Suspect, who was shot by police and pronounced dead at the scene, wounded a state trooper before fleeing to a church and shooting four peopleA suspect shot and wounded a state trooper near a Kentucky airport on Sunday before fleeing to a nearby church, killing two women and wounding two men, and later was fatally shot by police.On Monday the shooter was identified by a coroner as Guy House, 47. At 11.36am ET on Sunday, House opened fire near Blue Grass airport in Lexington and wounded a state trooper, according to authorities. Continue reading...
Nearly 30 years after Andrew Wakefield's discredited study linking the MMR vaccine and autism, we badly need an injection of rationalityIt's easy to say in hindsight, but also true, that even when the anti-vax movement was in its infancy in the late 90s before I had kids, let alone knew what you were supposed to vaccinate them against, I could smell absolute garbage. After all, Andrew Wakefield, a doctor until he was struck off in 2010, was not the first crank to dispute the safety and effectiveness of childhood vaccines. There was a movement against the diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough vaccine in the 1970s in the UK, and a similar one in the US in the early 1980s. The discovery of vaccination in the first place was not without its critics, and enough people to form a league opposed the smallpox rollout in the early 1800s on the basis that it was unchristian to share tissue with an animal.So Wakefield's infamous Lancet study, in which he claimed a link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and autism, going as far as to pin down the exact mechanism by which one led to the other, was new only in so far as it had all the branding of reputable research, when in fact it was maleficent woo-woo, a phenomenon as old as knowledge. It was noticeable, though, that it fell on parched ground - a lot of people were very keen for it to be true. That was partly simple news appetite: vaccines are inherently boring. Devised by humans co-operating with one another, motivated by nothing more complicated than a desire to help the species - and indiscriminately, no one baby more worthy of protection than any other - there is no animating conflict here, nothing hidden, no complexity. Is there anything more tedious than humanity at its finest? So wouldn't it be at least piquant if it turned out to be a giant mistake?Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Pennsylvania man called for execution of other civil servants in video in which he displayed severed headA Pennsylvania man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of fatally shooting his federal government employee father, decapitating him and brandishing the severed head in an online video that called for the execution of other civil servants.Justin Mohn, 33, was sentenced on Friday after a five-day trial by a judge that found him guilty of murder and terrorism charges, Pennsylvania state prosecutors said. Continue reading...
An old-versus-new, established-versus-insurgent dynamic is being played out among the candidatesA gen Z influencer, a former state lawmaker and the daughter of a former representative are facing off in a special Democratic primary in Arizona on Tuesday that showcases the party's internal debate in the run-up to the midterm elections.Longtime Arizona representative and progressive stalwart Raul Grijalva died in office from complications of lung cancer treatment in March at age 77, leaving open a seat representing southern Arizona and its borderlands. Continue reading...
A tournament won by Chelsea exposed international divides and sparked questions about workload and weatherFifa: The world's governing body had hoped to gain more of a foothold in the club game with the expanded version of this tournament. Now that it has taken place without major disruption or mass protest, chances are it won't go away any time soon. In many respects, that alone is mission accomplished - Fifa now runs a property that will allow it to control the global profile of some of the world's biggest soccer properties, which had been mostly out of its reach. There are also plenty of positive storylines Fifa can pick to tout (more than 2.4m cumulative attendance and any number of highlights on the field), even if some of those are balanced out by some less flattering realities (more than 1.5m empty seats). Continue reading...
The Democratic mayoral candidate has faced controversy over his calls for a rent freeze. But the plan has plenty of precedentDuring the New York City mayoral primary campaign, Zohran Mamdani's proposal for a citywide rent freeze became a contentious topic. The Democratic nominee says to achieve a cap on annual rent increases for the city's 1m rent-stabilized apartments, he would appoint members to the city's rent guidelines board who support it. Critics decry a rent freeze as a pie-in-the-sky, unrealistic proposal.I served as a rent guidelines board member for nearly four years, appointed by then mayor Bill de Blasio in 2018. And it's clear this controversy isn't just about rent freezes - there's a larger agenda to deregulate rent-stabilized housing, under which rent ceilings prevent landlords from raising the rent too high and tenants must be offered renewal leases (unless the landlord shows legal reason not to). Continue reading...
Ehud Olmert says plan would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel over Gaza war is not all down to antisemitism. Plus, why are numbers of first-time US homebuyers at a generational low?
