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A 16-year-old boy who forced vape fumes into the beak of a black swan before abandoning its body in bushland has been sentenced to a four-month youth community-based order in Western Australia. The teenager pleaded guilty to two charges of causing unnecessary harm to an animal at Rockingham Children’s Court on Thursday, 3 September 2026. The court heard he and a 13-year-old boy were travelling in an inflatable boat near Endeavour Island, in Mandurah south of Perth, in July when they found two swans, one of which had a fishing lure lodged in its neck. The older boy removed the…

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial returned for a sixth day of deliberations on Thursday, 3 September, after twice telling a Massachusetts judge it could not reach a unanimous verdict. The deadlock has raised the prospect of a mistrial in Plymouth Superior Court, although Judge William Sullivan has asked the nine women and three men to continue considering the case. Clancy, a former labour and delivery nurse, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder over the deaths of her children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, at the family home in Duxbury on 24…

The naked dress trend took centre stage at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night, as Stella Maxwell, Mary Beth Barone, Madisin Rian and Francesca Busi embraced sheer fabrics and revealing silhouettes on the red carpet. The 83rd festival opened on September 2 with the premiere of Danny Boyle’s Ink, while the same evening saw the cast of Netflix’s The Gentlemen gather at Guildhall in London for the launch of its second series. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/327fcc123d1f4c19833edeff4a74a6fc)) How the stars styled the naked dress trend Supermodel Stella Maxwell gave the look a theatrical edge in a dramatic black lace gown, with a matching…

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller has said he could support leaving US interest rates unchanged at the central bank’s September meeting if forthcoming data shows inflation continuing to ease. Speaking at a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event in Washington on Thursday, Waller said the latest figures on August inflation would be central to his decision ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 15 and 16. “If there is continued progress toward our 2% goal, then I am willing to support holding the policy rate at its current level,” he said. However, Waller also left open the possibility of…

Leigh-Anne Pinnock has shared a glimpse of her growing baby bump as she enters the third trimester of her pregnancy, admitting that her “emotions and hormones are all over the place”. The former Little Mix singer, 34, posted a mirror selfie wearing a dark brown bikini and told her followers that the pregnancy was passing “super quick”. “Third trimester already – this pregnancy is going super quick it’s scary,” she wrote. “Emotions and hormones are all over the place and on top of that the grind doesn’t stop.” Pinnock added that she and her husband, footballer Andre Gray, were “so…

Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, bringing the influential open-source artificial intelligence platform under the control of the world’s biggest AI chipmaker. Founded in 2016, Hugging Face provides developers with a shared online library for machine-learning models, datasets and software tools. Its community-driven approach has led to comparisons with GitHub, the platform widely used to host and collaborate on software projects. The acquisition gives Nvidia a significant foothold in the infrastructure used to develop and distribute open-source AI. It also comes as leading closed-model companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, work to develop their own processors…

Cross-examination of the lead detective in the trial of Kewon White is due to continue in Dallas on Thursday, as prosecutors pursue their case over the alleged murder-for-hire killing of rapper MO3. White is accused of ambushing Melvin Noble, known professionally as MO3, on Interstate 35 in Dallas on 11 November 2020. Prosecutors allege that rival rapper Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, hired him to carry out the killing during a long-running dispute. Conway has pleaded not guilty to capital murder and denies involvement. Devin Brown, a third defendant accused of helping coordinate the shooting, has also…

Hawthorn have stunned minor premiers Fremantle with a 32-point qualifying-final victory at Optus Stadium, ending the Dockers’ perfect home record and leaving them vulnerable to a straight-sets exit from the AFL finals. The Hawks controlled the contest from the opening quarter and eventually prevailed 10.12 (72) to 5.10 (40), silencing a sold-out Perth crowd on Thursday night. Fremantle had won all 12 of its matches at the venue this season before the defeat. ([abc.net.au](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/afl-qualifying-final-dockers-hawks-live-blog/107112142)) Nick Watson, Hawthorn’s electrifying forward known as “the Wizard”, was central to the upset. He struck from 45 metres during the third quarter to restore the…

A former lecturer at Fife College has admitted causing the deaths of a couple in a drink-driving crash in Scotland. The victims were Jatinder Kaur and Satwant Singh. The admission was made at a court appearance in Scotland, with the man pleading guilty to causing death by drink driving. The case is set to be dealt with further in the Scottish courts, with sentencing expected to follow at a later date. The incident has drawn attention to drink-driving safety within the region as the legal proceedings continue.

Schools in Middlesbrough are closing early on Friday as the funeral of A66 crash victim Jakub Matusiak is expected to draw large crowds to South Bank. South Bank Primary School will shut at noon for what it said were safety and traffic concerns, while Archway Academy Teesville, Outwood Academy Normanby, St Margaret Clitherow’s Catholic Primary School and Mackenzie Thorpe School are also fully or partially closing. The service for Mr Matusiak, 23, is due to take place at St John the Evangelist Church on Normanby Road. Crowds, motorbikes, quad bikes and off-road vehicles are expected in the area. Tammy Cooper,…