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A person has been hospitalised after being shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in New York City’s Marble Hill neighbourhood, law enforcement sources said. The shooting happened at about 4pm on Thursday near West 225th Street and Marble Hill Avenue. The victim was taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). The NYPD said its officers were not involved in the shooting. Video from the scene showed numerous law enforcement personnel in the area, while a grey vehicle with a bullet hole in its windscreen was…

One man was injured after ICE agents opened fire during an incident in New York City, with the shooting taking place in the Marble Hill section of the Bronx on Thursday afternoon. The New York Police Department said federal agents were involved in the shooting shortly after 4pm near 2 Marble Hill Avenue. The wounded man was taken to hospital and was conscious, with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Footage from the scene showed police officers removing the man from a silver SUV and placing him in the back of a black car. The vehicle then drove away, while…

Jonathan Newell was listed as a trained event monitor for a Cornell University fraternity party where a woman alleges she was drugged and gang raped, despite later acknowledging that he was heavily intoxicated, according to confidential records. The October 2024 event at the Chi Phi fraternity was registered under Cornell rules intended to promote safer parties. Paperwork submitted by the fraternity reportedly identified Newell as a trained event monitor. Such monitors were expected to remain sober, wear distinctive clothing and be readily identifiable to police, paramedics and other guests in an emergency. The woman, identified in a civil lawsuit as…

The San Francisco Police Department has increased the reward to $250,000 for information leading to charges against those responsible for the 2016 murder of Keron Lamotte in the city’s Oceanview neighbourhood. Lamotte, who was 22, was shot at about 7.06pm on October 7, 2016, while watching an artist paint a mural at the junction of Plymouth Avenue and Broad Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man was also wounded in the shooting and taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. No arrest has been made in connection with the killing. Reward increased…

LiDAR technology used by University of Sydney drone archaeologist Dr Jacob Bongers has identified three unrecorded ancient Indigenous shelters. The discovery demonstrates the role of drone-based digital archaeology in uncovering previously undocumented ancient sites.

Halima Brewer, a Green activist who has expressed support for Hamas and compared Jewish Israelis to Nazis, has been elected to the party’s disciplinary committee. Ms Brewer will investigate complaints against Green members and sit on panels hearing disciplinary cases after being chosen at the party’s annual conference in Brighton last weekend. In social media posts, she said she had been “naive” to oppose Hamas and described violent resistance against Israel as the only option left to Palestinians. “I used to oppose Hamas because I thought their strategy for freeing Palestine was counterproductive,” she wrote. “I have dropped that naive…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are facing objections from neighbours over a proposed privacy fence at their lakeside home in Cleveland, Ohio, with concerns raised about nearby sewer lines and local wildlife. The dispute was considered at an Architectural Review Board meeting about a month ago, where representatives working on the couple’s property discussed plans for a six-foot black, powder-coated aluminium fence. Under the proposal, the fence would be positioned about two feet inside the property boundary to keep it clear of sewer lines. Swift and Kelce also plan to plant a substantial number of trees, apparently to increase privacy…

Manchester United have made a new scholarship offer to 16-year-old academy prospect JJ Gabriel despite reports that the forward has asked to leave the club. Gabriel has not trained at Carrington in recent weeks amid a breakdown in negotiations over his future. United’s latest proposal is intended both to keep open the possibility of him remaining at Old Trafford and to protect the club’s position should he depart. Manchester United offer JJ Gabriel new deal The teenager’s representatives are understood to have been seeking a financial package worth more than €1 million a year, equivalent to about £830,000 annually or…

The Pentagon has confirmed that the execution of former US Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the public should be able to watch the killing at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad at 1pm local time on Thursday, December 3, 2026 — at the military base where he was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in 2009. The announcement makes the case the first US military execution in more than 65 years. The Army has not used a firing squad to carry out…

The New South Wales Government has taken control of the Town Hall Square project in central Sydney, declaring the proposed public plaza to be a state significant development and removing it from the City of Sydney’s usual approval process. Planning Minister Paul Scully said on Friday that an independent panel had advised the proposal warranted assessment at state level, following a review of information supplied by the council and the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. The project involves demolishing seven buildings between George and Pitt streets, opposite Sydney Town Hall, to create a 4,200-square-metre public square. The council has…