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The titillating reality series hinges on a bizarre oedipal twist. But the show, at its core, is actually reactionary and sexistMilf Manor is making viewers upset and causing the media to collectively clutch its pearls – but not, I think, for the reasons they should be recoiling. If you’ve been spared hearing about TLC’s latest contribution to the reality television garbage heap, here is the recap: Eight “hot moms”, all women in their 40s or 50s, are sent to live in a seaside villa in Mexico, where, they’re told, they’re going to be dating younger guys (the ol’ hookup house conceit). When the guys, all studs in their 20s, appear, it turns out that they’re these same women’s sons in real life.“You are not exactly on the show you thought were on,” a text from the producers tells them. Everyone looks shocked. “Wait, they’re our moms?” asks one of the sons. “Holy shit!”Nancy Jo Sales is a writer at Vanity Fair and the author of American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers Continue reading...

The GOP’s animus is based on what the outspoken, Black, African, female, Muslim congresswoman is and what she doesWho remembers how, in 2018 and just days before the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history, a prominent US politician tweeted: “We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election!”? The tweet was widely – and correctly – understood as dangerously antisemitic, particularly heinous in a period of rising anti-Jewish hatred. And whose tweet was this? If you thought the answer was Minnesota’s Democratic representative Ilhan Omar then, well, you’d be wrong. The author was none other than the House majority leader at the time, Republican Kevin McCarthy.And who can forget when Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has tweeted that “Joe Biden is Hitler”, speculated that the wildfires in California were caused by a beam from “space solar generators” linked to “Rothschild, Inc.”, a clear wink to bizarre antisemitic conspiracy theories. Incidentally, Greene, who has a long record of antisemitic and anti-Muslim statements, has been recently appointed, by the same Kevin McCarthy, now speaker of the House, to the homeland security committee.Moustafa Bayoumi is the author of the award-winning books How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America and This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror. He is Professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York Continue reading...

The Golden State will struggle to stop mass shootings and protect citizens until uniform federal laws on firearms are signedThe recent mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay have brought devastation, outrage and shock to Californians. As the state grieves the loss of 19 residents, one question continues to arise: how could this happen in the state with some of the strongest gun laws in the US?California’s gun laws include bans on the military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines that have been used in many mass shootings. It is one of just two states, along with New Jersey, to receive an “A” rating from the gun safety group Giffords, based on the strength of its firearm regulations. Continue reading...

Officials say balloon has been watched for a few days but decided not to shoot it down for safety reasonsThe Pentagon has said it is tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying over the US but decided against shooting it down for safety reasons.Defence officials said the balloon had been watched since it entered US airspace at high altitude a couple of days ago. It has been monitored by several methods including crewed aircraft, and has most recently been tracked crossing Montana, where the US has silo-based nuclear missiles. Continue reading...

Tyre Nichols’ death reopens wounds felt by family of Steven Askew, who died 10 years ago at hands of Memphis police. Plus, wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ grips JapanGood morning.More than 200 miles away from Memphis, as Tyre Nichols’ family mourned the beating to death of their son at the hands of police, Sylvia Askew was at home in Nashville taking care of her ailing husband, write Edwin Rios and Oliver Laughland.What happened to Steven? On the night he was killed, Steven was parked outside an apartment complex, waiting to pick up his girlfriend, when he fell asleep in his car. Two Memphis police officers, Matthew Dyess and Ned Aufdenkamp, responded to an unrelated noise complaint nearby and approached Steven’s vehicle, saw him asleep in the driver’s seat, and spotted a firearm. Seconds after Steven woke, the officers opened fire, hitting Steven nine times, including six times in the back.Why did they say they shot him? They said they spotted a firearm inside the vehicle, and claimed that as Steven woke he picked it up and pointed it. As the evidence would later show, their accounts were inconsistent and unreliable.What does Shah say about the work he has to do? “I hold myself to outcomes. I don’t hold myself to best efforts. I feel like there’s a lot of people who are like, ‘well, I gave it my best’. And I was like, ‘well, I mean, that’s not enough. You either have reduced climate emissions or you haven’t.’” Continue reading...

The practice has its roots in the 1920s. That it would lead to racial profiling was foreordainedIt is no surprise that the pursuit and deadly beating of Tyre Nichols was set in motion by a police traffic stop.Despite repeated criticism of this practice, and the widespread availability of bodycam and cellphone footage, the number of gruesome fatalities from such encounters shows no sign of declining. Continue reading...

