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Kevin Maginnis, 57, from Nashville says he ate half-portions of McDonald’s thrice daily and lost about 60lbs (26kg) in weightMost people might think that eating nothing but fast food from McDonald’s for more than three months would demolish a diet rather…

A first-time NHL champion will be crowned when the Vegas Golden Knights meet the Florida Panthers starting on SaturdayIn mid-December, Sergei Bobrovsky’s future with the Florida Panthers was the subject of serious debate. The $10m-per-year netminder was…

Foregoing my usual lie-in renders the whole household out of sync. Even the cat and dog refuse to play ballI am trying to dress myself quietly, but my wife rolls over and pulls the duvet low enough to reveal one staring eye. “What are you doing up?” she…

At Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, defence secretary also criticises Beijing’s unwillingness to engage with US on military crisis managementThe US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, has vowed that Washington will not stand for any “coercion and bullying”…

‘We averted an economic crisis and economic collapse,’ says president in address to the nation about deal, but will not sign bill before SaturdayHere’s more on how the debt ceiling crisis will impact the US’s credit rating, from the Guardian’s Joan E…

Reports of fights breaking out over a book reading about inclusive families forced police officers to separate clashing groupsA protest over a Pride month assembly at a Los Angeles elementary school reportedly broke out into fights, forcing police officers to…

President described how ‘no one got everything they wanted, but the American people got what they needed’ during brief speechJoe Biden celebrated Congress’s approval of a debt-ceiling suspension in a speech delivered from the Oval Office on Friday night,…

Colonel clarifies comments about ‘rogue AI drone’ that supposedly killed its operatorA US air force colonel “misspoke” when he said at a Royal Aeronautical Society conference last month that a drone killed its operator in a simulated test because the…

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Age, cognitive health and physical fitness are all fair concerns but the president’s tumble could have happened to anyoneIt’s a story so benign and unremarkable that it’s embarrassing it’s getting any coverage at all: man trips, falls, stands back up…

Anton Ferdinand and Carlton Cole among players to leave fieldOpponents Dallas United withdraw from event after incidentFormer West Ham players representing the club at a seven-a-side soccer tournament in North Carolina walked off the pitch after alleged racial…

Former vice-president, expected to announce bid for White House, told by letter that justice department would not be filing chargesThe US Department of Justice has closed its investigation into former vice-president Mike Pence without filing any charges…

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear: Trump is leading the other Republican contenders, and Biden is far from safeThe Republican field swells but the 45th president’s commanding lead holds. Like Jeb Bush – another Florida governor and defeated…

Dodgy plotting, confusing character motivations and the distinct sense that it had fallen in love with itself – the tale of the Roys was good. But not as good as it thought it wasThere are many things Succession landed right on the jaw. The ranks of writers…

Compromise package to suspend debt ceiling passed US Senate late on Thursday with 63 votes to 36 The bipartisan bill to solve the US debt ceiling crisis just days before a catastrophic and unprecedented default was on its way to Joe Biden’s desk on Friday as…

US adds 339,000 jobs in May, surpassing forecasts, as unemployment rate increases slightly to 3.7%High interest rates, a recent banking crisis and Washington’s fight over the debt ceiling may have shaken the US economy recently, but the US jobs market…

This bill cuts programs for the most vulnerable, and is totally unnecessary – why doesn’t Biden invoke the 14th amendment?Let’s be clear. The original debt ceiling legislation that Republicans passed in the House would have, over a 10-year period,…

With just days before the 5 June default deadline, president Joe Biden has indicated he will sign the bill as soon as it reaches his deskThe Senate narrowly passed a bill to suspend the debt ceiling on Thursday night, sending the legislation to Joe Biden’s…

Some payday loans have interest rates as high as 664% – but now Minnesota will cap them at 36%, in line with some other statesMeka Armstrong of Detroit, Michigan, has struggled in a cycle of debt from payday loans for years. She first took out a payday loan…

After the Heat were outplayed and Jimmy Butler rendered all but irrelevant by the Nuggets in their NBA finals opener, Miami’s mission impossible is looking that much tougherMaybe it was the thin air. Perhaps it was fatigue in their 21st game since the end of…

Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray excelled, while a weary Jimmy Butler will need to do more for Miami moving forwardJimmy Butler (SF) Bottom line: the Heat are going to need much more from their best player. Butler didn’t get to the free-throw line once as the…

Airline says it ‘acted lawfully’ after claims that refunds for abandoned or rescheduled flights in 2020 were not ‘timely’British Airways has been fined $1.1m (£878,000) by the US over claims it failed to pay refunds for cancelled flights during the…

The US president, Joe Biden, tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the US air force academy in Colorado. Footage showed Biden, 80, falling to the ground before being quickly helped up by an air force officer and two…

British brand’s profits tumble after string of errors in US operation hits salesDr Martens has revealed a slide in profits as sales of its key product – boots – fell 10% last year after the British brand made a string of errors at its US business and…

A US Senate hearing burst into laughter after the Oklahoma Republican senator Markwayne Mullin said 'I don’t want reality' during a session on race and education. Mullin was questioning a witness about whether a book meant to teach children about racism was…

G7 sought deterrence without escalating new cold war but Beijing responded with rageAfter the May G7 summit in Hiroshima, the US president, Joe Biden, claimed that he expected a “thaw” in relations with China. Yet, despite some recent official bilateral…

The House debated legislation to increase the US debt limit until January 2025, before passing the bill by a vote of 314 to 117. Republican representatives passed the bill overwhelmingly. Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader,…

The bill has reached the crucial 218 threshold to pass – though some Republicans may attempt to derail the processMike Pence is expected to launch his 2024 presidential bid within the next two weeks, The Messenger reports.In a screenshot of an email sent by…