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The former wife of a hate preacher jailed for terrorism offences has been sent to prison herself for sharing shocking extremist material online. Khadidja Benboukhemis, whose third husband is Abu Izzadeen, shared a so-called Islamic State video showing beheadings and mutilated children. Kingston Crown Court heard Benboukhemis, from Plymouth, admitted sending the material last year […]
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The Giants called off practice on Thursday as a result of offensive coordinator Jason Garrett’s positive test for COVID-19, but quarterback Daniel Jones was able to come into the facility for medical treatment. Jones picked up a sprained ankle last Sunday to go with the hamstring injury that kept him from playing in Week 13 […]
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Walmart on Friday is launching its first-ever livestream shopping event on TikTok, a short-form video app popular among teens and viewed as suspect by the Trump administration. The retail giant has partnered with 10 TikTok influencers to promote Walmart fashion items that users can purchase directly from the app during a livestream shopping experience called […]
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Uber has 30 days to pay a $59 million fine to California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for failing to answer the regulator’s questions about a damning safety report released by the company in December 2019. If Uber doesn’t pay up and answer the outstanding questions, CPUC could suspend the company’s license to operate in the […]
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A killer is facing a life sentence after disguising himself as a builder and stabbing his neighbour in “revenge” for his brother’s unsolved murder. Stephen O’Rourke, 48, stabbed 38-year-old Rocky Djelal to death in a ‘savage’ attack outside the children’s playground in Southwark Park, southeast London, on Halloween in 2018. O’Rourke blamed the victim for […]
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The Chiefs starting offensive tackles have now missed consecutive days of practice. Left tackle Eric Fisher (back) and right tackle Mike Remmers (back/neck) were not on the field for Thursday’s session. Fisher has started all 13 games for Kansas City this season, while Remmers has started the last seven games at right tackle for the […]
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in the journal Nature that they have developed novel first-in-class inhibitors that compromise mitochondrial function in cancer cells. Treatment with the inhibitors stopped cancer cells from proliferating and reduced tumor growth in mice without significantly affecting healthy cells. “We are excited to have shown that this novel principle […]
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California saw record-low population growth in 2020, as the state lost more residents than it gained for the second consecutive year. About 135,600 more people left the state than moved in, according to data from the state’s finance department released this week, marking the third largest migration loss in the state’s history. In total, just […]
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Google has pushed back its return to the office until September, and will experiment with a hybrid model allowing some employees to work from home part of the week, the company said. First reported by The New York Times, Google CEO Sundar Pichai emailed employees Sunday about plans to test a flexible work week once […]
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A Hertfordshire police sergeant who sexually exploited an underage cadet has been jailed and described as ‘predatory’. Constabulary officer Michael Grigg, 34, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years’ behind bars over the offending. He was convicted at Harrow Crown Court on Friday of two counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child following a Independent Office […]
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