Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden has resigned after the party slumped to two by-election defeats. Mr Dowden said in a letter to Boris Johnson that the defeats were “the latest in a run of very poor results” and added: “We cannot carry on with business as usual.” He is the first Cabinet minister to fall
UPDATE: Lil Nas X continued his BET jihad today, releasing the artwork for his new single, “Late to Da Party.” The art depicts him urinating on a BET Award that’s already soaking in bodily fluid in a toilet. He added insult to the injury with a minute-long “Star Wars”-esque text crawl that addressed how BET
A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group is possibly deploying short-lived ransomware families as a decoy to cover up the true operational and tactical objectives behind its campaigns. The activity cluster, attributed to a hacking group dubbed Bronze Starlight by Secureworks, involves the deployment of post-intrusion ransomware such as LockFile, Atom Silo, Rook, Night Sky,
As vegan lifestyle influencer Luke Pearson tells it, on June 6, he was packing to leave his home in Portland, Oregon, for a trip to Mexico, when he reached for Daily Harvest’s frozen French Lentil and Leek Crumbles to cook up a nutritious late-night snack. The product, which he’d gotten in a PR package the
New music Friday is always a million times better when we get new stuff from Kip Moore. Kip just released the second single, “Fire On Wheels,” from his forthcoming (and still unofficially announced) fifth studio album. He had previously teased a short clip of it on TikTok earlier this week. (No, hell hasn’t actually frozen
This article contains spoilers for Black Adam #1 from DC Comics You think you know Black Adam? The brand new Black Adam series from DC might have something to say about that. Black Adam #1 by Christopher Priest and Rafa Sandoval might very well be the best single issue of superhero comics released so far
J.K. Rowling fell victim to a Russian-made prank while talking to who she thought was Ukrainian President Zelensky … but ended up being one big troll. The author jumped on a zoom call with — not the president — but Russian-based comedy duo Vovan and Lexus … the two have been known for prank-calling high-profile
Huawei Nova 10 series is all set to launch on July 4 in China. Huawei, via Weibo, has confirmed the arrival of the new Nova series smartphones in its home country. The upcoming lineup is expected to include Huawei Nova 10 and the Huawei Nova 10 Pro models and will succeed Huawei Nova 9 series
Retail sales fell in May as rapidly rising food prices and the cost of living crisis dented people’s confidence in the economy and their desire to spend money. Sales volumes dropped by 0.5% last month as shoppers cut back on spending in supermarkets – which fell by 1.6% – amid soaring costs, according to figures
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Crash director and screenwriter Paul Haggis will remain under house arrest following an Italian judge’s ruling over charges of sexual assault, Variety reports. The director was detained and arrested in southern Italy on Sunday after an unnamed woman accused him of repeated sexual assault and aggravated personal injury. Judge Vilma Gilli made the decision in
Hundreds of nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center staged a one-day strike Thursday, June 23, claiming they are understaffed, overworked and lacking in supplies needed to adequately do their job. Nearly 700 of the facility’s 1,200 nurses were on hand, wielding picket signs reading, “On Strike for Safe Patient Care.” The nurses, represented
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution gives people the right to carry a gun outside their home, in a significant new ruling for gun rights. The decision is expected to allow more people to legally carry firearms in some of America’s biggest cities – such as LA, New York and Boston –
Polls have closed in the by-elections being held in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton. Both seats were held by the Conservatives before their previous MPs resigned in disgrace, triggering the by-elections. Results are expected to be announced overnight. The polls are regarded as a key test for Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s leadership after 148 of
UPDATED, with latest: A number of lawmakers, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), sought presidential pardons after January 6th, according to testimony before the committee’s hearing on Thursday. “The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is you think you committed a crime,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). The
The beleaguered Israeli surveillanceware vendor NSO Group this week admitted to the European Union lawmakers that its Pegasus tool was used by at least five countries in the region. “We’re trying to do the right thing and that’s more than other companies working in the industry,” Chaim Gelfand, the company’s general counsel and chief compliance
Jonah Handler was dozing off to the soft whistle-bloop of tweets and texts and Snapchat DMs, as teenagers do. His iPhone clock showed 1:15, late for a school night, when the boom — a hard, splitting crackle-pop, like the devil at batting practice — roused his mother, too. They met on the small balcony off
Bocephus and the Duckman… Riley Green opened up a few shows for Hank Williams Jr. this past weekend, and at a stop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, they teamed up for a rousing rendition of Hank Jr.’s 1982 classic hit, “Family Tradition.” The song was originally released in 1979 as the fourth and final single
On his latest single “The Ship,” which The Boot is exclusively premiering today (June 23), celebrated singer-songwriter Andrew Combs explores the uncertainty of life, death and what comes after. “This is a song about losing a friend to an overdose,” Combs tells The Boot. “After on and off again sobriety, he finally lost his battle with addiction.
Play video content Discovery+ There could be a “Watergate moment” in the January 6th hearings … because there are HOURS of footage not just before the insurrection, but on that very day and after … and the House Committee has now subpoenaed all of it. Filmmaker Alex Holden had incredible access to Donald Trump and