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An American basketball star has apologised after he was suspended by his club for sharing antisemitic material on social media. Kyrie Irving, 30, had been criticised for failing to say sorry sooner for retweeting a link to a documentary that features antisemitic tropes. His apology came hours after he was suspended without pay for at

Disturbing reports have surfaced of a young girl’s call to police from inside the scene of the Uvalde school shooting – more than 40 minutes before officers arrived. An exclusive CNN story says the 10-year old told the dispatcher: “I’m in classroom 112. Please hurry. There is a lot of dead bodies.” Khloie Torres was

A food blogger who inspired the 2009 film Julie & Julia has died at the age of 49. Julie Powell became an internet sensation after setting herself a challenge to make every recipe in Julia Child’s book, Mastering The Art of French Cooking. Her challenge led to a book deal and a blockbuster movie starring

Elon Musk has fired Twitter’s board of directors and appointed himself its sole member. According to a company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bret Taylor, former chairman of the board, and Parag Agrawal, former chief executive, are among the nine ousted directors. Mr Musk completed his $44bn takeover of the social media

Elon Musk tweeted a link to an unfounded rumour about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband – just days after he bought the platform sparking fears it would no longer seek to limit misinformation and hate speech. The tweet, which he later deleted, linked to an article by the Santa Monica Observer, an outlet that

Joe Biden has described the violent assault on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband as “despicable” – as San Francisco’s police chief has said it was “not a random attack”. Paul Pelosi, 82, is recovering from a skull fracture after he was attacked by an intruder with a hammer on Friday. The intruder – David

Given what we know about the injuries Paul Pelosi sustained and the type of treatment he received, he is lucky to be alive. His wife is second-in-line to the presidency; the third-most senior politician in America. She is at the top of the Democratic Party, a close ally of President Joe Biden and a target,

Elon Musk has said Twitter will form a moderation council “with widely diverse viewpoints” and that “no major content decisions or account reinstatements” will be made before it meets. Musk’s $44bn deal to buy Twitter completed on Thursday and he reportedly sacked the company’s chief executive and two other top bosses. The world’s richest man

Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to “try to help humanity”. The billionaire tweeted a statement explaining his reasons for purchasing the social media site, saying he believed it was “important for the future of civilisation to have a common digital town square”. Mr Musk’s long -running bid to purchase Twitter is reportedly

Microsoft has beaten economists’ expectations, reporting first-quarter revenue of $50.12bn (£43.66bn). The figure compares with $45.32bn a year earlier and analysts’ forecasts of $49.61bn, according to Refinitiv IBES data. Products such as Outlook and Teams have made the company essential to businesses continuing to use flexible work models, despite the broader hit to corporate spending.

Donald Trump will not be allowed to testify live on television to the US Capitol riots investigation. The former US president was last week issued with a subpoena by the House committee investigating the riots of 6 January 2021. So far, anyone giving evidence to the hearings has been shown live on the American public

A convertible sports car stolen 30 years ago has been found buried in the yard of a California mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted murder and insurance fraud. The Mercedes-Benz, filled with bags of unused concrete, was discovered Thursday by landscapers in Silicon Valley. Police believe the car

A mutation of an Omicron subvariant of COVID could dodge the immune systems of the vaccinated and unvaccinated and drive reinfections, a study has suggested. Currently, BA.5 is the dominant global Omicron variant and has shown a “substantial” ability to evade immune protection compared with previous subvariants, according to a report published on Wednesday in

Enormous ostrich-like dinosaurs in ancient North America were among the largest of its kind in the world, scientists have found. Ornithomimosaurs in the ancient supercontinent of Laurasia grew to huge sizes, with researchers estimating that one of the individuals they examined weighed more than 800kg. Scientists determined that the new fossils likely represented two different

Microsoft has admitted “structural adjustments” in the wake of a report suggesting the US tech firm had cut around 1,000 jobs this week. The company, Axiom reported on Tuesday, wielded the axe across several divisions – building on a weaker pace of hiring across the sector this year in the face of surging inflation and

A 10-year-old boy has been mauled by a black bear while playing in his grandparents’ garden in the United States. The animal then attempted to drag the young child away before being shot by police officers, officials in the state of Connecticut said. The boy was injured but survived the ordeal. He was taken to

Elon Musk has completed his $44bn (£38bn) takeover of Twitter after months of toing and froing over the deal. His first move was to fire the social media company’s top leadership, which he accused of misleading him over the number of spam accounts on the platform. Musk sacked Twitter’s chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial

Donald Trump has responded to a congressional committee that wants to hear his evidence about the assault on the US Capitol building, but he hasn’t said whether he will appear. In a memo to members of the January 6 committee, he didn’t address their subpoena calling on him to give evidence before them. Rather, he

A doctor has shared a bizarre video of her removing 23 contact lenses from a patient’s eye. Dr Katerina Kurteeva posted the clip on Instagram of her teasing the lenses from underneath a woman’s eyelid. The video went viral and has now racked up more than a million views. According to the ophthalmologist’s post, the

Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44bn (£39bn) takeover deal of Twitter, the social media company has said in a court filing. The world’s richest man recently announced he would go ahead with purchasing the platform for the huge sum, following months of legal battles. Twitter, which sued