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Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath has criticised lawyer Ben Crump over claims that text messages were deleted from Nolan Wells’s mobile phone. Crump and a forensic expert appointed by his team said they had found deleted data on the phone, including messages on Snapchat, during a press conference about what they described as alleged new evidence. McIlrath disputed the interpretation, saying: “The user action discussed by [Crump’s team] is from other snapchat users, not someone physically accessing Nolan Wells’ phone.” She said Crump’s team had not supplied evidence to the district attorney’s office supporting a different conclusion. “If…

Five people were taken to hospital after police and emergency crews responded to a suspected narcotics exposure at an apartment complex in Largo, Florida, on Thursday evening. The incident began shortly after 6pm at Oasis at Bayside on Glades Circle, near Ulmerton Road, when a woman called police about her boyfriend, who she said was behaving irrationally after smoking cannabis. Three officers went to the flat and found the man, identified by police as Richard Charles, naked inside. The woman was escorted out before officers became involved in a struggle with Charles and arrested him. First responders treated after suspected…

Macklemore has announced a Free Palestine tour after being dropped from the US leg of Ed Sheeran’s tour over his public support for Palestinians. The rapper, known for hits including Thrift Shop, said his “schedule freed up a bit” before confirming performances in Dublin, London and Paris next month. He said the shows would raise money for organisations supporting the “Palestinian people and movement”, with further artists and US dates to be announced. “What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage,” Macklemore wrote. “When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and…

Donald Trump is due to address a Washington event featuring senior technology executives and members of his administration, which he has presented as a showcase for the people and ideas behind America’s “Golden Age”. The day-long gathering will take place at the Andrew W Mellon Auditorium on Tuesday, with the invitation promising an address to the nation and a vision for the country’s next 250 years. Among the special guests named are SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown and Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary…

Dove Cameron has married Måneskin frontman Damiano David in a legal ceremony in Tuscany, with the couple celebrating their marriage in Val d’Orcia. The actress arrived for the ceremony wearing an elegant custom white suit by Giorgio Armani. After being declared husband and wife, Cameron and David kissed on the steps of the town hall as family and friends showered them with confetti. The newlyweds later left the ceremony in a vintage car. Cameron, who first became known through the Disney Channel series Liv And Maddie, went on to star in the Descendants trilogy. More recently, she has taken on…

Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a White House state dinner, where the two leaders invoked the history of US-China relations as the event unfolded against a dispute over media access. Mr Trump welcomed Chinese officials, Republican donors and prominent executives including Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang and Elon Musk to the East Room. He appeared to depart from his prepared remarks to point Mr Xi towards the new ballroom being built at the White House. “It’s one year away from complete, the new ballroom that you’ve heard about,” Mr Trump said. “And you will see something that I…

Asian stocks weathered turbulence in bond markets, while oil retreated slightly.

Roseanne Barr has lashed out at Michael Fishman, her former on-screen son, after he defended the cancellation of the rebooted sitcom Roseanne. Fishman played DJ Conner throughout the original nine-season run, which aired from 1988 to 1997. He returned for the revival in 2018, but the series was cancelled by ABC after two months following a controversial tweet by Barr about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to Barack Obama. Barr’s post, which referred to the “Muslim brotherhood” and “planet of the apes”, was widely condemned as comparing Jarrett, who is African-American, to an ape. Barr has since said she was…

Firefighters across California have honoured Travis Foster, a 35-year-old Hayward firefighter and paramedic who died by suicide on Saturday, 19 September. Foster had served with the Hayward Fire Department since 2018 and was recognised by Hayward Firefighters Local 1909 as a line-of-duty death, citing his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and the cumulative effects of his service. He was also a US Air Force veteran who served as a pararescueman from 2011 to 2020. During part of that period, he served both the military and the Hayward community. The city said Foster had answered countless emergency calls during his time…

A Brisbane man has been fined more than $1,000 after he was found lying next to a fridge inside a moving car. The unusual discovery was made while the vehicle was in motion, although no further details about the incident were provided.