Topline Olympic gymnast Simone Biles apologized to former collegiate swimmer and right-wing activist Riley Gaines on Tuesday for a personal comment she made as the two argued over a championship-winning high school softball player last weekend, though Biles maintained children “should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control…
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Rough sleeping will be decriminalised next year under government plans to scrap a 200-year-old law. Ministers are planning to scrap the Vagrancy Act, which outlaws rough sleeping in England and Wales. The law was introduced in 1824 to deal with rising homelessness, but Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has called…
John KeimJun 10, 2025, 09:37 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can also listen to…
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Key Findings Check Point Research (CPR) discovered a new campaign conducted by the APT group Stealth Falcon. The attack used a .url file that exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-33053) to execute malware from an actor-controlled WebDAV server. CVE-2025-33053 allows remote code execution through manipulation of the working directory. Following CPR’s responsible disclosure, Microsoft today, June…
We released an app this year to turn your iPad into an HDMI monitor this year called Orion. In the meantime, we’ve gotten a few questions on exactly how to use it. While we have a manual in the app, here’s our own detailed quick guide to help you get started. Setting up your iPad…
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Getty Images A key planning restriction that heat pumps need to be one metre from a neighbour’s property has been lifted as the government seeks to accelerate the take up of the low-carbon technology. The change, which is part of the government’s Warm Homes Plan to lower household bills…
Philippa Roxby Health reporter Mills/Laity family photograph/PA Wire Martha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021 The failings of a doctor responsible for Martha Mills’ care, who died from sepsis, amounted to “gross negligence” and were “particularly grave”, a medical tribunal says. Her death gave rise to Martha’s Rule in hundreds of…
At a used car market in Beijing, salesman Ma Hui said he fears China’s electric vehicle industry is in a race to the bottom. EV makers, led by the country’s market leader BYD, have been engaged in a bruising price war, depressing profits for the brands, as well as sellers such as Ma. “All of…
This is not the image Army officials had wanted. While tanks, armored troop carriers and artillery systems pour into Washington for the Army’s 250th birthday celebration, National Guard troops from the Army’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, supplemented by active-duty Marines, have been deployed to the streets of Los Angeles. It is a juxtaposition that…
