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The Pretenders frontwoman takes questions from famous fans and Observer readers on her relentless creativity, rethinking her hippy youth, and her cruelty-free farm

Inspectors find failures to protect victims and risks of contaminating forensic evidence

Senior figures warn that system is in ‘worst state ever’ with inmates ‘being warehoused’

Archeologists and palaeontologists say legislation needed to protect major finds championed by David Attenborough

Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State political cartoon. The Republicans oppose big government, except when it comes to gutting democracy.

Workers and activists implore Governor Greg Abbott to consider the dire need for protections in the record-breaking heat.

After two days of demonstrations, protesters in Georgia forced out the Russian cruise ship Astoria Grande, which had been docked at a Black Sea port in the southwest of the country. Police responded by using force on protesters, who cited their disapproval of the cruise ship’s passengers’ views on Russian…

HB 2127, the so-called death star bill, is the culmination of a years-long fight about centralizing power, not protecting small businesses.

Health experts raise concerns over marketing for flavoured oral sachets that can legally be sold to under-18s

Your wife sounds unhappy but pressuring her to go to counselling may suggest you think there is something wrong with her

Whitehall watchdog gives red rating to set of measures aimed to bring net-zero goals, amid backlash over retreat on climate policy