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Getting a little less sleep each night may have a bigger impact on your health than you realize. Researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons found that adults who cut their nightly sleep by about 80 minutes for six weeks gained an average of one pound and spent more time being inactive. The findings add to growing evidence that consistently getting enough sleep may play an important role in preventing weight gain and lowering the risk of obesity related diseases. “Our study shows that getting adequate sleep may help reduce the risk of weight gain and obesity-related…

Lagerald Vick, a former University of Kansas basketball player and a starter on their 2018 Final Four team, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in ⁠Tennessee.Vick, 29, was a guard for the Jayhawks from 2015 to 2019.He was arrested in Memphis on Saturday in connection with a ⁠4 July shooting in the city and was also charged with using a firearm during ⁠the commission of a dangerous felony.According to arrest documents obtained ​by ESPN, a man ‌who was hospitalized ‌for a gunshot wound to the back told police ‌he tried to run away after a fight when he saw…

South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo‘s new film, Nowhere to Lay My Eyes, has sold to Cinema Guild for North American distribution ahead of its world premiere in the international competition of the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland next month. Nowhere to Lay My Eyes follows Sanghee (Kim Minhee) who, with her brother, visits her mother who settled down on Jeju Island. It’s been 10 years since she saw her mother. “Her stepfather, a documentarist, is making a film about a ‘grass tomb,’ while her mother’s restaurant has become a hit and she’s made a lot of…

State lawmaker says one person was killed by federal immigration agents in Biddeford, days after another ICE shooting in Texas.Published On 13 Jul 202613 Jul 2026One person was killed in a shooting involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine, according to officials and media reports, just days after an ICE agent shot and killed a 52-year-old Mexican national during an immigration operation in Houston, Texas.While few details have been released about the Monday shooting in Biddeford, a town of 21,000 people about 24 km (15 miles) south of Portland, Maine House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Fecteau posted…

The $1bn scheme falls critically short of the $71bn reportedly needed for Gaza’s recovery over the next 10 years.Published On 13 Jul 202613 Jul 2026The European Commission has announced a billion-dollar aid and reconstruction fund aimed at helping the recovery of Gaza from more than two years of devastating war.The “Team Gaza Initiative” launched on Monday at a meeting of donors in Brussels. The scheme will support projects such as restoring water and sanitation infrastructure, removing debris and re-establishing health infrastructure, an EU Commission statement said.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHowever, the size of the fund falls critically…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is a quantum scientist and professor at UCLA Three of the scientific breakthroughs foundational to quantum computing were born in American labs. The transistor, the transmon superconducting qubit and Shor’s algorithm (which factors large numbers in polynomial time) were all products of US research. But achieving research breakthroughs is not the same as building industrial capacity. If America does not prioritise creating a market and securing the supply chain, it is fated to license quantum technology back at considerable risk to…

Quick question: Do you want AI to be so well trained, it could help husbands (or wives, for that matter) plan the perfect murder of their spouses? Probably not, right? Just as a gut reaction, that feels like a no. I wouldn’t even think it was a particularly hard question. But America contains many diverse perspectives, and one such perspective was shared by Comma AI founder and longtime jailbreaker George Hotz over the weekend. The post comes in response to a bunch of big-picture AI alignment plans, most recently the AI 2040: Plan A policy paper from the AI Futures…

Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church, on Sunday urged worshippers to secure their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)  ahead of the country’s 2027 general elections. He gave the advice while delivering a sermon at Canaan Land, in Ota, Ogun, where the congregation gathered for a service titled: ‘ Breaking the Curses of Life’. Oyedepo emphasised  that obtaining the card is a civic responsibility, stressing that members must not neglect their right to participate in shaping the nation’s  future. He declared that the PVC empowered  citizens to decide who governs them, insisting that no one should be disenfranchised in…

The federal government has said it is expanding funding, local drug production and research to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment while easing patients’ financial burden. The Director-General of the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Usman Aliyu, said this on Saturday in Abuja at the Best of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Africa 2026 conference. The conference, organised in collaboration with the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), has the theme: “From Global Discovery to Local Delivery: Driving Africa to the Cutting Edge of Cancer Care.” Mr Aliyu said the government had introduced…