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The family of Judith Browne is seeking answers after the 71-year-old was found dead in the Manning River on the New South Wales Mid North Coast. State Emergency Service volunteers discovered her body at about 10am on Tuesday while searching for the Taree woman, who had been reported missing. Ms Browne was last seen on Frances Street in Taree at about 10.30pm on Sunday. Her brother, Andrew, said the family was waiting for further information from police about the circumstances of her death. Police are working to retrace her movements and have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.…

About 20 golf carts caught fire at a repair business in Brandywine, Maryland, on Thursday morning, sending a plume of black smoke over the area. Prince George’s County Fire and EMS crews were called to the 15,200 block of Crain Highway at around 6.30am after flames broke out at the commercial premises. The fire spread from the golf carts to an office building before firefighters brought it under control. No injuries were reported. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

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Alameda County’s presiding judge has asked supervisors to approve a further $3 million to preserve a pretrial services programme that helps people awaiting trial in the community, warning that a proposed takeover by the probation department could leave thousands without support. Judge Michael Markman said the seven-month-old Pretrial Expansion Programme, which is due to lose its current funding on December 31, had improved court attendance and reduced reoffending among defendants released from custody. The dispute centres on whether the service should continue to be run through the court with case managers from Berkeley-based charity Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS), or…

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One person was rescued and several firefighters were injured after a house fire in Seattle’s Matthews Beach neighbourhood early on Thursday, 24 September. Crews were sent to a property at 12001 Sand Point Way North-east, near the junction with North-east 120th Street, shortly before 2.42am, according to Seattle Fire Department dispatch records. Firefighters were hurt when part of the home’s exterior structure collapsed during the operation. Details of their injuries were not immediately available. One resident was brought out of the building and taken to Harborview Medical Center in a stable condition. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

Twins from Albany have won the lottery twice within two years and now plan to hit the road after paying off their property. The Western Australian siblings are set to use their latest stroke of luck to clear the remaining debt on their home before embarking on a road trip. Their double lottery win has given the twins the chance to settle their property costs and make plans for life on the road.

New Jersey and Delaware beaches are facing a prolonged coastal storm, with strong winds, dangerous surf and significant tidal flooding expected to worsen through the weekend. The National Weather Service has extended a wind advisory covering the coastal areas until Friday evening and issued a high wind watch from Friday night through Saturday afternoon. Northerly winds of 30 to 40mph, with gusts of up to 60mph, are possible in exposed areas. The system is being driven by low pressure developing off the East Coast. Forecasters expect it to move north towards the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England, with its closest…

Twin brothers from Albany in Western Australia have won major lottery prizes twice within two years, after sharing a $1 million Millionaire Medley windfall. The 65-year-olds, from the state’s Great Southern region, previously won Set for Life. That prize helped them buy their sister’s home; the latest win will allow them to pay off the property and plan a new life on the road. Both winning tickets were bought at Clark’s Newsagency in Albany. The latest was purchased after one of the brothers’ dental appointments was cancelled. “When I got home, I realised I’d bought a Slikpik and forgotten to…

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding that the outlets were likely to succeed in challenging their exclusion from the complex. US District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a temporary restraining order early on Thursday, directing officials to “return, reinstate, and restore” the journalists’ press credentials for at least 14 days while the legal dispute proceeds. The decision represents an immediate setback for President Donald Trump, who announced the ban last week and accused the three organisations of publishing “fake news”. He also claimed their reporting raised national…