The issue that has Abigail Spanberger on her back heel for the moment is her continued support for Jay Jones, the murder-loving candidate for Attorney General in Virginia.  Spanberger is heavily favored to win despite her waffling on the issue of whether murder is an acceptable way to achieve […]

How civil society can succeed where welfare has failed. Since the launch of the War on Poverty in the 1960s, the rate of those living in poverty, as defined by the US government, has stubbornly persisted. Yet before that, the American poverty rate was dropping fast. It was around 32% in 1950, but postwar prosperity […]

PADDY Power is to shut 57 betting shops across the UK and Ireland, putting almost 250 workers at risk. Parent firm Flutter, which also owns Betfair and Sky Bet, blamed the closures on “increasing cost pressures and challenging market conditions”. Sign up for the Money newsletter Thank you! Paddy Power is to shut 29 of […]

An America’s Got Talent star who had his luggage stolen outside St Pancras Station was told by police they were ‘not responsible’ for helping retrieve his possessions. Country singer Steve Ray Ladson had returned from a gig in Paris via the Eurostar when thieves grabbed his belongings, including his iPhone, iPad and ‘twenty years worth’ of original […]

LAST night’s episode of The Traitors saw YouTube personality Niko Omilana banished from the castle – and it looks like he isn’t reacting well to his early exit. The 27-year-old has taken to TikTok to share his thoughts on his departure and he’s been left screaming in frustration. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank […]