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Police fear serial killer may be on loose in California after spate of shootings

Police investigating five fatal shootings in California believe a serial killer might be on the loose in the state. Detectives released a grainy image...

Truss and Kwarteng ditch plan for tax cut for highest earners

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government is axing plans to give the wealthiest 1% a tax cut following a bitter backlash from...

Worst bird flu outbreak in UK history could put Christmas turkeys at risk

Christmas turkey supplies could be at risk if the worst avian flu outbreak in UK history continues to spread, the National Farmers’ Union has...

Cost of living: Price of groceries could go up by £1.7bn as carbon dioxide price surges

The price of groceries could surge by £1.7bn due to the cost of carbon dioxide rising by as much as 3000%, new analysis has...

Around 2.6 million young people used an illegal drug in past year, charity finds

At aged 13, Nathan had already started dabbling in drugs. “I was quite young, started smoking weed with other kids at school. But as...

Environment

Worst bird flu outbreak in UK history could put Christmas turkeys at risk

Christmas turkey supplies could be at risk if the worst avian flu outbreak in UK history continues to spread, the National Farmers’ Union has...

Environment

Cost of living: Price of groceries could go up by £1.7bn as carbon dioxide price surges

The price of groceries could surge by £1.7bn due to the cost of carbon dioxide rising by as much as 3000%, new analysis has...

Environment

Around 2.6 million young people used an illegal drug in past year, charity finds

At aged 13, Nathan had already started dabbling in drugs. “I was quite young, started smoking weed with other kids at school. But as...

Environment

Man dies after incident at charity boxing match in Norwich

A man has died after what police have described as an incident at a charity boxing match. Norfolk Police said they were called to...

Environment

King Charles will host South Africa’s president in first state visit as sovereign

King Charles will welcome South Africa’s president and first lady to Buckingham Palace for the first state visit of his reign. The palace has...

Environment

Cost of living: The price of hunger

Long before the recent economic woes hitting the pound, mortgages and the price of essentials, a survey in April from The Food Foundation charity...

Politics

Truss and Kwarteng ditch plan for tax cut for highest earners

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government is axing plans to give the wealthiest 1% a tax cut following a bitter backlash from...

Environment

Truss to ditch plans to abolish 45p rate of tax for higher earners

Prime Minister Liz Truss is to ditch plans to abolish the 45p rate of tax for higher earners, Sky News understands. In a huge...

Sports

Wisconsin fires Chryst, names Leonhard interim

7:26 PM ET 1 Related Chryst, 56, who was born in Madison, finishes 67-26 in seven-plus seasons at Wisconsin, his alma mater. He won...

Sports

Winless Colorado fires coach Dorrell, DC Wilson

3:26 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Colorado fired football coach Karl Dorrell on Sunday in the wake of the Buffaloes’ 0-5 start to the 2022...

Florida man survives Hurricane Ian by floating on a sofa for two-and-a-half hours

In the sunshine state, we met the sofa survivor. In the worst hit part of southwest Florida, David Dean told us how he saw...

World

Da Silva and Bolsonaro to face each other in run-off Brazil election

Brazilians will head to the polls again on 30 October for a second round vote after former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva secured...

Technology

Pro-Russian groups are raising funds in crypto to prop up military operations and evade U.S. sanctions

Pro-Russian groups have raised $400,000 in cryptocurrency since the start of the Ukraine invasion to fund paramilitary operations and evade U.S. sanctions.

Sports

Padres clinch second playoff berth since 2006

6:57 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres clinched their first playoff berth in a full season since 2006 on...

Sports

Pujols honored pregame, then slugs 702nd HR

4:22 PM ET ESPN News Services “He continues to just wow everybody,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. “That was no different.” Pujols and...