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The mystery of the Crooked House fire
When Britain’s wonkiest pub was destroyed in a fire and the ruins demolished, it sparked protests and made headlines around the world – but why?Thanks to a bad case of subsidence the Crooked House in the Black Country, had become a landmark. Punters talked about how its alarming lean made you feel drunk before you got to your pint, while... #press
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Mother of six-year-old who shot Virginia teacher pleads guilty to child neglect
Legal case against Deja Taylor seeks accountability for January shooting, including teacher’s $40m lawsuit against the schoolThe mother of a six-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of felony child neglect, seven months after her... #press
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Brice Marden obituary
American painter who combined constant experimentation and a resistance to fashion in his workIn 1966, the artist Brice Marden, who has died of cancer aged 84, exhibited a canvas called The Dylan Painting in his first solo show, at the Bykert Gallery in New York. Six years earlier, Marden had married Pauline Baez, older sister of the singer Joan. Through his... #press
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/aug/15/brice-marden-obituary?utm_source=press.coop
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Police and CPS had key DNA evidence 16 years before Andrew Malkinson cleared of rape
No action taken despite 2007 discovery of searchable male DNA profile on rape victim’s top that did not match Malkinson’sRape, DNA and injustice: a timeline of the Andrew Malkinson casePolice and prosecutors in the Andrew Malkinson case knew there... #press
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Matildas on a quest for lasting legacy beyond winning a home World Cup | Jonathan Liew
England have embraced their villain status here, yet in this semi-final they face not just a team but an entire nationThe first time Emily van Egmond played football for Australia, nobody bothered counting the number of people watching. It was a friendly against North Korea at... #press
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The Guardian view on students’ mental health: young adults need tailored support | Editorial
Recent deaths at universities point to the vulnerability of older adolescents. Policymakers should respondParents hope that when young people leave home to take up places at university they will thrive in the new environment. Often, it is... #press
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Snow falls in west of Bolivia in same week as wildfires in scorched east – video
Bolivia's western highlands have been hit by a wave of snow, days after firefighters' battled forest blazes in the Santa Cruz department of eastern Bolivia. Street vendors in western cities such as El Alto and La Paz hope the snow will help grow... #press
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Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha review – healing hilarity
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghA clown by trade, Masli here sets about tackling the audience’s problems. Her leftfield efforts to ease them are one of this fringe’s true tonicsAt any given fringe, a show will emerge that crystallises the festival spirit, that feels as if it couldn’t happen anywhere but... #press
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Much-hyped biography of Tucker Carlson struggles to sell
Tucker by Chadwick Moore sells just 3,227 copies in first week after publication on 1 August, Publishers Weekly figures revealA much-hyped biography of the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has struggled to find favour with readers, a leading US publishing authority said, listing just over 3,000 copies sold in the first... #press
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Australian newspaper sends helicopter to spy on Lionesses during training
Daily Telegraph in Sydney publishes images of private sessionEngland face Matildas in World Cup semi-final on WednesdayEngland have found themselves on the receiving end of a spying controversy after a training session before their World Cup semi-final against... #press
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Sunak ‘committed’ to housing asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm
Prime minister doubles down on government’s plans and argues use of barge is fairer for taxpayersRishi Sunak has insisted that his government is committed to its controversial plans to house asylum seekers on a barge after a series of setbacks which have frustrated a flagship “stop the boats”... #press
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Football Daily | Will Harry Maguire ever emerge from the dusty dugout he calls home?
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The curtain has risen on a brand-new season of the Premier League, yet already it’s apparent that many things are going to pan out in exactly the same manner as before. Chelsea continue to fling their dollars... #press
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Witness tampering? Samuel Bankman-Fried earned a judge’s rebuke | Margaret Sullivan
The disgraced mogul was jailed after he leaked his ex-girlfriend’s private writingsJudge Lewis Kaplan has had enough of Samuel Bankman-Fried’s envelope-pushing.“He has gone up to the line over and over again and I am going to revoke bail,” the US district judge ruled Friday. So... #press
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Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa’s truly daring film is still electrifying
Famously telling four contradictory accounts of the same event – a samurai is dead – Kurosawa’s unsettling movie influenced countless productions that came afterGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMost of us have heard variations of the common wisdom that, when it comes to two... #press
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Former British Cycling chief doctor Richard Freeman banned for four years
Ban is first doping sanction from golden era of British CyclingSlevin left frustrated by questions still unanswered in caseThe former chief doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling Richard Freeman has been handed a four-year doping ban for possession of a banned substance... #press
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Who was Joan Meyer? Kansas paper co-owner who rebuked police raid as ‘Hitler tactics’ – and died a day later
Meyer’s sudden death has ignited an outcry from news media advocates who condemned the police raid as something straight out of the authoritarian playbookPolice in the Kansas town where Joan Meyer had lived for almost a century had just raided her home and her... #press
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US Jews urged to condemn Israeli occupation amid Netanyahu censure
Open letter calls on Jewish leaders to speak out against ‘ultimate purpose’ of PM’s judicial reforms – upholding ‘regime of apartheid’Hundreds of Israeli and American public figures have called on US Jewish groups to speak out against the occupation of the Palestinian territories as “the... #press
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Texas jury orders man to pay ex-girlfriend $1.2bn in revenge porn case
Woman said ex-boyfriend conducted campaign to spread intimate photos of her online without her consentA man who harassed his ex-girlfriend online – including by sharing intimate photos of her on social media – must pay her $1.2bn in damages, a Texas jury has ordered.The woman, who went by “DL” in court documents,... #press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/texas-jury-revenge-porn-case?utm_source=press.coop
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Barbie? Titanic? Jurassic Park? What is the best $1bn movie ever?
Greta Gerwig’s comedy joins the relatively exclusive club of films to earn over a billion dollars, filled with sequels and superheroesLegend has it that when Margot Robbie pitched Warner Bros her idea for what the Barbie movie should be, she won the executives over by telling them that... #press
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‘Driverless cars are the hardest problem you could want to solve’ – Oxa’s Gavin Jackson
The head of the UK tech startup is as passionate about self-driving ‘autonomy’ as Elon Musk – but thinks it could be 20 years awayDriverless cars are here – if you happen to live in San Francisco, at least. Regulators voted last week to allow... #press
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