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The potential ‘Son of Sam’ killings that still haunt the NYPD

Decades after a photographer and his girlfriend were executed in their Manhattan apartment, the case remains open – haunted by cult rumors, a missing gun and theories tied to the ‘Son of Sam’ serial slays. A former NYPD sergeant tells Andrea Cavallier what he thinks it will take to solve the cold case

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Trash talk: why are UK kids using so many Americanisms?

British teachers report hearing more and more schoolchildren using US terms such as ‘candy’ and ‘diaper’ – and even speaking in an American accent. What’s going on?

Name: Americanism.

Age: 246, although when the word first appeared back in 1779 it meant something else.

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© Photograph: Posed by model; Vagengeym_Elena/Getty Images/iStockphoto

© Photograph: Posed by model; Vagengeym_Elena/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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Telegraph bidder reported for potential breach of editorial independence rules

UK government alerted after RedBird Capital’s boss allegedly threatened to ‘go to war’ with the title’s newsroom

The boss of the US private equity group bidding for the Daily Telegraph has been reported to the UK government for potentially breaching rules protecting the newspaper’s editorial independence, after allegedly threatening to “go to war” with the title’s newsroom.

The Guardian understands that the independent directors of Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have alerted the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) about supposed comments made by RedBird Capital’s Gerry Cardinale to the Telegraph’s editor, Chris Evans. The government department is thought to be considering if there has been a breach of the legislation.

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© Photograph: Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock

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You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why

Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising

Last year, I had to give up running. It was, as my sports medicine doctor counseled, “time”.

Since I was a teen, it had been my primary form of exercise and stress relief. But for months, I had been ignoring small signs of encroaching decrepitude: the popping and grinding in my right knee and hip joints whenever I stood up, bent down or took the stairs. The medical term for this is crepitus, yet I kept stubbornly persuading myself that I was still a “young” fiftysomething.

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© Illustration: Ana Galvañ/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ana Galvañ/The Guardian

© Illustration: Ana Galvañ/The Guardian

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