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Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” in which participants playing prison guards became abusive, has died aged 91. Stanford University announced his death on Friday, saying he died at his home in San Francisco. Professor Zimbardo’s research included persuasion, hypnosis, cults, shyness, time perspective, altruism, and compassion. However, he was best

Donald Trump’s microphone cut out for almost 20 minutes during a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, leaving the Republican presidential candidate visibly irritated. With just over two weeks to go before the US election on 5 November, the 78-year-old was addressing the crowd on Friday evening and saying how he “loves” the key battleground state

Cimarron Thomas, 12, took her own life with her father’s handgun, rather than comply with the demands of the UK’s most prolific catfish. Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing Her heartbreaking death had equally tragic repercussions, when her father Ben Thomas, a former US Army veteran, died by suicide 18 months after

Donald Trump has outdone himself.  His rhetoric has long been extreme but, in campaign remarks as it heads towards a close, it’s more so. Consider the direct quotes from his “enemy within” interview on Fox News on 13 October. Asked about “bureaucrats undermining you” in a second term, he replied: “We have two enemies: we

It was a gamble for Kamala Harris to agree to this interview – Fox News is the place where no Democrat likes to go. But in an election so unbelievably close, and with less than three weeks to go, she knew it was a gamble she needed to take. She needs to reach a new

Elon Musk has donated $75m (£58m) to a campaign group he set up to support Donald Trump’s presidential bid. The donation to America PAC, which was made in several payments over the summer, has been revealed in new campaign finance disclosures. Around $72m (£56m) of the $75m (£58m) has already been spent by the group

Relatives of Lyle and Erik Menendez have come together to call for the pair’s release from prison. Up to two dozen extended family members gathered for a news conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday, which was organised after prosecutors announced they were reviewing new evidence in their case. Erik Menendez, now 53, and Lyle Menendez,

Barack Obama’s message to “the brothers” late last week was blunt. “I’m here to speak some truths, if you don’t mind,” the former president told a group of black voters. “My understanding based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and communities is that we have not yet seen the same kind of energy and turnout

Actor Jeremy Strong has said Donald Trump calling those involved with his new film The Apprentice “human scum” is “all the more reason” cinemagoers should go and see it. Ahead of the UK release of the biopic which depicts the presidential candidate’s rise as a New York property developer back in the 1970s, Strong told

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit by a new batch of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault against six people, including a 16-year-old boy. The new wave of lawsuits filed on Monday accuses Combs, sometimes called P Diddy, of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting the boy. At least six lawsuits were filed against

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit by a new batch of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault against six people, including a 16-year-old boy. The civil cases filed at a federal court in New York City on Monday accuse Combs, known as P Diddy, of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting the boy. All

Irma, the receptionist at Acacia Women’s Center in Phoenix, Arizona, is repeating a spiel she gives dozens of times a week to different women before their appointments.  “We are going to do the procedure so you need to prepare,” she says, “arrive early, wear little to no make-up so that we can check the colour

Police officers in California arrested a man with weapons near a rally being held by Donald Trump, it has emerged. The 49-year-old man was found in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun and high-capacity magazine on Saturday afternoon local time. Officers stopped him at a checkpoint near the rally in Coachella in a black

Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and has “the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor has said, as details of her medical status and history were released. Dr Joshua Simmons, physician to the US vice president, wrote that she maintains a healthy, active lifestyle and that her most recent physical

A group of children and adults have been taken to hospital in the US after ingesting “toxic mushrooms”, in what has been described as a “mass casualty incident”. Emergency services in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania, were alerted after 11 people became ill after ingesting the fungi on Friday. They had eaten “toxic mushrooms and were

Police in the US have found drugs inside a bag labelled “definitely not a bag full of drugs”.  The stash was discovered in Portland, Oregon, when officers stopped a driver and passenger inside an allegedly stolen car. Posting about the incident on X, Portland Police Bureau said scales, cash and a loaded gun were also