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You be the judge: my husband refuses to double-barrel our surnames. Should I take his last name?

Annabelle doesn’t want to lose her family name, but traditionalist Teddy is not keen on a double-barrelled compromise. You decide who should be named – and who should be shamed Find out how to ...

World - The Guardian - 8 hours ago

This Group Refuses to Stop Tracking Disinformation

Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to ...

Business - The New York Times - November 1

Pennsylvania judge refuses to block Musk's $1M giveaways

A Pennsylvania judge on Monday refused the Philadelphia district attorney’s request to block daily $1 million giveaways from Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC in the lead-up to the election. Judge ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown

UK premier said he had ‘frank’ discussions with Xi Jinping at G20 but declined to air criticism publicly

World - Financial Times - November 19

Man has 500 bikes for Africa refused at port

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

Jussie Smollett refuses to speak the truth: Actor's ‘attackers’

In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct after it turned out he set up the attack.

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Woman faced travel insurance refusal after US car accident

Jane Rubens' family say they faced accepting her return to the UK or having her insurance cancelled.

Racing star Billy Monger takes to the Strictly dancefloor

The TV presenter and former racing driver from Surrey is to compete in the Christmas Strictly show.

With razor thin margins in the election, will Americans still refuse to vote?

The 2024 presidential election is expected to be close, with a recent report describing the margins as "razor thin" in key swing states, and four underutilized techniques are proposed to increase ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Election fact check: County officials can't refuse to certify election results

Local officials are legally required to certify election results -- but the process has become politicized since Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results.

New Canadian councilors refuse to swear allegiance to King Charles

Five newly elected councilors in Dawson City, Canada, have refused to swear a mandatory oath of allegiance to Britain's King Charles III.

Han Dongfang, Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Refuses to Back Down

Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong has stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.”

Top stories - The New York Times - November 10

Kidnappers took his staff, then his son. But this Haiti doctor is refusing to flee

Dr Jean William ‘Bill’ Pape runs free health services and says people’s needs cannot wait for an end to the gang warfare that is tearing the country apart. Years of gang warfare have shuttered ...

World - The Guardian - November 15

'Spa refused me a massage because I have cancer'

Sindy Sidhu is calling for the misinformation around massage treatments for cancer patients to be addressed.

Protesters in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region refuse to cede control of government buildings

Opposition protesters in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings seized during rallies on Friday during which at least 14 people were ...

World - ABC News - November 16

Whoopi Goldberg claims bakery refused her service due to her politics

“The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg implied that a Staten Island bakery refused to take her order because of her liberal politics. The bakery denied the accusation and claimed they were having ...

The IRS refuses COVID claims, leaving small businesses in limbo

The IRS has delayed processing of properly submitted ERTC claims, leaving small businesses in the dark and owed over $100 billion, while the Biden administration has not addressed the wider issue ...

Politics - The Hill - November 20

Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles

Council in Yukon territory deadlocked, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region. The council of a town in Canada’s Yukon territory has been locked for weeks in ...

World - The Guardian - November 20

WATCH: Dog finds bed in Costco aisle, refuses to leave without it

Blue got to take the bed home!

Town council in Canada at standstill over refusal to take King Charles oath

The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.

Young people who refuse to work to lose benefits, says minister

Liz Kendall says young people will have a responsibility to take up new opportunities for "earning or learning".

UK spending watchdog refuses to sign off government accounts

National Audit Office criticises ‘material and pervasive’ gaps in public sector audits

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

G7 ministers throw support behind Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire but make no mention of ICC warrant

Foreign ministers from leading industrialized countries have thrown their strong support behind an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding

Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogs

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Stocks are rallying hard as the economy refuses to buckle. Will it last in 2025?

Trump is inheriting a strong setup in the economy and stock market. But new risks lurk that could trip up equities next year.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 hours ago

U.S. double: McKennie, Weah keep Juve unbeaten

Juventus twice came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw at home to Parma on Wednesday, maintaining their unbeaten record but dropping to fourth in the Serie A standings.

Sports - ESPN - October 31

Osimhen double as Galatasaray sink 10-man Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur's perfect Europa League start ended as they lost 3-2 at Galatasaray on Thursday with Victor Osimhen scoring twice for the hosts and Will Lankshear netting his first goal for Spurs ...

Sports - ESPN - November 7

Delphi man found guilty on all charges in murders of teen girls

Delphi, Indiana, resident Richard Allen was found guilty on all charges on Monday.

At 39, LeBron James oldest with 3 straight triple-doubles

LeBron finished Wednesday's win with 35 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds for his third straight triple-double.

Sports - ESPN - November 14

'I've lost major organs to endometriosis' - NHS gynaecology waiting lists double

Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.

Jones has 1st Marquette triple-double since Wade

Kam Jones had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists as No. 15 Marquette defeated No. 6 Purdue 76-58 on Tuesday night to end the Boilermakers' 39-game regular-season nonconference winning streak.

Sports - ESPN - November 20

Life Is Strange: Double Exposure Review - An Underdeveloped Picture

It only feels right to begin this review with a confession: I am not someone who saw good reason for there to be a follow-up to the original Life is Strange game. I felt that way when Beyond the ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 20

Nvidia nearly doubles revenue on strong AI demand

Nvidia reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results.

Business - CNBC - November 20

Nvidia’s Profit Doubles as A.I. Chip Sales Soar

The company, which dominates the market for chips used to build artificial intelligence, expects another big jump in the current quarter.

Tech - The New York Times - November 21

Double Olympic champion Brownlee retires aged 36

Two-time Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee announces his retirement from the sport at the age of 36.

Primary school pupil suspensions in England double in a decade

Mum Jo says Jacob is very caring but sensory issues led to him being excluded for disruptive behaviour.

Ukraine's double challenge: Russia's advance and the return of Trump

Russia is advancing at its fastest pace since 2022. Will Trump help or hinder Ukraine's defence?

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