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A remorseful man has admitted ramming the front gate of a major synagogue after prosecutors withdrew a hate crime allegation. The allegation was removed before the man made his admission. The circumstances surrounding the incident were not detailed in the available material.

An empty medical office in Crystal Lake, Illinois, has raised questions over possible phantom billing after an insurer was charged $500 for a laboratory test that a patient said she never received. Katie Duda noticed the charge on an Explanation of Benefits letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. She said the name of the provider, Niyraa LLC, was unfamiliar, prompting her and her mother to visit the company’s listed premises. They found an unlocked office in a strip centre with no staff present. A sign on the door instructed visitors to leave mail inside, while the premises appeared…

Heidi Klum celebrated HeidiFest in Munich with her family, embracing traditional Bavarian style alongside her husband Tom Kaulitz, daughter Leni, son Henry and mother Erna. The model wore a bright yellow floral dirndl, featuring a lace-up bodice and wide apron skirt, as she attended the star-studded event at the Hofbräuhaus beer hall. She completed the outfit with a matching flower wreath and yellow heels. Kaulitz, the Tokio Hotel guitarist whom Klum married in 2019, also dressed for the occasion in distressed olive-brown lederhosen, a light blue shirt and waistcoat. Knee-high grey wool socks completed his look. The couple were photographed…

The Bank of Japan has raised interest rates to a 31-year high as concerns over growing inflationary risks intensify. The move marks a further shift by Japan’s central bank as it responds to mounting price pressures.

New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson is set to guest star in Law & Order: SVU after being seen filming an upcoming episode with his friend Mariska Hargitay in New York City. The 30-year-old basketball player joined the cast and crew on set on Thursday, with details of his character yet to be disclosed. His appearance is scheduled for the episode airing on 5 November. Hargitay, who stars in the long-running series and is also an executive producer, posed for a group photograph with Brunson and members of the production team during the shoot. Sharing her own version of…

Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse, the historic Berkeley brewpub regarded as the oldest continuously operating establishment of its kind in the United States, is to close after more than 40 years. Brothers John and Reid Martin said the venue would remain open until the end of the University of California, Berkeley’s autumn semester, expected in mid-December, as they prepare to retire from the business. Triple Rock opened on Shattuck Avenue on 14 March 1986, when John Martin was 25 and Reid was 28. It was originally established as Roaring Rock Brewery and was among the first five American brewpubs to…

Five stores operated by Australian womenswear retailer Cue Clothing Co will close as administrators work to secure a buyer for the struggling business. The closures will affect four Cue outlets and one Veronika Maine shop, just days after the Sydney-based company entered voluntary administration. The stores being shut are the Veronika Maine outlet in Mosman, Sydney, and Cue branches in Woden in the Australian Capital Territory, Parramatta in western Sydney, Armadale south-east of Perth and Melbourne Central. Administrators Kate Warwick and Vaughan Strawbridge, from FTI Consulting, said there had been strong initial interest from prospective buyers. Expressions of interest are…

The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial said he had “no doubts” she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children, despite the jury failing to reach a verdict. Michael Desronvil said he believed the physical evidence, key witnesses and prosecution case showed that Ms Clancy knew what she was doing and had planned it. “I didn’t have any doubts,” Mr Desronvil said in a statement issued through his representative, Ray Marcel. “As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the…

Syria has told the UN Security Council that Israel poses the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East, as a meeting on the country’s post-Assad transition became a heated dispute over foreign troops on Syrian territory. Ibrahim Olabi, Syria’s permanent representative to the UN, said he had intended to discuss progress in the transition but was forced to respond to Israel’s military actions. He accused Israel of entering villages, displacing people and bombing facilities while Syria sought to avoid further regional suffering. “Israel penetrated our villages, displaced our people, bombed our facilities while we chose to spare the region…

The Trump administration is proceeding with the proposed sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite US intelligence concerns that China could gain access to the aircraft’s sensitive technology. The State Department valued the package, which includes a spare engine, at $24.3 billion. It said the deal would strengthen Saudi Arabia’s ability to deter present and future threats and improve its homeland defence. Formal notification of the sale was sent to Congress on Thursday. If the aircraft are ultimately produced and delivered, a process expected to take years, Saudi Arabia would become only the second country in the…