A report suggests New Yorkers pay nearly $26,000 a year on childcare and Mamdani's promise could transform livesMaggie Stockdale hadn't given much thought to childcare before welcoming her first child last year. But once she learned the high price of full-time daycare tuition in Brooklyn, New York, she knew she had to find another solution.Now, her care duties are split between Stockdale's parents, who relocated from Wisconsin to help out, and her husband, who cut his hours down to part time and arranged with his employer to let him bring their 10-month-old to work several days a week. Continue reading...
Amal Clooney says the policy allows for safe and frank' conversation. But what if you want to show George a cool meme of an anteater posing?Would you willingly surrender your phone if you were invited to the Clooneys'? Because that's the deal, apparently. I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone's phones away!" Amal Clooney recently told Glamour magazine in a rather stilted conversation" with the cosmetics diva Charlotte Tilbury. It's important to get that balance where you have time alone with your family and with your friends where people feel like you can have a safe and frank exchange," she explained.Hmm. I'm fine with shoes-off households (although you reap what you sow when it comes to the state of my socks or my toes). But the phone basket is reminiscent of those aggressively jocular pub signs that say: No wifi - talk to each other." What if you're dealing with a family or work situation, need to hide in the loo and stroke your shiny pocket rectangle to recharge your social batteries, or want to show George a cool meme of an anteater posing? Yes, the Clooneys are the A-est of A-list, with attendant privacy concerns and young children. But if you can't trust people to behave properly, what are they doing in your home? Continue reading...
Katie Taylor's decisive victory over Amanda Serrano at MSG on Friday capped a watershed night for Most Valuable Promotions, who are betting big on women's boxingOn Friday night, 11 July, Katie Taylor earned the clear-cut win that had eluded her in two previous victories by controversial decision over Amanda Serrano. Fighting before a sold-out crowd of 19,721 on the first all-women's boxing card ever at Madison Square Garden, Taylor outboxed her longtime rival and solidified her status as one of the greatest women boxers of all time.The evening was a celebration of women's boxing and also marked a significant step forward for Most Valuable Promotions (Jake Paul's promotional company), which orchestrated, produced and marketed the event. Continue reading...
Irishman explains the emotion of winning Claret Jug at Portrush in 2019 after the toughest 24 hours of my sporting life'The gable end of a house on Causeway Street in Portrush delivers a reminder of Shane Lowry's Open triumph in 2019. The fantastic mural not only depicts Lowry with the Claret Jug in hand, but how Ireland, whether north or south, unites behind its sportspeople. Lingering memories from six years ago recall Lowry stretching away from the field towards the end of round three. He was in an unassailable position.The subsequent epic, week-long celebrations are another key reference point; the new Open champion showed the sporting world how to party and it fuelled a misconception, a tired cliche of the bearded, drinking Irishman. Continue reading...
US president Donald Trump handed Chelsea the Club World Cup trophy after the side beat Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the football tournament's new expanded format. Fifa president Gianni Infantino moved out of frame for the television cameras while Trump stayed put, finding himself squarely in focus as Chelsea captain Reece James lifted the trophy and his teammates celebrated around him
Buckingham Palace invites Trump for trip at a time when UK parliament is not sitting, avoiding the prospect of him addressing House of Commons. Key US politics stories from Sunday 13 July.King Charles has invited Donald Trump for an unprecedented second state visit in September, scheduling the trip for three days when parliament is not sitting and removing the possibility of the US president addressing parliament.The visit is a coup for the White House, with Trump becoming the first elected politician in modern history to be granted two state visits, after his earlier one in 2019. Continue reading...
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Buckingham Palace to host US president during party conferences removing chance of Commons addressKing Charles has invited Donald Trump for an unprecedented second state visit in September, scheduling the trip for three days when parliament is not sitting and removing the possibility of the US president addressing parliament.Buckingham Palace announced on Monday that Trump would come to the UK from 17-19 September, soon after the House of Commons rises for its traditional break for the annual party conferences. Continue reading...
