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A woman was found dead inside a cardboard box in the Arizona desert.
USA
Eloise Budimlich

Woman found dead in cardboard box in middle of desert

Detectives identified the victim, who had been charged for indecent exposure just six days before her body was found.

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Two girls have lost their lives after attempting a viral social media challenge.
USA
Eloise Budimlich

Girls die on train after TikTok subway surfing challenge

Two girls have lost their lives after attempting a viral social media challenge.

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Balin Miller fell to his death in Yosemite National Park.
USA
Matt Shrivell

Popular climber falls to death during TikTok live stream

A rising star in the world of rock climbing has fallen to his death in tragic circumstances while his ascent in Yosemite National Park was being live streamed on social media.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs founded Bad Boy Records and is credited with popularising hip-hop in US culture. (AP PHOTO)
World
The New York Times

What Diddy wrote as he pleaded for mercy from judge

Sean Combs made a plea for leniency in a letter to a Federal judge before his sentencing on prostitution-related charges, writing he had been ‘humbled’. Here’s what he said.

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The teenager was shot in the head and killed.
USA
Matt Shrivell

Teenager shot dead after being mistaken for a squirrel

A promising school-age athlete has been shot in the head and killed after tragically being mistaken for an animal.

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Signage outside the Capitol Hill visitors center notifies the public of its closure due to the government shutdown in Washington.
US Politics
The New York Times

Inside US shutdown: Confusion for employees, public in dark

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US government shutdown left federal agencies in flux and many of their employees in a state of confusion.

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are heading to the divorce courts.
Culture
Matt Shrivell

Viral interview that signalled Urban, Kidman were done

An awkward radio interview earlier this month has gone viral after Keith Urban appeared annoyed at a line of questioning about his estranged wife, Nicole Kidman, and their relationship.

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Jane Goodall observes Tess, 5 or 6 years old, left, Sophie, 7 , center, and Bahati, 3, eating at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, 170 kms (110 miles) north of Nairobi Sunday December 6, 1997. When young, orphaned chimps first come to the sanctuary, they are given lots of affection to compensate for the loss of their mothers. Jane Goodall, 64, who spent three decades studying chimpanzees, advocates animal rights, raising money for chimpanzee sanctuaries and doing conservation work.
Science
The New York Times

‘Rich emotional life’: Jane Goodall’s primate breakthroughs

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild broke new ground and were hailed as ‘one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements’.

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Mitchell Deakin (far left) hit the ground after an 11,000 feet free-fall.
USA
Matt Shrivell

Horror as both chutes fail in 11,000-foot tandem skydive

Two men have miraculously survived hitting the ground after both parachutes failed to open during a skydive experience in the US. 

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Dozens of members and supporters of the American Federation of Government Employees union rallied outside of the NASA Johnson Space Centre in Houston on March 17, 2025.
USA
The New York Times

Workers launch lawsuit as US Government shutdown starts

Donald Trump threaten to use the US Government shutdown to fire “a lot” of civil servants and slash a range of Federal programs and benefits that he doesn’t approve of.

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Death row inmate Victor Tony Jones was executed on September 30.
USA
Eloise Budimlich

Death row killer’s final two words before execution

The daughter of his victims watched as he entered the death chamber and spoke his final words before he was executed.

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A teacher has been sanctioned after telling students the kitten had been fed to one of her snakes.
USA
Matt Shrivell

Students’ horror as teacher feeds live kitten to snake

Parents and students have been left horrified after a female animal science teacher reportedly fed a live kitten to one of her classroom snakes. WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS

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Little remained of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel the day after a former Marine opened fire and set the building ablaze in Grand Blanc,
USA
The Washington Post

Church gunman ranted against Mormon religion

THE WASHINGTON POST: Worshippers at the Michigan church that came under attack on Sunday heroically helped drag their fellow congregants to safety.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak to members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
World
Stephen Groves and Mary Clare Jalonick

‘Hostage taking’: US shutdown looms as final talks fail

Democrats left the White House discussions noting the ‘large differences between us’ as the Trump administration described their rivals’ approach to negotiations as ‘hostage taking’.

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Donald Trump’s ‘most-favoured pricing’ measures in the US could reduce Australians’ access to pharmaceuticals.
Politics
Grace Crivellaro

Aussies may lose access to medicines under Trump plan

Australians might not be able to get their hands on crucial medicines such as cancer drugs once Donald Trump’s pricing proposal comes into effect.

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