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The Spanish Fort Police Department has released the identities of a wife and husband after an apparent murder-suicide, according to the agency. The individuals were identified as Vermonique Ntseful-Dubose, 41, and Taurean Dubose, 36, both of Mobile. The two were...
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Mercedes "MJ" Javid says the sun has gone down on her union to Tommy Feight ... 'cause the "Shahs of Sunset" star has filed for divorce after more than seven years of marriage.
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For years, many of us have followed the advice to open a bathroom window after a hot shower, to help let warm, humid air escape. However, experts warn that this habit, particularly during colder months, could be creating the ideal conditions for mould growth. According to experts at California Shutters, window shutter suppliers, opening the window after a shower - especially during the winter when the air is coolest—allows cold outdoor air to mix with warm, damp air from the bathroom. This cooling effect causes water vapour to condense rapidly on surfaces, forming droplets that can foster mould growth. The National Institutes of Health reports that bathrooms account for over 60% of mold-related cases in homes due to consistently high humidity levels. It's estimated that the likelihood of finding mould in bathrooms is 2 to 3 times higher than in bedrooms or living rooms. While opening a window after a shower can sometimes help, certain conditions may encourage mould growth: Cold Outdoor Temperatures During colder weather, opening the window causes warm, moist air inside the bathroom to quickly cool and condense on surfaces. This condensation then accumulates on walls, windows, or ceilings, increasing the moisture for mould to thrive. Rain or Fog Opening windows on a rainy or foggy day can lead to additional moisture entering the bathroom. This could make surfaces wetter and create a prime environment for mould to develop. Poor Air Circulation Just opening a window doesn’t always guarantee good air circulation. Without strong airflow, moist air can linger, especially in poorly designed bathrooms where the window doesn’t allow for effective cross-ventilation. High Outdoor Humidity If the outside air is already humid, opening a window can introduce more moisture into the bathroom. Potentially raising humidity levels as opposed to lowering them. Exposed Damp Surfaces Cool air entering the bathroom doesn’t always dry surfaces effectively, leaving areas like shower curtains, grout, towels, or crevices damp. These moist spots provide ideal conditions for mould to grow. Poor Window Design or Placement Small, poorly placed, or inefficient windows may trap moisture rather than release it, having little impact on reducing humidity and potentially worsening moisture buildup. Instead of opening the window after a shower to prevent mould growth, experts advise the following methods: Run the extractor fan for 20-30 minutes during and after a shower. Wipe down surfaces with a towel or squeegee. Leave the bathroom door open to disperse moisture. Place moisture absorbers like silica gel or desiccant containers. Keep the bathroom clean , disinfecting tiles and shower curtains regularly. Sam Tamlyn, Managing Director at California Shutters commented: “Opening the bathroom window to fight off moisture sounds sensible, but it’s not always effective, especially in the colder months. Understanding the conditions under which ventilation methods work is key to prevent mould.”
The “Soarin’ Around the World” attractions at the Disneyland and Disney World resorts will trade scenes of the Great Wall of China, Egyptian pyramids and Eiffel Tower for a flight from sea to shining sea when the new “Soarin’ Across America” film opens during the 250th anniversary of the United States. The new “Soarin’ Across America” attractions will debut in summer 2026 at Disney California Adventure and Epcot in celebration of the nation’s semi-quincentennial. ALSO SEE: Where Disneyland could put the Disney Villains The Soarin’ hang-gliding flight simulator attractions combine mechanical lift systems with three rows of seats and aerial footage projected onto an 80-foot-tall concave domed movie screen to create a visual tour tied to a specific theme. Past tours have taken riders across California and around the world. Walt Disney Imagineering will use advanced cameras and lenses mounted on helicopters and drones to capture the aerial footage for the updated attraction. “Soarin’ Across America” will be filmed at 33 locations across the United States with the new scenes capturing a bird’s-eye view of the “scenic wonders, amazing cities and the beauty of the coasts” in a celebration of America’s diversity and grandeur. ALSO SEE: Disneyland puts all 4 Magic Key passes on sale again Imagineering hopes to paint an emotional portrait of the nation with scenes filmed at natural landmarks, national monuments and large cities. “As always with Soarin’ films, the biggest challenge is choosing where to go and what locations would work best in this unique film format,” Imagineering Chief Storytelling Executive Tom Fitzgerald said in a statement. “Now with the 250th celebration, we’ll immerse our guests in a celebratory flight that spans from sea to shining sea.” A teaser video featuring Soarin’ Chief Flight Attendant Patrick Warburton promises a limited-time itinerary of amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesties. “America’s packed a lot into her 250 years,” Warburton said in the pre-flight video. “So you’ll want to pack a lot of party favors.” Permitted carry-on items include Betsy Ross flags, hot dogs, apple pies, bald eagles, bunting, pocket constitutions, powdered wigs and red, white and blue Minnie Mouse ears, according to Warburton. ALSO SEE: Where Disneyland could put a Pirates of the Caribbean tavern The new “Soarin’ Across America” film will be reminiscent of the “America the Beautiful” film that played in the Circle-Vision 360 attraction in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland.
