Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare cuts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9dgwe1q27o

Could Starmer be in for a benefits rebellion as tribes clash in his own party?
Labour may have ditched its factional in-fighting - but deep welfare cuts could reignite tensions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99n798ye1zo

Justin Fields and Russell Wilson handled the Steelers' starting quarterback duties last year. Fields has since signed with the Jets, and other teams appear interested in Wilson.

Source: DK Metcalf downplays Steelers' QB concerns, vows to help 'whoever' ends up 'throwing the football'

Charities accuse Starmer of misleading spider claims
Charities say rare spiders did not block "an entire new town", as the prime minister suggested.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ge02r6jg6o

After Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery was reportedly fired, his son, Caitlin Clark's boyfriend Connor McCaffery, left a cryptic post on X.

Source: Caitlin Clark's boyfriend posts cry...jected from game and fired as Iowa coach

Asylum seekers housed 'unlawfully' at air base
Three men took the government to court over what they described as "prison-like" conditions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lp7nzllm2o

The federal funding freeze against Maine imposed by President Donald Trump's Department of Agriculture during Title IX and Title VI investigations has been reversed.

Source: Maine's federal funding freeze from Trump's USDA reversed

Does cutting benefits actually work?
The government is to set out details of how it will save billions of pounds from the working welfare bill.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd3jr7e4n3o

Eight Michigan Democrats voted to urge a ban on trans athletes against girls in high school sports, resulting in backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates.

Source: Michigan votes to urge ban on trans athletes against girls; Dems get backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates

WHL player Terrell Goldsmith was knocked unconscious during a fight with Asthon Cumby during a game on Tuesday night and was taken to the hospital.

Source: Hockey player hospitalized after being knocked unconscious in fight, causing league to suspend game

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596568?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]UK thieves are stealing anti-burglary dogs (possible nsfw content on page) [Awkward][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596656?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]Flight crew hands out Depends as plane gets knocked off course by Storm Konrad as it tries to land in Spain [Scary][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596676?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]Interim Columbia president 'heartbroken' after DHS thugs with two judicial search warrants search two students' rooms at university [Asinine][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596874?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]What nobody tells you about sleeping in a Snowtel [PSA][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596610?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]Wait. A YouTube personality who started out as one thing became something else entirely as soon as it looked like it was more profitable? My fainting couch. Fetch it [Dumbass][/url]

Haley Cavinder took to TikTok this week to speak about her sister Hanna's rumored breakup with college football quarterback Carson Beck.

Source: 'Unfiltered' Haley Cavinder speaks ...th Carson Beck: 'Trust your dang sister'

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596658?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]America is getting stupider [Obvious][/url]

Ex-Reform UK Wales leader to stand trial over Russia-linked bribes
Nathan Gill appears at the Old Bailey charged with nine counts related to alleged bribery.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgw83w1vj1o

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596692?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]"Surrender or Die" is simple, elegant, and yet not at all a good proposal for a peace plan [Facepalm][/url]

Foreign criminals to face Home Office tagging
The move will target offenders and others thought to pose a threat to the public, who can not be deported.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd6121rqro

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596608?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]The Supreme Court is about to declare DEI a thoughtcrime [Murica][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13591204?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]Photoshop these Jovian cyclones [Photoshop][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596578?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]'Dr. Cold Fingers' [Sick][/url]

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Source: [url=https://www.fark.com/comments/13596184?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark]The volcano alert level is at yellow, will be changed to brown-in-underpants if the thing erupts [Scary][/url]

What will be in the chancellor's Spring Statement?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give more detail about the government's plans for the economy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qjn879lr4o