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LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Prince Harry, Elton John and other public figures were victims of systematic phone hacking and other unlawful acts by Britain's powerful Daily Mail, their lawyer said on Monday as the trial of their high-profile privacy case against the publisher began. The British royal and six other claimants accuse the Mail's publisher Associated Newspapers of unlawful behaviour violating their privacy from 1993 until 2011 and beyond, in a civil case with high stakes for the claimants and media alike. Harry, 41, who arrived smiling and waving, said in a witness statement quoted by lawyers that it...

Andrew Rosindell has resigned from the Conservative Party and defected to Reform UK. The former shadow minister and MP for Romford said the Tories were "irreparably bound to the mistakes of previous governments" and not willing to take "meaningful accountability" for poor decisions. He said he had spoken to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening before agreeing to join his party. The Reform UK leader called him "a great patriot" who "will be a great addition to our team". A Conservative source said Rosindell's departure was a prime example of Farage doing the "spring cleaning" of Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, and...

A judge and his wife were shot and wounded on Sunday in their home in Lafayette, Indiana, officials said. Tippecanoe Superior Court 2 Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, were shot at their home, and the shooter was "purportedly still at large" as of Monday, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush said in a statement. Lafayette Police said they responded to the home on Mill Pond Lane on Sunday afternoon and found the two victims, who received medical treatment and are in stable condition. Police said Steven Meyer suffered an injury to his arm and Kimberly Meyer...

Last night, Tina Peters was assaulted at approximately 9PM MT in La Vista Correctional Facility. Tina was inside a maintenance closet to fill up a water unit when an inmate approached her in the closet and began striking her in anger. Tina raised her hands and pushed the inmate away in defense of herself. Per Tina, the camera showed her pushing the inmate away from her out of the closet. She was subsequently handcuffed, shackled, and brought to solitary confinement. Tina was told she is being charged with Felony Assault for defending herself against an unprovoked attack. She will be...

To my billionaire friends: keep your receipts. (jk I don’t have billionaire friends.) But seriously: 4 years later CA is hunting down those who left. “Narrative of the circumstances surrounding you becoming non-residents”… what a joke. This is what a failing state looks like.

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin may not be the most liked player in the NHL, but he found a way to endear himself to a lot of the game's fans. On Saturday night, the Capitals and Florida Panthers faced off, with Washington holding its annual Pride Night before the game. (Cue the justified boos and eye rolls). That means that many players decided to put rainbow tape on their sticks as a show of support. But Ovechkin, and several others, decided not to. They skated onto the ice with their sticks looking normal as most reasonable people would do.

Tesla (TSLA) just delivered a rare double whammy to Nvidia (NVDA) over the past weekend.CEO Elon Musk revealed that Tesla’s much-talked-about AI5 self-driving chips are nearly complete, and that the next one, A16, is already underway.With the AI inference part covered, Musk said Sunday on X that Dojo 3 is being restarted, pushing Tesla back into large-scale AI training after previously pulling back. Nvidia threw the first punch, though, when it rolled out “Alpamayo” at CES 2026 (an open-source autonomous vehicle AI toolkit), aiming to become the default autonomy platform powering a ton of brands.

EU Army ready for war with America! Tariffs. Italy objects to whole expedition. Germany 13 soldiers. Norway 2. UK 1 officer. 15 France. 2 from Finland. 1 from Netherlands. 1 from Belgium. Germany buggered out under threat of tariffs. America already has 100 troops in the area. America is tariffing everyone, including Denmark, which didn't send any soldiers. Transcript linked below video.

A parade of cars, trucks and motorcycles festooned with flags and banners cruised through the streets of Santa Clarita, California on January 17, 2026 as members of 805 Patriots, a patriotic group active in the regions north and west of Los Angeles within the 805 area code, and Turning Point USA celebrated the fifth year of Donald Trump’s presidency. This was also the first of several rallies to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence. The rally began at Bridgeport Elementary School where Ashley Stuart, president of the Saugus High School chapter of Turning Point USA addressed the drivers before...

At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said.Iran appears to be using executions "as a tool of state intimidation," the United Nations said on Monday, as it denounced a jump in capital punishment globally in 2025. The Islamic republic reportedly executed 1,500 people last year, UN rights chief Volker Türk said in a statement. "The scale and pace of executions suggest a systematic use of capital punishment as a tool of state intimidation, with disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities and migrants," he warned. The...

