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After nearly two-weeks without power, Gary, Indiana residents and officials call for accountability, infrastructure improvements, and customer relief measures. BBC News

Dolly Parton would say songwriting was her therapy. “There are pieces of me, of course, in everything I write.” For the Queen of Country, who has died at the age of 80, the songs came before anything else. A born storyteller, Parton‘s gift was finding poetry in the everyday. In …

American retail giant Target has withdrawn a Halloween costume from sale after critics on social media said it resembled a racist caricature. Describing the costume as “offensive”, the store said in a statement that it was “hurtful for our Black guests, team members and partners”, without providing further details. Images …

As many as 97.7% of NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 could have had brain disease related to repeated blows to the head, a new study says. Researchers looked at 878 former players who died during that period, with 235 having donated their brains to research. Of those, …

Social media influencer Andrew Tate rented supercars to appear “uberwealthy” in order to generate more online engagement, his lawyers have said. Legal representatives for the controversial social media figure and his brother Tristan Tate have claimed the pair deliberately portray themselves as wealthier than they are. In a court filing, …

US retail giant Target has been forced to apologise and pull a Halloween costume from sale after the outfit drew criticism for evoking blackface and minstrel shows. The costume, described as a “Kids’ Glows Under ‌Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit”, prompted backlash on social media after some people pointed …

The trial of a Libyan man charged over the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 has been postponed following the discovery of new evidence. Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi is charged with making the bomb that downed the plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December – killing 270 …

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York has been snared in a prostitution sting at a US trailer park. York, the co-owner of Leeds United and Rangers FC, was arrested on Sunday morning at a mobile home community in East Palestine, Ohio, near where he was born and raised in Youngstown. …

The Russian stadium that was scheduled to host two shows by Ye, the rapper also known as Kanye West, has said the events will no longer take place. In a social media post, external, St Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena said no rental agreement had been signed with the concert promoters. “Accordingly, …

The US and Canada are again at odds over tariffs following recent talks between trade negotiators. After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney abruptly ended the negotiations on Friday before the deadline for a deal, US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on some Canadian exports, and Carney said he …

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has warned US President Donald Trump that Canada can hit back against tariffs to hurt the American economy. Listing some of the industries he said the US relies on, Ford said: “I’d love to see him run cars without any oil. I’d love to see him …

A Canadian politician has threatened to cut off electricity and mineral supplies to the US after President Trump said tariffs would rise to 50% on some goods. Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, said he would “cut them off” in response to the US’s import tax hike …

The US Treasury Secretary has threated Iran with “the single greatest financial offensive ever”, claiming the US-Israel war with Iran was “entering its endgame”. Scott Bessent said the US would sever all economic ties with the country in “an economic D-Day” and that any nation partnering with Iran financially would …

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While the tariffs could mean changes for the Paloma Clothing company, other American companies are facing the same battle they have faced since Trump returned to office and began imposing his levies. Bill Easton, owner of Terre Rouge Wines in Plymouth, California, has been unable to ship his wine north …

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Even though partially funded by the Pentagon, Stars and Stripes has been editorially independent – through a congressional mandate and DoD rules. The newspaper’s Middle East reporter Lara Korte said she had also been told she was fired. Both Slavin and Korte say their dismissals – both for insubordination – …