Chelsea's star player is on billboards in New York and two goals and an assist against PSG showed whyThe billboards dotted around New York had it right: Cole Palmer really is scary good. He sat at the Top of the Rock on Saturday, peering over Manhattan as part of a promotional shot with Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele, and he was on top of the world on Sunday. He mooched around the pitch at a gobsmacked MetLife Stadium, playing as if he was having a kickabout with his mates, and he destroyed PSG. We're playing the European champions, are we? And they beat Real Madrid 4-0 the other day? Fine. I'll just score two identical goals midway through the first half. Then I'll come up with an outrageous assist to put us 3-0 up just before half-time. Will that do?This was a jaw-dropping performance from Chelsea's No 10. This was Palmer launching himself into global superstardom with an almost casual destruction of PSG. He has starred in finals before but this was on another level. Palmer bent the first final of Fifa's expanded Club World Cup to his will, shattering any concern over whether the Premier League's fourth best being crowned world champions diminishes the tournament, and has ended any debate over whether he is up there with the best in the world. Continue reading...
Noem says president's response to Texas floods shows how he wants to change US disaster relief agency to help statesKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that Donald Trump wants to have the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) remade" instead of eradicated entirely.In a new interview on Sunday with NBC, Noem defended the Trump administration's response to the deadly Texas floods that have killed at least 120 people, saying: I think the president recognizes that Fema should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that's what we did during this response." Continue reading...
Kevin Hassett says talks are ongoing' after US president announced 30% tariffs on goods from EU and MexicoDonald Trump has seen some trade deal offers and thinks they need to be better, Kevin Hassett, the White House economic adviser, said on Sunday, adding that the president will proceed with threatened tariffs on Mexico, the European Union and other countries if they don't improve.Well, these tariffs are real if the president doesn't get a deal that he thinks is good enough," Hassett told ABC's This Week program. But you know, conversations are ongoing, and we'll see where the dust settles. Continue reading...
Highly critical Senate committee report calls for severe disciplinary action against Secret Service in the futureA new Senate committee report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year, described the events as a cascade of preventable failures" and called for more severe disciplinary action to be taken with the Secret Service in the future.In the 31-page, highly critical findings released on Sunday, the Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee lamented the mishandling of communications around the rally and said Trump was denied extra security on the day. Continue reading...
French president says bloc should be ready for trade war after 30% tariff threat but other EU leaders call for calmThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called on the EU to defend European interests resolutely" after Donald Trump threatened to impose 30% tariffs on nearly all imports from the EU.It came as the EU moved to de-escalate tensions after the blunt move by Trump on Saturday. The bloc declared a further pause on 21bn of retaliatory tariffs until 1 August, dovetailing with the US president's new deal deadline. Continue reading...
By extension of the Trump-aligned manosphere', figures such as ESPN's Pat McAfee have upended US culture with their brash, hypermasculine punditryThis February, Pat McAfee was broadcasting live on ESPN, the most watched sports network in the US, when he aired a salacious rumor about the sex life of a teenage college student. Once a workaday punter with the Indianapolis Colts, McAfee is now the most influential pundit in American sports with an eponymous ESPN show, who has more than 11m followers across YouTube, X, Instagram and TikTok.To howls of merriment from his panel, McAfee spelled out the rumor centered on a 19-year-old female student at Ole Miss, a public university in Mississippi, as it was being reported by everybody on the internet": that the student had sex with her boyfriend's father. Ole Miss dads are slinging meat right now!" roared Boston" Connor Campbell, one of McAfee's sidekicks. Continue reading...
Relatives of Sayfollah 'Saif' Musallet, 20, say Israeli settlers beat him to death while he was on his family's farm near Ramallah in the West Bank, then prevented ambulances from reaching him for three hours. The Palestinian health ministry said another man, Razek Hussein al-Shalabi, 23, was fatally shot during the attack
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The response to the demonstrations fell short. But they marked the beginning of a new era that calls for actionFive years ago, the entire world changed when we saw George Floyd's body on the pavement, a knee pressed into his neck - a murder, in broad daylight. Others might have simply witnessed a horrific incident, but Black people saw ourselves, and what it's like to live with a knee on our necks at all times. Because George Floyd wasn't the first - and unless we uproot this system, he won't be the last. The police have gone so far as to remind us of this by killing more people each year since George Floyd.But the uprisings of 2020 didn't erupt because of one killing. They were the breaking point of centuries of violence and neglect. Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray. Sandra Bland. Oscar Grant. Breonna Taylor. Dreasjon Reed. Ma'Khia Bryant. Ahmaud Arbery. And far too many others whose names never trended. The message was clear: we've had enough. Continue reading...
