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Local clerks say they received threatening emails last week, amid a series of hostile election-related incidentsThe FBI confirmed it is “aware” of bomb threats that targeted election offices in several Oregon counties. Local clerks in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson reported receiving threatening emails last week, just days after election day.The FBI said that none of the threats were deemed credible. Continue reading…



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Author : Coral Murphy Marcos

Publish date : 2024-11-16 02:29:53

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Total fire bans declared across parts of South Australia and Victoria amid hot, gusty weather and temperatures six to 12C above averageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA short-lived heatwave is bringing hot, dry and windy conditions to much of southern Australia, with total fire bans in place and some areas experiencing catastrophic fire danger.Forecaster Jonathan How from the Bureau of Meteorology said the combination of high temperatures and gusty winds was driving up fire dangers on Saturday, particularly across South Australia and Victoria.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2024-11-16 01:18:10

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Nationwide says New Forest is most expensive national park with an average property price of £576,000Buying a home in a national park comes at a 25% price premium, with the New Forest the most expensive of the 13 parks in England and Wales, according to Britain’s biggest building society.Nationwide said properties in a national park enjoy a valuation almost £67,000 more than a similar property elsewhere, based on the average UK house price of £266,640.New Forest – £576,000South Downs – £400,000Peak District – £375,000Yorkshire Dales – £353,000Lake District – £333,000Dartmoor – £310,000Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) – £274,000Eryri (Snowdonia) – £173,000 Continue reading…



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Author : Mark Sweney

Publish date : 2024-11-16 00:01:23

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Exclusive: Welsh secretary to announce £80m funding to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local economyPort Talbot steelworkers and their families affected by the closure of furnaces will be entitled to grants of up to £10,000 to start businesses, the Welsh secretary will announce on Saturday.As Labour holds its annual Welsh conference in Llandudno, Jo Stevens will say the government is funding £80m to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local businesses. Continue reading…



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Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Publish date : 2024-11-15 22:30:21

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Pamela Price, recalled in November election, files criminal charges over man left unchecked for days in Santa Rita jailA San Francisco Bay Area district attorney recalled in the 5 November election filed criminal charges this week against 11 former and current staff of a county jail for the 2021 in-custody death of a man who was left unchecked in his cell for days.The Alameda county district attorney, Pamela Price, announced on Thursday that felony dependent adult abuse charges were filed against seven county sheriff’s deputies, two former deputies and two medical staffers at Santa Rita jail. If convicted, the maximum for each defendant is four years in state prison. Continue reading…



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Author : Associated Press

Publish date : 2024-11-15 21:58:08

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Uncertainty surrounds nominations of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary and Matt Gaetz as attorney generalThe confirmation prospects of two of Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet choices were in jeopardy over sexual misconduct allegations on Friday in developments mirroring the president-elect’s own history of abusive behavior towards women.Uncertainty surrounded the nomination of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice as defense secretary – whose path to Senate confirmation was already complicated over concerns about his inexperience and extreme views – following revelations that police in California investigated a sexual assault allegation against him in 2017. Continue reading…



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Author : Robert Tait in Washington

Publish date : 2024-11-15 21:12:09

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Lawsuit alleges law enforcement agencies knew of plot to kill civil rights leader but did not act to stop itThe family of Malcolm X, the militant civil rights leader who was assassinated almost 60 years ago, filed a $100m federal lawsuit on Friday that accuses the FBI, the CIA and the New York police department (NYPD) of allowing his murder.The lawsuit, brought by Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and other family members, alleges the law enforcement agencies concealed evidence they knew of the plot to kill him but did not act to stop it. Continue reading…



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Author : Marina Dunbar and agency

Publish date : 2024-11-15 19:42:27

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There are no suggestions of extraterrestrial origin, but that won’t settle any debates over the existence of alien lifeThe Pentagon’s latest report on UFOs has revealed hundreds of new sightings of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena but no indications suggesting an extraterrestrial origin.The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as well as some that defy easy explanation, such as a near-miss between a commercial airliner and a mysterious object off the coast of New York. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-15 18:37:25

