A Rhode Island college football star has tragically died at the age of 21 while trying to charge his phone in his car during the recent snowstorm that swept the East Coast. The devastating news was revealed by the Newport Police Department on Monday, as officers confirmed that 21-year-old Joseph Boutros had sadly passed away. Upon arrival, they found Boutros unconscious inside the vehicle, where he had been charging his cell phone. Tributes for the Salve Regina University college football star have since poured in, with the team sharing a heartfelt statement following the 21-year-old's death. 'The Salve Football family is heartbroken by the passing of Joseph Boutros,' the football team wrote in a statement on Instagram.

March 01, 2026 11:16 UTC

Noel Gallager poked fun at the BRITs after being awarded the Songwriter of the Year on Saturday night. Controversy sparked when the nominations where announced in January and at the time Noel said: 'I haven't actually written a song in two years. When presented with the award from Bobby Gillespie, lead singer of Primal Scream, Noel first thanked his brother Liam. He said without them he would just be a singer songwriter, and 'no one gives a s*** about singer songwriters'. The British singer and songwriter, 26, won Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song and Best Pop Act.

March 01, 2026 11:10 UTC

It was the last-known contact between the family and Ms Graf who was seen on CCTV footage at the Roxby Downs Tavern at 12.19am. On the drive back towards Andamooka, Ms Graf hit a kangaroo just outside the town, police said. Despite the accident, Ms Graf and her friend continued into town and visited a house in the north-western area. When he woke the next morning, he told the show his friend's mother told him: 'Dad wants you home.' The family fear Ms Graf may have met with foul play and police have classified her disappearance as a major crime.

March 01, 2026 11:07 UTC

Emirates issues update on when Dubai flights will resume as Scots scramble to fleeFlights to the Middle East have been cancelled or diverted in the wake of ongoing airstrikes. Emirates has issued an updateThousands of travellers have been left stranded after aviation giant Emirates axed all flights in and out of Dubai on Saturday amid ongoing missile strikes across the region. ‌The ongoing situation in Iran and the Middle East has lead to multiple regional airspace closures over Dubai. Airlines serving the Middle East cancelled or diverted a large number of flights on Saturday in the wake of US and Israeli airstrikes against on Iran. ‌British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Wizz Air were among carriers to scale back their schedules to destinations in the Middle East, citing safety concerns.

March 01, 2026 11:01 UTC

'You learn more from defeats than you do from victories,' Sir Alex Ferguson, legendary former United boss, wrote in his book 'Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United'. Michael Carrick has gone unbeaten through six games since succeeding Ruben AmorimWRITING ON THE WALL FOR UGARTEI don't believe Michael Carrick. Ultimately, United did not make a midfield addition of their own so any such exit was not going to be sanctioned. Amorim spoke about relegation - 'We have to engage and focus on surviving' - and also labelled his dressing room 'the worst team maybe in the history of Manchester United'. But five wins from a possible six thus far, including wins over title challengers Arsenal and Manchester City, have helped underscore Carrick's case.

March 01, 2026 11:00 UTC





It seems clear that Andrew played a role in his departure in 2017.' Last week, The Mail on Sunday revealed that King Charles was warned as long ago as 2019 that the Royal Family's name was being 'abused' by Andrew's business associations. The whistleblower, who had knowledge of Andrew's business dealings with Mr Rowland, sent an email to Charles, then Prince of Wales, warning of 'David Rowland's abuse of the Royal Family'. 'After this gentle demolition, he concluded that perhaps it was time to announce that after "ten good years" Prince Andrew was leaving the role. 'I told him Andrew going would be a good thing, but the Press attention may mean that we couldn't control events.

March 01, 2026 11:00 UTC

He then went on to make a broader argument about the amount of energy consumed by AI relative to that required to produce an economically productive human being. “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model,” he said, “relative to how much it costs a human to do one inference query. But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. I’m tempted to suggest here, to avoid just credulously feeding the current iteration of the AI hype cycle, that Altman is being deliberately provocative. (Among the more canonical and memorable descriptions of this worldview came from the mathematician Marvin Minsky, an early pioneer of AI.

