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Wendy Williams has been spotted out in New York City, appearing in good health during a rare public appearance in Manhattan. The former talk show host was seen on a night out wearing a blue-and-gold multi-coloured jacket with short white shorts. She carried a black crocodile Hermès Birkin bag and wore bright red lipstick while dining at Carnegie Diner & Café in Times Square. Williams walked arm-in-arm with a tall man dressed in a black suit and white tie. Her appearance comes as she remains under a court-appointed legal and financial guardianship. Williams and her lawyer, Joe Tacopina, have said…

Christa Pike remained alive after Tennessee officials administered two doses of the lethal-injection drug pentobarbital, prompting Governor Bill Lee to suspend the state’s remaining execution this year and order an independent review. The 50-year-old death-row prisoner was taken by ambulance to an off-site medical facility after the failed attempt at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on Wednesday evening, the Tennessee Department of Correction said. Her lawyers said she was alive and snoring after the procedure, but they had not been told of her medical condition. Pike had been due to become the first woman executed in Tennessee for more…

A passenger who overpowered an attacker on a Flydubai flight says a television series helped him know what to do in the cockpit and prevent a crash. The passenger’s actions came after the attacker was confronted on board the aircraft. He has credited the TV programme with giving him the knowledge to respond once he reached the cockpit.

The SpaceX Crew 13 launch has sent two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut towards the International Space Station, with one crew member facing a major family milestone while in orbit. Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Sergey Teteryatnikov and Joshua Kutryk lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11.10am local time on Thursday. The mission had been scheduled for mid-September but was postponed so a valve in the Crew Dragon’s propulsion system could be replaced. Watkins, who is the mission commander, previously flew to the space station in 2022,…

Moroccan intelligence used spyware, hidden microphones and malware-infected phones to carry out unlawful surveillance of journalists, activists and human rights defenders, Amnesty International has alleged. The organisation said Morocco had developed an extensive surveillance system aimed at silencing critical voices, combining Pegasus spyware with phone tapping, physical monitoring and covert audio and video recording. Its report, Inside Morocco’s surveillance machine, draws on testimony from a former employee of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service, the DGST, alongside leaked documents and journalistic investigations. Amnesty identified the DGST as the agency responsible for deploying Pegasus in Morocco between 2017 and 2021. The spyware was…

Workers are increasingly being asked to do more than one job as companies cut posts in the name of efficiency, a global survey has found. Korn Ferry’s Workforce 2026 report found that 61% of more than 16,000 professionals surveyed across 11 markets said they were carrying out the responsibilities of more than one role. Some 62% said their workloads had increased significantly over the past two years, while 45% said they were too busy to deliver meaningful results that contributed to growth. The findings raise questions over whether businesses are removing jobs faster than they are removing the work attached…

A US Marine whose name was mistakenly included in a Cornell gang rape lawsuit has said his family is facing death threats after his mother’s home address was made public in court records. Sergeant Matthew Ingalls, who serves at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, has never attended Cornell University and is not the man accused in the sexual assault case. The lawsuit instead names a Cornell student with the same name. The Marine’s mother, Victoria Ingalls, said the family was mistakenly served with the legal papers after the wrong Matthew Ingalls was identified. Their address was then added to the…

Manchester United and Chelsea are monitoring a potential transfer for Benfica centre-back Tomas Araujo, although a move in January is currently considered unlikely. The 24-year-old has attracted attention with his performances for Benfica and Portugal, earning a place in his country’s World Cup squad this summer. He can operate at centre-back or right-back, increasing his appeal to clubs seeking defensive reinforcements. Araujo is understood to have a £68 million release clause in his contract. A report by TEAMtalk says both Premier League clubs have been impressed by the defender in recent high-profile matches, but may continue watching him rather than…

A student has died after falling from a fourth-floor balcony at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park, Los Angeles, following an altercation in a classroom, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the campus, in the 800 block of North Avenue 54, at about 12.59pm on Wednesday, 30 September. The boy was taken to hospital but later pronounced dead. Police have identified him only as a male juvenile and have not released his name or age. The Los Angeles Police Department is leading the investigation, with Los Angeles School Police and the Los Angeles Fire Department also responding. Video…

Blasts in Addis Ababa have been reported at three locations, hours after Ethiopia’s National Intelligence and Security Service banned drone flights in the capital and surrounding areas. An intelligence service official, who was not authorised to speak publicly, confirmed the explosions but declined to give further details. A diplomatic source said a blast was heard near the defence headquarters at about 7pm, followed by a siren. Residents in the area later reported hearing another explosion near a factory shortly after midnight. It was not immediately clear whether the blasts were linked to an attack or formed part of training exercises…