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By STEPHANIE TAKYI FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:30 EDT, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 20:30 EDT, 17 April 2025 While prominent figures including JK Rowling have been celebrating the Supreme Court’s monumental ruling that the legal definition of a ‘woman’ is based on biological sex, the decision has been met with sadness by pop star Paloma Faith.’Being female is a mindset, it’s not just about genitals,’ opines the Londoner.’Being a woman is a dangerous experience, being trans is that and more.’ The Only Love Can Hurt Like This singer adds: ‘I fear for my friends who will now be in…

More than 1.4 million people in Puerto Rico were plunged into darkness Wednesday after power went out across the entire island.Local power authorities reported a system failure around 12:40pm —the same time a powerful geomagnetic storm was striking Earth.A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disruption of Earth’s magnetic field caused by a large burst of solar plasma, typically from a coronal mass ejection on the sun.Dr Tamitha Skov, an independent space weather physicist, told DailyMail.com that the blackout occurred nearly simultaneously with the intensification of the geomagnetic storm to G4 levels.A G4 geomagnetic storm—classified as severe on a scale from…

The numbers don’t lie: as a population, we are having less sex than ever.A 2014 study out of Australia found that the average person in a relationship is having sex 1.4 times per week, down from 1.8 times per week a decade earlier.The ‘sex recession’ is particularly pronounced among Gen Z, who are about as sexually active as the cohort aged 75 and over, with just 37 per cent reporting having sex once a month or more.While theories abound for what has caused the sexual slump (including everything from increased screen-time to the decline in long term relationships, there could be something physiological at play, too.Some…

By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 06:42 EDT, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 06:42 EDT, 17 April 2025 Have you even been on holiday if you didn’t post about it on Instagram? Many tourists snap photos without even thinking about it, but there are a few destinations where it could cost you more than you might think. A new study from Heepsy has revealed the world’s most expensive places to snap a holiday photo. The team looked at each attraction’s entry fees, opening hours, rules on photography permits and online popularity to find out which are the priciest places to take a picture.Top of the list…

Blake Stansell Superior Court Judge Don W. Thompson has sentenced Christopher Blake Stansell of Chickamauga, Ga., to 30 years with the first 10 years to be served in confinement in the Georgia Department of Corrections. He had been convicted of four counts of aggravated assault, home invasion first-degree burglary and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree. Stansell had entered a non-negotiated guilty plea to the charges earlier with the court ordering a pre-sentence investigation by the probation office. During the two and a half hour sentencing hearing, the facts were laid out to Judge Thompson through…

The gunman who used his cop mother’s weapon in the fatal shooting at Florida State University has been identified as Phoenix Ikner. The 20-year-old opened fire just before noon Thursday at the student union, leaving two people dead and six injured. Ikner was shot by police after he refused their commands, and invoked his right not to speak when he was taken into custody. The handgun, found with the suspect when he was taken into custody, belonged to his mother, police said. Officials said his mom is Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jessica Ikner, and had ‘access to one of her weapons, and that was one…

America has been asked to ‘use a bit more stick’ to wrangle Russia into a ceasefire, ahead of high-level talks between the US and EU officials over the state of the invasion of Ukraine. UK foreign secretary David Lammy will join Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and top diplomat Marco Rubio, alongside Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha and defence minister Oborony Ukrayiny, in Paris today for discussions on how to end the invasion.EU diplomats told the BBC they will urge the US to pile more pressure on Russia to agree to an unconditional ceasefire. One official told the broadcaster: ‘We want…

By WILL PICKWORTH Published: 17:08 EDT, 17 April 2025 | Updated: 17:30 EDT, 17 April 2025 Man United defender Leny Yoro put his body on the line during his side’s clash against Lyon.United were taking on the French side in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie at Old Trafford on Thursday night, with the scores level at 2-2 after a dramatic first leg.Goals from Manuel Ugarte and Diogo Dalot put the hosts 2-0 up on the night, but Lyon fought back and took the tie to extra-time thanks to strikes from Corentin Tolisso and Nicolas Tagliafico. United came…

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 17:01 EDT, 17 April 2025 Birkin bag maker Hermes is biting back at US tariffs by passing the costs on to its rich American customers.The French group, which leapfrogged LVMH to become the world’s most valuable luxury goods company this week, announced the move as it reported a 7pc rise in first-quarter sales to £3.5billion.Finance chief Eric du Halgouet said: ‘We are going to fully offset the impact of these duties by increasing our selling prices in the US from May 1, across all lines.’The company is known for its Kelly and…

Post Malone was seen breaking the law in California on Thursday.The 29-year-old performer was photographed holding an open bottle of Bud Light beer while in the backseat of a black SUV in Los Angeles.Malone is a long-time partner with Bud Light, collaborating on multiple Super Bowl commercials and a concert in New Orleans during Super Bowl LIX weekend.The artist was also seen holding the beer in one hand with a cigarette in another as he stood outside the car. He was near a recording studio. In California, it’s illegal to have an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.California’s open container law (Vehicle Code…