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Raids have left residents of LA's MacArthur Park scared to go to trusted local businesses - and outside in generalIt was an extraordinary show of force, displayed in a mostly empty public park.On Monday, a convoy of federal agents descended upon Los Angeles's MacArthur Park - in the heart of a predominantly immigrant neighborhood. Chaperones from a summer camp hurried children indoors, as protesters and media rushed to the scene. It was unclear whether immigration officials actually arrested anyone that morning. Continue reading...
It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and - as last week showed - deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political moodGreg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has had plenty of consoling words to offer following the tragic flash floods in the Hill Country that have killed more than 120 people, including 27 girls and counsellors at the stricken Camp Mystic.Our hearts grieve for this community and surrounding areas," he wrote on social media. May God bring comfort to every family affected." Continue reading...
A year ago the image of Trump's raised fist became a political touchstone, helping force Joe Biden from the race and fuelling a presidency like no otherBlake Marnell was standing in the front row, about 10 yards from Donald Trump, when the shots rang out. He watched the Secret Service pile on the former US president. I was able to see him standing and I could see the blood on his ear," Marnell recalls. When he put his fist up, I remember yelling, Yes! Yes! Yes!'"Sunday marks one year since the assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a week that changed US politics. Eight days later then-president Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the election race amid concerns over his mental and physical decline. Continue reading...
The first all-female card at MSG ended with a quiet finale to a great trilogy. But its legacy is loud: a reckoning with risk, glory, and the radical idea that women can choose bothThere are two salient pictures of the Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano trilogy: Taylor walking to the ring on Friday night under the green, orange and white bars of light, her neck like a tree trunk, eyes fixed ahead with stoic grandeur as Even Though I Walk played overhead - and the image, hours earlier, of Yulihan Luna bloodied and bruised, standing beside a ring girl whose hoisted breasts had been shellacked in oil, smiling rigidly at a camera that wasn't looking at the fighter.That's boxing. That's also being a woman. Continue reading...
Once the glitziest name in US soccer, the Cosmos are back in Paterson, New Jersey, with a historic stadium, a grassroots ethos and ambitions to build a real club from the ground upThere's a new New York Cosmos in town - in the town of Paterson, New Jersey, to be precise. One of the most storied names in American soccer has hit the reset button, finding a new league, a new city and a refreshed, community-first approach.While many high-profile new teams in US sports are parachuted in at the top of their league's hierarchy, this Cosmos revival feels different - some of that by design, some by necessity. Thursday's announcement at the newly restored Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson offered longtime fans and curious onlookers a glimpse into this fresh direction, and the reasons behind it. Continue reading...
Timekeeping used to be an issue for the Frenchman but now his rapid pressing is pushing him towards a Ballon d'OrOusmane Dembele is right behind you and way ahead of everyone, which is just where Luis Enrique always imagined him. At the end of Paris Saint-Germain's destruction of Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Club World Cup in New Jersey this week, the coach declared his No 10 the season's best player by far"; not so much for the 35 goals and 16 assists but for something more simple. So simple it has taken a decade to do. But then Didier Deschamps, his national team manager with France, did say that being late is a little habit of his".Well, it was. If there is a portrait that defines the PSG team potentially 90 minutes from winning it all, an image that embodies them and Dembele's transformation, it may be that shot of him poised, coiled, at the edge of Inter's area in the Champions League final. Toes on the line, his eyes narrow and fixed on Yann Sommer like a leopard ready to pounce, a sprinter listening for the gun. It is a scene repeated relentlessly, opponents made prey, Wednesday at the MetLife another episode. I told him he was pressing a lot; he told me he has to," Madrid's keeper, Thibaut Courtois, said. I get half a second to think." Continue reading...
Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step upFor 40 cruel and bloody months, Ukraine has fought the Russian invader. Since February 2022, when Moscow's full-scale, countrywide onslaught began, its people have faced relentless, devastating attacks. Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded, millions have lost their homes. Ukraine's industries, shops, schools, hospitals and power stations burn, its fertile farmlands are laid waste. Its children are orphaned, traumatised or abducted. Despite repeated appeals, the world has failed to stop the carnage. And yet Ukraine, outnumbered and outgunned, has continued to fight back.Ukrainian heroism amid horror has become so familiar, it's almost taken for granted. But as Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, escalates the war, raining nightly terror on Kyiv and other cities using record waves of armed drones, as US support and peace efforts falter, and as Ukraine's overstretched frontline soldiers face exhaustion, such complacency looks increasingly misplaced. A no longer hypothetical question becomes ever more real and urgent: what if Ukraine falls?Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...
