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Baby dies and two others hospitalized in fentanyl overdoses in Washington state

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Police sound alarm after 13-month-old dies in Everett near Seattle and two other babies taken to hospital in past week

Sudoku 6,461 expert

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Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.

Killer sudoku 915

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Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines.

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I left my suit in San Francisco: thieves swipe bags from Adam Schiff’s car

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Representative running for US Senate forced to attend dinner in shirtsleeves after formal clothing taken from car parked in city garage

‘I enjoy going on the vodka’: party animal Mark Allen on world title quest

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Mark Allen is adamant partying still has its place as he continues his quest for a maiden world snooker title at the Crucible on Saturday.

Paramedic convicted over Elijah McClain killing sentenced to probation

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Jeremy Cooper injected McClain, 23, with ketamine after police forcibly restrained him as he walked home in Denver in 2019

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PEN America cancels festival after authors drop out in support of Gaza

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Cancellation of World Voices festival comes days after organization cancelled 2024 edition of its annual awards ceremony

US court upholds R Kelly’s 20-year prison term for child sexual abuse

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Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his case

‘Everyone should back him’: Ten Hag supports Rashford over ‘abuse’

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Erik ten Hag has backed Marcus Rashford but said the forward must take some responsibility for his fall-off in goals after the England international described months of criticism as “abuse” and said “enough is enough”.

Arteta receives advice from Wenger for Arsenal’s crunch derby at Spurs

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Mikel Arteta has been getting advice from Arsène Wenger as Arsenal prepare for Sunday’s north London derby almost exactly 20 years after “the Invincibles” won the club’s last Premier League title at the home of their rivals Tottenham.

Ange Postecoglou admits he had to hide signs of panic at Spurs after Kane exit

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Ange Postecoglou has admitted he had to hide signs of any panic from his players after Tottenham sold Harry Kane.

‘It’s like juggling sand’: Sean Dyche’s rebuild hit by uncertain Everton future

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Sean Dyche has likened his job as Everton’s manager to “juggling sand” amid protracted uncertainty over the club’s ownership and financial future.

Jürgen Klopp blames himself for failing to galvanise faltering Liverpool

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Jürgen Klopp has blamed himself for Liverpool’s damaging end-of-season slump despite almost singing “We want to see you fight” at his players for the first time in his managerial career during their derby defeat by Everton.

Minneapolis backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit

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Minneapolis city council approves payment to Donald Williams, who tried to intervene to stop police killing in 2020

A Premier League return is the only certainty in Leicester’s cloudy future

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Enzo Maresca’s side kept their heads to secure promotion but financial worries loom large as club prepare for the top flight

Leicester promoted to Premier League after Leeds crash to heavy defeat at QPR

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Across 90 raucous minutes in west London Leeds lost control of this crucial game and with it their future.

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Trump on Trial: What we learned from David Pecker’s testimony

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We’ve now finished our first week of testimony in former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial – and have one major witness in the books.

County cricket: Surrey v Hampshire, Durham v Essex, and more on day one – as it happened

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Colin Ackermann, David Bedingham and Ollie Robinson sparkled for Durham at Chester-le-Street

Hush-money trial live: Trump appears to repeat call for lifting of gag order after Pecker testimony ends – as it happened

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Ex-president rails against ban on attacking key people connected to the trial; longtime Trump assistant asked whether boss distracted while signing checks. This blog is now closed.

Owen Farrell’s late penalty gives Saracens hard-fought win at Bath

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There are plenty of would-be contenders to win this year’s Premiership but they still have to prise Saracens’s stubborn fingers off the trophy. When push comes to shove the defending champions tend to raise their game and a resolute…

QPR 4-0 Leeds United: Championship – live reaction

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2 min: Chair, out on the left, fails to bring down a long diagonal ball from the back.

Trump assistant’s hush-money trial testimony focuses on relationship with Stormy Daniels

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Following David Pecker’s testimony, Rhona Graff was called to the witness stand, to comment on Trump and the adult film actor

Liverpool agree terms with Feyenoord for Arne Slot to replace Jürgen Klopp

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Arne Slot is set to become Liverpool’s next manager after the terms of his move from Feyenoord were agreed in principle between the two clubs on Friday.

US flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen in airplane bathroom

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Investigators say man concealed iPhone to record bathroom video of 14-year-old girl, who used her phone to document evidence

Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes again

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Top health official gives no timeline for issuing rule, saying administration taking more time to consider feedback

‘I’m not here to make other women feel like shit’: Robyn Malcolm on acting, ageing and the power of art

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One of New Zealand’s most beloved actors continues to challenge expectations put on women in hit series she also co-created, After the Party

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Pro-Palestine murals in London face council review and removal

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Tower Hamlets criticised by its own mayor for taking down murals, while Redbridge reviews artwork after complaints

Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says

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Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation