<p>Former film producer Harvey Weinstein looks on during a preliminary hearing after his rape conviction was overturned inside the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 1 2024</p>

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Wheelchair-bound Harvey Weinstein faces retrial in September after shock overturning of New York rape conviction

The former movie mogul appeared in court for the first time since his New York rape conviction was overturned

Counter protesters attack pro-Palestinian protesters on 1 May at the University of California, Los Angeles campus. It is unclear as of Wednesday afternoon how many arrests police made, if any

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UCLA cancels classes after violent clashes between opposing protestors prompts police response

<p>Colin Czech is accused of open murder after reportedly eating another man’s face</p>

Crime

‘Possessed’ man found eating victim’s face after Las Vegas punch-up

<p>Arizona state senators convene on Senate floor at the Capitol, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Phoenix</p>

Politics

Arizona legislature votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban

Trump on trial

Livetrump on trial

Bombshell texts in Trump hush money trial show tabloid editor calling Stormy Daniels story ‘final nail in the coffin’

<p>During a rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Donald Trump told supporters that the Biden adminstration was planning to create conditions for an ‘October 7 style attack’ in the US </p>

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Trump claims US is headed for its own October 7 attack in rally speech

<p>Donald Trump speaks at rally in Wisconsin on 1 May 2024</p>

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Trump admits he told Secret Service to take him to Capitol on Jan 6

<p>Tangled webs: Donald Trump (right) is on criminal trial in New York over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels (right) ahead of the 2016 election. Mr Trump’s former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen (centre) is set to testify in court that he made payments on Mr Trump’s behalf </p>

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Michael Cohen was Trump’s inside man. Now he’s at risk

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Will Trump testify in his hush money trial – and should he? Experts weigh in

Trump appears to be toying with the idea of taking the stand to testify in his criminal trial. But is it a good idea? Gustaf Kilander writes

<p>Donald Trump leaving the courtroom at his trial on 30 April </p>

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<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to attendees during a press conference in New York, U.S., May 1, 2024.</p>

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RFK Jr’s ‘major announcement’ was a slideshow asking Biden to drop out

At a press conference in Brooklyn, Mr Kennedy insisted that only he could beat Donald Trump

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RFK Jr’s ‘major announcement’ was a slideshow asking Biden to drop out

At a press conference in Brooklyn, Mr Kennedy insisted that only he could beat Donald Trump

<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to attendees during a press conference in New York, U.S., May 1, 2024.</p>

<p>A line of Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a dairy farm in Idaho on March 2009. As of April 11, 2024. US health officials said vaccines were prepped and ready to ship within weeks if human-to-human transmission of the virus occurs </p>

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Two US vaccines could ship in weeks if bird flu jumps between humans

<p>Fed Chair Jerome Powell takes questions during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday, following the announcement that the central bank would not be cutting interest rates </p>

News

Fed not cutting interest rates, inflation remains at 23-year high

<p>Mitt Romney arrives at the Senat</p>

politics

Romney says there’s a difference between his dog scandal and Noem’s

Father’s plan to swap aisle seats with a plane passenger backfires

Father’s plan to swap aisle seats with a plane passenger backfires

<p>Cher reveals the real reason she dates younger men</p>

Cher reveals the real reason she dates younger men

<p>Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene holds up a hat that says “MUGA” or “Make Ukraine Great Again” as she speaks at a news conference alongside Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) at the Capitol on 1 May 2024 in Washington, DC</p>

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Marjorie Taylor Greene brandishes ‘MUGA’ hat against Mike Johnson

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Florida six-week abortion ban takes effect as opponents prepare for November showdown

Women across Florida were left scrambling to get appointments at clinics before the ban took effect, with doctors working to accomodate as many as possible

<p>Abortion rights advocates gather to launch their 'Yes On 4' campaign with a march and rally against the six-week abortion ban ahead of November 5, when Florida voters will decide on whether there should be a right to abortion in the state, in Orlando, Florida, U.S. April 13, 2024</p>

Composite photo shows Sam Poloche, Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Joshua Eyer, William Elliott, and suspect Terry Clark Hughes Jr

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Charlotte shooting: Suspect led cops on high-speed chase months before shoot-out that left four officers dead

Livecharlotte shooting

Charlotte shooting: Suspect led cops on high-speed chase months before shoot-out that left four officers dead

Composite photo shows Sam Poloche, Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Joshua Eyer, William Elliott, and suspect Terry Clark Hughes Jr

<p>Defendant Karen Read sits at the defence table during her murder trial on 20 April 2024</p>

Crime

Paramedic tells Karen Read murder trial he heard woman say ‘I hit him’

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during live interview with Ben Shapiro at the symposium on fighting antisemitism on 22 January 2024 in Krakow, Poland</p>

tech

Tesla’s HR chief leaves company after swathe of job cuts

<p>Wally, the emotional support alligator</p>

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Stolen Wally the emotional support alligator was released into swamp

Netflix’s Baby Reindeer issue is not going away anytime soon

Netflix’s Baby Reindeer issue is not going away anytime soon

<p>Richard Allen is accused of the murder of two teenage best friends in Delphi, Indiana, who disappeared in 2017 </p>

Crime

Prosecutors seek to have cult theory tossed from Delphi murders trial

<p>Walnuts contaminated with E Coli bacteria are blamed for 12 cases of food poisoning in California and Washington </p>

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Dozen people struck down by E coli outbreak after eating walnuts

