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  • NewsHuffPost UK

    Labour Seizes Control Of Tory Councils As Rishi Sunak Braces For Local Election Drubbing

    The Conservatives are on course to lose hundreds of seats.

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  • NewsAFP

    'Bollard man' who confronted Sydney stabber is French, not Russian

    A man who fended off a knife-wielding attacker who killed six people in a Sydney mall in April 2024 was French, not Russian -- as was falsely claimed in social media posts. The accounts shared video of the confrontation that appeared to show the man -- who was armed only with a shopping mall bollard -- shouting "Stay back!" in Russian, but the French national told Australian media that he did not say anything to the attacker.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Local elections results 2024 - live: Early gains for Labour as votes counted in mayoral and council contests

    As the first results started coming in, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK looks like a major threat to the Conservatives’ fortunes

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  • NewsKameraOne

    Inferno chaos on I-95: Petroleum tanker explosion shuts down Connecticut highway

    A petroleum tanker explosion on I-95 in Norwalk, Connecticut, caused chaos and shut down both sides of the highway on May 2. Flames and smoke engulfed the area, leading to several miles of delays.

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  • NewsAFP

    Posts falsely claim Galapagos island has 'no plants, animals or rainfall'

    Baltra Island in the Galapagos -- the famous Ecuadorian archipelago that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution -- is home to plants and unique animals found nowhere else in the world, contrary to false online posts and media reports shared in March 2024. The islet has historically recorded low rainfall throughout the year, contradicting an additional misleading claim that it receives no rain.

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  • NewsStoryful

    Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding in Southeast Texas

    Heavy rain triggered severe flooding in parts of southeast Texas on Thursday, May 2.Footage filmed by Justin Aaron shows floodwaters surrounding a church in Dayton on Thursday.A flood watch was issued for the region until Friday evening. Credit: @JustinAaronUH91 via Storyful

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  • NewsStoryful

    Students Sing US National Anthem to Pro-Palestine Protesters at Rutgers University

    Students sang the US national anthem to a group of pro-Palestine protesters at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, before their encampment was cleared out on Thursday, May 2.Footage filmed and posted to X by Brendan Gutenschwager on Thursday shows protesters on the Rutgers University campus with linked arms; behind them is a group of students singing The Star-Spangled Banner. A few of the protesters can be seen “taking a knee” as the song is sung. According to Gutenschwager, the stu

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