A toddler fatally shot a woman while she was on a work-related video call, police in Florida have said. Shamaya Lynn, 21, reportedly fell backwards and never returned to the Zoom call after the young child found an unsecured, loaded handgun inside the apartment. Altamonte Springs police said someone on the video call rang 911
Month: August 2021
Six people – including a suspected gunman – have died following a shooting in Plymouth, police have confirmed. Two females and two males were found dead at the scene in the Keyham area of the city – along with a man who has been described as the suspected offender. All are believed to have died
Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down as the pop star’s conservator. Court documents say: “Mr. Spears is willing to step down when the time is right, but the transition needs to be orderly and include a resolution of matters pending before the Court. “In order to reach that result, the Court should encourage
The UK is sending military personnel to help evacuate Britons from Afghanistan as the security situation in the country rapidly deteriorates. The move was authorised by the defence secretary on Thursday morning. The US has also announced that it is deploying some 3,000 additional troops to help the departure of its embassy staff. The American
Peers in the House of Lords charged taxpayers more than £46,000 on their day of tributes to Prince Philip. In a Freedom of Information request by Sky News, it was revealed that 162 peers in the upper chamber claimed a daily allowance for 12 April. Only 65 of those who claimed actually made a speech
The board of British pharmaceutical firm Vectura has backed a takeover offer from tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI), despite lobbying from health groups. PMI, the company behind Marlboro cigarettes, had offered 165p per share – or around £1.1bn – for the Wiltshire-based firm, which makes inhaled medicines and devices to treat respiratory illnesses such
Abusive online posts are less likely to be identified if they feature emojis, new research suggests. Some algorithms designed to track down hateful content – including a Google product – are not as effective when these symbols are used. Harmful posts can end up being missed altogether while acceptable posts are mislabelled as offensive, according
Actress Una Stubbs, known for her roles in Till Death Us Do Part, Sherlock and Worzel Gummidge, has died at the age of 84. The star, who was born in Hertfordshire in 1937, had a career in film, television and theatre spanning decades. Her family said: “Mum passed away quietly today with her family around
Lionel Messi’s contract at Paris Saint Germain includes some of the French club’s cryptocurrency fan tokens. The Argentine, 34, left Barcelona due to “financial obstacles” and signed a two-year contract with the Qatari-owned PSG on Tuesday. His contract includes an option for a third year as well as cryptocurrency tokens in his “welcome package”, which
Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to “reassess” the licence for an oil field near Shetland given the “severity of the climate emergency we now face”. Opponents of plans for fossil fuel extraction from the Cambo oil field say it risks sending mixed messages ahead of the UK hosting the COP26 climate summit in
Actress Beanie Feldstein can be seen in her role portraying Monica Lewinsky for the first time in a new teaser trailer for Impeachment: American Crime Story. The upcoming third instalment of the acclaimed anthology series will explore the fallout from Bill Clinton‘s affair with Ms Lewinsky in the 1990s. In the new FX Networks clip,
Facebook could be forced to sell GIF library Giphy after an investigation by the UK competition regulator found it could damage social media choice and the display advertising market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an in-depth investigation into the deal in April after raising a number of concerns. They included evidence that Giphy
Hackers have now returned more than half of the $610m (£517m) they stole in one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists. Poly Network, a platform that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions, said it has recovered $342m (£247m) – but $268m (£194m) is still missing. The company, which allows users to swap tokens across different blockchains, announced the
The number of alerts sent to users of the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales has fallen by 20%. A total of 317,132 alerts were sent to users in the week to 4 August telling them they had been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus – a drop of
Fighting in Afghanistan’s Kandahar region has become “extremely intense” amid the continued insurgence of the Taliban in the country. It comes after warnings the capital Kabul could fall within the next 90 days, with the hardline Islamist group now controlling around 65% of Afghanistan. In Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city which is situated 480km (300
The UK economy grew by 4.8% in the second quarter of the year, according to official figures charting the fightback from the last lockdowns imposed on households and businesses to tackle the coronavirus crisis. The data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) had been expected to show a hit in the final month as
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