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Authorities in Wisconsin are searching for Jontavion Hampton after police say he cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet and fled supervision in June. The 25-year-old, who is also known as “Jon Jon”, has links to Sheboygan and Milwaukee, according to the Sheboygan Police Department and a US Marshals task force officer. Detective Ryan Walloch said Hampton had been monitored electronically before removing the device and leaving the area. Investigators believe he has continued to cause problems while evading law enforcement. “The most current incident, he cut the bracelet off and left it to go on the run,” Walloch said, describing…

A man in his 50s has been taken to hospital after a shark attack at Glenfield Beach, north of Geraldton in Western Australia. Emergency services were called to the beach at about 9.30am on Monday after the man was reportedly mauled. St John WA paramedics arrived soon afterwards and took him to Geraldton Health Campus about an hour after the initial report. A shark of unknown species and size was later reported about 40 metres offshore at Drummond Cove Beach, north of the attack site, according to the Western Australian Government’s SharkSmart tracking website. The Department of Primary Industries and…

Two people were killed after sitting on subway tracks as a train approached a station in downtown Manhattan, police said. The 24-year-old man from Sayreville, New Jersey, and 24-year-old woman from Dayton, New York, were on the rails at Spring Street station shortly before 3.14am on Sunday, when a southbound Number 4 train entered the station. Footage shared online appeared to show the pair looking towards the approaching train. The motorman applied the emergency brakes, but the train struck them. Officers responding to reports of two people being hit found both unresponsive. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Their…

Forrestania Resources has secured the right to buy and process up to two million tonnes of gold ore from MEGA Resources over the next two years, strengthening plans for regional processing hubs in Western Australia. The agreement is supported by a separate five-year master services deal under which MEGA will become a preferred provider of open-pit mining, drill-and-blast and other mining support services. Ore will be supplied in campaigns of between 50,000 and 150,000 tonnes and can be processed at either Forrestania’s Lake Johnston or Edna May plants. The company will take ownership when the material is delivered and retain…

Andy Burnham faces a high-stakes policy headache that could split Labour MPs. The policy at stake has the potential to create divisions within the Labour Party, with MPs divided over its direction. There is currently no clear path to resolution, and the dispute is continuing to unfold. The development places renewed focus on Burnham and the internal dynamics of Labour as it navigates a high-pressure policy debate.

An Australian father and his two children have been found dead in a villa in Bali in what police are treating as a suspected murder-suicide. Damien John Shaw, 56, from Fremantle in Western Australia, was discovered with his six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter in a bedroom at the property in Kuta on Sunday morning. Police believe Mr Shaw smothered the children before taking his own life, although the exact causes of death will be established by autopsies. No weapons were found at the scene. Their mother had travelled to Jakarta four days earlier. She called her husband on Sunday and…

Alexia Nepola has confirmed that she and Todd Nepola are happily together again, two years after he filed for divorce. The Real Housewives of Miami star shared the update during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live. Host Andy Cohen asked the 59-year-old to define her current relationship with Todd, saying they were “clearly back together again”. “Very happy,” Alexia replied. “Things are so much better. We’re in a great place, and you know, love wins. We figured it out.” Alexia married Todd in 2021, before he filed for divorce two years later. The pair were subsequently seen showing affection…

Voters in Kyle, Texas, could be asked next year whether the city should continue using Flock surveillance cameras, after councillors rejected a proposal to cancel two contracts with the company. The Kyle City Council voted 6-1 on 5 September against Councilwoman Claudia Zapata’s motion to withdraw funding for the agreements, which cover 47 cameras and two drones. The contracts are currently costing the city about $381,000 a year, according to local reporting. ([aol.com](https://www.aol.com/articles/kyle-voters-could-flock-cameras-152826000.html)) Instead, councillors voted unanimously to ask city staff to prepare options for a non-binding referendum on the May 2027 ballot. The result would allow residents to express…

A referee was punched during the Subbies Rugby Final between Waverly and Hunters Hill. The incident occurred during the match, which featured the two teams.

Boris Johnson has warned that Russian attacks on Ukrainian railways reflect growing desperation in the Kremlin and called for faster Western support to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences. Writing after the destruction of a civilian shunting locomotive close to the Polish border, the former prime minister said Moscow was escalating strikes on passenger trains and transport infrastructure because its forces had failed to make significant gains on the battlefield. Mr Johnson claimed Russia had suffered 1.5 million casualties during the war, including more than 40,000 men killed or so seriously wounded that they could no longer fight in both July and…