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Milwaukee police are searching for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run that killed 24-year-old Nora Winkels near North Teutonia Avenue and West Ruby Avenue. Winkels was struck by a southbound vehicle at about 11.15pm on Monday, September 7, police said. The driver left the scene without stopping. A 44-year-old passer-by stopped to help, but a second southbound vehicle then hit both the injured woman and the bystander. Winkels was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the second vehicle remained at the scene and is co-operating with investigators.…

Australian authorities are to gain wider powers to prosecute businesses selling illegal tobacco, with low prices, unusual packaging and concealed products potentially being used as evidence of criminality. Legislation being introduced to federal parliament on Thursday will overhaul customs rules and remove the need to prove that illicit tobacco was knowingly imported illegally before enforcement action can be taken. Under the proposed changes, cigarettes sold for less than the combined value of excise and GST could be treated as evidence of illegal trading. Products in non-standard packaging or hidden from view would also provide grounds for authorities to bring charges.…

Donald Trump has predicted that the Iran war will end immediately after the US midterm elections, while conceding that petrol prices are unlikely to fall before the November 3 vote. The president made the claim on Wednesday as he travelled from Joint Base Andrews to Dallas for a Republican midterm convention. He said Iran was attempting to prolong the conflict in the hope of influencing the election and weakening his party’s position in Congress. “I think the war’s going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer,” Mr Trump told reporters. He also said oil…

Plans to convert the Grade II-listed Gatehouse pub in Norwich into a mosque and community hub face a major setback after a council conservation officer warned that the proposed extension would cause “an unacceptable degree of harm” to the historic building. The Norwich Muslim Centre has applied to change the use of the former pub on Dereham Road and build a substantial two-storey extension. The scheme would provide prayer halls and wider community facilities for more than 200 people. Jack Pearce, Norwich City Council’s conservation and design officer, said the proposed addition was “inappropriate” and described it as “monolithic, modernist…

Martin Herlihy is leaving Saturday Night Live after five seasons, according to reports, in the latest departure from the long-running NBC sketch show ahead of its season 52 premiere. Herlihy, 27, worked mainly as a writer but also appeared in sketches as a performer. His exit was reported by The Hollywood Reporter and comes just weeks before the programme returns on 26 September. He is best known as one-third of the comedy group Please Don’t Destroy, alongside Ben Marshall and John Higgins. The trio became a regular presence on the show through its digital sketches. Marshall was promoted to the…

Google has discontinued the Pixel Tablet, removing the device from its online store and ending sales of the only tablet in its current hardware range. The tablet’s product page now redirects to the Google Store homepage, with no reference to the Pixel Tablet elsewhere on the site apart from a small number of accessories. Sales ended in late August, although the listing was still visible as out of stock on August 31. Launched in 2023, the Pixel Tablet was designed to serve both as a conventional Android tablet and as a smart display when placed on its charging dock. Its…

Martin Odegaard’s new attacking role is helping drive Arsenal’s flying start, according to Mikel Arteta, after the captain struck the winner in Wednesday’s 1-0 Champions League victory over Napoli. The goal, scored in the 75th minute at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, was Odegaard’s fourth in five appearances this season. ([skysports.com](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13583797/arsenal-martin-odegaard-new-role-explained-by-mikel-arteta-after-captains-champions-league-winner-at-napoli)) It was the second decisive goal in four days for the Norway international, who had also settled Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Chelsea. His latest finish came after a flowing Arsenal move and clipped the inside of the post before finding the net. ([skysports.com](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13583797/arsenal-martin-odegaard-new-role-explained-by-mikel-arteta-after-captains-champions-league-winner-at-napoli)) Arteta believes Odegaard’s improvement is…

Fire crews battling the Kurk Fire in San Saba County, Texas, had halted its forward spread by Wednesday, September 9, after the blaze burned through about 1,000 acres near Cherokee. The wildfire was reported on Tuesday and had initially covered about 300 acres near County Road 417, according to local emergency officials. By the following day, it was estimated to be 50 per cent contained. ([kwtx.com](https://www.kwtx.com/2026/09/08/emergency-crews-battle-fire-san-saba-county/?utm_source=openai)) No evacuations had been ordered and no injuries were reported. A burn ban was in force across San Saba County, where outdoor burning was prohibited because of the dry conditions and wildfire risk. ([co.san-saba.tx.us](https://www.co.san-saba.tx.us/?utm_source=openai))…

An Anthropic researcher has resigned after warning that the company and rival OpenAI are rushing towards self-improving artificial intelligence without adequate safeguards, leaving humanity exposed to systems that could eventually escape human control. Jacob Coxon, who said he had spent the past three years carrying out pre-training research at both companies, announced his departure in a series of posts on X on Tuesday 8 September. He accused the two leading AI developers of prioritising their contest to build increasingly powerful models over the risks posed by the technology. “They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,”…

Missouri’s congressional map remained caught in a legal tug-of-war on Wednesday after a federal appeals court declined to suspend a ruling requiring the state to use new Republican-backed districts in November. The decision came a day after the US Supreme Court refused to block a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that had ordered officials to revert to an older map. The conflicting judgments have left state election authorities facing uncertainty less than two months before the general election on 3 November. The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected an emergency request from People Not Politicians, the group opposing…