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Residents fear hard months may lie ahead after fires hit peak holiday season, reports Andy Gregory

Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford tell Alex Pattle how they picked up the phone and hashed out a deal for a historic fight

New figures show that 196 pregnant women were held in prison during 2022-23

‘Barbie: The Album’ accompanies Greta Gerwig’s box office smash

‘Barbie: The Album’ accompanies Greta Gerwig’s box office smash

A teacher’s tweet questioning why her school rejected a Miley Cyrus song about rainbows spiraled into a larger conversation about free speech and diversity in public education, Josh Marcus reports

‘Most intelligent people would assess the situation first and then make a decision,’ official says

Exclusive: Three police officers probed over allegations they failed to investigate initial reports of rape and sexual abuse by care worker

Tom DeLonge took a hiatus from Blink-182 to feed his lifelong extraterrestrial passion. Eight years later, as Congress holds historic hearings on UFOs, he tells Sheila Flynn: ‘This was all part of the plan’

‘I’m happy for him,’ the musician says

From The Independent (UK): Economic secretary Andrew Griffith told the bosses of some of the UK's biggest banks on Wednesday that it is important to protect freedom of expression…. It came after former politician Nigel Farage's bank account with Coutts—a bank for the ultra wealthy—was closed. The account was shut…