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SNAP recipients in Bexar County, Texas, have until 17 September 2026 to apply for replacement benefits if food was lost or destroyed during recent storms, Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) have announced. The extension was approved by the US Department of Agriculture after severe weather and power outages affected households in the county. The deadline for reporting food loss has been extended from 10 days to 20 days. Eligible applicants should have replacement funds added to their Texas Lone Star Cards within two business days of their request being received. How to apply…

For three generations, the Ali family has found a life far from Sydney among the cherry orchards of Young, a small town in New South Wales where a growing Lebanese community has put down deep roots. Mostapha Ali arrived in Australia in 1977 after civil war erupted in Lebanon. He initially settled in Sydney, where his seven children grew up, but repeated trips to regional areas for seasonal fruit-picking eventually drew him back towards the farming life he had known in northern Lebanon. In 1990, he bought a cherry farm on the outskirts of Young and set about rebuilding the…

The Scottish Government has been urged to treat the sewage crisis as a matter of urgent national importance after a record 100,000 sewage spills were recorded across Scotland. Environmental campaigners say the figure is a stark warning about the state of the country’s water and sewerage network and demand immediate action from ministers and officials. The revelation has heightened concern among communities, local services and coastal areas, who say they have borne the brunt of spill events and the pollution they can cause to rivers and beaches. Advocates for stronger oversight say the scale of the spills highlights long‑standing underfunding…

The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to agree whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. The 12-member jury reached an impasse after seven days of deliberations following a five-week trial at Plymouth Superior Court. Judge William Sullivan formally discharged the jury on Friday, 4 September, after it reported that it could not reach a unanimous decision. Clancy, 36, has never disputed that she strangled her children at the family home in Duxbury in January 2023. Her defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis…

Tammy Hembrow has sparked fresh engagement speculation after sharing a public display of affection with her much younger boyfriend, Grayson Te Moana. The Australian influencer and the 23-year-old actor and model appeared close in images from their latest outing, prompting renewed attention from followers who questioned whether the couple could be preparing to take their relationship to the next stage. Neither Hembrow nor Te Moana has confirmed an engagement, and there was no official announcement accompanying the photographs. The pair made their relationship public at the Sydney premiere of Wuthering Heights in February, where they posed together on the red…

Four people, including two Hernando County Fire Rescue crew members, were taken to hospital after an emergency response vehicle crashed at a major intersection in Florida on Saturday afternoon. The unit was travelling with its lights and sirens activated while responding to a cardiac arrest call when it collided at the junction of Cortez Boulevard and Barclay Avenue in Hernando County. Both crew members inside the fire rescue vehicle were among those injured. All four people suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to Hernando County Fire Rescue. Officials have not released details of the other vehicles involved or…

Dane Sweeny’s remarkable run at the US Open ended in the third round as the Australian wildcard was beaten 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 by Italy’s 21st seed Luciano Darderi. The 25-year-old from the Sunshine Coast had arrived in New York without a win in a grand slam main draw before this year’s Australian Open. His progress to the last 32 represented the best result of his career. Sweeny had stunned 13th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the previous round, recording his first victory over a top-50 opponent. That success secured more than $400,000 in prize money and ensured he will rise from…

Nigel Farage has admitted that recent months have been “difficult”, revealing that he no longer has the support of his family for his political career. The Reform UK leader said his relatives would prefer him to leave politics, telling an interview: “For the first time, really, in my political career, I haven’t got my family’s support. They would rather I packed it up and walked away.” Farage said personal pressures had weighed heavily on him as he faced sustained scrutiny over Reform’s finances and his own political activities. He acknowledged that he had not been his usual self in recent…

Kelly Osbourne has said she had “no idea” how thin she had become after the death of her father, rock star Ozzy Osbourne, until she saw a photograph taken during a dress fitting. The image reportedly prompted her to confront the extent of the weight she had lost before appearing at the 2026 Grammy Awards, where she joined her family for a tribute to the Black Sabbath frontman. Kelly, 41, has previously linked her loss of appetite to grief following Ozzy’s death on July 22, 2025, aged 76. Her appearance at the Los Angeles ceremony on February 1 drew widespread…

The Seattle Times and Newsday have sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that their journalism was used to train artificial intelligence systems without permission. The publishers warn in their lawsuit that the rapid expansion of generative AI could leave the news industry “broken beyond repair” by allowing technology companies to profit from work produced by news organisations. The claim describes generative AI as “a snake eating its own tail”, arguing that the technology could ultimately “destroy the very organizations” responsible for creating the journalism on which it relies. It alleges that products including ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot consume large volumes of…