A woman has died after being hit by debris from a tree which exploded when it was struck by lightning in a town south-west of Sydney on Saturday afternoon. Paramedics and a medical team rushed to the address in Cawdor about 5.30pm Saturday. New South Wales Ambulance said one woman had been fatally injured by shrapnel from the tree. A local cat grooming business posted statements online identifying the victim…

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for the Cayman Islands as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were cleared of the threat. The temblor struck at 6:23 p.m. ET at a depth of about 6 miles below ground, about 130 miles south-southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Following an alert saying its islands…

A potential political realignment is brewing on the British right as Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson explore a Tory-Reform alliance to oust Labour in the next general election, sources close to Reform UK have revealed. According to insider reports, Farage is open to working with Johnson “in the national interest”—a move that could reshape the UK’s political landscape. The discussions come as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government faces a…

President Donald Trump has directed the United States Secret Service to provide him “every bit of information” known about his two attempted assassins last summer during the presidential campaign. The president said he was convinced the Secret Service had been holding back such information because of former President Joe Biden. Speaking to the New York Post, Trump said, “I’m entitled to know,. “I want to find out about the two…

Two people, including the husband of the victim, have been charged in connection with the death of a Fort Campbell soldier, officials said Saturday. Sofia Rodas, 35, was charged with murder and tampering with evidence, and Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, 40, was charged with tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Pfc. Katia Dueñas-Aguilar, the Clarksville, Tennessee, police department announced in a social media statement. Cruz was Dueñas-Aguilar’s husband,…

…As part of ceasefire deal with Hamas Israeli forces began withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor on Sunday, Israeli officials said, part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas that is moving ahead but faces a major test over whether the sides can negotiate its planned extension. Israel agreed as part of the truce to remove its forces from the 4-mile (6-kilometer) Netzarim corridor, a strip of…

The governor of California, Gavin Newsom signed laws weekend setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Donald Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans. One of the laws allocates $25 million for the state’s department of justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets aside $25 million in part for legal groups to defend immigrants…

President Donald Trump, in a news conference with the Japanese prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, indicated that Elon Musk will have wide latitude to go into federal departments and agencies as he aims to slash federal spending by $2 trillion. He said he’s asked Musk to review “just about” every federal agency. “Pentagon, Education, just about everything,” the president said. “We’re gonna go through everything.” Trump said he tells Musk where…

President Donald Trump has sacked Archivist of the United States, Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records. Sergio Gor, Director of the Presidential Personnel Office, announced Shogan’s dismissal Friday night. Shogan has held the job since 2023. “At the direction of @realDonaldTrump, the Archivist of the United States has been dismissed tonight,” Gor wrote on X. “We thank Colleen Shogan for her…

As part of the fifth exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire, Hamas militants handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, with 183 prisoners held by Israel due to be released later in the day. The development comes as US President Donald Trump proposed clearing out the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants and for the United States to take over the Palestinian territory — a plan that has sparked global uproar…

A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump. The case, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk’s…

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board were dead, authorities said. The crash was one of the deadliest in the state in the last 25 years. Rescuers were searching the aircraft’s last known location by helicopter when the wreckage was spotted, said Mike Salerno, a spokesperson for…