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The annual Swim Across America San Francisco open-water swim has raised more than $450,000 for cancer programmes at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. The event took place in San Francisco Bay on Saturday, September 12, bringing swimmers, volunteers and supporters together for the charity challenge. The 1.5-mile course began at Little Marina Green before finishing at Aquatic Park. Participants could also support the event as kayakers or volunteers. Funds raised through the swim support paediatric cancer research, treatment and survivorship programmes at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland. The San Francisco Bay Area event, which began in 2006,…

The American government has publicly confirmed that it has space weapons in orbit around Earth. The confirmation marks an explicit acknowledgement by the United States that weapons have been deployed in space.

The Kennedy Center in Washington DC is to close immediately for renovations after its Trump-aligned board voted to shut the institution, amid warnings from the president and his allies that it faced financial and structural decline. Donald Trump has spent more than a year pressing for an overhaul of the centre and changes to its performing arts programme. His administration has also sought to add his name to the building. Mr Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose wife Allison is a member of the board, joined Tuesday’s meeting by telephone, according to a person familiar with the matter. Representative…

Romanian shepherds and farmers clashed with riot police in Bucharest after a protest against the extension of a European Union ban on live sheep exports turned violent. About 2,000 people gathered outside the Romanian government headquarters on Tuesday, opposing the continuation of the ban until the end of 2026. The restriction was imposed because of outbreaks of the highly contagious small ruminant plague. Some protesters threw rocks, metal barriers and other objects at officers. Riot police responded with tear gas, and 26 people were detained, according to police. Twenty-four demonstrators and police officers needed medical treatment, with some suffering broken…

Former campaign and Senate staffers for Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman say they are preparing to release damaging stories about him, as frustration among many of his constituents reaches a breaking point. The former staffers are expected to begin sharing the stories soon. The claims come as many people in Fetterman’s Pennsylvania constituency are already described as fed up with the senator.

Former New York state Assemblymember Alex Bores has launched a $10 million nonprofit aimed at helping Democrats develop a united approach to artificial intelligence regulation after he was defeated in a congressional primary marked by more than $40 million in outside spending. Who Decides, founded with Bores’s former chief of staff Anna Myers, plans to raise a further $20 million in 2027 ahead of the 2028 elections. The organisation will work with existing AI advocacy groups in 11 battleground states rather than impose a single platform on them. Bores said the group would seek to establish “a shared floor of…

Kim Kardashian has been awarded one euro by a Paris court over the 2016 robbery in which she said she was bound and restrained at a hotel, with the decision also formally recognising her as a victim. The compensation was reportedly the amount requested by Kardashian. She and her stylist, Simone Harouche, said the ruling was about accountability rather than the sum awarded. In a joint statement, the pair said: “We are grateful to the French justice system for recognizing us as victims of the terrible events that took place in Paris in 2016. The experience was deeply traumatic, and…

Marc Martinez has taken over FOX 10’s main evening newscasts in Phoenix after 24 years covering local news in Arizona. Martinez now anchors the weekday broadcasts at 6pm, 7pm and 10pm, marking a new role for one of the station’s longest-serving journalists. He joined FOX 10 as a reporter in June 2002, having previously worked in Fresno, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada. During his time in Phoenix, he has reported on major Arizona wildfires, flown with the Canadian Snowbirds aerial team and been among the few journalists allowed aboard a space shuttle. FOX 10 said Martinez had shared highlights from…

Australian WWE star Bronson Reed suffered a torn biceps in a freak accident earlier this year. The injury has left the professional wrestler dealing with a significant setback, although no further details were provided.

A 27-year-old man has been charged after a three-year-old girl died following a collision with a car in Auburn, western Sydney. Emergency services were called to Normanby Road shortly after 2pm on Tuesday after reports that a child had been hit by a vehicle. The girl was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition but died several hours later. The driver was not injured. He was taken to Auburn Hospital for mandatory testing before being transported to Auburn Police Station. Police charged him with negligent driving occasioning death. He was released on bail and is due to appear at…