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Australian television personality Tayla Meath has died aged 30 following a difficult battle with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Meath was best known as an animal shelter worker and dog matchmaker on The Dog House Australia, where she helped rescue dogs find new homes. The programme announced her death in a statement shared on Facebook. “Tayla will be remembered for the extraordinary love, kindness and care she showed our four-legged friends through The Dog House Australia, and for the lasting impact she made on everyone fortunate enough to know her,” the statement said. “Working with…

The Brooklyn Center Super 8 hotel raided in a large-scale sex-trafficking investigation was previously named in a federal lawsuit alleging that a 15-year-old girl was exploited there in 2013. Police arrested 23 people during Wednesday’s operation at the Super 8 and Travelodge on James Circle, as well as two other hotels in the Minnesota city. Officers recovered seven firearms, about 1.5lb of drugs and roughly $9,000 in cash, according to Brooklyn Center police chief Garett Flesland. Federal lawsuit alleges trafficking at Super 8 The civil case was brought by a woman identified in court documents as T.S., who alleges that…

Daniel Billings has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder of Molly Ticehurst, bringing an end to a case that exposed months of threats, stalking and domestic abuse before the 28-year-old childcare worker was killed in her home in Forbes, New South Wales. Billings, 31, must serve at least 20 years before he can apply for parole. New South Wales Supreme Court Justice Natalie Adams found the murder was at the high end of seriousness, saying he had killed Ms Ticehurst in the way he had repeatedly threatened to do. Ms Ticehurst and Billings ended their on-and-off…

A Hong Kong court has jailed two former leaders of a group that organised annual Tiananmen vigils, sentencing Lee Cheuk-yan to seven years and Chow Hang-tung to seven years and three months for inciting subversion. The pair were convicted under the national security law imposed by Beijing after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019. They had pleaded not guilty and have been in custody since 2021. Lee, 69, was the former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, while Chow, 41, served as its vice-chairwoman. The now-disbanded alliance organised candlelit commemorations of the 1989…

Perez Hilton has cut the asking price of his Las Vegas home by $350,000 as he remains in hospital following a self-harm livestream last month. The six-bedroom property is now being marketed for $3.9 million, down from the $4.25 million asking price set when the celebrity blogger listed it in June, according to TMZ. The price reduction comes amid reports that Hilton, 48, has been under financial pressure after struggling to secure new television projects and facing substantial medical costs this year. Hilton moved from Las Vegas to Miami with his three children in June, returning to the city where…

A former Anthropic researcher has warned that artificial intelligence could ultimately threaten humanity, saying the companies developing the most advanced systems are racing towards technology they may not be able to control. Jacob Coxon, who worked on pre-training research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said there was a possibility that increasingly capable AI could cause catastrophic harm, including human extinction, if safeguards failed. His comments came after he announced his resignation from Anthropic, accusing leading laboratories of “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”. The post was viewed by more than 100 million people within a day.…

A man has been found dead at an open-cut mine near Coober Pedy in South Australia, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances of his death. Emergency services were called to the site, just south of the outback town, at about 9.30am on Thursday after the body was discovered. The man’s identity has not been released and his cause of death remains unknown. Investigators are working to establish how he died. Major Crime detectives and forensic officers have travelled to Coober Pedy to assist local police with the inquiry. A post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out as detectives…

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates next week, most likely by 25 basis points, but Governor Kazuo Ueda is likely to offer little guidance on how far borrowing costs could ultimately rise. The increase would take the policy rate to 1.25 per cent, its highest level in 31 years. It would also come just three months after the central bank’s previous rate rise, signalling a potentially faster pace of monetary tightening. Four people familiar with the Bank of Japan’s thinking said officials saw conditions falling into place for another increase, with the economy heading towards a…

Pamela Anderson and Salma Hayek Pinault made a joint appearance at the Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women Dinner in New York, with both stars opting for black ensembles for the high-profile charity event. The fifth annual dinner was held at The Pool on Thursday, September 10, during New York Fashion Week. Anderson was among the evening’s host committee, alongside Hayek Pinault and her husband, Kering chairman François-Henri Pinault. ([keringfoundation.org](https://www.keringfoundation.org/en/news/fifth-caring-for-women-dinner-returns-to-new-york-city/?utm_source=openai)) The event raises funds for organisations working to end gender-based violence and support survivors. This year’s proceeds are due to benefit Activating Change, Fondo Semillas, JBWS and The New York Women’s…

A North Carolina State Highway Patrol sergeant has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge over the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s captain during a long-running dispute involving a woman both men had dated. Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, is accused of killing Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Capt Adam Bean outside a home on Seattle Slew Lane in Hope Mills on 27 March. A Cumberland County grand jury returned the indictment on 8 September. A judge ordered Oxendine to remain in custody without bond following a hearing the next day. Search-warrant documents allege that Bean arrived at the property after asking…