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Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty, and the judge warned Justice Department officials to refrain from making public comments that could spoil his right to a fair trial. Mangione, 26, stood between his lawyers and leaned toward a tabletop microphone as he entered the plea in Manhattan federal court. Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a ... Read more

Police are investigating a woman’s death after a fatal collision in Victoria’s north last night. Police were told that two people had been involved in a fight on a street in the northern Victorian town of Yarranwonga about 8.30pm. A 46-year-old woman attempted to intervene in the incident. A man got into a nearby car a short time later, police said. The car then allegedly collided with the woman who had tried to intervene as it left the scene. Despite attempts to revive the woman, she died at the scene. Police later found the car in Shepparton and arrested a ... Read more

A 36-year-old woman has died after she fell down a waterfall at a Queensland National Park. Emergency services were called to Mapleton Falls National Park on the Sunshine Coast about 3.28pm yesterday after reports that a woman had fallen 80 metres down a waterfall. On arrival, paramedics found the woman with significant injuries in a life-threatening condition. An 18-year-old male was also taken to Nambour Hospital with minor injuries. Queensland police said the woman’s death was not being treated as suspicious. The woman’s death is the third at a Sunshine Coast waterfall this year. Source link

Disgraced former US Representative George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, appealed for mercy. In a federal court a short drive from his old congressional district, he said through tears that he was “humbled” and “chastised” and realised he had betrayed his constituents’ trust. “I offer my deepest apologies,” he said, adding: “I cannot rewrite the past, but I can control the road ahead.” Former ... Read more

As the sun sets over the Vatican City mere days after the death of Pope Francis, St Peter’s Square is abuzz with pilgrims from all corners of the globe gathering to pay their respects to the late pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. A curious blend of solemnity and anticipation fills the air as I weave my way through the dense throng of Catholic mourners, tourists, and media from around the world. Conversations in multiple languages hum in the background as the stoic crowd stands united in a shared moment of history, grappling not only ... Read more

US President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of the US leader pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while it remains under siege. “Zelenskyy understands that,” Trump said, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time.” The US president made the comments in a Time magazine interview conducted on Tuesday. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex ... Read more

An elderly man has died after he was was hit and killed as he walked home from his local supermarket in Perth‘s west last night. Police are tonight hunting for the driver of the car who fled the scene in Wembley. CCTV shows the man with a shopping bag in each hand as he heads to a pedestrian crossing. An elderly man has died after being hit by a car in Perth as he walked home from his local supermarket. (9News) Seconds later, a thud. A local who just a minute earlier stopped to say hello, ran to help. He ... Read more

Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown basilica are more in keeping with Francis’ humble persona and disdain for pomp. US President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei are among the leaders arriving Friday, the last day Argentine pope will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica before his coffin is sealed in the evening in preparation for his funeral Saturday. The Vatican said 130 delegations are ... Read more

A Gold Coast resident is disputing a massive water bill, alleging a council-owned tree caused a water leak on his property. Terry Gulliver, a swim coach, received a bill exceeding $5000, a figure almost eight times his usual charge. “I thought it was my rate bill, and then I took a double-take because it said water and sewerage… and I thought that’s crazy,” Gulliver said. Terry Gulliver wants council to foot the massive water bill he received after a tree busted a water pipe on his property. (Nine) “I rang up the council and he said ‘oh you must have ... Read more

A new study has uncovered another benefit of one of the country’s most commonly prescribed medications for diabetes – joint pain relief. More than six million scripts for metformin are written each year, mainly to treat type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Monash University led a study to see whether the safe and inexpensive tablets could be repurposed to manage pain for those with knee arthritis. A new study has uncovered another benefit of one of the country’s most commonly prescribed medications for diabetes – joint pain relief. (Getty) More than 100 people, who didn’t have diabetes but were overweight and ... Read more