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Man at the centre of £620m Bitcoin row says he won't stop until he gets hard drive back
James Howells claimed his ex-girlfriend threw out the hard drive, today worth £620m, in 2013.BBC News - 4d -
Struggling English museums get rescue funds
Some venues said they were at risk of "imminent threat of sale of collections or closure".BBC News - 18h -
Small Businesses and Contractors Also Get Hit by Trump’s Federal Funding Cuts
Reports suggest several thousand private sector jobs have been lost in the last two weeks, as federal funding freezes start having knock-on effects.Inc. - Feb. 7 -
Bill Belichick shows up to NFL honors with 24-year-old girlfriend, who gets roasted by Snoop Dogg
Their relationship is still going strong.Yahoo Sports - Feb. 7 -
Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owls
Program is meant to help the endangered northern spotted owl – and it’s only C$5! – but rat lovers are not amused. Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. And for an endangered owl ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
WATCH: 10-year-old cancer survivor gets surprise from Captain America
Rob and Jamey Wyatt and their son Bode discuss his cancer journey, recovery and being Marvel super fans. He gets a big surprise from Captain America himself, Anthony Mackie.ABC News - 6d -
MLB power rankings: Which teams have young talent, and which are getting old?
The goal is to paint a picture of which organizations have the most promising collections of young talent who can help sustain success. First up, Nos. 30-26Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Social Security chief refutes claims of dead 100-year-olds getting checks
Elon Musk had claimed that DOGE found evidence of 150-year-olds receiving Social Security benefits.CBS News - 19h -
Black expats share why they're happier living outside the U.S.: I get to 'exist in peace'
Many Black Americans experience racism at home in the U.S. Moving abroad has been a respite for these three expats.CNBC - 6d
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Israeli family mourns 'man of peace' as body returned from Gaza
Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned from Gaza on Thursday, was a campaigner for peace and had many Palestinian friends.BBC News - 1h -
Spain's ex-football boss Luis Rubiales fined for World Cup kiss
Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and fined €10,800.BBC News - 4h -
James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson step down after decades of tight family control of the franchise.BBC News - 5h -
Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each
The gesture to the affected travellers - all of whom survived - comes with no strings attached, the airline says.BBC News - 5h -
Army mishandled sex assault before soldier's death, coroner says
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Hochul to Seek New Oversight, but Won’t Remove Adams for Now
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is said to be planning to announce that she will not remove Mayor Eric Adams at this time, but she will seek to increase the state’s supervision of New York City’s ...The New York Times - 28m -
Trump loyalist Kash Patel confirmed as FBI director
Kash Patel, a longtime loyalist to President Donald Trump, was confirmed by the Senate Thursday to serve as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.NBC News - 32m -
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
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Trump officials want to rewrite tax season. Cross your fingers and file like normal, experts say.
DOGE wants access to filers’ data, and the commerce secretary says Trump wants to scrap the IRS. But filing a return remains mandatory — the earlier the better, tax advisers say.NBC News - 36m -
LGBTQ group calls on NY prosecutor to pursue hate crime charges in death of transgender man
The mother of a Minnesota transgender man who was tortured and killed in upstate New York suggested that his death was preventable if local authorities had "done their jobs."NBC News - 37m