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Florida girl awarded $800,000 for McDonald’s chicken McNugget burn
Getty Images A Florida jury has awarded an eight-year-old girl $800,000 (£622,000) in damages after she received severe burns when a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget fell on her leg. The “dangerously hot” McNugget burnt Olivia Caraballo in 2019, then 4, as she opened her Happy Meal in the car at a McDonald’s drive-thru. Her family had…
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Quiz of the week: Why were Florence Pugh and friends furious?
It’s the weekly news quiz – how closely have you been paying attention to what’s been going on in the world over the past seven days? If you cannot see the quiz, follow this link. Try last week’s quiz via this link. Compiled by Ben Fell What information do we collect from this quiz? Privacy…
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Wife of Gilgo Beach murders suspect files for divorce
Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington The wife of a man accused of murdering three women in Long Island has filed for divorce less than a week after his arrest. Court documents show that Asa Ellerup, 59, filed to divorce Rex Heuermann on Wednesday after 27 years of marriage. Mr Heuermann, an…
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The joy of Ken: Can Barbie’s Ryan Gosling really win an Oscar?
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is receiving rave reviews – not least for Gosling’s hilarious performance as famous male sidekick Ken. Could he go all the way to the awards podium, asks Laura Martin. “She’s everything. He’s just Ken” So runs the humorous tagline for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie about the Mattel doll – and her hunky…
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Eating less meat ‘like taking 8m cars off road’
PHOTOSTOCK-ISRAEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Having big UK meat-eaters cut some of it out of their diet would be like taking 8 million cars off the road. That’s just one of the findings of new research that scientists say gives the most reliable calculation yet of how what we eat impacts our…
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India bans rice shipments to curb price rises
Getty Images India has outlawed the export of non-basmati white rice in an attempt to ward off looming domestic price spikes. Heavy rains have hurt crops in the country and rice prices have risen by more than 11% over the last 12 months. Non-basmati white grain currently accounts for about a quarter of India’s rice…
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Orca mothers keep 5-tonne sons out of trouble
DAvid Ellifrit/CWR By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Older, “post-menopausal” orca mothers protect their adult sons from fights, according to new research. The study examined tooth rake marks on the animals’ bodies – inflicted in confrontations with other orcas. It revealed that, when an adult male’s post-menopausal mum is with him, he is much…
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New York City to hand out fliers urging migrants to go elsewhere
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York New York City plans to distribute fliers at the southern border warning migrants there is “no guarantee” they will receive help if they come there. Mayor Eric Adams announced the…
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Iranian female prisoners tell of filmed strip searches
Getty Images By Parham Ghobadi BBC World Service Former Iranian prisoners of conscience have told the BBC that they were filmed during strip searches in prisons. They also said some detainees were forced to remove their sanitary pad or tampon during their period and squat or squat jump. “They do this to humiliate us,” Mozhgan…
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How will extreme temperatures and heat waves change how we work?
As record heat descends across the world, changing weather stands to shake up work as we know it. Earlier this month, the World Meteorological Organization recorded the hottest week on record. The scorching temperatures have not abated as heat waves continue in Europe, North America, Asia, North Africa and more. As the planet warms, people…