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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThe infamous Wally the ‘emotional support alligator’ has been stolen while on vacation in Georgia and released back into a swamp.Wally the Gator, best known for being an emotional support pet who often gives out cuddles to the public and has amassed thousands of followers on social media for his unusually friendly behaviour, was stolen over a week ago, his owner, Joie Henney, says.Wally’s Facebook page has been updating fans of Wally’s disappearance on the animal’s…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsPaddy Power owner Flutter is to switch its primary stock market listing to New York in another significant blow to the London stock exchange.Flutter Entertainment, which also owns Betfair and PokerStars, confirmed that a vast majority of shareholders voted in favour of the move at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday morning.The company, which was previously called Paddy Power Betfair, currently has a primary stock market listing in London and gained an additional New…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFlorida’s ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect on Wednesday, setting up the state as a major battleground over reproductive rights in the 2024 election.The law, signed by Governor Ron DeSantis last year, will replace the existing 15-week ban in the state. The 15-week ban took effect earlier this year after a decision by Florida’s supreme court. The state now joins its neighbors Alabama and Georgia in having one of the most restrictive abortion…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Howard Webb, the head of Premier League referees says PGMOL would like VAR decisions to be communicated to the crowd during matches.However, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) who are the “independent guardians of the football rules of association football” have regulations in place that do not allow any discussions between officials to be broadcast live inside a stadium.PGMOL are instead pushing for referees to be allowed to explain their decisions to the crowd when they are…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsFor a relatively short novel, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia is a big and unwieldy thing. The incendiary 1990 book teems with incident and ideas – an irreverent, orgiastic odyssey following Karim, a mixed-race bisexual teenager, from his fraught family life in the 1970s suburbs to the London stage, and then to the druggy excess of New York. It’s hard to imagine how everything could fit into the temporal confines of a stage play.…

This is the moment pro-Israel counter-protesters tear down encampment barriers at the University of California campus in Los Angeles.Violent clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counter-demonstrators, hours after police stormed Columbia University and arrested dozens of students on Tuesday (30 April).This comes after hundreds of New York police officers stormed into the Columbia University grounds, where campus protesters had occupied Hamilton Hall since Monday night.Dozens of protesters were arrested, the NYPD said, adding that all areas had been cleared by around 11pm local time. Source link

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Tottenham’s top-four hopes have been dealt a blow by the news that Timo Werner and Ben Davies will be out for the rest of the season.Both players picked up injuries in the north London derby defeat to Arsenal on Sunday, denying Werner a reunion with former club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night.Tottenham are seven points behind Aston Villa in the race for Champions League qualification, with the trip to Chelsea one of their two games…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the US U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in Gaza. He said Hamas would bear the blame for any failure to get a deal off the ground.Blinken is on his seventh visit to the region since the…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Tom Lockyer said he would “love” to return to playing professional football, but admitted it might not be possible.The 29-year-old collapsed in the 59th minute of Luton’s abandoned Premier League match against Bournemouth on 16 December and had to be resuscitated by medics.Lockyer was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator after spending five days in hospital, and said in February that he “literally died”.“I’ve made no secret saying I would love to return to football, but ultimately…

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