<p>Kirsty Paterson as the sad Oompa Loompa alongside a fellow cast member playing the Unknown at the Willy Wonka Experience in Downtown Los Angeles, California on 28 April. </p>

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The Los Angeles edition of the Willy Wonka Experience was an absurdist fever dream

Olivia Hebert visits LA’s own ironic spin on Glasgow’s highly memed Willy Wonka Experience

<p>NYPD officers in riot gear break in to Columbia University </p>

politics

What Democrats and Republicans say about campus protests

<p>Paul Auster </p>

Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77

<p>The US secretary of state Antony Blinken meets with the families of the hostages kidnapped in the deadly 7 October attack by Hamas</p>

politics

Netanyahu tells Blinken he will not end war as part of hostage deal

<p>Barron Trump with his mother and father Donald and Melania Trump and his grandfather Viktor Knavs at the funeral of his grandmother Amalija Knavs in Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 January 2024 </p>

politics

Trump has been told he can attend his son’s graduation after all. So what do we know about Barron?

Former president has been allowed the day off from his criminal trial in New York to attend Barron’s graduation in Florida

<p>The ‘Chef’s Table’ at Victoria & Albert’s gives diners a particularly exclusive experience</p>

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Disney World becomes first theme park to have a Michelin-starred restaurant – but it’s not kid-friendly

<p>A building of the Odesa Law Academy is on fire after a Russian missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine</p>

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Five killed in Russian strike on Ukraine’s ‘Harry Potter castle’

<p>Stephen Colbert dismissed Trump’s comments </p>

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Colbert defends pro-Palestine campus demonstrators after Trump attack

<p>Sunny Hostin (left) and Donald Trump</p>

The View’s Sunny Hostin mocks Donald Trump for ‘farting up a storm’

<p>Gray whale populations have decreased dramatically since 2019 </p>

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Dead 40-foot whale found on beach likey died by ‘vessel strike’

Mysterious, incredibly powerful AI system appears on the internet

<p>Tyler Powell was left in the ICU after falling from a ladder at Deer Tracks Junction in Michigan</p>

NEWS

Safari park worker fights for life after giraffe knocks him off ladder

<p>Former US president Donald Trump walks out of court to speak to the press during a break in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on 30 April 2024</p>

politics

Trump campaign gripes over commission’s refusal to change debate dates

<p>Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations</p>

news

Air Canada under fire over native chief’s headdress removal on flight

<p>Workers remove wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, Thursday, April 25, 2024</p>

news

Authorities reveal what next for ship that brought down bridge

<p>Researchers inspect the carcass of a deer as part of their efforts to contain Chronic Wasting Disease in Illinois, one of 33 states where the condition has been observed</p>

NEWS

‘Zombie deer disease’ detected in Indiana, 33rd state to see condition

<p>Royce and Roger Slatten’s home was completely destroyed as a tornado swept through Elkhorn, Nebraska</p>

news

Brothers say they ‘took off a couple of times’ in 136mph tornado

<p>Humphrey Ker: ‘I’m enjoying leading this strange double life but it has taken a toll on me’ </p>

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s man on the ground in Welcome To Wrexham: ‘People accuse us of destroying football - it’s absurd’

<p>A British national has been ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution to United Airlines </p>

News

UK passenger to pay United Airlines $20,000 after forced diversion

G7

Protesters with flares block busy highway in Turin as G7 convenes

<p>Demonstrators with ‘Tax the rich!’ placards in Brussels, Belgium, on International Workers’ Day 2024</p>

news

What is International Workers’ Day?

<p>Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards on 15 May 2022</p>

Crime

Diddy seeks to toss some claims from sexual assault lawsuit

<p>Galena was found by an Amazon worker a week after she went missing</p>

news

Family reunited with cat accidentally mailed 600 miles from Utah to California in an Amazon return box

<p>Nicholas Umphenour (left) allegedly helped Skylar Meade (right) in his jail break in Idaho </p>

Man who ‘helped white supremacist in prison break’ appears in court

<p>Zendaya debuts dress emblazoned with Challengers movie poster </p>

Zendaya wears bejewelled dress emblazoned with Challengers poster

<p>Israel Palestinians Campus Protests</p>

politics

The economy, not Gaza, will determine how young voters break

<p>David Schultz, 53, was found dead six months after he went missing. He is pictured here with his two sons </p>

news

Body of trucker found months after he vanished while transporting pigs

<p>Rudy Giuliani appears to have been indicted related to a fake electors scheme in Arizona in 2020 </p>

trump

Who are the 18 people indicted in Arizona ‘fake electors’ scheme?

Lifestyle

Health & Families

The IVF battle isn’t protecting children. It’s devastating families

<p>Criss this it? The ‘Glee’ star performing in November 2023</p>

Darren Criss’s claim he’s ‘culturally queer’ is shameful and ignorant

Father’s plan to swap aisle seats with a plane passenger backfires

Health & Families

Eva Mendes clarifies parenting agreement she made with Ryan Gosling

Culture

Travel

<p>Cinco de Mayo falls on a bank holiday Sunday in 2024 </p>

How to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in London

<p>Tomas came first at the 2023 World WCMX (wheelchair motocross) Championships in Coachella Valley (Collect/PA Real Life)</p>

Wheelchair user, 15, forced to ‘bum shuffle’ up stairs in BA ordeal

<p>Cornwall is one of the most visisted areas in the UK for holidaymakers </p>

Cornwall tourism chief warns holidaymakers could be taxed

<p>Going places: Terminal 5 at London Heathrow</p>

Airlines and airports warn liquids rules for cabin baggage still apply

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