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Landline phones to help reduce screen time are booming.

New phone craze as landline sales booming

Within hours hundreds of people said they needed the device.

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Barbara Brewington was tragically mauled to death by a stray dog she had taken into her care.

Stray dog mauls mum to death while she tries to save her pet

After saving her pet dog, the mother of three was found dead in her family home’s backyard.

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Luigi Mangione is charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. (AP PHOTO)

Officer details confronting Mangione during manhunt

A police officer who arrested accused assassin Luigi Mangione has testified about locating him at a McDonald's five days after a Manhattan shooting.

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National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom was killed in a shooting in Washington DC.

Man accused of National Guard attack pleads not guilty

The man accused of an ambush-style shooting near the White House has pleaded not guilty to charges over the attack that killed one National Guard specialist and injured another.

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The night sky above Eagle Harbor, a village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the shoreline of Lake Superior, Sept. 13, 2025.

Meet the people fighting for the ‘right to night’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Why would you not have dark sky preserves in a place where the skies are darkest?’

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Ricardo Perez Castillo dropped to his knees in court, begging for forgiveness over his horrific crimes.

Paedophile falls to knees and pathetically begs in court

‘What you engaged in was — a real-life horror movie.’ WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

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Luigi Mangione could face life in prison if convicted of murder in the second degree.

Accused CEO killer’s lawyers try to exclude evidence

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Lawyers for Luigi Mangione have argued that physical evidence taken from his backpack during his arrest and the statements he made at the time should not be allowed.

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Staff members prepare drinks at HeyTea in Times Square in New York, October 16, 2025.

Get ready, America. Here come China’s food and drink chains

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Restaurant and drink brands, some with thousands of stores in China, are taking root in American cities to escape punishing competition at home.

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US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione over Brian Thompson's death.

What to know about Luigi Mangione’s court hearing this week

THE NEW YORK TIMES: This week’s hearings are expected to last several days. Here’s what to know about the arguments that will be heard.

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 President Trump and his top aides have said that drug cartels present one of the most pressing dangers to the United States.

Trump’s double standards on drug trafficking exposed

Donald Trump moved to escalate a military campaign against drug trafficking while ordering the release of a man prosecutors said had taken ‘cocaine-fuelled bribes’ from cartels

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Donald Trump has declined to say if the US is considering more strikes on Venezuela. (AP PHOTO)

Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela's Maduro

There's speculation a US attack on Venezuela is imminent, alongside questions over whether the US government might be seeking a change of power in Caracas.

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A shooting suspect likely was radicalised in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says.

National Guard shooting suspect 'radicalised in US'

Officials suspect an Afghan man accused of ambushing two National Guard members in Washington DC may have embraced extremism after arriving in the US.

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A furious airline passenger erupted into a profanity-laced tirade after being stuck on the tarmac for more than an hour.

Airline passenger’s viral meltdown after being made to wait

A furious airline passenger erupted into a profanity-laced tirade after being stuck on the tarmac for more than an hour.

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People walk by a memorial at the Farragut West Metro station in Washington on Friday, near the site of the shooting that killed National Guard Spec. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.

Who was Sarah Beckstrom? Slain young Guard hero honoured

Tributes are pouring in for 20-year-old National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, remembered as devoted and determined after being killed in a targeted DC shooting attack.

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National Guard members participate in a group prayer with civilians and a security officer outside the emergency entrance to MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday after two Guard members were shot earlier in the day.

Afghan national and ex-CIA associate faces DC ambush charges

Federal officials say Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces multiple criminal charges in the shooting, which left one National Guard member dead and another critically wounded.

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