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The Legend of Khiimori, which according to our very own Joshua Wolens is basically Death Stranding but you get to ride a 13th-century Mongolian horse instead of Norman Reedus, was meant to launch into early access in a couple weeks following a triumphant showing in the recently-concluded Steam Next Fest. I'm sorry to say that's not going to happen: The Next Fest demo went so well that the development team has decided to give it a few more months in the oven. "The wonderful reception during Steam Next Fest has led to us sitting down with our publisher and together we have decided to take more time to create a more feature and content-rich experience!" the team wrote. "While this does mean that you all have to wait a little longer to get your hands on Khiimori, it also means we’ll be able to make sure you get a better game when we do release into Early Access." You might think that the decision to push back the early access launch reflects a negative reception to The Legend of Khiimori demo, but the dev team says that's not the case—and to prove it, they're leaving the demo up on Steam until November 30 rather than taking it down today as originally planned, so more people can sample it. The numbers also point to a positive overall response: SteamDB says The Legend of Khiimori picked up more than 1,700 new wishlist additions during the week of the Next Fest, and while that's nowhere near the 40,000+ pulled in by the chart-topping Arc Raiders, it's a significant bump that's good enough to place it among the top-50 gainers on Steam. That's especially noteworthy when you consider that The Legend of Khiimori isn't exactly aimed at a mainstream gamer audience: You play as a horseback courier in 13th-century Mongolia, delivering mail, running errands, and taking care of a remarkably detailed and—based on Josh's telling—often finicky mount. But in a good way. (Josh, for the record, opined upon hearing about the delay that The Legend of Khiimori is good but "also probably good to give it a few more months in the oven.") The release date isn't accurate anymore but this is still a pretty cool trailer. I'm pretty jazzed for The Legend of Khiimori myself. Horses make me nervous and I'm too much of a fan of indoor plumbing to willingly give it up, but imagining that fresh, bracing Mongolian air while galloping across the steppes from the comfort of my expensive office chair? Yeah, that sounds like my cup of suutei tsai. I'm downloading the demo now.
