A search for an 18-year-old New Jersey man who went missing in Virginia last week ended Monday after a body believed to be his was found in Shenandoah National Park, officials said. The remains of a male believed to be Ty Sauer were found in...
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ASIO head ‘raised one’ by warning of terror threat
ASIO head Mike Burgess “raised one” on Mike Pezzullo’s drums of war comment by saying there will be a terrorist attack in Australia in the next 12 months, Political Editor Andrew Clennell says. Appearing before Parliament’s intelligence and security committee the ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess...
Ventilation risks in Vic hotel quarantine solved by proposed alternate facility
A new purpose-built hotel quarantine facility could be up and running in Victoria by the end of the year if the state government can convince the Commonwealth to stump up the cash for the project. The shortlisted site under consideration is located next to the...
National weather forecast: Record-breaking temperatures possible in East
Following scattered severe storms across the Central and Southern Plains last night, another round of concentrated strong storms will redevelop Wednesday from Central Texas into central Oklahoma and even up into the Great Lakes. Continued heavy rain across this same region from Texas and Oklahoma to the Midwest may also cause flooding. Flood...
In Ukraine’s East, Fears Grow of New Russian Power Play
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine—Arthur Volodymyrovych ducked his head down as he walked along the bottom of a trench last week, hoping to avoid sniper fire from Russia-backed separatists positioned less than 900 feet away. He has been stationed here as a soldier with Ukraine’s armed forces for...
Biden to call for free universal pre-K and national paid family leave program
As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reining in the coronavirus during the early months of his administration seems to have paid off: He can check off nearly all his campaign promises centered on the pandemic. Biden...
Richard Pusey sentenced to ten months prison
Richard Pusey, the Porsche driver at the centre of the eastern freeway crash in Melbourne last year, has been sentenced. Judge Trevor Wraight described Richard Pusey’s conduct as heartless, cruel, and disgraceful as he sentenced him to ten months in jail. Mr Pusey had pleaded...
Alabama AG leaves National Association of Attorneys General over alleged leftist agenda
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall became the first earlier this week to withdraw his state’s membership from the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) for alleged liberal-leaning positions. “I can’t justify spending taxpayer dollars to fund an organization that seems to be going further and further left,”...
NT defence boost needs to be ‘first and not the final step’ of reinvestment
ANU Professor John Blaxland says the defence training boost which is to be unveiled for the Northern Territory today is “excellent” but needs to be the “first step and not the final step across the north”. The prime minister will announce the $747 million defence...
German FA confirm they WILL interview Hansi Flick about replacing Joachim Low as national team boss
German FA confirm they WILL interview Hansi Flick about replacing Joachim Low as national team boss… just hours after Julian Nagelsmann was confirmed as his successor at Bayern Munich Hansi Flick said earlier in April he wanted to terminate his Bayern Munich deal The 56-year-old...