US president threatens further tariffs if Europe retaliates, and tells federal immigration agents they can use whatever means' necessary - key US politics stories from Saturday 12 July 2025Donald Trump has said he will impose tariffs of 30% on the European Union and Mexico from 1 August, threatening Europe that it would pay a price if it retaliated and telling Mexico it had not done enough to stop North America from turning into a Narco-Trafficking Playground".If for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs and retaliate, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 30% that we charge," he wrote in a letter to the EU. Continue reading...
Agency director says conspiracy theories aren't true' amid backlash against FBI-DoJ decision to block release of filesFBI director Kash Patel has denied swirling resignation rumors over reported unhappiness at a justice department decision to close the book on Jeffrey Epstein after administration officials teased a big reveal earlier in the year.In a Saturday social media post, the agency director said: the conspiracy theories just aren't true, never have been. It's an honor to serve the President of the United States - and I'll continue to do so for as long as he calls on me." Continue reading...
Serving Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, Gergen was a speechwriter and communications directorDavid Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents, Republican and Democrat, in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83.Gergen was perhaps best known for a line he summoned for then presidential candidate Ronald Reagan for a TV debate with Jimmy Carter: Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Continue reading...
xAI's lengthy apology for antisemitic remarks says they apologize for the horrific behavior many experienced'Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has issued an apology after its chatbot Grok made a slew of antisemitic and Adolf Hitler-praising comments earlier this week on X.On Saturday, xAI released a lengthy apology in which it said: First off, we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced." Continue reading...
Deeply sourced narrative charts the delusions of the main players and the disastrous debate that reset the campaignDonald Trump is on a roll. The big, beautiful bill" is law. Ice, his paramilitary immigration force, rivals foreign armies for size and funding. Democrats stand demoralized and divided. 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America, by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf, is a book for these times: aptly named, deeply sourced.Kamala Harris declined to speak. Joe Biden criticized his successor in a brief phone call, then balked. Trump talked, of course.2024 is published in the US by Penguin Random House Continue reading...
British ambassador to US believes universal levy unlikely to change but there is scope' for negotiations in some sectorsThe 10% tariffs on most UK goods imported into the US are likely here to stay", according to Lord Mandelson.The British ambassador to the US said the universal 10% tariff" was unlikely to change but that there was scope" for negotiations in different sectors and industries, such as technology. Continue reading...
Defender has gone from villain to hero at Chelsea and can embellish his cult status by lifting the Club World CupMarc Cucurella is thinking back to his early days at Chelsea. Signed from Brighton for 62m in August 2022, the left-back struggled to adapt to life at a big club. Chelsea were experiencing teething problems during the opening months of the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership and it was Cucurella's misfortune to be held up as a symbol of the club's apparent malaise.It is funny to think that the Spain international was booed on to the pitch by Chelsea supporters before a Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund in February 2023. Cucurella is a cult figure these days. He is loved by the Chelsea faithful and has come a long way since that difficult first season at Stamford Bridge. Continue reading...
Iga Swiatek took only 57 minutes to win her first Wimbledon title and sixth grand slam after delivering a brutal masterclassRoad to the final. When Anisimova whitewashed Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-0 in the first round, perhaps we should have known she was going to do something special this fortnight. She dealt well with the pressure of being the favourite in every round until the semi-finals, where she dealt even better with the world No 1 Sabalenka. Swiatek, meanwhile, hasn't dropped a set since the second round, gaining confidence and momentum as the rounds have gone by on a surface that had previously befuddled her.Anisimova
Owners of 1st Edition Collectibles in New Bedford say suspect broke in to courtyard and smashed window in doorMore than $113,000 worth of rare Pokemon cards have been stolen from a Massachusetts shop, according to the store's owners.Officers responded to a reported break-in at 1st Edition Collectibles, a trading card shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. The break-in reportedly happened around 2.30am and the thief stole a handful of Pokemon cards including five to seven rare cards and a few vintage boxes. Continue reading...
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A sold-out crowd of 19,721, split almost evenly between Irish and Puerto Rican fans, packed Madison Square Garden on Friday night for the first ever all-women's boxing card to be held at the storied venue
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