Has defense fallen by the wayside in today’s offensive-minded NBA? According to some of the most influential players and coaches in the league, the answer is a resounding yesThe Golden State Warriors with Steph Curry and Kevin Durant are considered by many to be the greatest NBA team of all time. In 2016-17, they had four All-Stars and an offensive rating of 114.8, by far the best in NBA history.That same offense would rank 10th in the league this season. Continue reading...

There’s only one game left this season, which means it’s the perfect opportunity to look back at the winners (and a few losers) of the campaign that wasThe weeks leading up to the Super Bowl have always marked the perfect time to look back at the season that was. So with the final game of the NFL season fast approaching, it’s time to hand out a few extremely unofficial awards to deserving candidates. These awards are based on what happened in the regular season alone; the postseason has already determined its winners and losers in a far less subjective manner. Continue reading...

A video filmed in Montana appears to show a Chinese spy balloon flying over the US. The Pentagon has said it is tracking the balloon but decided against shooting it down for safety reasons. Defence officials said the balloon had been watched since it entered US airspace, flying at high altitude, a few days ago. The object first flew over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and Canada before appearing over the city of Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, officials said

Try as the industry might, Modi’s quasi-fascist politics cannot be set to jaunty music and helicopter stuntsIf recent Bollywood films are any indication, it is fair to say that India’s film industry is obsessed with Pakistan. Obsessed. Like standing outside your apartment and trying to peek through your windows at night with binoculars obsessed.If the films were smarter or more daring, Pakistan might be flattered. Instead, we are beginning to be mildly confused by all the attention. Continue reading...

Trump’s situation is more perilous because of his reluctance to cooperate and his suspected obstruction of justiceDonald Trump’s retention of classified-marked documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort is distinguished in the eyes of the justice department from that of Joe Biden or Mike Pence as a result of one particularly crucial difference: suspected obstruction of justice.Legal experts believe the situation for the former US president is more perilous than others swept up in the scandal because of his reluctance to cooperate at key moments in the investigation and his unwillingness to proactively search his properties for marked documents after becoming aware that he possessed such papers. Continue reading...

The recent killing reopens a family’s wounds from the death of Steven Askew 10 years ago at the hands of the Memphis policeMore than 200 miles away from Memphis, as Tyre Nichols’s family mourned the beating death of their son at the hands of police, Sylvia Askew was at home, taking care of her ailing husband in Nashville.Silvia knew how Nichols’s mother, RowVaughn Wells, felt. She too struggled over the last week, just as she had every time a Black man in America was killed by police: a decade ago, on 17 January 2013, her 24-year-old son Steven Askew was shot and killed by two white Memphis police officers moments after he awoke in his car, waiting for his girlfriend outside her home. Continue reading...

‘She just wanted to make a better community for all our children’: colleagues mourn Eunice Dwumfour, 30, who was elected in 2021A New Jersey borough councilmember was found shot to death in an SUV outside of her home, authorities said.Eunice Dwumfour, 30, was found at around 7.20pm on Wednesday, according to the Middlesex county prosecutor’s office. She had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...

Slick roads have caused at least 10 deaths with thousands of flights canceled since frigid weather set in on MondayA mess of ice, sleet and snow lingered across much of the southern US on Thursday, as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with no power, including many in the state capital, Austin.Treacherous driving conditions had resulted in at least 10 deaths on slick roads since Monday, including seven in Texas, two in Oklahoma, and one in Arkansas. The Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, urged people not to drive. Continue reading...

Al-Qaida courier turned informant Majid Khan to be permanently resettled after being held in US custody for nearly 20 yearsThe US has released Majid Khan, an al-Qaida courier turned informant who was tortured in secret CIA prisons and held in custody for nearly 20 years, marking the first time a “high-value detainee” has been freed from Guantánamo Bay.Khan, a 42-year-old Pakistani born in Saudi Arabia, completed his jail term last March and landed in Belize on Thursday, where he is to be permanently resettled. Continue reading...

Even on the company’s broader metric, the greener stuff came out at only one-third of total expenditureThe chief executive has changed at Shell but the song remains the same. The energy transition will be “balanced” and “we intend to remain disciplined while delivering compelling shareholder returns,” declared Wael Sawan. Translation: the company will not use the sudden arrival of spectacular financial riches to boost spending on renewables.Being “disciplined” is, of course, an admirable ambition when presented starkly and without context. No chief executive of any company is ever likely to tell investors that the plan is to take wild punts on projects with little prospect of a decent return. But there is a world of nuance between the extremes. Continue reading...

Minnesota Democrat accuses Republicans of trying to silence her because she is Muslim and vows to ‘advocate for a better world’Republicans voted to expel Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar from the House foreign affairs committee on Thursday as punishment for her past remarks on Israel. Democrats objected, saying the move was about revenge after Democrats removed far-right extremists in the last Congress.A majority of 218 GOP lawmakers supported Omar’s expulsion from the committee, which is tasked with handling legislation and holding hearings affecting America’s diplomatic relations. One Republican lawmaker voted “present”. Continue reading...

Former Trump press secretary turned Arkansas governor to share ‘the GOP’s optimistic vision for the future’ after Biden speechThe White House press secretary turned Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders will give the Republican response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week.Announcing the move on Thursday, the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, called Huckabee Sanders “a servant-leader of true determination and conviction”, adding about his fellow Republican: “I’m thrilled Sarah will share her extraordinary story and bold vision for a better America on Tuesday.” Continue reading...

Police in Wyoming, Ohio say officers suspected Joe Frasure Jr, 28, was burglar after responding to a 911 callAn Ohio man was fatally shot by police while cleaning out his dead grandmother’s apartment, family members say.Joe Frasure Jr, 28, was shot on Monday. He died on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Five Hispanic Democrats propose banning gender-neutral word arguing it is offensive to state’s Puerto Rican populationA group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut have proposed that the state follow Arkansas and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers.The word is a gender-neutral alternative to “Latino” and “Latina”, helpful in supporting people who do not identify as either male or female, proponents say. Continue reading...

If you want to hear your friends say good things about you, faking your own death is definitely not the way to do itIn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huckleberry Finn, both presumed dead, walk into the middle of their funeral service. The rare chance to hear the sobs of one’s own mourners is, for Tom, “the proudest moment of his life”. This may be the single recorded instance, fictional or otherwise, of this sort of thing going well.Last month, Baltazar Lemos, a 60-year-old Brazilian ceremonista and conductor of many funerals, got to thinking about his own legacy after presiding over a service at which only two mourners had turned up. He decided to satisfy his curiosity by faking his own death: one day, he posted a picture of himself on social media outside a São Paulo hospital; the next day, he announced his demise.Tim Dowling is a regular Guardian contributor Continue reading...

Members of Phil’s ‘inner circle’ say rotund rodent saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winterPunxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog named for the western Pennsylvania town where he lives in a tree stump, predicted six more weeks of winter on Thursday, during an annual Groundhog Day celebration.People gathered at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Phil’s “inner circle” summoned the rotund rodent from his stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow. The inner circle said he did. Continue reading...

When celebrities reach a certain level of prominence they can’t keep posting online in the same way. People will disbelieve and then get annoyedI’ve decided that celebrities should hire me. Not to write their TV shows or movies (although yes, that would also be good), but for a more important social media-based role. My job would be to warn them when they are about to cross The Relatability Line. The Relatability Line is a rope across the entry of your descent into Twitter Hell.This job may seem needless but we are living through unprecedented times. At no point in history have normies had this kind of direct access to famous people and their thoughts, and vice versa – I do wish I could have followed @maewest. Added into this mix is the fact there is a generation of famous people, or getting-famous people, who grew up using social media just as much as their fans. They are good at it and funny, they like it, and slinging off content comes to them like breathing. It can be hard for them to know when is best to stop. Continue reading...

Possible charges against Nathan Chasing Horse, who is believed to be a cult leader, include sex trafficking and sexual assaultA former Dances with Wolves actor who faces at least five felony charges for allegedly sexually abusing Indigenous girls was scheduled to face a judge on Thursday.Possible charges against Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, include sex trafficking and sexual assault, according to court records. Clark county prosecutors have not said when they will formally charge him or if more charges will be filed. Continue reading...

From magic to a World Cup hug that went viral, there is more to the USA left-back they call Jedi at Fulham than meets the eye“I just try to be a good person because if everyone had that mindset then, yeah, you’d have world peace,” Antonee Robinson says as he remembers his reaction when he comforted Ramin Rezaeian a few minutes after the USA had knocked Iran out of the World Cup last November. The heartfelt embrace between two defenders from very different countries went viral as Robinson consoled and hugged a sobbing Rezaeian for a long time.In a setting as divisive and discriminatory as Qatar, Robinson’s warmth and humanity not only helped Rezaeian but turned the vitriolic world of social media into a briefly unified haven. His empathy was striking because, before their opening game against England, Rezaeian and his teammates had refused to sing the national anthem in protest against state oppression and violence towards women in Iran. Continue reading...

