Former White House chief of staff Jeff Zients is sitting down with the House Oversight Committee to talk former President Joe Biden's mental acuity and autopen use during his final years in office.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield opened up about the fiery spirit he showed in the team's win over the Houston Texans on Monday.

Portland will issue a land use violation notice to a local ICE building, accusing it of repeatedly holding detainees longer than permitted.

Steve Harvey performed his final stand-up show in 2012.

Northeastern governors, like their peers in the West, want to shore up public health and issue approval for vaccines.

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Deal will see the two US groups co-develop chips for PCs and data centres

Desk from Quarry Bank high school had been hidden by staff as teachers had considered Lennon a ‘nuisance’

A desk used by John Lennon has gone on display after being found in the attic of his former school, where teachers had not wanted to remember the musician because he had been a “nuisance”.

Lennon attended Quarry Bank high school in Liverpool between 1952 and 1957, and the name of the Quarrymen, the band that would become the Beatles in their formative years, was inspired by the school’s name.

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Increase in violence since 2019 is linked to online campaigns seeking to sow disinformation and fuel hatred

Europeans who do not fit the typical definition of male or female are grappling with an “alarming” rise in violence, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as concerted campaigns seek to sow disinformation and fuel hatred towards them.

The findings from the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights, published on Tuesday, were based on responses from 1,920 people in 30 countries across Europe. All of them identified as intersex, an umbrella term referring to those with innate variations of sex characteristics and which includes people who identify as trans, non-binary and gender diverse.

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The nation’s largest group of ABC affiliates, said Kimmel’s on-air remarks about Kirk’s assassination were “inappropriate and deeply insensitive.”

On Tuesday, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee heard stories from three parents who are suing AI companies, claiming that their teens' mental health tanked after becoming obsessed with talking to chatbots.

Rookie starter Jonah Tong will help lead the Mets past the Padres on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, Stitches predicts.

Fueled by fearlessness, a “Kobe Bryant mentality” and comparisons to an Olympic legend, Natalie Dumas has taken the track world by storm.

We have to wait HOW long?!

The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony

Irish author Sally Rooney could not travel to collect a literary prize this week over concerns that she may be arrested if she enters the UK, given her support of banned group Palestine Action.

Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for her fourth novel, Intermezzo. At a ceremony on Tuesday, audiences were told that Rooney “couldn’t be here”, before her editor, Faber publisher Alex Bowler, collected the award on her behalf.

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English golfer Charley Hull said she had an "unforgettable evening" at Windsor Castle, where she attended the state banquet and "finally" met President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Sources told the Daily Mail that the comedian is eager to "break his relationship with [the network] forever" after his talk show was suspended indefinitely.

Scheana Shae, Melissa Gorga, Phaedra and more iconic reality stars attend the Virtual Reali-Tea Awards Red Carpet

Some British commentators praised the state visit as a necessary piece of realpolitik. Others criticized it as an embarrassing display for a destructive president.

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Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.

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Deal gives Intel a lifeline as firms team up on AI data centers and PC chips after Trump stake sparks market surge

Nvidia, the world’s leading chipmaker, announced plans to invest $5bn in Intel and collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company on products.

One month after the Trump administration confirmed it had taken a 10% stake in Intel – the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America – Nvidia said it would team up with the firm to work on custom data centers that form the backbone of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, as well as personal computer products.

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The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after restarting cuts on Wednesday, amid mixed economic signals and a relentless White House pressure campaign.

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Two men and a woman taken to London police station for questioning before being released on bail with conditions

Sea rescue NGO says clips and images provide evidence that smugglers ‘are part of Tripoli’s official military apparatus’

Video footage and photos in the Italian press appear to show for the first time a militia allied with the Libyan government participating in people smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea.

The clips and photographs, shared with the Guardian, were taken by a journalist for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica who had accompanied volunteers on a rescue boat operated by the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans.

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It is unclear what medical condition he is dealing with, but he was wheeled off the field in an ambulance, according to a report from The State.