The closure of Threadneedle Street’s M Restaurant earlier this year, after a decade slinging the capital’s finest steak, was a genuine blow. One of the restaurants that helped the Square Mile shake off its stuffy reputation, it combined a meticulous, scholarly appreciation of meat with a sense of fun, even whimsy. Robot waiters, wine vending machines, lots of dogs. Now M founder Martin Williams is the head of the Evolv restaurant group (formerly D&D London, even formerly-er Terence Conran’s eponymous food empire) and it feels appropriate – nay destined – that his first big opening would be a restaurant serving steak to the people of the Square Mile. Liverpool Street Chop House and Tavern is the sister restaurant to Paternoster Chop House and Tavern, which opened more than 20 years ago beside the London Stock Exchange but has since moved moved down the road to the Old Bailey. I haven’t eaten there in years, not since my days as a reporter trying to wheedle both stories and steaks out of investment bankers, but my memories of it are… well, I don’t really have any memories of it, which doesn’t bode well. I remember not being desperate to go back. This could be awkward… Over the years, Martin has become a friend – he was at my wedding a few weeks ago. Am I going to have to write that his first restaurant in his new job is a damp squib? Thankfully not. And as you waft into Liverpool Street Chop House, through a terrace filled with men wearing suits, past the signs for £5 pints of Guinness (in this economy!?!), into a wood-panelled 18th century warehouse, the ghost of M lingers in the air like cigar smoke. More than anywhere else on Evolv’s books, Chop House is a paean to meat. After I’m seated, a waiter rumbles over with a trolley filled with the cuts of the day, spinning it around like a magician showing you the sides of his box before he chops his assistant in half. Here’s the fillet, here’s the intimidating-looking, bone-in ribeye, here are the chops. Meat, meat, meat, meat, meat. Furnished with a pint of Guinness, I sit through a lecture on sustainability and how everything is ethically sourced from farms that use regenerative farming and I know I should be paying attention but somehow I’m just admiring the fire-engine red banquettes and the dark parquet floors, wondering if they’re original, and the waiter is still talking about carbon and grass but I’ve properly zoned out and I’m just staring – really, really staring – into the deep white veins of marbling in that ribeye. When I glance up, the waiter’s looking expectantly at me, clearly awaiting a response. “That’s great, mate,” I say. Apparently satisfied, he wheels away his wizard’s box of meat. When he returns I tell him I want the ribeye I’ve been eyeing. And some rarebit fries and some devilled lamb’s liver and some creamed leeks. As you can probably tell, this is a menu with few frills. It’s the kind of menu a gang of 1950s Welsh coal miners would know their way around. You can get oysters and you can get shrimp and you can get meat. If you’re feeling adventurous you can get a suet pudding or a whole pig’s head. And bloody hell it’s good. From the dark sourdough served with a little skillet of molten Jersey butter, it’s hit after hit. Those lamb’s livers may be devilled but mostly you can taste the unmistakably heavy, iron-y heft of offal, cooked a dash too long for my tastes but delicious nonetheless. The rarebit fries are soft, wonderful, pillowy tubes of fried cheese, the comfort food you’ll be served after getting into heaven, to get your strength back up. And that ribeye: a monstrous thing, really. Vast and pink and rimmed by a layer of fat as thick as your thumb, neither liquid nor solid but some perfect state in-between. I don’t need to tell you what great steak tastes like: it is the essence of cow. It is blood and fat and marrow. It is divine. Somehow, with the help of an excellent Pinot Noir, the ribeye vanishes (another magic trick!). There is no room for dessert. There is no room for breakfast. Martin tells me that, of all the brands in the Evolv portfolio, Chop House (alongside Bluebird) is the one he wants to roll out across the country. Part of me is pleased: good for the people of Manchester or Birmingham or Edinburgh or wherever it ends up. But the other part of me – the terrible, greedy part that just devoured an obscene amount of bone-in ribeye – wants to keep it all to myself. • To book visit the website here
