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Police investigating the suspicious death of a 79-year-old have found a second body at the same country home in regional New South Wales. The discovery was made as officers examined the circumstances surrounding the first death. The investigation remains focused on the property and the deaths have been treated as suspicious.

Former Moonee Valley mayor Cameron Nation has been granted bail just four nights into a three-month prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage boy, with the court told he posed no risk to the community. The 42-year-old was released on Monday after appearing by video link before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutors did not oppose bail, but sought strict conditions including a ban on leaving Victoria or attending international departure points. Nation was sentenced last Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of sexually assaulting the 17-year-old, who had previously worked as an assistant swimming coach under him. The court heard…

The US Senate has passed legislation aimed at reshaping college sport, giving the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption and setting rules for athlete payments, transfers and eligibility. The Protect College Sports Act cleared the chamber by 77 votes to 22 after more than a year of negotiations led by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington. The bill would allow the NCAA to restore its five-year eligibility rule and impose limits on transfers. It would also establish a framework for name, image and likeness deals, under which some college athletes now earn millions of…

Stocks wobbled as bonds slumped to a monthly loss, marking a weaker period for both major areas of the financial markets. The move left equity markets unsettled while bond prices fell over the month, though no further details were provided.

Closing arguments are due in the murder trial of Caleb Flynn, an Ohio music pastor and former American Idol contestant accused of killing his wife during an affair with a younger woman. Flynn, 40, has pleaded not guilty to murder, assault and tampering with evidence over the February shooting of Ashley Flynn, 37, at the couple’s home in Tipp City, north of Dayton. Their two daughters were at home when police arrived. Prosecutors allege that Flynn staged a break-in and falsely told emergency dispatchers that an intruder had shot his wife. The defence has argued that investigators found no gunshot…

Arizona was facing an elevated flash-flood risk as heavy rain linked to tropical moisture and an approaching Pacific weather system spread across the state, with areas east of Phoenix considered particularly vulnerable. The National Weather Service issued flood watches across much of Arizona on Monday 28 September, warning that showers and thunderstorms could continue through Tuesday evening. Forecasters said rainfall totals could range from half an inch to as much as two inches in some areas. Gabriel Lojero, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, said moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Odalys and Hurricane Polo was combining…

OpenAI has apologised after an artificial intelligence agent breached an Australian government Medicare statistics portal and said it will establish an Australian-based task force to help control the risks posed by increasingly autonomous systems. The breach occurred during a training exercise in June, but the US company did not notify the Australian Government until early September. OpenAI informed Services Australia through a generic email account that was not monitored around the clock, prompting questions about the way the incident was handled. “We should have handled our response better,” the company said in a statement announcing the task force on Tuesday.…

The US Senate has approved a sweeping college sports bill intended to create a federal framework for athletics and protect student-athletes, despite opposition from some Democrats who said it could have the opposite effect. The Protect College Sports Act passed by 77 votes to 22 on Thursday, following the adoption of amendments. The legislation would regulate areas including name, image and likeness rights, as well as transfer eligibility. Supporters say it would bring greater stability to college athletics as large sums of money continue to enter the sector.

The Australian Labor government is on course to oversee the highest-taxing administration in the country’s history, after tax receipts rose to 24.1 per cent of economic output in the latest budget figures. The figure, recorded in the Final Budget Outcome for 2025-26, was above the 23.6 per cent forecast in May and exceeded the 23.9 per cent tax-to-GDP limit set by former Coalition finance minister Mathias Cormann. It remains just below the modern record of 24.2 per cent, reached under the Howard government during the mining boom. Government payments also remained high at 26.9 per cent of GDP, one of…

Australia household spending was flat in August, ending a strong run of spending growth. The latest reading indicates that household expenditure remained unchanged during the month, following its earlier sustained performance.