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Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters and tough guys, dies aged 80
Veteran actor best-known for playing Salvatore ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero, friend of Tony Soprano who becomes FBI informantVincent Pastore, a veteran act…
Noma restaurant prepares to reopen under new leadership after abuse allegations
World-class venue puts renewed focus on staff wellbeing under new head chef after René Redzepi stepped down and apologised for his behaviourThe Copenh…
‘Proteinmaxxing’ could lead to higher prices for infant formula, say experts
Whey protein, a key infant formula ingredient, is in growing demand, partly linked to rising use of weight-loss drugsThe rise of “proteinmaxxing” – a …
Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison
Sean Grayson, diagnosed with colon cancer, was sentenced to 20 years for killing Massey in Springfield in 2024A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy won’t…
Missing Australian hiker found dead in Wyoming, officials say
Body of William Standish discovered in Teton mountains as investigators say fatal fall likely cause of deathA 28-year-old Australian hiker who lost co…
Is the cyclosporiasis outbreak slowing? Test-makers are hopeful
Data by one test-maker shows a positivity drop, but rate could be influenced by number of people taking testSign up for the Breaking News US newslette…
High court clears way for clinical trial giving puberty blockers to children
Legal challenge to King’s College London research study claimed it could harm participants but was rejectedA clinical trial of drugs that can delay pu…
Who is Nirmal Purja, the famed mountaineer missing in Broad Peak avalanche?
The British-Nepali climber is one of the most recognised figures in mountaineering.…
DR Congo Ebola epidemic becomes world’s second largest outbreak
Officials declare the outbreak the fastest spreading ever, warning the world to 'pay much more attention'.…
How Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In broke the UK's singles chart record
The duet has spent 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, breaking a 73-year-old record.…
Two men to file wrongful arrest lawsuit over Nancy Guthrie disappearance case
Move seeking $3.25m in damages six months after mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie was last seen safeTwo men questioned early in the search fo…
Inside Barcelona’s most sweltering neighbourhood: El Raval
Densely packed apartments, low incomes, lack of tree cover and poor housing put migrant heart of the capital at risk.…
Approval for China’s mega embassy in London was lawful, UK court rules
The 20,000-square-metre site in London is set to become the largest embassy complex in the UK by area.…
Hull funeral director who left bodies to rot in mortuary jailed for 20 years
More than 80 loved ones spoke of horrors of learning about Robert Bush’s crimes, including mother of a miscarried babyA funeral director has been jail…
World-renowned climber Nirmal Purja among 10 struck by avalanche on Pakistan mountain
Rescuers say four bodies found in search for team caught in Broad Peak avalanche, after trackers showed rapid descentThe world-renowned Nepali mountai…
Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus
As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle …
Medical colleges condemn scrapping of NHS placements for overseas doctors
Scheme brought in up to 500 foreign-trained doctors a year and was seen as example of British ‘soft power’The NHS has scrapped a longstanding scheme t…
Lindsay Clancy’s husband told police children were dead, court hears
Officers in murder trial testify of arriving at Massachusetts home after anguished 911 call from Patrick ClancyThe two police officers focused first o…
Father of boy rescued from California surf ‘forever grateful’ to teen lifeguard
Father of 10-year-old rescued in a dramatic scene captured on video says lifeguard saved his son‘Super proud’: father of teen lifeguard recounts drama…
New Jersey man who rammed car into Brooklyn synagogue sentenced to time served and a week
US judge says case involved a property crime, not a hate crime, and orders mental health treatmentSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA N…
Suspected Kinahan gang leader faces extradition
The ex-boxing promoter was previously named in court as the head of an international drug cartel.…
Detained Ugandan opposition leader Besigye in intensive care, wife says
Kizza Besigye, who faces treason charges, is reported to be 'unconscious' in hospital after collapsing in court.…
Book returned to Australian library – 150 years overdue
The book, Antiquities of Athens, was handed back to Kiama library by a man who found it bricked into a wallAn Australian public library has had a book…
Excess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year
UKHSA estimates 2,877 heat-associated deaths during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice the number in summer 2025The number of excess deaths cause…
Judge orders Amy Winehouse’s father to pay nearly £1m to her friends
Mitch Winehouse ‘knowingly and deliberately’ made unfounded allegations against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, judge saysThe father of British musi…
Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school
Report on Interlochen Center for the Arts details sexual allegations against 47 faculty and staff members since 1950sTwo people who attended a prestig…
Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
Right-wing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for cha…
Triple killer who dismembered bodies of two friends given whole-life jail sentence
James Desborough, who also strangled cellmate to death for snoring while awaiting trial, hid body fragments in Cornwall woodsA triple killer who murde…
‘Each day feels like the last’: Haitians with TPS on edge as confusion clouds US work status
US employers and Haitian immigrants live in constant uncertainty as status of work permits remains in limboFor more than a month, Bobby Kuchinsky arri…
Boy, seven, dies after Essex coast incident that killed cousin and aunt
Musa Ahmed was being treated in intensive care in London hospital after being pulled from West Mersea seaA seven-year-old boy has died a week after an…