Private equity firms managing millions of Americans’ retirement savings may be inflating their investmentsAs public officials across America prepare to funnel even more of government workers’ savings to private equity moguls, an alarm just sounded for anyone bothering to listen. It is a warning that Wall Street executives, busy skimming fees off retirement nest eggs, want you to ignore. The longer the warning goes unheeded, however, the bigger the financial time bomb may be for workers, retirees and the governments that pay them.Earlier this month, PitchBook – the go-to news outlet of the private equity industry – declared that “private equity returns are a major threat to pension plans’ ability to pay retirees in 2023”. Continue reading...

What happened in Atlanta is clearly part of a dangerous trend of US law enforcement attacking climate leadersManuel Esteban Paez Terán, a brave environmentalist known as Tortuguita was shot and killed by the police on January 18 as he encamped in a forest he and other activists have been trying to defend from being razed and turned into an enormous $90m “urban warfare” style police academy. This tragedy is an obscene escalation in the decades long war the United States has been waging on climate activists.What’s even more troubling is the lack of contrition exhibited by the state that is responsible for his death. Since Tortuguita’s murder, the governor of Georgia, the police, and their allies, the pro-corporate courts, have doubled down. Seven of the surviving protesters from Atlanta have been arrested and charged with “domestic terrorism” following the fatal shooting of their comrade by the police. Continue reading...

Shooting in Atlanta part of dangerous escalation in the criminalization of environmental defenders, campaigners warn. Plus, how to escape learned loneliness

The Florida governor’s latest attack comes on the heels of a ban on an AP course in African American studies in high schoolsFlorida governor Ron DeSantis announced plans this week to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory in his latest attack on Black and LGBTQ+ people in the public education system..The second-term governor, who is widely expected to launch a 2024 White House bid in the late spring or early summer, previously blocked a new advanced placement course on African American studies from being taught in high schools, saying it violates state law, and championed a “don’t say gay” law prohibiting lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in the state’s primary schools. Continue reading...

When I wrote my first young person’s novel, I wanted the next generation to feel seen and celebratedAs a teenager in the British Somali diaspora, there were several things I heard repeated in connection with my own culture. In no particular order, there was: drought, Black Hawk Down, high foreheads, piracy, famine, the peculiarity of banana and rice, terrorism, and the “look at me, I am the Captain now” meme. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t always feel “cool” to be Somali.When this feeling was coupled with the age-old question of who Somalis are, I found it hard to carve out my own sense of identity. Torn between the country’s physical location on the Horn of Africa, our ethnic homogeneity, and Somalia’s membership of the League of Arab States, it often felt as if I was being pulled in a million different directions. Was I Black, east African, Arab or simply … Somali? And how did my identity as a Muslim fit on to these racialised lines?Ayaan Mohamud is a British Somali author and medical studentDo 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...

The New York congressman’s increasingly wild claims have all the thrill-seeking of a man running across a football field nakedIn retrospect, as it often seems to go in these cases, the evidence appears to have been so glaringly obvious, it’s a wonder we were ever taken in. George Santos – like Anna Sorokin, the “fake heiress” – even had the Scooby-Doo, black-rimmed glasses that might have come from a joke shop selling disguises. When the representative for New York’s third congressional district entered the House last November, he was briefly notable as the Republican’s first openly gay non-incumbent to win a seat.Now, his fame resides elsewhere. So wild and untrustworthy have statements made by Santos proved to be – Did his granny really survive the Holocaust? Was his mother’s death really related to 9/11? Did he ever appear in a movie alongside Uma Thurman? – that it would come as no surprise, at this stage, to discover that rather than a 34-year-old man, Santos is actually four children piled on top of each other beneath a trenchcoat.Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist based in New YorkDo 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...

The most successful quarterback of all time has retired. Will any current players be able to emulate his achievements at their chosen positions?The greatest to ever do it has retired – again.Tom Brady’s retirement leaves the NFL with a hole. His success is unparalleled. His longevity is unrivaled – he has spent more days in his life playing in the NFL than he has out of it. The game’s greats finish with a Hall of Fame career, Brady put together three. As measuring sticks go, there’s Brady, a cliff drop, and then everyone else. Continue reading...

Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Lily Tomlin make for soothing company in a silly but good-natured film about NFL fansDuring the Patriots dynasty of 17 division titles across our century’s first two decades, quarterback Tom Brady held a supernatural sway over the mature women of New England. In this ascended townie-jock, a housewife could see someone that while not literally named Sean, nonetheless presented a more handsome, wealthy and successful image of a man like her husband. (The fantasy worked both ways, too; at the time, having Tommy Touchdown meant a lady got to be Gisele Bündchen.) But mostly they loved him for the same reason anybody loves any athlete, which is to say because he’s a winner. When defeat seems all but assured, he’s the guy you want calling the shots, the unstoppable will that once brought come-from-behind victories now enough to make a wide-release audience temporarily forget how much they detest this ball-deflating ring-hoarder.His regular fourth-quarter miracles are a testament to the fact that being down isn’t the same as being out, and that can-do resilience forms the flimsy link connecting him to the quartet of greying legends who star in the mild, pleasurable 80 for Brady. New Hollywood icons Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno and Sally Field play a real-life group of Massachusetts galpals who found a new structure for their lifelong friendship in the weekly broadcast of Pats games during the Brady-Belichick era, coming together to check in and catch up over an activity more stimulating than bingo. Good company is the name of the game here, both in the nourishing bond between these geriatric besties as well as the chance for us to spend another 100 minutes in the presence of showbiz royalty. But for all its congenial upbeatitude, this salute to blue-hair camaraderie has been molded into the shape of a movie without much finesse. That never-say-die spirit, for instance, is crystallized with a pep talk from Tomlin that sees her resolve to beat cancer inspire Brady to battle the Atlanta Falcons into overtime. Continue reading...

My heart went out to whoever lost Rio Tinto’s dangerous capsule in the Australian outback. There but for the grace of God …Someone lost a radioactive capsule. Someone blundered. I shuddered at the news, because if I had been transporting that tiny object for Rio Tinto in Australia, that someone would have been me. I’m an accomplished loser of things. I may have lost more stuff than I ever had in the first place. This ought not to be possible, but if anyone can make it possible, it’s me. Still – losing a radioactive capsule. Wow. This sets a new benchmark among us useless, butter-fingered, forgetful, careless incompetents. I’m almost jealous, annoyed it wasn’t me. At least I’d then know I could never lose anything as important as this again.I leave things in pubs, restaurants, football grounds, airports, aircraft, taxis, buses, tubes and, on one occasion, a dodgem at a fair in Swansea. When I played golf, I’d obviously lose balls. On the only occasion I didn’t lose a ball, I lost a club. Another time I drove off after my round without my golf bag. At home I can’t find things that I had in my hand only moments before. It is terrifying when this happens; they could be anywhere. I know this, because more than once I’ve found that I absent-mindedly dropped my car key in the bin, while on another occasion my wallet turned up in the bottom drawer of the fridge. I frequently put important things away somewhere safe, where no one will find them – including me, because I forget where the safe place was. Some things never ever turn up again.Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster, writer and Guardian columnist Continue reading...

The familiar smell of roasted chiles is ‘unique to our state’, says lawmaker pushing to codify fragranceThe sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots and inducing mouth-watering visions of culinary wonders.Now one state lawmaker says it’s time for everyone to wake up and smell the chile. Continue reading...

The Kentucky man was on vacation in Las Vegas when he laid it all on the line to help a man in a car crashJustin Mouser had left behind his barber shop in western Kentucky to vacation in Las Vegas last week when he ended up risking it all to pull a man out of a crashed car that burst into flames.Now, the Sin City’s police department is hailing the tourist as a hero. Continue reading...

State department of fish and wildlife is investigating Tuesday’s incident in San Mateo countyA five-year-old boy who was attacked by a mountain lion while hiking in rural northern California with his mother and grandfather has been released from a hospital, authorities said Wednesday.The boy had raced ahead of the adults on a trail in San Mateo county, south of San Francisco, on Tuesday when the big cat pounced on him and pinned him to the ground, said Capt Patrick Foy, a spokesperson with the California department of fish and wildlife. Continue reading...

