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Los Angeles County health officials are preparing an investigation into a property in the Fairfax District after reports that its yard has again become buried under rubbish and debris. The Environmental Health division of the county’s Department of Public Health will carry out a “site investigation” to assess accumulated waste, sanitation conditions and possible signs of vermin activity or infestation. Recent photographs showed the property surrounded by refuse. Witnesses also reported seeing insects flying around the area, although the county said it had received no recent complaints and had not inspected the site since last year. The department was previously…

Mikel Arteta has reportedly become the Premier League’s highest-paid manager after agreeing a new contract with Arsenal worth £20 million a year. The reported deal would place the Arsenal boss at the top of the division’s managerial pay rankings, although no further details of the contract have been disclosed. Arteta has led Arsenal’s first team since 2019 and remains at the centre of the club’s plans as they seek to compete at the highest level in English football.

At least one person was shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries in northwest Harris County on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The shooting was reported shortly before 3.45pm near the junction of Veterans Memorial Drive and Broad Haven Drive, where Harris County authorities attended the scene. The identity of the victim has not been released. Officials have not said whether a suspect has been identified or disclosed a possible motive for the Harris County shooting. The investigation remains ongoing.

A Tennessee death-row inmate has regained consciousness after surviving a botched execution, telling lawyers she is “angry and confused” and aware that the state tried to kill her. Christa Pike, 50, was taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital last week after two injections of pentobarbital failed to end her life. She was unconscious, critically ill and suffering severe injuries to her arms. Her lawyers had believed as recently as Monday that Pike was brain dead and that her life support would be withdrawn. But she woke on Tuesday and began speaking, in what her lawyer Randall Spivey…

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has flown to meet sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and present them with a Presidential Unit Citation, as the aircraft carrier prepares to return to San Diego after more than 300 days at sea. The carrier’s crew are expected to arrive back on US soil on Thursday. Mr Hegseth travelled to meet the troops a day before their scheduled homecoming. The Presidential Unit Citation is the highest honour a military unit can receive. The presentation comes as the sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln complete their lengthy deployment and prepare to return home.

CCTV has captured the moments before and after a 17-year-old boy fell about 30 metres to his death from Hibernian House in Surry Hills, inner-city Sydney. Emergency services were called to the heritage-listed building in Elizabeth Street at about 9pm on Tuesday after reports that someone had fallen to the street. The teenager suffered critical injuries and died at the scene. It is understood the boy had been balancing on a rail when he fell. Two friends who were with him were not injured, but were treated for shock. Footage from inside the five-storey warehouse shows the three teenagers, all…

Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is facing questions over around $360,000 in political donations that appear to exceed the legal limit, with his campaign yet to issue refunds. Individuals may give candidates up to $9,000 for each election. Because Mr Blakeman did not face a primary contest, he is required to return contributions above that threshold. At least 40 donations exceeding the limit were reported after the state Board of Elections certified the primary ballot on 13 May, according to campaign disclosure filings. Several were made well after the primary had passed. Among the contributions was a $15,000…

China’s AI start-ups are closing the gap with the United States but face a growing obstacle in securing the money needed to sustain their progress, with venture funding and bank lending falling well short of American levels. Moonshot’s Kimi K3, described as the world’s largest open-weight model, has approached the performance of leading US systems. Analysts estimate that China’s best models are now about four months behind the most advanced releases from OpenAI and Anthropic, compared with seven months at the start of 2026. Chinese models accounted for more than half of global token traffic by the summer of 2026,…

A former Cornell University student who alleges she was gang-raped by members of the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024 has told a university panel that she felt “prostituted” during the incident. Jane Doe said she felt she had been used as “bait” for a group of men, according to a transcript of the panel hearing held several months after the alleged assault. “I was prostituted, and I was held up like bait for a gaggle of men,” she said. “I remember a dark room with shadows of men in and out constantly. And I remember feeling like there was…

Manchester United have been handed encouragement in their reported pursuit of Freiburg striker Igor Matanovic, with the 23-year-old said to be keen on a potential move to Old Trafford. A January transfer is not currently expected, but Matanovic would reportedly “jump” at the opportunity to join United in the coming years. Arsenal and Chelsea are also understood to be monitoring the Croatia international after his impressive form in the Bundesliga. Manchester United track Freiburg striker Igor Matanovic United are expected to consider further attacking reinforcements over the next 12 months, and Matanovic has emerged as a possible long-term option. He…