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California seeks millions in penalties from State Farm over alleged claims violations after LA wildfires

The Guardian • 4 months ago

State’s top insurance regulator says insurance company violated law while handling claims from 2025 wildfiresCalifornia is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm after an investigation found the insurance company was slow to investigate and underpaid claims from the 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, regulators announced on Monday.State Farm violated the law hundreds of times in a ...

Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report findsNorwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found.Norway is the largest farmed salmon producer in the world, and nutr...

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over acrimonious It Ends With Us production

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Settlement details were not revealed in the agreement that put an end to a highly anticipated trial before it beganSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their legal dispute from the acrimonious production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us, just weeks before a highly anticipated scheduled trial.In a joint statement on Monday, legal represent...

GameStop shares fall 10% after CEO skirts questions over eBay acquisition details

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ryan Cohen said he didn’t understand questions about how the video games retailer could afford its $55.5bn bidSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailGameStop’s shares fell more than 10% on Monday as questions emerged about how the company would finance its surprise $55.5bn bid for eBay.In an interview with CNBC, Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s CEO, skirted repeated inquiries about how the video g...

‘A test of our values’: Starmer to call for whole-society response to rising antisemitism

The Guardian • 4 months ago

PM will say responsibility to stand with Jewish communities lies with ‘every one of us’ at event on TuesdayKeir Starmer will call for a whole-of-society response to rising antisemitism on Tuesday, saying that it is not enough simply to condemn the scourge, but people “must show it” through their actions too.Before a roundtable event at Downing Street, the prime minister will call for action on all...

Zohran Mamdani condemns ICE after police and protesters clash in Brooklyn

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Police forcibly broke up protest outside hospital where federal immigration agents took detainee for evaluationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and other local officials on Monday condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after federal officers dragged a man out of a hospital building where he had been taken following an arrest, pro...

Two volunteers among three dead off NSW coast after rescue boat rolls while trying to help sinking yacht

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Three people confirmed dead but four made it to shore after rescue went wrong in rough seasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo marine rescue volunteers have died as they sought to assist a stricken yacht in a deadly rescue mission.Three people died during the rescue effort as volunteers went to the aid of a yacht at t...

Three die in boating tragedy off NSW coast after rescue boat rolls while trying to help sinking yacht

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Three people confirmed dead but four made it to shore after rescue went wrong in rough seasThree people are dead after a marine rescue turned deadly.NSW Police said four people made it to shore after two vessels became stricken in heavy conditions on Monday night. Continue reading...

Democrats say ‘fight is just beginning’ after supreme court’s temporary reinstatement of abortion pill access – live

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on MondaySign up for the Breaking News US emailThe supreme court issued a temporary order to restore access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail on Monday.This comes after two companies who manufacture mifepristone the drug filed an emergency appeal to the court on Saturday asking it to halt a c...

Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’ if it attacks US vessels

The Guardian • 4 months ago

US launched an operation on Monday in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale warSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crew...

Person shot by law enforcement near Washington monument, Secret Service says

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The person’s condition and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately knownAn individual was shot by law enforcement on Monday near the Washington monument, the Secret Service said.The person’s condition and the circumstances surrounding the shooting around 15th Street and Independence Avenue were not immediately known. Continue reading...

Feminism play Liberation and first world war novel Angel Down among Pulitzer winners

The Guardian • 4 months ago

This year’s winners also include Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone’s on housing insecuritySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Pulitzer prize officials awarded the fiction award to an author with a long history in fantasy, horror and young adult novels: Daniel Kraus, cited for Angel Down, a first world war narrative that unfolds in one long sentence. Liberatio...

Australia news live: four Australians among passengers on luxury cruise ship hit by deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak

The Guardian • 4 months ago

MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Stephanie Convery with the main action.Mortgage holde...