March 01, 2026 10:58 UTC

Insiders in Iran said the ruling establishment would immediately seek to name a successor to Khamenei to signal stability and continuity. In another blow for Iran's leadership, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Abdolrahim Mousavi was killed in the strikes, broadcaster Iran TV said. UNREST IN PAKISTAN, IRAQPakistani police on Sunday clashed with protesters who breached the outer wall of the U.S. consulate in Karachi, leaving nine people dead, following news of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Khamenei. Global air travel remained heavily disrupted as continued air strikes kept major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai - the world's busiest international hub - closed in one of the biggest aviation interruptions in recent years. Trump said the air strikes aimed to end a decades-long threat from Iran and ensure it could not develop a nuclear weapon.

March 01, 2026 10:55 UTC

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March 01, 2026 10:51 UTC

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March 01, 2026 10:48 UTC

The stopgap measure would provide a three-year window of “rent predictability” to allow housing supply to catch up with demand, he said. Threshold’s main concern is the resetting of rents to market rates, which “comes at quite a cost to renters”. The Government must “closely monitor” the data around market rent rates and how people on pensions are affected, he added. A Department of Housing spokesman said the measures aim to “boost investment” in rental housing stock and “keep existing landlords in the market”. “The changes will also provide significantly stronger tenancy protections and are finely balanced between the interests of tenants and the need for further private investment in the rental market.”

March 01, 2026 10:36 UTC

Ireland’s relationship with the Catholic Church is messy and complicated. Alternatives to the Catholic funeral are becoming more common, but when most of us think about our own it’s generally the full incense and eulogies treatment we’re after. Half of us are dubious about the concept of afterlife and one-third don’t believe in heaven, but four fifths definitely want a Catholic funeral with all the trimmings when we die. We gamely carry on doing what we have always done: taking what we want from the Catholic Church and disregarding the rest. But the truth is the more we know, the harder it is to silence the rest, the unknown-knowns.

March 01, 2026 10:31 UTC

The rise of the single female buyer: ‘Banks don't sell the dream of buying a home alone. But that was my reality’Aged 41, Sunday Independent news editor Anne Sheridan bought her first home in Dublin. Here she charts that journey and the labour of love aheadWomen overtake men as single female house buyers are on the riseAnne Sheridan Today at 06:30Joe’s old walking stick still rests on a shelf in the shed, alongside his pile of gardening magazines, gathering dust. In their own good time, the roses and peonies he carefully tended before he died will bloom again.

March 01, 2026 10:21 UTC

My favourite room: ‘Looking back, I can see patterns of hormonal dysregulation’ – Rosanna Davison on her fertility journey and her new family homeFormer Miss World, influencer and author Rosanna Davison invites us into the home she helped redesignRosanna Davison in her walk-in wardrobe which she calls her ‘pink palace’ with units from Newcastle Design, at home in Rathmichael, Co Dublin. Photo: Tony GavinMary O'Sullivan Today at 06:30Playrooms have become a popular addition to the homes of couples with young families and it’s understandable – with heavy traffic, there’s less opportunity for kids to play ‘on the road’.

March 01, 2026 10:21 UTC

Exclusive | ‘Hopefully one day I can put on the senior green jersey’ - Meet Josh Neill, the young star who turned down the Springboks for IrelandOne of rugby’s hottest young prospects has turned down his native South Africa in favour of Ireland and LeinsterIreland U-20 players, from left, Christopher Barrett, Derry Moloney, Ben Blaney and Josh Neill after theIR U20 Six Nations Championship victory over England at The Rec in Bath. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileCian Tracey Today at 10:17Josh Neill turned 19 yesterday. He made the most of the Six Nations fallow week by jumping on a train from Dublin to celebrate his birthday with his brother Jordan (20) in Belfast.

March 01, 2026 10:15 UTC