Immediately after the incident, Trump wrote on Truth Social: "The shooter has been apprehended, and I have recommended that we "LET THE SHOW GO ON" but, will entirely be guided by Law Enforcement."

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Ryan* is 25 and he’s a shoplifter. He’s good at it too – about four times a week, he makes “no small money” by stealing and reselling goods from large department stores where security is limited. He’s

Australian surfer George Pittar beat four Brazilian world champions to claim his first championship tour win. Pittar took down three-time world champion Gabriel Medina in Sunday’s final to claim the M

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I’ve been a teacher for more than 20 years and loved it. I had promotions every couple of years and was happily making my way up the ladder. This year, however, I was made redundant because of restruc

At South and City College in Birmingham, dozens of young people clad in hi-vis vests and hard hats are building mini-walls and plastering half-formed rooms. Some weave in and out of stacks of bricks

Late last month, Impala drove into Soho already flaming hot in the hype stakes: this was a sizzling booking to brag about even before executive chef and co-founder Meedu Saad had turned on the stoves.

The comedian John Robins has always loved talking about booze. In his standup, he used to portray himself as a bon viveur who knew how to give himself the best of times; a larky drinker out for a laug

Last month, Ryan Gosling addressed an audience about to see his new movie. “It’s not your job to keep cinemas open,” he told them. “It’s our job to make things that make it worth you coming out. This

US police say the suspected gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner had multiple weapons on him when he charged a security checkpoint. Surveillance video released by Donald Trump shows the s

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Just before the dinner, I had seen Health Secretary RFK Jr in a small room by the ballroom. I asked him if he was looking forward to the event, and he told me he was hungry and wanted to get on with i

Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. A person, place or thing you perhaps took for granted exits your existence, and only then do you appreciate what they meant to you, how importa

It is being billed as Ukraine’s answer to Saving Private Ryan, updated for an age of drones. The war movie Killhouse is an action thriller which shows off the latest in battlefield technology. Releas

Wrexham captain Dom Hyam will watch former club Coventry City lift the Championship trophy on Sunday having helped them on their journey from the bottom. And then he will try and make sure Phil Parki

Welsh jockey Sean Bowen has been crowned Britain's leading jumps rider for the second year in a row - but has called for changes to racing's "stupid" calendar. Bowen, who officially retained his crow

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Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the disc

Police confirmed they were at the scene following an incident in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Kingsway area of the town, which is just outside Belfast.

Lawmakers and journalists were in shock after a Washington media tradition turned violent on Saturday night, halting the White House correspondents’ dinner while the first course of burrata and greens

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"The conflict with Iran has not just been fought out in Iran. There are increasingly the use of proxies in this country. Of course there's lots of discussion in parliament about who's up, who's down a

The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has said “there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries”, doubling down on his immigration policy and refusing to call out Pauline Hans

Earlier this year, Viola Davis excitedly quoted August Wilson’s play, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, while announcing Michael B Jordan’s Oscar win. “You are shining, Herald Loomis,” she beamed, “shining

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Western Australian police say they proactively blocked 15 members of “issue motivated groups” from attending Anzac Day commemorations, following disruptions that marred earlier ceremonies in the easte

Adrian Segecic has demonstrated again why he could be such a big miss for Australian football as the man who walked away from the Socceroos plundered his first hat-trick in English football. The 21-y

US President Donald Trump was rushed to safety from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after suspected gunshots rang out at the venue. The President and First Lady Melania Trump appeared to be pa

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was interrupted by loud bangs on Saturday evening and Donald Trump and Melania Trump were evacuated immediately as many journalists and their guests ducked under

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And - as he says - he knows a cat when he sees one. He believes they saw a black panther that night. He has good reason to be confident about this, because it's not his first.

He started the page to document the nightly goings-on of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and tells the BBC he would spend six hours a day writing posts from his home in Romania "waking up in the morning when

King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive in Washington DC on 27 April 2026 for a four-day state visit. US President Donald Trump has told the BBC that King's visit could "absolutely" help repair rel