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Newly released police documents have shed light on the disappearance of a mother who vanished after appearing alongside her former fiance on a reality TV show. 

The US Justice Department is escalating a criminal investigation over an Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.

A 34-year-old is facing 26 years in prison after walking in on his wife and children sitting in bed with an underwear-clad man.

A skeleton belonging to a smaller relative of Tyrannosaurus rex was sold at auction for nearly $US47.3 million ($67m), far beyond projections. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The seven founders, who left OpenAI to create Anthropic in 2021 after disagreements over how AI should be built, are poised to become the latest tech billionaires.

A police investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man’s body on Sunday near the iconic California entertainment precinct.

Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally has been punctured by labelling a Muslim Senate candidate a “jihadist’ and directing the crowd to look at rap star Nicki Minaj’s “beautiful arse”.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem died after he was ‘ejected’ from a high-speed ride earlier this month.

The woman claims she was restrained in the basement for up to 45 minutes while her husband allegedly watched the football upstairs.

Andrea Shaw says her 18-month-old twins became sick and died after receiving routine childhood vaccinations. Prosecutors disagree.

Three bodies were found with fatal gunshot wounds after a chilling early morning emergency service call in which a voice could be heard whispering the word ‘help’.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: US President Donald Trump called Elon Musk last week and asked him to restore Ukraine’s full access to the Starshield satellite communications network.

A mother whose 18-month-old son was mistakenly pronounced dead before he was found breathing in a hospital morgue hours later has revealed her family’s heartbreaking ordeal.

Police made a shocking discovery after intervening in a heated argument outside a popular bar.

‘I am simply asking for humanity during the worst time of my life.’

The victim, who is being remembered for his kindness, went fishing at the lake ‘almost every single night’.

Six-year-old Cole Adrian and 35-year old Nicholas Schafer have been identified as the two victims who died at the scene after a driver ploughed through a junior soccer game.

At least four victims, including three children and one adult have been killed after a teenage gunman opened fire at a school in Oregon.