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Bloggers David and Ina Steiner were stalked by eBay executives over their critical coverage of the company
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Grieving mum was told baby's ashes were animal remains
Lucy Ness says police told her an urn given to her by funeral director Robert Bush contained animal's remains
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· Middleeasteye
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· Nicholas Riccardi
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· Alex Diaz
Court halts Minnesota law banning prediction markets
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· Marc Levy
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· Anthony Blair
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Former eBay executives ordered to pay couple $56m to settle harassment case | The National
EBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts couple who were victims of a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign.
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Apalachee High School shooter discussed his online notoriety with his mom
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· Kate Brumback
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· Bert Wilkinson
Body cameras capture the moment cops walk into horror crime scene in Idaho college murders— and deliver shocked one word reaction to bodies
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· Patrick Reilly
FIRY Wins $719 Million Game Of Solitaire, Torching Shorts Along The Way
Markets rarely hand you a clean morality play. On Monday night, a federal judge entered one, clocking in no less than 78 pages, in the public docket. And for anyone who has played one of America's chart-topping “skill gaming” apps - a group that certainly includes many readers of this site - this may be for you.
· Tyler Durden
Defendant in Salman Rushdie stabbing won't testify in terror trial
In this courtroom sketch, Hadi Matar, center, sits in federal court during his terrorism trial for his alleged attack on Salman Rushdie, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Buffalo, N.Y. (Alexandra Newbould via AP)
· John Wawrow
Toronto pro-Palestinian protesters march near Jewish care facility after kosher bakery shooting
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· ALEX CARSON
Florida is ready to execute 2 inmates on the same day, first time in the US in nearly a decade
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P27.4M illegal drugs seized in Cordillera
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· Harley Palangchao
Cebu phishing victim lured by bogus online modeling offer
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· KAISER JAN FUENTES
British rapper pleads not guilty in Australia rape case
PERTH, Australia — Lawyers were making closing statements Tuesday in the Australian trial of a British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly on charges that he raped and choked a fan following a music performance two years ago.
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Pro-Palestine activist spared jail after 17-hour barefoot Big Ben protest cost UK taxpayers £92,000
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· ALEX CARSON
Fritz takes 250th hardcourt win in ATP Washington opener
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Tony Romo ‘might step back’ from spotlight after arrest— as CBS makes decision on future
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How Many Episodes Are There of Emmy Rossum’s New Hulu Crime Drama ‘Furious’?
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· Josh Sorokach
Court freezes law limiting enforcement measures against haredi draft dodgers
The law freezing enforcement measures against eligible haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men was halted by the High Court of Justice, with a ruling expected to follow at a later date.
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‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple
The bestselling crime writer and Scotland’s first female Geographer Royal had long kept their work separate, until a chance discovery about a doomed 17th-century expedition forced them to collaborate
· Robyn Vinter
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The moment Tuesday's powerful earthquake hit Japan
A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island 28 July, forcing more than 150,000 people to evacuate. The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge. More than 40,000 households are without power and several people are missing after a chimney collaps…
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Man already serving life for killing his cellmate while awaiting trial also murdered and dismembered his friends Claudio Aquilino and Daniel Coleman
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Azerbaijan journalists and activists convicted in a case seen as an attack on media freedom
Azerbaijan’ president Ilham Aliyev attends a news conference after a meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
· Yuras Karmanau
Royal commission into Victorian construction sector could boost Labor’s chances at state election, expert says
Commission promised by new premier would be an ‘important signal’ for voters that the government was acting on alleged corruption
· Josh Taylor
Angus Taylor has inadvertently taken centre stage in an Icac hearing – and the fallout could be profound
If the opposition leader was funding one side of a vicious factional war, it would be hard for many in the party to stomach
· Anne Davies
I noticed a customer review I think might be fake. In Australia, are businesses allowed to do this?
False testimonials are prohibited under Australian consumer law, writes policy professional Kat George, but they are also very hard to police
· Kat George
Telling Hong Kong judge to retire early is sufficient penalty for plagiarism: experts
Wilson Chan’s reputation is damaged because of his plagiarism and he will lose tens of millions of dollars in pay and allowances, they say
· Jess Ma
Telling Hong Kong judge to retire early is sufficient penalty for plagiarism: experts
Wilson Chan’s reputation is damaged because of his plagiarism and he will lose tens of millions of dollars in pay and allowances, they say
· Jess Ma
Trump: New tariffs 'doing the same thing' as the ones struck down by Supreme Court
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said new U.S. tariffs are functionally the same as the ones the Supreme Court struck down as illegal earlier this year.
· Kevin Breuninger
Old Dominion University unaware of student's Islamic State ties
Police arrive outside Old Dominion University’s campus after reports of an active shooter on March 12, 2026 in Norfolk, Va. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)
Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal
Everyone in Hollywood — and beyond — has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. But not Gov. Gavin Newsom, and insiders say it’s all by design.
· Peter Kiefer
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Hezbollah civil arm active in Lebanon pilot zone, putting Beirut-Jerusalem agreement in question
The presence of Hezbollah’s health organization in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, one of the first pilot zones set to be made free of Hezbollah as part of a pilot in the Jerusalem-Beirut agreement, brings into question Lebanon’s willingness and ability to police these areas, according to an analysis published by the Alma Rese…
· DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
London is winning back its streets. Now for its reputation | The National
It’s hard to capture the stinging experience felt by the people in charge of London at the fall in its international reputation. The viral meme of the British capitalas crime-ridden and hostile – not just to its own inhabitants but to visitors – proliferated in the years after the pandemic.
· Damien McElroy
Dubai Police block websites promoting narcotics as anti-drug campaign ends | The National
Dubai Police blocked 297 websites promoting illegal drugs during the second quarter of this year, a huge increase from 110 over the first three months.
· The National
Michigan authorities identify man they say killed wife and six children before home fire
Authorities say the killings fit the definition of family annihilation, one of at least eight in the US this year
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What to know about postpartum psychosis
Lindsay Clancy waits for the judge to call a prospective jury member into court in her murder trial where she is charged in the 2023 killing of her three children, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
· Laura Ungar
Malaysian police raid online scam centres in Johor, arrest 335 people
Those arrested include 309 Chinese nationals, 19 Indonesians and three Malaysians, with assets worth about US$245,000 also seized
· Reuters
Malaysian police raid online scam centres in Johor, arrest 335 people
Those arrested include 309 Chinese nationals, 19 Indonesians and three Malaysians, with assets worth about US$245,000 also seized
· Reuters
Israel releases 60 Palestinian detainees from harsh prison conditions | The National
Sixty Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip were released on Monday from Israeli prison through the Karem Abu Salem crossing, where they were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
· Nagham Mohanna