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Five years after the release of the Galaxy S20 FE, Samsung has settled into a predictable pattern with its "Fan Edition" line of phones. Each new phone doesn't offer much new or different from its immediate predecessor, with the company opting to offer iterative updates instead. That might have been fine before, but with the arrival of the Nothing Phone 3a Pro and Pixel 10 — devices that changed the value proposition in their respective categories — the S25 FE feels woefully out of touch with a market that's changing to meet people's demands. There's not much here that makes the new Galaxy S25 FE stand out, and any "upgrades" aren't substantive. Hardware and display When I first took the S25 FE out of the box, I thought Samsung had played a cruel trick on me. The phone looks identical to its predecessor, sporting the same brushed aluminum frame that's been the company's go-to for years now. I had to dig the S24 FE out of my gadgets drawer to compare the two phones before I confirmed they were in fact different devices. The physical differences are minor. Samsung has tweaked the dimensions of the new phone, making it slightly shorter, wider and thinner. Specifically, the S25 FE measures in at 6.35 x 3.02 x 0.29 inches, while its predecessor was 6.38 x 3.04 x 0.31 inches. The new phone is also protected by Samsung's "enhanced Armor" aluminum frame. More noticeable is that the S25 FE is lighter than last year's model, coming in at 6.7 ounces, down from 7.51 ounces. This is despite the fact the new device has a higher-capacity 4,900mAh battery. Together, these changes don't make the S25 FE easier to hold if you have small hands (just ask my girlfriend), but it does feel better balanced than its predecessor. One issue with the size of the S25 FE is the placement of the in-display fingerprint sensor. It's right at the bottom of the screen. I found this made it awkward to unlock the phone with my thumb — and I'm someone with big hands. Another slight difference is the finish on the back of the phone. This time around, Samsung has gone with a matte coating, instead of the glossy finish it used on the S24 FE. It's a welcome change since it makes the new model less prone to smudging and attracting fingerprints. I just wish Samsung had decided to offer the S25 FE in more fun colors. At release, it's available in four colorways: white, icy blue, jet black and navy (pictured). So, if you don't like blue, I'm sorry. Amid the slight design tweaks, Samsung has gone with the same screen it did last year. The S25 FE has a 6.7-inch AMOLED display, with a panel that offers a 120Hz refresh rate and 1080p resolution. The S24 FE's vibrant screen was one of the best parts of last year's model, and it's the same with S25 FE. It's easy to see the screen in bright sunlight, thanks to the fact it can push 1,900 nits of peak brightness. It's also vibrant, and with HDR10 support included, great for watching videos on YouTube, Netflix and elsewhere. Samsung made a single tweak to the Galaxy S25 FE's camera hardware. Like last year's model, the new phone has a 50-megapixel main camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and a fast f/1.8 aperture lens. Once again, it also has an 8MP telephoto camera with a 3x optical zoom and a 12MP ultrawide angle that offers a 123-degree field of view. The one addition is a higher resolution 12MP front-facing camera with a faster f/2.2 aperture lens. For selfies, the S24 FE made do with a 10MP sensor and f/2.4 lens. If the new front-facing camera included phase detection autofocus (PDAF), it would be the same one that's available on the Galaxy S25. Unfortunately, it doesn't and that's a shame because PDAF greatly increases the likelihood your photos will come out sharp and in focus. It's also a shame Samsung decided not to update the FE's telephoto camera. Before the Nothing 3a Pro, that was one of the features that made the S24 FE stand out in its price range. In 2025, however, the S25 FE's telephoto feels outdated. It doesn't offer the 5x optical zoom of the Pixel 10 nor the 50MP of resolution and periscope zoom you get with the 3a Pro. Coming from the former, the FE's telephoto camera felt limiting. With only 8MP of resolution, trying to snap a photo at anything beyond 5x zoom was pointless; it would just turn out a blurry mess. As for FE's other cameras, they're decent if uninspiring. The 50MP camera is the best of the bunch, capable of capturing detailed, good-looking photos even in low light. The ultrawide, meanwhile, is mostly forgettable. It does an okay job of capturing big scenes, but it's lacking in dynamic range and detail. The selfie camera is a noticeable upgrade from the one that came with last year's model, and produces pleasing photos that are on par with what you can expect from the S25's front-facing camera. Otherwise, snapping pictures with the S25 FE feels like using a flagship phone from a few years ago. The one thing that saves it from being a complete blast from the past is the inclusion of Samsung's generative photo editing software, which you can use to remove distracting objects from photos. Of the AI photo apps I've tested, Samsung's is among the best at editing out objects without smearing the background. You can also use the generative edit to add things to a photo, but as you might expect, this doesn't work as well as removing them. Performance and battery life On paper, the S25 FE should offer better performance than its predecessor, thanks to Samsung's decision to equip the phone with its Exynos 2400 chipset over the cut-down Exynos 2400e it used on last year's model. In practice the two are about on par with one another. On Geekbench's processor test, the Exynos 2400 delivered a 2,144 single-core score and