Kansas judge reportedly convicts driver in death of teacher whose husband was killed months prior 22. September 2026 (14:17) Ashleigh Boyd died in a car crash months after Adan Manzano, a TV reporter, was killed in Louisiana while preparing to cover the Super BowlA Kansas school teacher’s fatal car wreck on Monday reportedly led to a vehicular homicide conviction for the motorist who crashed into her – a verdict delivered just four days after a Louisiana jury found a woman guilty of the drugging death of the educator’s widower while he prepared to cover the 2025 Super Bowl for Telemundo.Todd W Armstrong’s one-day bench trial in an 11 April 2024 traffic collision that killed Ashleigh Boyd in Topeka, Kansas, resulted in the judge, Andrew Holmes, finding him guilty of vehicular homicide, according to the victim’s father, Brian Hinck. Armstrong, who had pleaded not guilty, was tentatively scheduled for sentencing in November, Hinck said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
EU spends three times more on imports from China than bloc exports there 22. September 2026 (13:54) Study shows trade deficit ran at more than €1bn a day in July, days before Xi Jinping’s summit with Donald TrumpBusiness live – latest updatesConsumers and businesses in the EU are spending three times more on Chinese imports than their counterparts in China are buying from the bloc, a study has shown.Customs data showed the gap between the EU’s imports from China and exports to China, the trade deficit, ran at more than €1bn (£860m) a day in July. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
OpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain 22. September 2026 (13:46) Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI techUK politics live – latest updatesDatacentre nimbys are holding Britain back, George Osborne has said in reaction to nationwide protests about the giant water- and energy-guzzling structures.The former Tory chancellor is now the head of AI for countries at OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. His job is to represent the company to governments around the world and he also has a role in enabling the building of datacentres and other infrastructure. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Piers Morgan says he will sue Earl Spencer over ‘fabricated inaccuracies’ 22. September 2026 (13:45) Broadcaster refutes memoir claim that he was behind publication of gym photos of Diana, Princess of WalesPiers Morgan has said he will sue Earl Spencer over “fabricated inaccuracies” and “examples of brazen falsity” in his book about Diana, Princess of Wales.The earl has made a series of claims in Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, including that King Charles said “we’ll forget her soon enough” after she died, which has prompted a war of words between him and Buckingham Palace. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
