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Crews erected scaffolding on Friday as onlookers gathered into the evening, though storms delayed the work until Saturday. BBC News

A US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has determined the merger is not likely to harm competition in the industry or be harmful to consumers. The agency said it had closed its probe into the deal, with regulators in …

In and out of prison, he was still able to expand the gang’s influence, seizing control of gold mines in Bolivar state, drug corridors on the Caribbean coast, and clandestine border crossings between Venezuela and Colombia, according to the US state department. BBC News

Former soccer star David Beckham received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the sports entertainment category on Friday. He was joined by his wife, Victoria Beckham, along with three of their children, Romeo, Cruz and Harper. Actor Tom Cruise, a longtime friend of Beckham, also spoke at …

The opening games in Toronto and Los Angeles on Friday include star-studded performances. BBC News

“I will continue this litigation to ensure that this unconstitutional fund does not erase the accountability imposed by judges and impartial jurors—and the hard-earned work of the victims, witnesses, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors who delivered it,” Floyd said in a statement after the ruling. BBC News

Arelys Barahona Martinez was arrested during a check-in, her husband, retired Staff Sgt Warren Trujillo, told the BBC BBC News

US officials have released another batch of classified files related to UFO sightings, including reports of glowing, red orbs seen in northeastern America. Friday’s publication of what the Pentagon calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) involves ‌72 files from the FBI, CIA and Pentagon and includes testimony, videos and artistic depictions. Some …

A British man has been jailed for more than six years for encouraging a 21-year-old American to take his own life with a shotgun during a video call. Dylan Phelan, also 21, was sentenced to six years and four months in prison at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty in …

Huge plumes of thick smoke rose over Tracy, California, after a fire broke out at a medical equipment warehouse on 11 June. Staff at the Medline distribution centre, an hour east of San Francisco, were evacuated and all personnel were accounted for, the company said. Other facilities in the industrial …

Huge plumes of thick smoke rose over Tracy, California, after a fire broke out at a medical equipment warehouse on 11 June. Staff at the Medline distribution centre, an hour east of San Francisco, were evacuated and all personnel were accounted for, the company said. Other facilities in the industrial …

The Pentagon has released four eyewitness videos as part of its drive to declassify documents related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The clips, which were sent to the FBI, show bright orbs moving in the sky. The government says they were all filmed in the same general area of the …

There are 11 known victims, local officials said, adding that the situation is ongoing. The gunman is deceased. BBC News

By the end of the night on Thursday there were at least a dozen reports of tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. BBC News

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he gave the company “less than a 10% chance of succeeding at all” when it first started, and it is now going public “with the largest IPO ever”. Musk made the remarks from the company’s headquarters in southern Texas before it officially began trading on …

A British man has been jailed for more than six years for encouraging a 21-year-old American to take his own life with a shotgun during a video call. Dylan Phelan, also 21, was sentenced to six years and four months in prison at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty in …

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👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈            The World Cup. It’s kicked off. Except no fanfare, little pre-match hype and plenty of controversy. The finger pointed at the US government. We’re in Boston taking the temperature ahead of Scotland vs Haiti. Plus, strikes across …

The lower court, which reversed a previous decision by an appeals court, found inmates executed by the relatively new form of capital punishment likely experience “severe air hunger and corresponding emotional distress, anxiety, physiological stress, and physical discomfort” before asphyxiation occurs, according to the BBC’s US media partner, CBS News. …

Grande called a White House video using her song Bye “heinous nonsense”, joining multiple artists demanding Trump’s team not use their music. BBC News