2 h. ago Man named as person of interest after rabbi's car firebombed on Christmas Day

Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are searching for a suspected arsonist as they continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a suspicious car fire in St Kilda East

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4 h. ago Louis is the love of my life. We're in our 50s, share a son, live together and have just had the most blissful Christmas. But we have a secret you'll never guess...

Fergus, his father and I spent Christmas day yesterday together. This wouldn't be remotely unusual, except that Fergus's father, Louis, and I have a surprising secret...

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4 h. ago McDonald's customer dies after being crushed to death in tragic drive

Michael Dickinsin, 69, was killed in a freak accident in the drive-thru lane of a McDonald's in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Tuesday after he was pinned between his car and the side of the building

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5 h. ago Perrie Edwards cradles her baby bump in sweet Christmas snaps with fiancé Alex Oxlade

Pregnant Perrie Edwards cradled her baby bump as she posed for gorgeous Christmas snaps in front of her tree.

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5 h. ago Boy, 3, left an orphan at Christmas as parents and sibling killed on way home from party

A family of four were driving home from a Christmas party in Texas when they were involved in a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver, killing three members of the family

Society

5 h. ago Confrontation at Queen Vic pub turns deadly in EastEnders Christmas special

The cause of the apparent death remains unclear.

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7 h. ago Remains of missing Nebraska mother found a year later as police narrow in on person of interest

Authorities had been desperately searching for Jerica Hamre, 30, for nearly 18 months after she went missing from Lincoln in July 2024

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7 h. ago More than half of Gen Z prefer playing online games to socialising in person

MORE than half of Gen Z prefer staying at home playing online games to taking part in sports or going to the pub. They see chatting remotely with other fans as their favourite form of socialising. Overall, one in four adults preferred “social gaming” to another form of interaction — rising to 58 per cent...

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8 h. ago The ugly, unavoidable truth everyone must face after the alleged murder of Rob and Michele Reiner... by their son: KENNEDY

The moment I heard the utterly tragic news that Nick Reiner had been arrested and charged with the murder of his parents, Rob and Michelle Riner, I thought: I know the type.

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9 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne’s family celebrates first Christmas since death of patriarch

Legendary rocker died in July at the age of 76

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9 h. ago I'm a pediatrician, here are four things every parents should have on hand to help sick kids this winter season

Dr. Michael Milobsky urged moms and dads to always have four vital things in their homes, especially during the winter when flu and colds are surging.

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9 h. ago California farming mogul accused of traveling to Arizona to shoot his estranged wife dead

Michael Abatti, a member of an influential California farming family, was arrested on murder charges in connection to the death of his estranged wife Kerri Ann Abatti

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10 h. ago Late James Ransone once saved woman from sexual assault: ‘So grateful he existed’

‘The Wire’ actor died by suicide last week at the age of 46

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10 h. ago Emmerdale's John Sugden returns in horrifying twist as triple death 'sealed'

There could be three deaths on Emmerdale this festive period - as evil killer John Sugden made a surprise return ahead of the Corriedale special

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11 h. ago Prince Louis steals show at Sandringham as royal kids laden with Christmas gifts

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined their parents the Prince and Princess of Wales to greet the crowds in Sandringham after the Royal Family's traditional church service today

Politics

12 h. ago These are the states seeing the biggest impact from the flu tearing across the nation

The virus is particularly serious for children, with one doctor warning parents too look out for three key symptoms

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13 h. ago Actress, 26, 'stabbed to death' days before Christmas as man charged with murder

A young actress was stabbed to death and discovered on 21 December as a man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder following the harrowing incident

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13 h. ago Was this the sketch that abolished slavery? Horrifying picture shows how British captain 'tortured girl, 15, to death on ship by whipping her upside down' before being cleared of murder

Captain John Kimber was accused of suspending the 15-year-old child by her ankle while whipping her on deck with a cat o' nine tails en route to Grenada in 1791, before she died five days later.

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13 h. ago Southern California sees third death from atmospheric river storm drenching region

Some parts of LA saw more than 11in of rain, with flooding, road closures and debris flows reported across the regionA strong rain and wind storm, carried by an atmospheric river from the Pacific, has been blamed for a third death in southern California as flooding, road closures and debris flows are reported across the region.A flood watch was also extended through Thursday for almost all of the area, as more than 11in of rainfall was measured in some parts Los Angeles county as of Wednesday night and evacuation warnings were issued for mountain communities in San Bernardino county. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell audiobook review – the life and loss of the woman behind the Bard

The wife of William Shakespeare takes centre stage in a rich, sensitive examination of parental grief, sensitively narrated by Jessie Buckley The jury is still out on the merits of Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, which arrives in cinemas next month, but there is no arguing with the quality of the source material. Maggie O’Farrell’s lyrical and immersive novel, which won the Women’s prize in 2020, imagines the relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes Hathaway, and their grief over the death of their 11-year-old son, Hamnet, from the plague in 1596. The book opens with the young Hamnet realising his twin sister Judith is unwell and searching for an adult to attend to her, while unaware that he is the one who is fatally ill.Shakespeare – who is never named and instead referred to as “the husband” or “the father” – is depicted not as a literary superstar but a flawed man who is rarely home. The focus is on Hathaway, a free-spirited woman with deep connections to the landscape. ...

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