As Gautam Adani drops down the world’s rich list, here’s what we know about Hindenburg Research’s accusations and what they mean for the Indian conglomerateThe sprawling empire of Gautam Adani, an Indian industrialist and one of the world’s richest men, seemed unstoppable until the US investor Hindenburg Research accused his company of “pulling the largest con in corporate history”.As soon as markets opened in Asia after the report was published, spooked investors offloaded their positions in the seven main listed Adani companies. Within days, the Adani Group companies had shed more than US$100bn (£81bn) in value, representing almost half the market value of its stocks. Continue reading...

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who was fatally beaten by Memphis police last month.

Hundreds braved the cold in Tennessee to grieve the 29-year-old Black motorist who died after being beaten by five officersOn a frigid Wednesday afternoon, RowVaughn Wells looked into the crowd of hundreds inside the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, and gave her own call to action in the funeral service for her son Tyre Nichols, who was beaten to death by Memphis police earlier this month. Her voice cracked as she joined a fellowship of other Black mothers who lost their children to police violence over the years.Wells remembered her son as a “beautiful person”, adding that “for this to happen to him is unimaginable”. Continue reading...

The Rev Al Sharpton delivers passionate eulogy at church service to Black man, 29, who died at hands of police in JanuaryThousands of mourners on Wednesday attended the funeral of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after Memphis police officers beat him following a traffic stop last month.Nichols’ beating shocked many in the US after being captured on camera, and triggered yet another bout of soul-searching over racism and police brutality. The five officers involved have been charged with murder and other crimes. Continue reading...

Two officers were reprimanded for failing to document incidents and two others were suspended for infractions, records showTwo of the since-fired Memphis police officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols failed to document their use of force in prior cases, and a pair of others were suspended from the department for other infractions, according to personnel records released on Tuesday evening.Two of the officers charged in connection with Nichols’s beating death received written reprimands in 2021 for failing to fill out a department-required form after an instance in which force was needed to detain someone who was purportedly resisting arrest. Another officer had been twice suspended, once after a gun was discovered in the backseat of his squad car and another time for failing to submit paperwork. A fourth officer was suspended after being involved in a car accident in 2021 in an unmarked police vehicle. Continue reading...

Tom Brady, the most successful quarterback in NFL history, has announced that he is retiring 'for good'. Brady’s list of achievements is almost as long as his career. His seven Super Bowl wins are the most by any player in NFL history and he also holds the NFL record for career passing touchdowns (649) and passing yards (89,214). An emotional Brady finished his announcement and signed off on a truly remarkable career by saying 'thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream'

Agents however did take away some documents for further review, attorney for the president says

‘This is about vengeance,’ says James McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House rules committeeA House Republican attempt to remove Ilhan Omar from the foreign affairs committee, expected as soon as Wednesday, is about “vengeance” and “spite”, one of the Minnesotan’s fellow Democrats said.“This is about vengeance. This is about spite. This is about politics,” said James McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the rules committee, as Republicans called a hurried meeting late on Tuesday to consider the matter. Continue reading...

The landmark decision, that luxury glass-walled flats opposite the museum’s new viewing gallery are being disturbed, could lead to a shift in how public life in cities operatesThe verdict is in: people who live in glass houses may thrown stones with impunity. After six years of legal battles, the highest court in the land has ruled that the residents of the luxury glass-walled flats opposite Tate Modern’s viewing gallery face an unacceptable level of “constant visual intrusion”. They bought into the dream of living in an overpriced goldfish bowl next to one of the most visited museums in the world, and now they have decided they’ve had quite enough of being looked at, thank you very much.The unprecedented ruling marks a hugely damaging step for the future of public life in our cities. It suggests that the mere ability of others to look through your windows is enough to have those people banished, that space shut down, and the surrounding urban environment regulated so that nothing may impinge on your own personal bubble. The residents of Neo Bankside enjoy a panorama of the London skyline, replete with telescopes adorning their glass-walled terraces, but it appears they only want their crow’s nest views to work in one direction. With this ruling, the view of just five wealthy flat owners trumps the enjoyment of that very same view by millions of other people a year. The insistence of a few to live without curtains quashes the use of one of the capital’s most thrilling public spaces. Continue reading...

Biden’s lawyer says planned search has concluded with FBI taking some materials from his time as vice-presidentThe FBI found no classified-marked documents during a planned search of Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter said, as federal investigators continued to look into the potential mishandling of classified information.The search was consensual and performed with the cooperation of Biden and his legal team, who previously searched the property and found no marked documents. Continue reading...