating an enormous lie

Letters by Oliver Sacks review – valuable insight into a curious mind

From loving letters to his parents expressing early anxieties to later exchanges with scientific heavyweights, this collection of correspondence only cements Sacks’s legacy as a man of great ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Starbucks drops olive oil coffees as it shakes up menu

The announcement comes less than a week after the company reported falling global sales.

Starbucks will discontinue Oleato olive oil drinks at U.S. cafes in early November

New CEO Brian Niccol has pledged to simplify the Starbucks menu.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Starbucks will discontinue Oleato olive oil drinks at U.S. cafes

Starbucks’ controversial line of olive oil-infused drinks will leave U.S. stores in early November.

Don’t ‘boy mum’ me. These stereotypes around raising children do enormous harm | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Biology can play a role in how girls and boys behave. But it’s parents who turn small differences into big ones. According to the internet, I’m a “boy mum”. It’s not a term I’d heard until I gave ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Taking Manchester United job would be an enormous risk for Rúben Amorim | Jonathan Wilson

Club’s preferred candidate has a stellar reputation but rebuilding incoherent squad and culture is an almighty task. At least there isn’t a recent example of Manchester United gazumping Manchester ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Beshear: ‘It hurts’ to see Trump, Vance lie about election, natural disasters

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said in an interview Sunday that “it hurts” to see former President Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, lie about the results ...

Politics - The Hill - October 13

Kamala's newest lie: Trump will send the army after you

Vice President Kamala Harris has lied about Donald Trump's statements, claiming that he would consider using the military against his political opponents, when in reality he was talking about ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Alvin Kamara denies that he's requested a trade from the Saints: 'That's a lie'

Kamara is committed to the Saints

Sports - CBS Sports - October 19

Have Rangers regressed? If so, where does blame lie?

Manager Philippe Clement has been at Rangers for a year, so the obvious question is has progress been made in that time?

WNBA outlook is promising after record-setting year — but challenges lie ahead

The WNBA outlook seems promising heading into the offseason following a banner season with record ratings, attendance and a first-time champion in New York

Sports - ABC News - October 24

'It's a lie': Georgia official pushes back on false claims of voting machine fraud

A Georgia election official is pushing back on false claims of voting machine fraud following allegations that a voter's ballot had been "switched" by a voting machine.

How Trump is using a new 'big lie' to undermine the 2024 election results

Former President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters are mobilizing around a new “big lie”: the false claim that a flood of noncitizens votes could swing the 2024 election.

Gingrich rails against Harris ad telling woman to 'lie' to husband

Fox News contributor and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) responded to a recent ad from Vice President Harris’s campaign encouraging women to vote for Harris in Tuesday’s election. Gingrich ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 hours ago

Four investment mistakes you really don’t want to repeat

It’s not easy, but the best investors learn from their errors

Business - Financial Times - October 16

India's Modi repeats offer to mediate between Ukraine and Russia

World - Yahoo News - October 22

Bad news for the rest of NBA: Celtics may be better than ever

Boston put on a historic shooting display in its season opener, burying the Knicks with a barrage of 3-pointers. If Game 1 is any indication, no one else has a chance.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 23

Signing Roberto Firmino: data, repeat viewings and a gut feeling

In an extract from the book How to Win the Premier League, Ian Graham reveals the process behind Liverpool’s capture of the Brazilian in 2015. In the weeks leading up to my first day as director of ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Trump repeats false claims of "rampant cheating" in 2020 election

Former President Donald Trump made new threats Friday to hold people accountable for what he calls "rampant cheating" in the 2020 election. There is no evidence of widespread fraud during 2020, but ...

Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Donald Trump used a lengthy interview with podcaster Joe Rogan to dig in on his false claims about voting, election fraud and his loss in the 2020 presidential election

2024 election updates: Trump concludes MSG rally with anti-immigrant rhetoric

Donald Trump and some prominent supporters will speak at a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Surge in UK borrowing costs is not a repeat of the 'mini-budget' crisis, economists say

"It isn't anything like we saw with the Trussonomics mini-budget when that spike really was high after those unfunded tax cuts came in," one analyst said.

Business - CNBC - 2 hours ago

Hew Locke’s British Museum looting exposé: ‘inescapably, deeply shocking’

British Museum, London In a show full of beauty and horror, which even includes ‘Jamaica’s Elgin Marbles’, the artist places his own works alongside those plundered by Britain from long-destroyed ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

U.S. voices concern as "deeply disturbing" images show fiery Gaza strike

The White House says Israel must do more to protect innocent Gazans as images show "what appear to be displaced civilians burning alive."

Yellen sounds alarm on 'deeply misguided' tariffs as Trump digs in

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will call out plans to vastly increase the scale of U.S. tariffs in a Thursday speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, taking a thinly veiled shot at former ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Musk's $1m-a-day to swing states voters 'deeply concerning'

The winner will be chosen from those who sign a petition by the tech billionaire's Trump-supporting group.

White House says Biden is 'deeply concerned' about leaked Israel documents

The White House said Monday President Biden remains "deeply concerned" about the leaking of sensitive Pentagon documents that detailed Israeli preparations for an attack on Iran and plans for a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

The Deeply Personal Price Women Must Pay for Abortion Bans

Exceptions to save a mother’s life don’t matter when doctors fear performing the procedure.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

US ‘deeply concerned’ by intelligence leak over Israel plan to attack Iran

Officials say no further leaks but investigation under way into how documents came to be published on Telegram. US government officials investigating the leak of two classified intelligence ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Biden "deeply concerned" after leak of apparent Israeli plan for attack on Iran

President Biden says he's deeply concerned about the leak of an apparent Israeli attack plan that outlines a retaliatory response to Iran's launch of nearly 200 missiles at Israel on October 1. ...

'Deeply troubling': Harris slams Trump's reported praise of Hitler while in office

Vice President Harris condemned former President Trump after his former chief of staff John Kelly said he praised Adolf Hitler while in office. Harris claimed Trump was pursuing "unchecked power" ...

Politics - NBC News - October 23

EU 'deeply alarmed' by reports of North Korean soldiers in Russia

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills dozens, officials there say

An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said.

Trick or treating with Philadelphia's Republicans

The Americast team are in costume for this one

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