'Vote for Palestine' campaign blamed as Labour suffers defeat in Oldham
Boy, 15, found guilty of murdering Alfie Lewis
Critical incident declared in Bristol as patients told to stay away from hospitals
JK Rowling criticises John Swinney after he fails to say whether trans women are women
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Green party celebrates ‘really encouraging results’ in England’s local elections
Co-leader Adrian Ramsay says party has won spread of council seats in urban and rural areas, from Labour and Tories
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Teenage girl ‘grazed’ by bullet in Washington DC after being caught in shooting crossfire near high school
The teenager was hit after bullets from an ‘exchange of gunfire’ smashed through the window of a classroom at Dunbar High School on Friday morning
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Joe Biden has no authority to suspend 2024 election
The US Constitution grants Congress the power to set the timing of presidential elections , but social media posts claim Joe Biden gave himself the ability to suspend polls in the event of a new pandemic or other emergency. This is false; an April 2024 executive order makes no mention of elections, and constitutional experts say presidents have no authority to modify the electoral calendar .
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London mayor and local elections LIVE: Labour mayor wins in Rishi Sunak's constituency as Starmer celebrates poll gains
Labour hailed a “truly historic” result in PM’s own backyard of York and North Yorkshire in bruising results for Tory leader
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VideoSeveral People Rescued From Roof of Home Amid Catastrophic Flooding in Brazil
Crews continued to rescue residents in Brazil’s flood-hit state of Rio Grande do Sul on Friday, May 3, amid ongoing rainy weather.Video released by the state’s military police on Friday shows several people and a dog being rescued from the roof of their home in the Cruzeiro do Sul municipality.The heavy rain is expected to continue until Saturday, according to local reports.By Friday, at least 37 people had been killed in the floods, according to local officials. At least 74 people were missing,
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Video of sun’s surface captures solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
Ethereal scenes of flowing super-heated material may help explain why atmosphere is hotter than surface
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Striped, not spotted: Missing zebra on the lam in western US
A zebra that made a break for freedom while being transported to a petting zoo in the western United States was on the run Friday.The striped African mammal -- named Z -- was one of four that bolted from a trailer on the side of a highway in Washington state on Sunday.
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