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Ministers told they risk more miscarriages of justice by not backing bill to replace indefinite jail terms with fixed onesPeers have warned the government is failing to deal with a miscarriage of justice akin to the Post Office scandal, after ministers refused to back legislation that would give new sentences to thousands of prisoners jailed indefinitely.James Timpson, the prisons minister, said the 2,964 people currently serving indeterminate sentences would in future have a better chance of being released, with more regular reviews of their readiness every six months. Continue reading…



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Author : Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Publish date : 2024-11-15 17:52:04

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Regulator approves bid by open-access operator Go-op to run trains in south-west England from late next yearThe UK’s first co-operatively owned railway service could begin running trains in the south-west of England late next year.The Office of Road and Rail (ORR) has approved a bid from open-access operator Go-op to run several new services between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare, and compete with Great Western Railway on the line. Continue reading…



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Author : Jack Simpson

Publish date : 2024-11-15 16:38:46

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Trump’s former VP cites abortion as reason for opposing RFK Jr as criticism mounts for anti-vaccine activist and purveyor of debunked conspiracy theoriesTrump’s staffing picks and likely contenders – so farRepublicans are set to take control of the Senate next year, where one of their first jobs will be to confirm Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet posts. Should they object to the president-elect’s picks, he has threatened to make use of recess appointments, an archaic tactic that would allow him to circumvent the chamber and its objectors. Here’s more on how that would work, from the Guardian’s Joan E Greve:Several Republican senators expressed shock on Wednesday when Donald Trump announced he would nominate Matt Gaetz, the hard-right congressman known for instigating fights with members of his own party, as attorney general. Continue reading…



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Author : Chris Stein (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

Publish date : 2024-11-15 15:40:09

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Ending $7,500 consumer tax credit could have grave implications for already stalling EV transition in USDonald Trump’s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.Ending the tax credit could have grave implications for an already stalling US EV transition. And yet representatives of Tesla – by far the nation’s biggest EV maker – have told a Trump-transition committee they support ending the subsidy, said the two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-15 14:38:54

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Senior official Bassem Naim says militant group ‘ready for ceasefire’ and urges Donald Trump to ‘pressure’ ‘Israel to ‘end the aggression’Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, is reporting that two Palestinian people were killed in an Israeli artillery attack in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. Three other Palestinians were killed in a separate Israeli airstrike near the general security junction in western Gaza City, according to Wafa. A renewed Israeli assault was launched on the northern part of the Gaza Strip last month, with the Israeli military claiming it was to stop Hamas fighters regrouping there. The blockage of aid and food deliveries and the targeting of civilian infrastructure, however, have led to accusations that Israel is committing the war crime of seeking to forcibly displace the remaining population. The entirety of northern Gaza has been under Israeli evacuation orders but it is unclear how many people remain.We have some comments coming through from Ali Larijani, the senior advisor to Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei. He has been speaking with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, in Beiurt. Continue reading…



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Author : Tom Ambrose (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)

Publish date : 2024-11-15 13:24:25

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Appointment of vaccine critic knocks some of world’s biggest drugmakers including Moderna, AstraZeneca and GSKWho is RFK Jr and what are his likely top priorities?Business live – latest updatesInvestors in pharmaceutical companies are selling off stock after Donald Trump nominated the anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services.RFK Jr has embraced numerous health-related conspiracy theories, and is one of the most persistent and influential vaccine deniers in the US. Continue reading…



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Author : Mark Sweney and Graeme Wearden

Publish date : 2024-11-15 12:21:14

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Archaeologist Alan Endacott says area may have been site of henge monument similar to ‘earlier phase of Stonehenge’Two neolithic stone circles have been discovered on Dartmoor, adding credibility to the theory that a “sacred arc” of monuments was built in the heart of the wild Devon uplands.One of the circles appears to have similar features to Stonehenge while the second sits slightly outside the sweep of the arc and could have served as a gateway used by pilgrims to the area. Continue reading…



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Author : Steven Morris

Publish date : 2024-11-15 11:23:45

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