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TikTok goes offline with message saying it’s ‘temporarily unavailable’ – but suggests Trump could save it

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump stand together during a fireworks display ahead of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, at Trump National Golf Club Washington DC in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., January 18, 2025

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Trump and Melania joined by Ivanka and other family to watch fireworks after return to DC

<p>Broadway star Zelig Williams has been missing for three months and his family are desperate to know what happened </p>

Crime

A Broadway dancer vanished from his home over three months ago. His family believes foul play is involved

<p>Emily Hickox couldn’t believe what she had won after swapping gifts with her dad </p>

NEWS

Woman wins $500k lottery ticket she got in a family gift exchange

<p>Frank Meeink has been helping addicts in recovery who have been impacted by the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area </p>

NEWS

Former neo-Nazi who inspired Hollywood hit is helping addicts impacted by LA wildfires

<p>Dave Chappelle poked fun at president-elect Donald Trump during his appearance on Saturday Night Live </p>

SNL

Dave Chappelle teases Trump over being ‘petty’ before wishing him ‘good luck’

<p>Steve Bannon speaking to Jonathan Karl on ABC News show This Week</p>

TRUMP INAUGURATION

Bannon mocks Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos as Trump ‘supplicants’ making an ‘official surrender’

<p>Farage told the party Trump’s inauguration will change everything</p>

TRUMP INAUGURATION

Nigel Farage proclaimed ‘Britain’s future PM’ at champagne fuelled Trump celebration party

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Gaza truce in limbo as Netanyahu demands list of hostages to be freed

<p>Netanyahu speaks at press conference ahead of truce </p>

<p>Fans of Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks haven’t always aligned with his politics — but they’re supporting his Trump stance </p>

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A Tesla Cybertruck joyride with Elon Musk’s biggest fans

How can a group of climate-conscious, liberal-leaning Tesla superfans in Silicon Valley support the Trump-Musk alliance? Josh Marcus took a cruise in a Cybertruck to find out

<p>Maggie Trakas, pictured with her father, is at war over a vintage photo booth</p>

NEWS

Artist ‘dumped urine’ on hipsters at viral photo booth outside home

Emily Mariko says poignant goodbye with one last viral salmon bowl

<p>Anthony Newton, 45, appears in court in 2017</p>

Crime

Man killed wife’s lover for getting her pregnant while he was in jail

<p>Christoforos Nicolaou, 15, died just 50 days after he was lured into a forum after clicking a pop-up link that appeared whilst he was playing video games.</p>

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Our son took his life after being lured onto the dark web while gaming

<p>David Lynch and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos</p>

David Lynch was working on Netflix limited series before his death

<p>Lee Jonathan Farber was arrested after ‘forcibly’ removing the pro-Trump signs from his neighbor’s fence in Florida</p>

Politics

Florida man arrested for tearing down pro-Trump sign he ‘felt intimidated’ by

<p>A woman is dead and a man was injured after three pit bulls attacked them at their Missouri home</p>

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Wife killed and husband hurt trying to save their pets from Pit Bull attack in their own backyard

<p>Fans spotted Timothée Chalamet wearing a Chanel bag that looks like it came from Kylie Jenner’s daughter’s closet </p>

Fans are convinced Timothée Chalamet is shopping in Kylie Jenner’s wardrobe

Trump’s Transition

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump watch fireworks at Trump National Golf Club, in Sterling, Virginia, U.S. January 18, 2025.

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TRUMP INAUGURATION

Inside the MAGAworld scramble to move Trump’s inauguration indoors

First indoor ceremony in 40 years

<p>Migrants stand in line to receive food from the nonprofit Chi-Care Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Chicago</p>

Politics

Trump’s first major deportation operation will hit Chicago - the day after his inauguration, says report

<p>A Fox News pundit has claimed that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is ‘so hot’ that executing her own puppy would not make a difference on whether she was appointed to head up the Department of Homeland Security </p>

Politics

Fox pundit says Kristi Noem is ‘so hot’ that shooting puppy won’t impact cabinet chances

TRUMP INAUGURATION

Therapists are inundated with people panicking about Trump’s return

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Richard Hall speaks to therapists about how their (mostly liberal) clients are preparing for the chaos of a second term

<p>Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women’s March on Washington January 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Eight years later, organizers are preparing the People’s March </p>

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Eight years ago 500,000 marched in DC against Trump. He has returned and so has the protest - just on a smaller scale

<p>Vivek Ramaswamy is expected to announce a run for governor of Ohio after he was passed over for filling the state’s open Senate seat previously held by J.D. Vance. </p>

Politics

Trump’s DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy reportedly announcing campaign for Ohio governor

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<p>Genesis Monita,19, and her sister were on their way to school in May 2023, when they stopped to order four breakfast tacos, slathered in BBQ sauce, at Bill Miller in San Antonio</p>

News

Restaurant facing $1 million lawsuit over ‘dangerously hot’ sauce that burned teen girl

Genesis Monita,19, dropped scalding hot barbeque sauce over her thighs – an incident that she alleges left her with second-degree burns

