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Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves has said she hopes Taylor Brown wins season 28, with the final three contestants preparing to compete for the $750,000 prize. The CBS reality competition’s 56-year-old presenter will return for the season finale on Thursday October 1, when the winner of the series will be decided. Speaking ahead of the broadcast, Chen Moonves said she wanted Brown to secure the final head of household competition before going on to win the show. “I want to see Taylor win the last HOH, and I want to see her win the show. That’s my hope,” she…

A teenager was left unconscious on the roadside after being struck by a vehicle while skating in DeKalb County, Georgia, prompting his mother to appeal for the driver to come forward. Kristopher was found by passers-by on River Road near Ridgetop at about 1.15pm on Tuesday, 29 September, roughly an hour after the collision. Police said the driver left without stopping or calling for emergency assistance. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with extensive bruising, a severely swollen forehead and fluid leaking from his pelvis. His mother, Tiffany White, said he could not remember the crash and only recalled…

A Florida woman has been arrested after allegedly leaving her four children, including a two-month-old baby, alone in a North Miami Beach residence while she travelled on a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. Nathalie Belizaire, 29, is facing four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm. Her attorney has denied the allegations. Police became involved after the father of the infant saw a WhatsApp post which appeared to show Belizaire buying a cruise ticket. She allegedly told him the children would be staying with their great-grandmother. But when he went to Belizaire’s apartment on Saturday night, he saw a…

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has boasted of reshaping the military while the United States is at war with Iran. Hegseth spoke about what he called “PT at the Pentagon” on the day the US military announced it had completed its troop pullout from Iraq. The remarks came as the Pentagon marked the end of the withdrawal, with Hegseth outlining his view of changes to the US military.

The US Senate has rejected a bill targeting data centre electricity costs, blocking a measure that would have required state regulators to consider making major power users pay towards infrastructure built to serve them. The Ratepayer Protection Act fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, with senators voting 57 to 43 on Wednesday. Only four Democrats – Maggie Hassan, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock – joined Republicans in backing it. The legislation had passed the House of Representatives earlier this month by 417 votes to three. Supporters said it would have helped protect households…

Australian home prices have fallen for a sixth consecutive month, putting the market on course for its sharpest downturn in 30 years. The decline has been accompanied by a marked drop in property sales, adding to signs of a sustained slowdown in the housing market. The latest run of monthly falls represents the longest sequence of declines in three decades, with prices continuing to weaken across Australia.

Timothy Busfield is seeking testimony from parents of child actors and members of the crew of The Cleaning Lady as he challenges a New Mexico indictment alleging he sexually abused child actors on the series. Documents filed in court show that Busfield’s legal team wants several parents connected to the programme to be available at an upcoming hearing on his motion to dismiss the indictment. The defence has also listed a number of crew members, including a director of photography, a hair and make-up worker, a line producer, a Covid nurse and a stand-in actor. Busfield’s lawyers say prosecutors have…

A marsh wildfire near Groveland in Lake County, Florida, had spread across approximately 250 acres by Wednesday evening, prompting an aerial firefighting operation and a warning for the public to keep away from the area. The Silver Eagle Road Marsh Fire is being monitored by the Florida Forest Service’s Withlacoochee Forestry Center, with Lake County Fire Rescue also involved in the response. Helicopters deployed over Silver Eagle Road marsh fire Two helicopters have been used to drop water on the blaze, while three bulldozers and ground crews were positioned near nearby housing developments to protect structures if necessary. Firefighters have…

The third piece of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic emblems has been unveiled in Rockhampton, offering the first distinctly rounded element in a design still being assembled across Queensland. The gold and magenta shape, which is almost spherical, was presented by retired track cyclist Anna Meares and wheelchair sprint athlete Angie Ballard at Riverside Park on Thursday. It follows two more abstract pieces revealed earlier in the week. Swimmers Ian Thorpe and Grant “Scooter” Patterson introduced the first in Cairns on Tuesday, before rugby league greats Johnathan Thurston and Sam Thaiday unveiled the second at Townsville’s Castle Hill Lookout…

Andy Burnham has defended his Brexit stance after indicating at the Labour conference that he wanted to reconsider Britain’s long-term relationship with Brussels. The Prime Minister had previously told voters in the Leave-supporting Makerfield constituency that Brexit should not be the focus of the by-election campaign and that he was not advocating Britain rejoining the European Union. Asked whether his latest position reflected what constituents had told him on the doorstep, Mr Burnham said: “I stand by everything I said in the by-election.” He added: “I said that we shouldn’t be going straight to a divisive referendum and that’s not…