a 7,059 multi-core score. That's not much better than the 2,140 and 6,690 I recorded last fall on the S24 FE. Still, it's a more impressive showing than either the Pixel 9a and Nothing 3a Pro had when my colleague Sam Rutherford and I put their Tensor G4 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chips through Geekbench earlier this year. For comparison, the former delivered a modest 1,665 on single-core performance and 4,294 on multi-core performance. The latter scored an even less impressive 1,115 and 3,082 respectively. In real-world use, the Exynos 2400 feels snappy. Scrolling is fast and fluid, as is opening apps and switching between them. Gaming performance is also impressive, with the chip able to handle the 60 fps modes in graphically demanding games like Diablo Immortal and League of Legends: Wild Rift without dropping frames. Last year, Samsung said it redesigned the S24 FE's vapor chamber to make it bigger and improve cooling. With the S25 FE, that component is an additional 10 percent larger. However, if the new vapor chamber made a difference to the phone's thermals, I had a hard time telling. Both the S25 FE and S24 FE got warm after about 15 to 20 minutes of gaming. The new phone never got hot to the point I couldn't hold it anymore, but it also didn't feel noticeably cooler than the S24 FE running the same games. As mentioned at the top, the S25 FE has a larger 4,900mAh battery. That's about four percent more capacity than the S24 FE offered. As a result, any difference in battery life is minimal. I'm sure there are some scenarios the S25 FE may last longer than its predecessor, but in my testing the two phones were equal in terms of longevity. With three to four hours of active screentime, I managed to get a full day of battery life from the S25 FE, with enough power left over to get the phone through the night before charging it in the morning. That's similar to the experience I had last year. Speaking of charging, the S24 FE, with a 25 watt wired limit, was painfully slow at it. Going into this review, my hope was the S25 FE would do better and I had good reason to be hopeful. Samsung lists the new phone as capable of charging at 45 watts. However, in my testing the S25 FE was only slightly faster than its predecessor. Plugged into a 130 watt Razer GaN charger, it took the phone about an hour and 14 minutes to charge to full from a battery at 10 percent life. When I replicated that same test with a 25 watt charger, it took the S25 FE just over an hour-and-a-half to charge back up. Either way, if battery life is important to you, the Nothing 3a Pro and Pixel 9a are better bets. Both come with bigger batteries (5,000 and 5,100mAh, respectively), and with the former, you also get 50 watt charging. The S25 FE ships with Android 16 and Samsung's One UI 8 out of the box. Samsung has promised to support the phone with at least seven generations of platform updates, so it should stay current with Google's yearly release schedule up until at least Android 23 in 2032. Notably, this means the S25 FE may end up on a more recent version of Android than the S25, S25 Edge and S25 Ultra, all of which released with Android 15. With One UI 8, the S25 FE has access to all of the latest AI features from both Samsung and Google. Some of these tools are useful; others replicate functionality that has been present in Android for a long time. For example, Google's Circle to Search is great. It makes it easy to do a visual search of anything on the phone's screen. On the other hand, I could do without Samsung's Now Brief, which offers much of the same utility you'll find on Android's Discover page (a feature that comes standard on every Android phone). Each S25 FE also comes with six months of free access to Google AI Pro. Normally priced at $20 per month, the service gives you access to some of the company's best models, including Gemini 2.5 Pro, inside of the Gemini app. Within Flow, Google's AI filmmaking app, you also get limited access to Veo 3.1, Google's latest video generation system. Some other perks include 2TB of cloud storage and higher rate limits when using NotebookLM. With changes that amount to window dressing, I can't recommend anyone buy the S25 FE at full price. There's just enough here to justify spending $650 on a phone that is barely an upgrade over its predecessor. If you're a Samsung fan, I'm sure the S25 FE will be frequently discounted, but why reward the company for a lazy effort? Besides, the S25, following a $200 discount for Prime Day, was only $10 more than the FE earlier this month. Over the past few years, Google and Nothing have shown midrange phones don't need to be boring, iterative affairs. For Samsung, I think it's time to rethink its FE strategy. If these phones offered something different — say actual fan favorite features like a headphone jack — there could be compelling reasons to recommend them. But as things stand, there's just no reason to buy a new FE phone when the company's flagships see steep price discounts within months of their release.
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