<p>New Jersey teacher Laura Caron during her virtual court hearing</p>

Crime

Teacher who ‘gave birth to 13-year-old’s baby’ was friends with his mom and acted as his guardian. What we know

New details in case of teacher, 34, who gave birth to student’s baby

<p>An innocent man was killed after a murder suspect being chased by police crashed into his vehicle in Texas</p>

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Innocent person killed as cop chase with murder suspect ends in crash

<p>Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni</p>

Blake Lively responds to ‘abuser’ Justin Baldoni’s countersuit

<p>‘The passion that I have for entertaining people and making movies, if I don’t engage in that again be grateful for it, I would be a fool,’ Diaz said </p>

Cameron Diaz says ‘best 10 years’ of her life were during acting hiatus

Cameron Diaz delivers verdict on The Mask reboot

<p>Autumn Mercado, 39, a mother-of-three, was found lying dead at the bottom of a stairwell at a home in Salt Lake City Monday afternoon </p>

Crime

Utah mom found dead at bottom of stairs. Her husband was arrested after leaving body to go for beers

<p> A police officer moves a barrier for an emergency vehicle, Oct. 9, 2024, at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado </p>

News

Cause of Colorado gold mine accident that killed tour guide revealed

<p>Pearce was married to Kate Mestitz from 1997 to 2015 </p>

Guy Pearce draws mixed reactions after calling ex-wife ‘greatest love’ despite dating Game of Thrones star

<p>A dog owner is devastated after her puppy went missing while in the care of a pet sitter (stock image) </p>

NEWS

She left her puppy with a top-rated sitter while on vacation. Now her dog is missing

<p>Jim Acosta may soon be moved to midnights even though he is one of the most popular hosts on CNN </p>

News

CNN reportedly looking to bury Jim Acosta in graveyard shift to ‘throw a bone to Trump’

<p>Actor and director Greta Gerwig</p>

Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation lands historic deal ahead of Netflix release

<p>Bad news for US fliers as world’s safest airlines are revealed</p>

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Bad news for US fliers as world’s safest airlines are revealed

<p>Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore outside the Capitol in 2023 </p>

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Chaos in Georgia capitol as banned Republican lawmaker tackled outside House chamber

<p>It’s common to hear stories of recovering bulimics, as well as those with anorexia, accessing Ozempic through back channels</p>

‘It’s alarming’: How Ozempic is being misused and worsening eating disorders

<p>Dulcé Sloan announces she’s leaving The Daily Show after seven years</p>

Lifestyle

Dulcé Sloan announces she’s leaving The Daily Show after seven years

<p>Tesla’s return-to-office policy mirrors that of CEO Elon Musk’s wish to cut out remote work for federal employees</p>

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Former Tesla executive sues Elon Musk’s company over remote work bait-and-switch that upended his life

<p>Nelle Diala claims she was ‘wrongfully fired’ by Alaska Airlines for violating the airline’s social media policy after she posted a TikTok of herself twerking in the aisle of an empty plane</p>

News

‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’: Flight attendant fired for TikTok video launches fundraiser

<p>Wendy Williams’ family starts GoFundMe to free her from guardianship after star says she only has $15</p>

Wendy Williams’ family starts GoFundMe to free her from guardianship after star says she only has $15

<p>At least one person is dead after a shooting at a shopping mall in North Carolina </p>

Crime

One dead at North Carolina’s North Hills mall as Raleigh police rush to scene

<p>North Korean troops are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region </p>

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Putin’s forces locked onto French plane as North Korea troops may ‘be dead by April’

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News

Zuckerberg lawyer skewers his ‘toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness’ as he drops Meta as client

LA Fires

‘I’m not voting’: Stephen King demands Oscars cancelation after California fires

<p>The blaze is unrelated to the California wildfires around 300 kilometres south </p>

News

More than 1,000 evacuated after fire breaks out at California battery plant

<p>A Joshua tree pictured in Las Vegas, overlooking a golf course. Several Nevandas are angry that a new solar farm project destroyed several of the iconic tress</p>

News

Nevada residents outraged as famed Joshua trees are bulldozed to make way for solar farm

<p>The late musician Mac Miller pictured at a drum set in 2013</p>

Mac Miller’s posthumous album is a wonderful, if unsettling, reminder of a talent lost

Liam Payne’s dad sued for $10m by friend of late One Direction singer

<p>Professor James Bowley,62, was fired from his job at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi after expressing his disappointment at the US 2024 Election result </p>

News

Professor fired after calling US a ‘racist fascist country’ in email to students after Trump’s win

<p>Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish</p>

LA fires

Stars set to play LA fires benefit concert

<p>Miami police cars block an intersection on January 16, 2025, as part of their investigation into a man who attacked four homeless people earlier that morning, killing two.</p>

Crime

Man with stick kills two homeless people in Miami in ‘unprovoked’ attack

<p>Mark Carney is entering the race to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau</p>

Canada

Banker Mark Carney enters race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canadian PM

<p>Burned trees from the Palisades Fire are seen from Will Rogers State Park, with the City of Los Angeles in the background, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday. The region is now in severe drought after months without rain. Droughts are expected to become more wide-reaching, frequent and extreme </p>

Droughts across the West are getting worse - and scientists warn it’s not going to get any better

<p>Police in Texas rush K9 officer Rocky to an air ambulance after he was shot during a shootout with an armed suspect on Wednesday</p>

Crime

Heartbreaking moment police rush wounded K9 from shootout with a suspect

<p>Pastor Enoch Ankiwale preached about forgiveness on Sunday. On Monday, he was arrested for alleged sexual battery and kidnapping</p>

Crime

An Oklahoma pastor preached about forgiveness. The next day, he was arrested for sexual battery

Cameron Diaz trolls Trump with Elon Musk claim

<p>Pilot David Allsop was arrested before flying from Savannah, Georgia to Chicago Wednesday because he was allegedly intoxicated </p>

News

Southwest pilot pulled from cockpit by cops in front of stunned passengers after ‘showing up to work drunk’

<p>Major Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist and pain management doctor at Madigan Army Medical Center was given the maximum allowable sentence after he took a plea deal</p>

Crime

Army anesthesiologist gets 13 years behind bars for abusing dozens of men during unnecessary exams

<p>Suchir Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024</p>

News

Family demands outside investigation into OpenAI whistleblower’s death

Investigation

The A-Word: Watch the Independent TV documentary on abortion and America’s war on women

ExclusiveInvestigation

Canceled: The rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi Documentary

Inside Politics

<p>Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Jasmine Crockett</p>

ExclusivePolitics

Rep. Jasmine Crockett received creepy call from Republican staffer after Nancy Mace ‘threatened violence’

Immigration Self Deportation

Trump’s other victory: How he shifted the conversation on immigration

<p>Michelle Obama attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, but plans not to attend his second </p>

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How Team Trump feels about Michelle Obama avoiding Trump’s inauguration

<p>Joe Biden has issued most pardons and commutations of any president </p>

Politics

Biden sets record and commutes sentences of 2,500 non-violent drug offenders in final days as president

<p>Former President Barack Obama urged Chuck Schumer to get Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 election following the diastrous debate with Donald Trump. </p>

Politics

Obama pushed Chuck Schumer to convince Biden to drop out, citing his own ‘frigid relationship’ with the president

POlitics

‘She seems a little angry:’ Kid Rock blasts Michelle Obama as it emerges she will not attend inauguration

Michelle Obama announced she will be skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration event without any explanation

Culture

<p>Cult classics: Paul Brindley, David Gavurin, Harriet Wheeler and Patrick Hannan of The Sundays in 1990 </p>

The Sundays were the dream-pop greats who disappeared without trace

<p>Both Sides Now: Henry Alford’s new book sheds a new, humorous light on the folk music legend Joni Mitchell </p>

Joni Mitchell: Hilarious, cutting, and not one to suffer fools

<p>Lily Allen has said that she checked herself into a clinic because she was spiralling </p>

Inside Lily Allen’s search for happiness – and why she deserves better

<p>Eve Myles: ‘I’ve always wanted to play a DCI – and I tried to play her with huge flaws, and huge cracks’ </p>

Eve Myles: ‘I was really frightened of the responses to Torchwood’

Netflix viewers claim new series is ‘tripe’ – but can’t stop watching

Snoop Dogg fans appalled by performance at Trump inauguration party

Who is performing the national anthem at Trump’s inauguration?

Lifestyle

<p>Lodgers have very few rights in the UK</p>

This disturbing rent trend shows how broken the UK’s housing market is

<p>‘It is still an extremely counter-cultural thing for a man to be a stay-at-home father’ </p>

Stay-at-home dads are being left out of the parenting conversation

<p>Sarah Ferguson was hit with the ‘bomb’ of two cancer diagnoses months apart</p>

Royal Family News

Sarah Ferguson tells of ‘dark places’ she went to with cancer

<p>Mariko first went viral on TikTok for her salmon bowl recipe </p>

Emily Mariko says poignant goodbye with one last viral salmon bowl

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<p>Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun</p>

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise honoured by US navy for his role in Top Gun

<p>Moment plane crashes into Hawaii building and bursts into flames captured on dashcam.</p>

Moment plane crashes into Hawaii building captured on dashcam

Car removed from swimming pool after driver crashes

<p>How the Grinch almost stole Christmas as police bodycam captures culprit in action.</p>

The Grinch almost steals Christmas before police catch him in action

Travel

<p>Simon Calder enjoyed luxury for less in the Polish city of Łódź</p>

We’ve been all over the world in 2024 – these were favorite places

Disney Treasure first look: Adventures with Aladdin and Donald Duck

<p>The property where the Duttons live in Yellowstone is a real life, working ranch in Montana </p>

Inside the real-life ranch where Yellowstone was filmed

<p>Atlanta makes the perfect city break for anyone into food, art and history </p>

Atlanta city guide: What to do and where to stay

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