Meteorite falls are extremely rare and offer a glimpse of the processes that formed our world billions of years ago. When a space rock came to an English market town in 2021, scientists raced to find as much out as they could

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The Guardian’s Rachel Leingang speaks to Nikki McCann Ramirez, from Rolling Stone magazine, about Donald Trump’s decision to upend US trade policy and reports that Elon Musk could soon be leaving his role as a special government employee

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This week Donald Trump announced a blanket 10% tariff on all goods imported into the US from Saturday, and higher ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on countries taxing US exports from next Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration was forced to deny that Elon Musk would be leaving his role as a special government employee soon. The reports came a day after a Democrat defeated a Musk-backed Republican for a seat on the Wisconsin supreme court.

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It comes as a surprise that the impression left by the dusty historical drama as the audience pours out onto Broadway is so small and fleeting. Good Night, and What’s For Dinner?

Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement

• Full report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street
• Analysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists

New Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal group, has filed what it says is the first lawsuit seeking to block Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the US president overstepped his authority. Reuters reports:

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida, alleges that Trump lacked the legal authority to impose the sweeping tariffs unveiled on Wednesday as well as duties authorized on February 1 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

“By invoking emergency power to impose an across-the-board tariff on imports from China that the statute does not authorize, President Trump has misused that power, usurped Congress’s right to control tariffs, and upset the Constitution’s separation of powers,” NCLA senior litigation counsel Andrew Morris said in a statement.

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The couple has been enjoying a "nice escape" from the spotlight, Page Six first reported.

Timothy Haugh, who also heads US Cyber Command, was let go along with his deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, the newspaper said.

It looks like the Mariners are showing a new kind of appreciation for their catcher Cal Raleigh.

Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands

• Tariffs send US markets tumbling to worst day since Covid crash

Trade tariffs imposed on tiny Australian territories that are either uninhabited or claim to have no trading relationship with the US appear to have been calculated based on erroneous trade data.

The data relates, at least in part, to shipments mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island, or Heard Island and McDonald Islands, instead of their correct countries of origin, the Guardian can reveal.

Among the erroneously-labelled shipments over the past five years from the island territories are shipments of aquarium systems, Timberland boots, wine and parts for a recycling plant.

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The drip evaporated briefly in The Bronx.

A former top advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign was shocked when Harris told "The View" that she wouldn't have done anything different from President Biden.

On the final night of their opening homestand, the Yankees teed off on Arizona. 

Years from now, he will be the answer to this trivia question.

Sources close to the family claim the brothers are currently in a disagreement over Romeo's girlfriend, Kim Turnbull.

Sleep is of great importance to overall health, but many people struggle to get quality slumber.

Delon Wright, 32, averaged 9.5 points on a respectable 48.4 percent shooting in the past four games. 

The Nets were beaten 105-90 by the Timberwolves before a crowd of 17,926 at Barclays Center in a game that saw them trail most of the evening.

He landed awkwardly in the second half of the win over Michigan State.

A tangled mess.

"THE NEXT TIME YOU HERE [sic] FROM ME I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE," Branham allegedly texted.

John Harris on how music helped him connect with his autistic son James

When James was a child, he loved playing songs over and over. I Am the Walrus, by the Beatles. Autobahn, by Kraftwerk.

“He hears emotion in music. I know that for a fact,” James’s father the Guardian journalist John Harris tells Helen Pidd.

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Should fans be worried for Dr. McKay? "Um, they should be very worried about everybody," Fiona Dourif told DECIDER.

At least six victims were left injured in the nation's capital on Thursday after an intoxicated suspect began randomly stabbing people on the street, including himself.

Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade deal

Canada will retaliate against “unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark Carney.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on dozens of countries, but did not add new trade levies to Canada or Mexico. Despite the reprieve, however, the US has placed 25% taxes on Canadian steel, aluminum and vehicles.

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Ruling against Yoon Suk Yeol means election will be held in May amid highly polarised climate

Yoon Suk Yeol’s shortlived attempt to impose military rule triggered political crisis

Despite being reportedly warned by the NBA following an investigation, Ja Morant once against pulled off his gun celebration on Thursday.

The list was similar to one sent to Columbia University last month after the government canceled $400 million to the school. Harvard may have $9 billion on the line.

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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed form office Friday, four months after he declared martial law, sending the East Asian country into chaos.

Michigan couple Paul and Christy Akeo, who were detained in Mexico for over a month over a timeshare dispute, are finally heading home.

Three people are dead after being hit by a train Thursday near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The trial of the man accused in the 2023 killing of Rachel Morin, a Maryland mom of five who was brutally slain while going on a run, begins this week.

A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa have been identified by a military Court of Inquiry in a final report into the disaster released Friday

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Church officials say a Catholic priest has been shot and killed in the northeastern Kansas town of Seneca

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Georgia lawmakers formed a last minute proposal to limit public access to records about state lawmakers’ communications and police reports

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Bolivian police say that at least six people were killed in a clash between dynamite-bearing gold miners in the country's northwest, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation’s mining cooperatives turning fatal

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South Korea’s Constitutional Court is set to rule Friday on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, either removing him from office or restoring his powers four months after he threw the country into turmoil with an ill-fated declaration of martial law

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Agencies have repeatedly fired then rehired staffers during DOGE-led cuts

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The Japanese Grand Prix is only the third Formula 1 race of the season, but several storylines are developing that promise a few twists

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Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel, among other tech executives, also own homes in Washington, DC

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A White House official says the Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University

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