Japanese YouTuber faces backlash for 'packed with Indians' Air India flight vlog: 'If you have problem, then don't come' A Japanese YouTuber has sparked outrage after calling an Air India flight “packed with Indians” and using a caption many found insensitive and offensive.A travel vlog by Japanese content creator Ikechan has sparked outrage online after she described an Air India flight as “packed with Indians” and referred to the airline as “bad” in the caption. The controversy began after Ikechan shared her Air India travel vlog on YouTube and X with the caption, “Taking the notoriously bad Air India for...

Fox News contributor Hugh Hewitt ripped the Democratic Party for having a “Jewish problem” after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused former Vice President Kamala Harris’s advisers of asking him whether he was an Israeli “double agent” during the 2024 presidential race. The conservative radio host and pundit blasted the Dems for being anti-Jewish during an appearance on America Reports on Monday. Hewitt was asked by co-host Gillian Turner for his reaction to Shapiro’s revelation that he was offended by the Harris team’s Israel-related questions during the 2024 veepstakes’ vetting process. Hewitt said the questions were “so anti-Semitic” that his...

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Nicki Minaj criticized Don Lemon for his reporting on a Minnesota church protest.Nicki Minaj publicly criticized independent journalist Don Lemon over the weekend, responding angrily to his reporting on a protest during a church service in Minnesota. Rapper blasted Lemon, who is gay and married to real estate agent Tim Malone, in 2024, as reported by TMZ. Nicki Minaj calls out Don Lemon on social media In a series of posts on X on Sunday, Minaj wrote, “DON '**** SUCKIN' LEMON IS DISGUSTING,” in all caps. She continued, "HOW DARE YOU? I WANT THAT THUG IN JAIL!!!!! HE WOULD NEVER...

Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents — and they’ve shown a possible route to reducing its likelihood. Using advanced but now common lab technologies, along with published data from vaccinated individuals, the researchers identified a two-step sequence in which these vaccines activate a certain type of immune cell, in turn riling up another type of immune cell. The resulting inflammatory activity directly injures heart muscle cells, while triggering further inflammatory damage. *** mRNA vaccines are viewed as a breakthrough because they can...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A Miami Beach political activist got an unexpected knock on her door Monday over a comment she made to and about Mayor Steven Meiner on Facebook. Raquel Pacheco, a local activist and veteran who once ran for city commission and as a Democratic state Senate candidate, said she was stunned when Miami Beach detectives knocked on her door Monday, asking about a comment she made on one of the mayor’s Facebook posts. “He said, ‘We are here to talk to you about a Facebook comment’ and I said - ‘What? Is this really happening?” Pacheco told...

@LindseyGrahamSC If Syrian government forces continue to advance in the north toward Raqqa, I will push for reimposing Caesar Act sanctions on steroids. Apparently no one in Syria is listening to me or other U.S. government officials. If this continues, not only will there be bone-crushing sanctions, it will permanently damage relationships between the U.S. and the new Syrian government. If you think we’re BSing - keep it up. I’ve tried to be fair to the new government, but apparently it’s falling on deaf ears. If you want a conflict with the U.S. Senate and to do permanent damage to...

I'm forced to live in an all electric mobile home and electricity is through the roof.I'm looking for ideas (don't suggest gas . . .SHE'S afraid) and compare / contrasts

Asylum seekers are up to seven times more likely to be arrested than the rest of the population, official figures suggest. For every 10,000 asylum seekers, 7.88 arrests were made on Britain's railways last year. In comparison, the equivalent rate was 1.07 for everyone else. Ministers today were urged to 'abolish the entire asylum system' on the back of the British Transport Police statistics, obtained via a freedom of information request. Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe, founder of the Restore Britain thinktank, told the Daily Mail that the Conservatives, 'many of whom now sit in the Reform party' were to blame...

Proving once again that he’s a few screws short of a hardware store, California Gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell opened his mouth this weekend and inserted his foot, confirming that evolution can go in reverse. Swalwell, who donated his brain to science before he was done with it, vowed to strip Immigration Customs Enforcement officers of their driver’s licenses in a candidates forum — even though California grants drivers licenses to illegal aliens, the NY Post reported. “They’re going to lose their immunity, they’re not gonna be able to drive. I will take your driver’s license. Good luck walking to work,...