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Published: 07:46 EDT, 11 March 2012 | Updated: 08:18 EDT, 11 March 2012 A flock of birds cried fowl in spectacular fashion when a predator swooped in for the kill – forcing them to form the shape of an exclamation mark.Photographer Nuray Gonulalan was amazed when she looked up and saw the familiar punctuation symbol – often associated with shock or panic – hovering above her.She grabbed her camera and captured the pack of birds in their striking formation as they desperately attempted to escape in Mogan Lake, Ankara, Turkey. ‘Like a cartoon’: Photographer Nuray Gonulalan captured a flock of…
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Published: 00:41 EST, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 14:45 EST, 12 November 2024 MAGA darling Kari Lake failed to secure a victory in her second bid for public office in Arizona, despite Donald Trump winning the swing state.The race was called for Democrat Ruben Gallego, an Arizona congressman, on Monday after Trump officially flipped the state two days earlier to sweep all seven swing states in the 2024 presidential election. In addition to a remarkable win to take back the White House, Republicans also flipped the Senate red and the party is well on the way…
By JAKE FENNER Published: 18:12 EST, 15 November 2024 | Updated: 21:18 EST, 15 November 2024 Like father, like son. Kiyan Anthony, the son of NBA legend Carmelo Anthony, has announced that he will be playing basketball at Syracuse University.Kiyan, a consensus top-40 prospect and the top prospect in the state of New York, had also been considering USC in his recruiting process.The commitment, revealed on Carmelo’s ‘7pm in Brooklyn’ podcast, comes over 21 years after his father won the school’s only NCAA title as a freshman back in the spring 2003.’I chose Syracuse because the coaches recruited me from…
A criminology student who threw beer over a police officer and kicked at riot shields at a riot in Liverpool following the deaths of three girls in Southport has been jailed. Liverpool Crown Court hear on Thursday that Gerard Cooch, 39, was one of ‘hundreds’ who flocked to the centre of the city on August 3 to violently riot in the wake of the Southport stabbings, which were wrongly attributed to an immigrant by far-right groups. Cooch, who lives in nearby Bootle, was seen on CCTV and mobile phone footage, which was subsequently posted to YouTube and TikTok, making ‘accusatory and hostile’…
Taylor Swift revealed she and Gracie Abrams lost their cool after learning their track, Us, was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2025 Grammys.While on stage at her third Eras Tour concert in Toronto on Friday, the pop star, 34, recalled her emotional reaction to finding out that their track earned a nod from The Recording Academy last week. ‘The Eras Tour has been going on about a year and a half now, and so, a lot of life can happen in the phase of that tour and a lot of art can happen in the course of that tour,’ she…
Searching on Google might seem like one of the safest things to do online. But cybersecurity experts warn that there are some searches which could put you at serious risk of being hacked.Last week, it was revealed that cybercriminals had hijacked the Google results for ‘Are Bengal cats legal in Australia?’ to infect cat-lovers’ computers.Now, experts have revealed the seven other common words and phrases you should never Google.Using a technique called ‘SEO poisoning’ criminals exploit Google’s search results to lure unsuspecting victims into websites they control.Following these links could lead to hackers taking over your computer, stealing your information, and…
They’re the common cold remedies most of us have in our bathroom cabinets. But last week, over-the-counter products such as Lemsip, Sudafed and Beechams were at the centre of an unlikely controversy after the US Food and Drug Administration proposed removing some of the products from sale over mounting evidence that one of the main ingredients, a decongestant called phenylephrine, doesn’t work when given orally.Professor Ron Eccles, former head of the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University, said phenylephrine was an ‘ineffective medicine’ and products containing it should also be ‘taken off the shelves’ in the UK.It prompted uproar on…
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 10:34 EST, 17 November 2024 | Updated: 11:07 EST, 17 November 2024 Donald Trump is focused on putting in place a team that immediately course-corrects the U.S. economy.But this effort has bled into a bitter public fight over who should lead the president-elect’s Treasury Department.Top Trump allies Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS), are advocating for transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to get the coveted role.The last-minute support for Lutnick comes amid a private lobbying campaign…
Published: 08:41 EDT, 11 March 2012 | Updated: 11:18 EDT, 11 March 2012 Passers-by were left horrified when a ‘mentally-ill’ father bit off his six-year-old son’s penis and spat it out. Witnesses in Shenzhen, in the Guangdong province of China, said the 32-year-old father was walking with his naked son and four-year-old daughter on the street when he commanded the boy to lick his penis.When the boy refused, he then attacked him using his teeth to remove his son’s genitals. Despicable: A picture of the six-year-old boy whose father bit off his penis in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province of…
The food stamps scheme used by 42 million US residents has become too widespread and costly and hooks recipients on welfare, new research shows.The conservative Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) in a report urges Congress to pare back a ballooning program by requiring more beneficiaries to work when they can.The study comes amid mounting challenges for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps low-income families buy groceries, snacks, and non-alcoholic drinks.Washington lawmakers are poised to release the text of an updated Farm Bill within days, with Republicans gunning to trim $30 billion worth of nutrition program funding over 10…