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Comedian pulled from stage in Birmingham about 45 minutes into performance and audience told to leaveA live show by comedian Peter Kay in Birmingham has been stopped after a “potential suspicious bag” was found around the venue.The Utilita Arena Birmingham was evacuated and a 19-year-old man was taken into custody, West Midlands police said on Friday evening. Continue reading...

Investigation found Botstein – who had claimed he wasn’t friends with Epstein – made 25 visits to his townhouseLeon Botstein has announced he is stepping down from the helm of Bard College, after an independent review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein found the college president’s frequent interactions with the convicted sex offender “could have alerted” him to the possibility that he and Bard would be facilitating Epstein’s abuse of women.An investigation by the WilmerHale law firm, which had been commissioned by Bard’s board of trustees earlier this year to review Botstein’s interactions with Epstein, found the Bard president – who had previously claimed he was not friends with Epstein – made about 25 visits to Epstein’s townhouse, a two-day visit to Epstein’s Little St James Island, and that there were two visits by Epstein to Bard. These visits, WilmerHale reported, included “multiple women” who have since been identified as victims of Epstein. Continue reading...

President seemed to suggest that legislative deadline to approve war no longer applies as Democrats push backUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump said in a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday that hostilities with Iran have “terminated”, suggesting that the 60-day deadline to seek approval from the legislative branch no longer applied.Friday marks 60 days since the US president notified members of Congress that the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on 28 February. Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can deploy troops to respond to an “imminent threat” but must receive congressional approval within 60 days to continue military operations. Continue reading...

Nearly 2,000-year-old artifact handed over by FBI matches piece missing from museum near Rome for decadesA nearly 2,000-year-old Roman grave marker discovered in a New Orleans backyard has now been returned to Italy.The marble epitaph – dating back roughly 1,900 years – was officially handed over to Italian officials in Rome on Wednesday during a ceremony led by the FBI. The event also marked the repatriation of another antiquity recovered in the US, the agency said. Continue reading...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences 同时也修订了关于国际影片参选资格的规则。 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 周五宣布了针对 Oscars 的一系列重大变化，包括允许一名演员在同一奖项类别中获得多个提名的新政策，以及禁止将表演及编剧类奖项授予由 AI 完成的作品。 根据该机构理事会颁布的新章程，只有在经本人同意且“确证由人类完成”的情况下的表演才有资格角逐表演类 Oscars，而只有人类创作的剧本才有资格入围任何编剧类奖项。继续阅读...

Leo 曾批评过 Trump 的强硬移民政策，选定 Evelio Menjivar-Ayala 担任该州新任主教 订阅 Breaking News US 电子邮件以在收件箱中获取时事通讯提醒 Pope Leo XIV 任命了一名曾通过躲藏在汽车后备箱内作为无证移民进入 United States 的男子，担任 West Virginia 的新任主教。 据 OSV News 报道，教皇批准了 West Virginia 州 Wheeling-Charleston 的 Mark E Brennan 主教的辞职，并选定 55 岁的 Washington 主教 Evelio Menjivar-Ayala 接替其职位。继续阅读...

• 树懒原定在一家备受争议的新主题公园展出，但报告显示这些哺乳动物死于仓库中 • 佛罗里达州检察官周五表示，他们已对数十只原定在一家备受争议的新主题公园展出的南美树懒死亡事件展开刑事调查 • 佛罗里达州鱼类和野生动物保护委员会 (FWC) 上周发布的一份报告显示，奥兰多即将开业的旅游景点 Sloth World 的业主从秘鲁和圭亚那热带雨林带回的 31 只哺乳动物在 2024 年 12 月至 2025 年 2 月期间死于一个没有暖气的仓库中

首相表示，在 Green 领袖道歉并表示其“仓促”分享推文后，该转发行为是“可耻的” Keir Starmer 谴责 Zack Polanski “可耻”且不适合领导政党，此前这位 Greens 领袖分享了一篇批评警方在 Golders Green 刺伤事件中应对嫌疑人方式的社交媒体贴文。 首相表示，任何对于参与逮捕行动的警察的批评，对于在可能面临严重危险的时刻必须做出瞬间决定的警官们而言都是不公平的。 继续阅读...

• 面对选举失利的担忧，领导层人选成为关注焦点，Greater Manchester 市长的盟友正在加紧为回归做准备 • 盟友称，Andy Burnham 计划在“几周内”重返 Westminster • 本周，当 Westminster 的目光集中在议会的委员会会议室和投票大厅时，Keir Starmer 的政治前途正在其他地方尘埃落定

• 在州首府Austin西南40英里处的城市发生深夜坠毁事故后，Cessna 421C机上所有人员全部遇难 • 官员于周五表示，一架小型飞机在Texas Hill Country的树林中坠毁，造成机上五人全部遇难 • Hays县法官Ruben Becerra在Facebook发布的一份帖子中表示，坠机事件于周四深夜发生在Wimberley，该市位于州首府Austin西南约40英里

• 该公司承认未能防止在阿尔及利亚和阿曼通过使用代理商寻求公共部门合同时发生的贿赂行为 • 英国国防公司 Ultra Electronics 已对未能防止贿赂承担责任，并同意在 Serious Fraud Office 进行调查后支付 1500 万英镑 • 这些处罚是高等法院周五批准的延期起诉协议的一部分。该调查始于 2018 年，当时在阿尔及利亚媒体发布腐败指控一个月后，该公司主动向英国执法机构自首。继续阅读...

• US 总统表示汽车和货车的关税将升至 25%，并指责 European Union 不遵守协议 • Donald Trump 表示，他正在撕毁去年夏天在 Scotland 他的高尔夫球场与 EU 领导人达成的部分关税协议，批评 Brussels 批准协议的时间过长。在周五 May Day 银行假日深夜，他令 Brussels 猝不及防，宣布从下周起，他将把从 EU 进口到 US 的汽车和货车关税从 15% 提高到 25%。继续阅读...