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An Australian father and his two children have been found dead in Bali in a suspected murder-suicide, police said. Damien John Shaw, 56, and his Indonesian-born son, aged six, and daughter, aged four, were discovered in a bungalow in Kuta at about 8.30am on Sunday local time. Hotel staff entered the room after Shaw’s wife, who had recently travelled to Jakarta, asked them to check on him. She had heard the children crying during a phone call and later told police she heard her daughter say: “Stop daddy.” Workers found all three family members dead before alerting police. The circumstances…

Trump pardon brokers are charging wealthy applicants hundreds of thousands, and in some cases millions, of dollars while claiming they can use political connections to take clemency requests directly to the president. The claims emerged during a hidden-camera operation involving Ammon Covino, a convicted wildlife trafficker whose application for a pardon had been rejected through the normal Department of Justice process. Covino and his wife, Crystal, run zoos and aquariums. He served 23 months in prison after being convicted of illegal wildlife trafficking and had submitted a three-page application to the Justice Department. “When the pardons came out we were…

Talks on the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Gulf states have been postponed, with an Iranian foreign ministry official saying regional countries requested the delay. The meeting was due to take place in Oman. Iran and Oman agreed jointly to postpone the discussions, the official said. No new date for the talks was given.

Kaley Cuoco displayed her growing baby bump as she attended the 2026 BAFTA TV Tea Party in Beverly Hills with her fiancé, Tom Pelphrey. The 40-year-old actress and 44-year-old actor posed together at the invitation-only event, held at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on Sunday, ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards. Cuoco and Pelphrey announced earlier this summer that they were expecting their second child together. The couple, who are engaged, already have a three-year-old daughter, Matilda, and are expecting another girl. The BAFTA TV Tea Party, hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, brings together a number…

Wildfires are continuing to burn across Washington state, with the Little Giant Fire in Chelan County now the largest active blaze of the 2026 season and one of the biggest in the state’s recorded history. Fire officials said the lightning-caused fire had spread across about 172,694 acres and was 81% contained as of Sunday, September 13. Around 1,000 personnel remained deployed to reinforce containment lines and watch for further growth. At least 35 structures have been destroyed, including two primary homes, 13 secondary homes or cabins and 21 outbuildings. Evacuation orders remain in place at Levels 3, “Go Now”, 2,…

Alexander Zverev has explained the humorous finish to the US Open final against Ben Shelton after admitting: “I thought the score was 5-1.” The comment came as Zverev described his confusion during the closing stages of the match, providing a light-hearted moment at the end of the final.

A US fighter crewman has described surviving a missile strike over Iran, a damaged parachute and a 48-hour escape from pursuing Iranian forces before being rescued in one of the most complex operations in American military history. The officer, known by the mission call sign Bravo, was the weapons systems officer aboard an F-15E fighter jet when it was hit during the war. The pilot, identified as Alpha, and Bravo ejected separately over a mountainous desert region, where bounties had reportedly been placed on them. Speaking publicly for the first time in an interview with Norah O’Donnell, Bravo said the…

An Australian man and his two children have been found dead inside a villa in Bali. The three were discovered at the property, though no further details about the circumstances of their deaths have been provided.

Patrick Clancy and his new wife, Rachel Danis, have been seen on a Hamptons coffee run following the mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case. The couple were pictured inside the Milk Pail on Saturday, appearing to collect drinks while browsing the shop. Clancy wore a pink polo shirt and shorts, while Danis stood a few feet behind him. The outing came just over a week after a judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s case when jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked. Clancy later said through his lawyer that there would “never be closure” after losing his three children, adding…

One person has died after a reported armed robbery led to a vehicle pursuit in north Houston, Texas, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a 911 caller reported being robbed at gunpoint before following the alleged offender in his vehicle. The caller later said he had been shot after pursuing the suspect to John Alber Road, near Bauman Road. Deputies attending the scene found one person suffering from a gunshot wound and pronounced them dead. Investigators have not established whether the victim was the robbery suspect or the person who made the emergency call. No…