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A North Texas woman detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a traffic stop is facing removal to Mexico, while her family races to find a lawyer before the deadline to appeal. Lourdes Coronado was stopped in Flower Mound on May 8 for driving with a suspended licence and without vehicle registration, according to her family. Following her arrest, Flower Mound police contacted ICE and she was taken into immigration custody. Coronado was subsequently transferred from Denton County to Dallas and then to an immigration detention facility in Oklahoma, her family said. Family seeks lawyer to challenge removal order…

Earl Spencer has accused Buckingham Palace of attempting to cast doubt on his recollection of a conversation with King Charles following the death of his sister, Princess Diana. The claim was made during his first live television interview about his new book. Princess Diana’s brother said the palace’s response had sought to undermine his memory of the conversation with the King.

A potential nor’easter is expected to bring strong winds, high surf and coastal flooding to the New York City area from Friday into the weekend, although forecasters say the storm’s exact track remains uncertain. The developing coastal system could affect New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with prolonged onshore winds, rising tides and hazardous conditions along the coast. The most significant impacts are expected during high tide periods from Friday afternoon into Saturday. National Weather Service forecasters say the storm will strengthen as it approaches the I-95 corridor. Peak gusts of between 35mph and 50mph are possible across the Tri-State…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent accessed material within Medicare that was not intended for public access.

Police are investigating after shots were fired at teenagers playing basketball outside Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minnesota, on Tuesday evening. Officers were called to the church, on the 5000 block of Eden Avenue, at about 8pm on September 22. Witnesses told investigators that a group of teenagers aged between 16 and 18 were playing basketball when another group arrived in a vehicle and opened fire with handguns. The vehicle left immediately after the shooting. Police said officers reached the scene in less than a minute and no one was injured. Basketball players believed to have been…

Mortgage holders face the risk of a fresh interest rate hike as soon as next week, with Thursday’s jobs data expected to play a critical role in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s September decision. The warning comes as the RBA signals that the labour market remains tight, keeping pressure on policymakers as they consider their next move on rates. The employment figures will therefore be closely watched ahead of the September rate decision, with the outcome potentially determining whether borrowers are hit by another increase as early as next week.

A 71-year-old woman has died after being struck by a concrete truck while crossing a road in Oak Park, Illinois, police said. Ann Marie LoPrieno was hit shortly before 9am on Wednesday, September 23, at the junction of North Boulevard and Euclid Avenue. Police and firefighters attended the scene before she was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition. She was pronounced dead at 9.17am, according to Oak Park police. The truck was operated by a concrete supplier working on the Oak Park Avenue streetscape project and was travelling from the construction site when the collision happened, authorities…

Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were “smitten” with each other in the weeks before they were allegedly murdered, a jury in the NSW Supreme Court has heard. Mr Baird’s mother, Helen, said the television presenter and Qantas flight attendant had met at a New Year’s Eve party in December 2023 and quickly developed a close relationship. “It was early days but they were both smitten with each other and they were great together,” she told the court. Ms Baird recalled receiving a photograph of her son and Mr Davies at a Pink concert in Sydney, along with the message: “Luke’s…

A Florida woman has been arrested after police said she left her six-month-old baby in a running car for several hours while she cleaned a client’s home in Edgewater. Kristina Vitucci was taken into custody on Tuesday, 22 September, and booked on charges including child neglect, leaving a child unattended in a vehicle for more than 15 minutes and violating probation. She was being held without bond, according to jail records. Edgewater Police Department said a concerned resident noticed a vehicle running in a driveway for an extended period. When the woman checked inside, she found the infant alone and…

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Manhattan for sexually assaulting former television production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. The sentence marks the latest stage in the legal case against the former Hollywood producer, whose 2020 conviction was overturned by New York’s highest court before he was convicted again at a retrial last year. Weinstein, 74, is expected to appeal and continues to maintain that he never raped or sexually assaulted anyone. He has already spent more than six years in custody and is now likely to remain behind bars well into his 80s. Haley told…