Ex-movie mogul is at New York City department of correction for tests, his lawyer said, and will be transferred to Rikers Island The disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized in New York City for a series of tests, his lawyer said. Weinstein’s hospitalization comes after the New […]
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Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses • Read more: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’ A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in […]
Investigation finds groups hosting Islamophobic attacks on London mayor Sadiq Khan, white supremacist slogans and antisemitic conspiracy theories Conservative party staff and activists are secretly operating a network of Facebook groups that have become a hotbed of racism, misinformation and support for criminal damage. An investigation has identified 36 groups […]
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims […]
Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his case The singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the […]
Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talks See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade […]
Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors ‘very encouraged’ by his progress King Charles, who is being treated for cancer, is to return to public duties, with doctors pleased and “very encouraged” by his progress and “positive” about his continued recovery, Buckingham Palace has said. Charles, who announced […]
Exclusive: Research shows extent to which schools are struggling to provide qualified teachers for every class Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are being educated “on the cheap” by low-paid teaching assistants (TAs) covering lessons for teachers who are off sick or have quit, according to new […]
Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern MI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign states are targeting sensitive research, as ministers consider measures to bolster protections. Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on […]
The former president’s motion for a new trial was denied and his argument deemed ‘entirely without merit’ A federal judge on Thursday upheld the verdict and award of more than $83m to the writer E Jean Carroll in a defamation case against Donald Trump after he called her a liar […]