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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DATA: Britons’ View of Immigration Has Grown Even Worse Since 2016.

British people have a more negative view of immigration compared to a decade ago, according to a new poll.

New polling from YouGov has revealed that Britons have a more negative attitude towards immigration than ten years ago, suggesting steady and widespread support for greater immigration restrictions and border controls. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: According to polling published on Monday by YouGov, the largest polling firm in the United Kingdom, attitudes towards immigration in Britain are more negative than ten years ago. When asked whether immigration has been good for Britain, 43 percent believe that it has been “mostly bad” for the country, making this the most popular response. This represents a ten percent increase from 2016. By contrast, only 21 percent believe immigration has been “mostly good.” In addition,…Open

AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Meta, other tech companies denied appeal over addiction lawsuits

A U.S. Appeals Court said Monday that thousands of lawsuits targeting Meta Platforms , ByteDance's TikTok and other social media outlets can proceed. The big picture: The lawsuits argue that the platforms are addictive and harmful to young people, and have prompted several tech companies to attempt to stamp them out in a years-long process. Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Go deeper: Scoop: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation

A U.S. Appeals Court said Monday that thousands of lawsuits targeting Meta Platforms , ByteDance's TikTok and other social media outlets can proceed. The big picture: The lawsuits argue that the platforms are addictive and harmful to young people, and have prompted several tech companies to attempt to stamp them out in a years-long process. Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Go deeper: Scoop: Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigationOpen

AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney gets six years in prison for boyfriend's stabbing death

Courtney Clenney pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 killing of her boyfriend Christian Obumseli and could walk free in roughly two years, a sentence his grieving family called inadequate. Clenney, 30, appeared in a Miami courtroom Monday morning and accepted a plea deal that reduced her original second-degree murder charge to first-degree manslaughter with […] The post OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney gets six years in prison for boyfriend's stabbing death appeared first on American Almanac .

Courtney Clenney pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2022 killing of her boyfriend Christian Obumseli and could walk free in roughly two years, a sentence his grieving family called inadequate. Clenney, 30, appeared in a Miami courtroom Monday morning and accepted a plea deal that reduced her original second-degree murder charge to first-degree manslaughter with a deadly weapon. The judge sentenced her to six years in prison, followed by five years of probation. With credit for nearly four years already served since her August 2022 arrest, the New York Post reported she could be released in approximately two years. Obumseli was 27 when he died on April 3, 2022, inside the Miami apartment Clenney rented. He was stabbed with a kitchen…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Brad Pitt says he felt 'suicidal' over family turmoil years after Angelina Jolie divorce

Brad Pitt told Esquire he experienced a period of suicidal ideation tied to "family stuff", a rare admission from the two-time Oscar winner who remains estranged from most of his six children. The 62-year-old actor described a single, harrowing stretch in which the weight of his fractured family life pushed him to a place he […] The post Brad Pitt says he felt 'suicidal' over family turmoil years after Angelina Jolie divorce appeared first on American Almanac .

Brad Pitt told Esquire he experienced a period of suicidal ideation tied to "family stuff", a rare admission from the two-time Oscar winner who remains estranged from most of his six children. The 62-year-old actor described a single, harrowing stretch in which the weight of his fractured family life pushed him to a place he had never been before. In the interview, Page Six reported , Pitt laid out the experience in blunt terms, saying he could visualize the relief that suicide promised, even as he insisted he never intended to act on the thought. Pitt told the magazine he had "never been suicidal except for one little period," and that during that stretch he simply could not see a way forward. When the interviewer asked whether the…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Zuckerberg's $300 million superyacht accused of ignoring Coast Guard call for stranded boat in Alaska

Mark Zuckerberg's 387-foot superyacht sat idle off the Alaska coast while a small cruise ship sailed past it to rescue a stranded skiff, and passengers aboard the rescue vessel booed when they heard what happened. The incident unfolded on the night of August 3 near Farragut Bay in Southeast Alaska. A 21-foot skiff traveling between […] The post Zuckerberg's $300 million superyacht accused of ignoring Coast Guard call for stranded boat in Alaska appeared first on American Almanac .

Mark Zuckerberg's 387-foot superyacht sat idle off the Alaska coast while a small cruise ship sailed past it to rescue a stranded skiff, and passengers aboard the rescue vessel booed when they heard what happened. The incident unfolded on the night of August 3 near Farragut Bay in Southeast Alaska. A 21-foot skiff traveling between Petersburg and Juneau ran out of fuel and contacted the U.S. Coast Guard around 9:30 p.m. About thirty minutes later, the Coast Guard broadcast a marine assistance request to nearby vessels. Zuckerberg's superyacht, the Launchpad, was closer to the stranded boat than any other ship in the area, but its crew never answered. Instead, a far smaller vessel did what the Launchpad did not. The Wilderness Legacy, an…Open