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'You want to make a quick 1k?' How teens are being lured into crime via apps and games

Encrypted apps including Signal and Discord being used by criminals to lure teens with intellectual disabilities into crime Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 7:29pm Organised crime syndicates are using encrypted digital platforms to recruit vulnerable teenagers with intellectual disabilities, low IQ and no criminal history, "conning" them to commit serious crimes, according to a child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist. Those crimes include fire-bombings, home invasions and kidnappings that have been...

How back is the U? Can Clemson rebound? Previewing...

Life in the ACC certainly isn't boring. In the past year alone, the conference has produced a long and awkward CFP rankings battle, an irate affiliate member, a thrilling national title game run, the strangest tiebreaker result imaginable, an out-of-nowhere 11-win season, the most disappointing team in the country, an epic pro-to-college face-plant, 18 of the 38 best games of the 2025 season, the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft (indirectly) and the most awkward possible move to nine-game...

Aristocrat, 79, who advertised for 'good breeder' and 'castle-trained' wife on ITV loses £1.2million battle with ex

Aristocrat, 79, who advertised for 'good breeder' and 'castle-trained' wife on ITV loses £1.2million battle with ex Sir Benjamin Slade, who previously said he was looking for a 'good breader' at least 20 years younger than him, has lost a High Court battle with his ex wife over a home in their divorce trust fund An eccentric aristocrat who appeared on ITV looking for a "castle-trained" wife to give him a "male heir" has lost a court fight with his ex-wife over a £1.2m fortune. Sir Benjamin...

Pope tours Spain with 12 speeches and over 2,500 kilometres planned

Pope Leo XIV will travel more than 2,500 kilometres between Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and will deliver 12 speeches, as well as five homilies and five greetings. Here is the Pope's schedule by day and time. Pope Leo XIV will begin his visit to Spain in the first week of June, a trip during which he will travel more than 2,500 kilometres between Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

Transfer portal superlatives: Louisville, Duke, St...

We've passed every major mile marker of the men's college basketball offseason: The transfer portal opened and closed, the NBA draft withdrawal deadline has come and gone, and all of ESPN's top 100 transfers have committed. Now, Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf are here to make sense of all the player movement and what it means for the teams they joined. From contenders that improved title hopes the most to teams that should have done more, here are the biggest winners and losers.

Eccentric TV aristocrat loses High Court battle with ex-wife over £1.2m divorce settlement

Eccentric TV aristocrat loses High Court battle with ex-wife over £1.2m divorce settlement Sir Benjamin Slade is known for going on TV in his hunt for a ‘castle-trained’ new wife - Bookmark An eccentric TV aristocrat, who once advertised for a helicopter-flying "castle-trained" spouse to bear him an heir, has lost a £1.2m High Court battle against his ex-wife. Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet of Maunsell, famously appeared on ITV's This Morning in 2018 in his hunt for a wife, stipulating that...

Future Power Rankings: How all 68 Power 4 college football teams stack up

Projecting a college football program's future is harder than ever. Rosters and fortunes change dramatically and championship pathways are more open than ever. The assets that make a program great in 2026 might not be there in 2027.

‘We’re going backwards’: Black political power under threat in Alabama after Voting Rights Act gutting