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Alec Baldwin will be arraigned on Thursday after he was again charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of a cinematographer.Halyna Hutchins died in October 2021 when the star shot her during an on-set rehearsal for Western movie Rust. The movie’s director, Joel Souza, was wounded in the shoulder by the same bullet.The 65-year-old actor has insisted he pulled back the hammer but didn’t pull the trigger.All charges were dropped last year based on evidence the hammer might have been modified, allowing it to be shot without pressing the trigger. However, a new examination cast doubt on this theory.Forensic tests…

Institutional investors in Britain’s biggest public companies are to pave the way for bigger boardroom pay packages amid arguments from corporate chiefs that ‘restraint’ over remuneration is causing irreversible damage to London’s stock market.Sky News has obtained the draft of a letter from the Investment Association, whose members collectively manage £8.8trn in assets, to the chairs of FTSE 350 remuneration committees in which it signals a significant change in its stance towards bosses’ pay. In the letter, which is expected to be released publicly within days, the IA says it intends to conduct a “fundamental review of the Principles of…

You could say the age of the cyborg has dawned.Brain chips are increasingly being tested in paralysed people to help them move. The chips “read” electrical signals from neurons that determine movement and then reroute the instructions around a spinal injury to control the muscles or a robotic arm.Last year, Gert-Jan Oskam demonstrated an implant that enabled him to stand, walk and even climb stairs. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:39 Watch paralysed patient walk again His muscle control was slow and deliberate, but it was astonishing to see his thoughts, his intent to move,…

Lily Gladstone says Native American history has essentially been “banned” from the US school curriculum, with teachers who want to include it “intimidated” and “left in fear of losing their licence”.The Oscar-nominated star says she hopes her latest film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, will help raise awareness of a neglected part of history, which she says “absolutely deserves to be in the curriculum”. Image: Pic: Apple TV+ The 37-year-old native of Montana’s Blackfeet reservation told The World With Yalda Hakim: “It’s unfortunately a history that while it really must be taught, especially in the place where it originates, is…

An inquiry has found no evidence of “corruption or illegality” at the Teesworks site in the North East of England – but has raised concerns over “transparency and oversight.The development of the former Redcar Steelworks began in 2015 and has seen the area transformed into a large industrial site, with plans to turn it into a freeport to create a tax-free zone for shipping. Tees Valley Conservative mayor Lord Ben Houchen claimed it had raised £2bn of private sector investment and created almost 3,000 jobs.But the government ordered an independent inquiry into the site after claims private companies – which…

Elon Musk has announced the first human patient to receive a brain chip from his company Neuralink is recovering well.The billionaire also revealed he hoped the product – called ‘Telepathy’ – will eventually allow users with disabilities like Stephen Hawking to “communicate faster than an auctioneer”. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” Mr Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body.Mr Musk said it will…

Musicians have to sit beside sexual abusers at award ceremonies, MPs have said as they warned that misogyny and discrimination is “endemic” in the industry.The Women and Equalities Committee has held an inquiry into the sector, where it found sexual harassment and abuse was common. But it said many women did not report the incidents as they worried about whether they would be believed – or if their careers would be over as a result.The cross-party group has recommended a number of measures to be put in place, including changing the Equalities Act to offer more protections to freelance workers…

Run DMC star Jam Master Jay was killed by his godson and a childhood friend who were both motivated by greed and revenge, say prosecutors, as the defendants’ murder trial began.The 37-year-old DJ, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was fatally shot in the head in his New York recording studio in 2002. He was part of one of the best-known rap acts of the 1980s. Image: A mural of Jam Master Jay in Queens. Pic: AP In 2020, Karl Jordan Jr and Ronald Washington were charged with murder and on Monday their trial got under way in New York…

Iceland supermarket boss Richard Walker has switched his support from the Conservatives to Labour, saying Sir Keir Starmer’s party is “the right choice” for his customers.Mr Walker, a former Tory donor and the executive chairman of Iceland, said under Sir Keir’s leadership Labour had “progressively moved towards the ground on which I have always stood”, while the Conservatives “have moved away from it”. He accused the Tories of abandoning “basic Conservatives principles” and this had “not only fuelled my personal disenchantment, it is also reflected in the total collapse of public confidence we can see in every opinion poll”.Mr Walker’s…

Plans by Amazon and vacuum cleaner maker iRobot to merge have been abandoned following concerns that the move would harm competition.The $1.4bn (£1.1bn) deal, which was first announced in August 2022, had previously been approved by UK regulators. But in November the European Commission expressed concerns the online retailer might give iRobot’s products preferential treatment on its website – ahead of rival vacuum companies – if the merger went ahead.Amazon confirmed on Monday that the deal had now collapsed after it failed to find a way forward with EU officials during talks.The merger had also been facing scrutiny from regulators…