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Boy, 10, SLEEPWALKED out of his house in the middle of the night… before tragedy struck
A 10-year-old boy has been found dead in a pond in northern Kansas City after apparently sleepwalking out of his family’s home in the early hours of Thursday. Jackson Georgari was last captured on doorbell camera footage at around midnight, and his body was recovered roughly 12 hours later, about a mile south of where…
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Sky News host accuses Penny Wong of double standards in tense live TV clash about Albanese podcast
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong was challenged on live television over whether Labor was applying double standards in its handling of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s controversial podcast appearance. Speaking to Sky News presenter Laura Jayes on Friday morning, Wong repeatedly defended Albanese, insisting that his public apology had resolved the matter and that neither the…
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Logan Webb deletes X account after lashing out at reporter, Giants fans following embarrassing loss
San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb deleted his X account on Wednesday after publicly arguing with a reporter and fans in the wake of a heavy home defeat to the Toronto Blue Jays at Oracle Park. The row highlights the mounting pressure on the All-Star ace amid the Giants’ disappointing season, and his heated online…
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‘NCIS’ Is Officially Correcting Its Most Obvious Franchise Oversight
CBS is set to launch a new spin-off, NCIS: New York, this autumn, adding one of television’s most iconic law-enforcement settings to a franchise that has run for more than two decades without it. The show is fronted by LL Cool J as fan-favourite agent Sam Hanna, who returns to his hometown to lead a…
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Fever coach Stephanie White dodges question on GOP letter about Caitlin Clark’s treatment in WNBA
Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White twice declined to directly engage with questions about a letter sent by 11 Republican members of Congress to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert concerning the treatment of the team’s star guard, Caitlin Clark. Asked before Thursday night’s game against the Phoenix Mercury, White repeatedly deflected, saying the matter was “not…
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After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today
Palworld, the creature-collecting survival game developed by Pocketpair, has left early access and launched its 1.0 version today, capping a turbulent journey since its surprise arrival in 2024. The game drew both huge commercial success and controversy for closely echoing Pokémon — notably by putting cutesy monsters to work in weapons factories — and it…
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My grandmother Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain – she doesn’t belong with serial killers and sex offenders in Madame Tussauds’ ‘Chamber of Horrors’
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged for murder in Britain, has been granted a posthumous pardon by the King, some 71 years after her execution. The decision, announced in the House of Commons by Justice Secretary David Lammy, follows a long campaign by her descendants, who argue that she was a victim of…
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Every parent’s nightmare: Melbourne girls’ netball coach admits to sickening child sex charges in court after sudden disappearance
Darren Adam Abela, a 50-year-old former community netball coach with more than three decades’ experience coaching female teams in Melbourne, has pleaded guilty to serious child sex offences at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. The admission follows his sudden departure from coaching just weeks before the 2025 season and marks a significant development in a case…
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Above a coma: Essex mental health inquiry hears grim testimony
The Lampard Inquiry heard a scandal-hit Essex hospital’s ideal patient was medicated near-comatose; Block settles Cash App fraud claims for $45m, and Deltarune’s fifth chapter smashes Steam records.
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‘Human Headline’ Derryn Hinch dies in his sleep aged 82
Derryn Hinch, the veteran radio and television broadcaster and former Australian federal senator known as the “Human Headline”, has died aged 82. His longtime colleague and personal assistant Annette Philpott confirmed that he died at home in his sleep on Thursday night following a lengthy period of ill health, telling the Daily Mail that the…