Met Museum show at new Costume Institute puts fashion in same spotlight as Egyptian artefacts

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Costume Art pairs couture pieces with items from its collection in exploration of many kinds of human bodiesSpeaking at the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute spring exhibition in New York, Anna Wintour described the first Monday in May as her “favourite day of the year, and also my most terrifying one”.This particular Monday may be more high-stakes than previous years, ...

Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency over health issues: ‘I’ve still got some healing to do’

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The 80-year-old singer will not be performing rescheduled dates in September but assured fans she is receiving treatment and ‘improving every day’Dolly Parton has canceled her Las Vegas residency over ongoing health issues.The 80-year-old singer had originally been scheduled to perform six shows at Caesar’s Palace last December but moved the dates to September 2026. She has now announced on social...

Victoria state budget 2026: state back in black and forecasting two back-to-back surpluses

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Labor’s 2026-27 budget shows state has recorded a $700m surplus this financial year, the first since before the Covid-19 pandemicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria is back in black for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with Tuesday’s state budget to deliver an operating surplus and forecasting anot...

Victoria state budget 2026: state back in black forecasting two back-to-back surpluses

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Labor’s 2026-27 budget shows state has recorded $700m surplus this financial year, first of its kind since before the Covid-19 pandemicGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria is back in black for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with Tuesday’s state budget to deliver an operating surplus and forecasting another next financial year.The 2026-27 budget, to b...

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs about trying to oust Keir Starmer

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs toldCabinet ministers have warned mutinous Labour MPs that any attempt to oust Keir Starmer after a potentially disastrous set of election results this week would unleash chaos for the party that would not be easily overcome.However, several told the Guardian that even with the prime minister’s d...

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs warnedCabinet ministers have warned mutinous Labour MPs that any attempt to oust Keir Starmer after a potentially disastrous set of election results this week would unleash chaos for the party that would not be easily overcome.However, several told the Guardian that even with the prime minister’s...

Middle East crisis live: Trump warns Iranian forces they will be ‘blown off the face of the Earth’ if they target US ships

The Guardian • 4 months ago

US president’s comment echoes threat that ‘whole civilisation will die’ as tension over strait of Hormuz ramps up againDonald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockadeWe have a bit more of the statement from Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, who said earlier that the US or any other foreign armed forces would be attacked if t...

Florida’s Republican governor signs state’s new congressional map into law

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Ron DeSantis approves maps that give Republicans an advantage in four more races in November’s midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesFlorida governor Ron DeSantis signed a new gerrymandered congressional district map into law Monday which gives Republicans an electoral advantage in four additional races in November’s midterm elections.“Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,” DeSantis said in a post on ...

Fire causes ‘substantial damage’ to Book of Mormon theater in New York

The Guardian • 4 months ago

‘Deep-seated fire’ forces temporary closure of Eugene O’Neill Theatre, which is home to the long-running musicalSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA fire broke out Monday in the Broadway theater that hosts the The Book of Mormon, forcing the long-running musical to close, at least temporarily, as the historic venue undergoes repairs.The blaze, which began in an electrical room, cause...

Starmer lauds £78bn EU loan for Ukraine amid increased Trump tensions

The Guardian • 4 months ago

Prime minister uses European Political Community summit to begin negotiations for UK participation in schemeKeir Starmer has said the benefit of joining the European Union’s £78bn loan scheme for Ukraine “outweighs the cost” as he argued the continent must move at pace to bolster its own defence.The prime minister, who said the UK’s involvement in the recovery loan plan would also help create jobs...

Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade

The Guardian • 4 months ago

US operation announced as ‘Project Freedom’ dramatically raises stakes in conflictMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has launched Donald Trump’s bid to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war as Iran sought to reassert its blockade.The US operation, which got und...

Rapper Kid Cudi fires MIA from tour after ‘offensive’ Republican rant

The Guardian • 4 months ago

The British artist was booed after identifying as a Republican voter while on stage in DallasRapper Kid Cudi has fired MIA from his tour after the British artist went on a rant that went viral while on stage in Dallas.While opening up for the hip hop artist on 2 May, MIA was booed after saying: “I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican v...