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Scots couple's horror as they watch new car burn to a crisp on Facebook

A pick-up truck parked nearby the couple's car on Lochty Avenue was deliberately torched at around 10.15pm on Wednesday, October 12.

Daily Record

Decade-old racist Facebook posts roil school board election in southern California

LOS ANGELES — Racist Facebook posts a school board candidate’s husband made more than a decade ago — including one referring to then-President Barack Obama as a “plantation house boy” — have shaken up a school board election in the Antelope Valley, reviving tensions in a district where the educational…

Los Angeles Times

Victorian man dies in backyard as floodwaters in Tasmania, New South Wales move downstream — as it happened

Authorities report Victoria's first flood fatality — a man whose body was discovered in the backyard of his home in the state's north. Tasmania and NSW are also battling swollen waterways

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Joaquín Castro y grupos latinos advierten sobre la desinformación en español a pocas semanas de las elecciones

Los grupos declaran que las compañías de redes sociales no están haciendo lo suficiente para frenar las falsedades que se esparcen en sus plataformas.

The Texas Tribune

Urgent Facebook scam warning issued to anyone using an iPhone or Android phone

Android and iPhone users should check their devices after the discovery that 400 seemingly harmless apps are attempting to steal social media login details.

Chronicle Live

Lawsuit ‘inadvertently’ names Nick Clegg and other Meta execs as taking bribes in OnlyFans scheme

Lawsuit accuses Meta of sinking rivals to OnlyFans

The Independent UK

Social Media Interaction Does Not Improve Political Knowledge, but It Does Polarize Us

Two new studies say there's no evidence of political learning on social media, but it does increasingly teach us to hate our opponents.

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Mum saves fortune with 'amazing' £2.23 Asda Essentials children's meal for tea

British mum Leigh Rubidge shared her low-cost Asda children's meal to a budgeting group on Facebook, which left her daughter 'never wanting' to order takeaway again

Daily Mirror

Edinburgh student in frantic flat search scammed out of £1,000 by 'fake' landlord

An international student at Edinburgh University has been scammed out of £1,000 after she was searching for a flat to rent while she studied in the city. Now she is warning others to stay alert.

Edinburgh Live

Is Gogglebox on? Fans receive 'worst news' as Channel 4 postpones next week's show

Fans of the show have taken to social media to express their disappointment in the scheduling shake up

Bristol Post

NASCAR Rivals is available today - The officially licensed video game of the 2022 NASCAR Season from Motorsport Games

Motorsport Games' latest installment of the NASCAR gaming franchise combines aspects of racing rivalries into a single user experience.

Autosport

Slovakia could treat killings outside gay bar as terrorism, prosecutor says

Slovakia could treat the killing of two people outside a well-known gay bar in the capital Bratislava as an act of terrorism, a top prosecutor said on Friday, as investigators looked deeper into the shooting which has rattled the central European state.

Reuters

DUP councillor accused of telling arson attack victim 'you have brought this upon yourself'

It is the latest complaint over Facebook activity by the councillor, who has been suspended after a "misogynistic" comment about Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill

Belfast Live

Heartbreaking last post from Leah Croucher's dad before remains discovered

In the post to mark what would have been her 23rd birthday her dad told her: "People are still looking for you Leah. Please come home so we can have a hug"

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American Bully XL destroyed by police after mauling dog walker to death in park

Police have confirmed they have put down an American Bully XL after a dog walker was mauled at a park, with local people suggesting he may have been attacked after he collapsed

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate downfall? Bailey’s backyard showing fails to cut into Pritzker’s double-digit lead

Democrats Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth held commanding leads over their GOP challengers in the survey. And broken down by region, the results also reflected Republican Bailey’s downstate difficulties in the governor’s race.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Pritzker’s ‘coattails’ pull other, lesser-known statewide Democrats along for the ride

Democrats hold strong leads in the races for Illinois secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller and treasurer, according to the poll. “Absolutely, I do think it’s a coattail effect with Gov. Pritzker,” one voter said.

Glasgow Live

Shoppers divided over price of Boots Pigs Under Blankets Christmas sandwich

One shopper noticed the sausage and bacon filled sarnie on the shelves of their local Boots store, and snapped a photo - but not everybody was a fan of the filling or the price.

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Los Angeles Times

Mermaid meetups, schools and conventions: Inside the SoCal water nymph subculture

LOS ANGELES -- Jack Laflin likes to recall the time he wriggled into a 9-foot-long, 30-pound blue mermaid tail. He'd spotted similar pieces behind the scenes of the acting gigs he was trying to land, but this was his first attempt to maneuver his way into a silicon tube.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The Supreme Court holds the internet's fate in its hands, and you should be terrified

Almost no one noticed in 1996 when Congress gave online social media platforms sweeping legal immunity from what their users posted on them.

Daily Record

Huge disruption to town as Lanarkshire fire crews battle through the night to tackle blaze

Emergency services have worked through the night with locals reporting a roof has collapsed in the inferno

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta Working to Speed Up Metaverse, but Success Far from Certain

A year after rebranding itself from Facebook into Meta, the social network titan is striving to make the metaverse a routine part of daily life, offering users new features and promoting new virtual reality gear. But analysts say the company has toned down the hype a bit as it struggles…

ABC News

COVID-19 updates: Mandatory isolation comes to an end as Australia enters new phase of pandemic — as it happened

Australia is entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic as mandatory isolation for positive cases comes to an end across all states and territories. Look back at toady's developments with our blog.

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ABC Your Move: Rethinking your relationship with alcohol? Catch up on our expert Q&A

Rethinking your relationship with alcohol? Catch up on the Q&A with Dominique Robert-Hendren, Sophie Scott and Nate Byrne.

ABC News

Emergency warning for Maribyrnong River, thousands under flood evacuation orders across Victoria, NSW and Tasmania — as it happened

Residents in inner-city suburbs of Melbourne are rescued by boat as some of the worst flooding in decades hits Victoria. Meanwhile, thousands of people in in NSW and Tasmania are also under evacuation orders.

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