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A 68-year-old man was killed in a fatal crash in Medina, Minnesota, after the Ford F-150 he was driving collided with a Mercedes-Benz on Highway 55. The crash happened shortly after 10am on Saturday, 3 October, just west of County Road 116, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Investigators said the Mercedes was travelling westbound when it collided with the Ford as the pickup was making a left turn from southbound to eastbound. The Ford driver was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene. He was from Cape Coral, Florida, the State Patrol said. The Mercedes driver,…

Latvia’s election has been won by the pro-Ukraine United List, led by incumbent Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, amid fears of Russian attacks. The result gives a victory to the party campaigning in support of Ukraine as concerns over the war continue to cast a shadow over the Baltic country’s vote. Mr Kulbergs will remain at the centre of Latvia’s political leadership following the United List’s success.

Wreckage from a missing medical transport plane has been found off the Massachusetts coast as rescuers continue searching for the six people who were on board. The Latitude Air Ambulance aircraft lost contact while travelling from Bermuda to Boston. The Gulfstream G100 was carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals. The Federal Aviation Administration alerted the US Coast Guard at about 2am local time after contact with the aircraft was lost. A multi-agency search was then launched. The Coast Guard said its crews had located a debris field confirmed to be associated with the missing aircraft. The search for the…

Christopher Abbott has said becoming a father was the defining milestone of his year, ranking it above turning 40 and receiving a Tony nomination. The actor discussed parenthood after welcoming his first child with Aubrey Plaza. Speaking on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast on Thursday October 1, Abbott was asked to reflect on the events of the past year. “When you really reflect on it like that, I got to put dad first,” said the East of Eden star. Plaza gave birth to their first baby earlier this year, a few weeks after Abbott was nominated for a Tony…

A seven-year-old girl has died after being stabbed several times by a woman on Chicago’s South Side, police said. The woman was taken into custody after bystanders intervened at the scene. The attack happened at about 11.55am on Saturday in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, in the Chatham neighbourhood. Police said the child was walking along the pavement when an adult woman approached her and used a sharp object to stab her repeatedly in the back. The girl was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner identified her as…

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’s centrist, pro-Ukraine party has secured a commanding lead in the parliamentary election, according to partial results, as voters cast their ballots amid warnings of possible Russian aggression. With 72% of ballots counted, United List had won 36.5% of the vote. The populist Latvia First party was in second place on 13%, after appealing to Latvia’s sizeable ethnic Russian minority during the campaign. “It’s remarkably good. I was not expecting such a result,” Mr Kulbergs told supporters at the party’s headquarters in Riga. The prime minister said he hoped to remain in office but would not…

Ethiopian government forces say they have seized Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, from Tigrayan fighters after a week of intense battles. The reported capture of the city marks a major development in the fighting, which has reignited fears of a full-scale war in the region. There are also concerns that renewed conflict could draw in neighbouring countries.

Aaron Sorkin has revealed that he spent a three-day weekend trying to persuade Jesse Eisenberg to return as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning, even attempting to tempt the actor with a substantial pay increase. Eisenberg played the Meta chief executive in Sorkin’s 2010 film The Social Network, but declined to reprise the role in the sequel. Jeremy Strong has taken his place as Zuckerberg. Sorkin said he knew what the studio was offering Eisenberg, but that financial incentives did not appeal to the actor. “Money does not motivate Jesse. It’s infuriating,” Sorkin told Entertainment Weekly with a laugh. “If…

The Atlanta Dream will begin their first WNBA semi-final appearance since 2018 on Sunday when they host Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty in Game 1 of a best-of-five series at State Farm Arena. Atlanta reached the last four by sweeping the Washington Mystics, securing their first play-off series victory since 2016. New York advanced after eliminating the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx, becoming the first eighth seed in WNBA history to defeat a number one seed. ([dream.wnba.com](https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-advances-to-wnba-playoff-semifinals-with-win-in-washington?utm_source=openai)) The opening game is scheduled for 2pm local time on October 4, with State Farm Arena providing a far larger stage than the…

An 18-year-old P-plate driver accused of injuring 10 Newcastle Knights supporters when his BMW struck a crowd had previously been suspended from driving, court records show. Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe was suspended in February and unsuccessfully appealed against the decision in April. His licence has been suspended again following Saturday’s crash in Newcastle, New South Wales. Samarasinghe was arrested at the scene and taken for mandatory drug and alcohol testing. He has been charged with three counts each of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and causing bodily harm by misconduct in charge of a…