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A shooting in an Albertsons car park in Renton, Washington, prompted a large police response on Thursday night, with officers seen apparently firing into a van. Renton Police Department officers were called to the car park near Northeast Sunset Boulevard and Duvall Avenue Northeast, where the circumstances surrounding the gunfire remained unclear. Footage shared from the scene appeared to show multiple officers shooting towards a white van. Images also showed a window of the vehicle shattered. Police confirmed that a shooting had taken place but said investigators were still working to establish what led to the incident. It was not…

The family of 20-year-old Natasha Lawton have spoken of their devastation after her death in an accident in Adelaide’s CBD during Halloween celebrations. The aspiring primary school teacher is understood to have fallen from a height during a stunt at the Rosemont Hotel shortly after 4am on Sunday. Emergency services attended, but she could not be revived. In a statement, her parents Kevin and Gabrielle and sister Nicola said the accident was “out-of-character” for Natasha, who was affectionately known as Tash. “We are grief-stricken by the loss of our daughter Natasha, affectionately known as Tash,” they said. “Tash touched the…

Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane died in February at the age of 53 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease ALS. In his posthumous memoir, the actor describes the impact of the illness on his life and on those close to him.

Prime Video has released a teaser trailer for Criminal, a new crime series led by Charlie Hunnam and Luke Evans and based on the graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. The series will be released in two parts, with the first, titled Coward, arriving on 13 January 2027. It will consist of four episodes, followed by the four-episode second part, Lawless, on 27 January. What is Prime Video’s Criminal about? Criminal follows childhood friends Leo Patterson, played by Hunnam, and Ricky Lawless, portrayed by Gus Halper. Leo is trying to escape the criminal world in which they were…

Liverpool are in advanced talks over a new Trey Nyoni contract after the 19-year-old midfielder made a rapid rise into Andoni Iraola’s first-team plans. Discussions with Nyoni and his representatives have been under way for several months, with growing confidence that an agreement can eventually be reached. Nothing has been formally completed, however. The club’s determination to secure his long-term future is notable given that Nyoni already has more than three years remaining on his current deal. Liverpool step up talks over Trey Nyoni contract Liverpool rejected a £30 million offer from Nottingham Forest during the summer, a decision which…

A missing teenager from Kirkland, Washington, has turned 16 while away from home, prompting police to renew their appeal for help in finding her. Francisca Hunter was last seen at about 8pm on 26 October in the Totem Lake area, near the 112th block of North-east 124th Street, according to the Kirkland Police Department. Authorities have issued an endangered missing person alert, warning that her disappearance poses a credible threat to her health and safety. Police say she may be heading towards south-west Washington. ([missingpersonsalerts.com](https://www.missingpersonsalerts.com/cases/francisca-hunter-wa/?utm_source=openai)) Francisca was 15 when she was last seen. She is described as about 5ft 3in…

BPM Minerals was the strongest performer among the week’s featured ASX stocks, with its shares more than doubling after maiden drilling identified high-grade gold at the Bonnie & Clyde prospect in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. The junior miner rose 117 per cent, from 18 cents to 39 cents, after reporting that one of the first two holes drilled at the Forelands project intersected multiple gold-bearing zones. The standout result was four metres at 20.57 grams per tonne of gold from a depth of 39 metres, including one metre grading 73.33 grams per tonne. The same hole also returned eight metres…

The US Justice Department has sued Penn State over its policy allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, alleging that the arrangement unlawfully discriminates against American citizens. The case, filed on Thursday, challenges the university’s decision to let undocumented students qualify for reduced rates when they meet Pennsylvania’s residency requirements. Under Penn State’s current rules, non-citizen applicants must have attended an accredited Pennsylvania high school for at least four years and graduated from one to be eligible for in-state tuition. Federal prosecutors argue that the policy breaches a law prohibiting preferential treatment for undocumented immigrants in higher education unless the…

North Korea’s army of world-class hackers has been identified as the secret weapon that took down Binance, according to the central claim surrounding the incident. The alleged cyber operation places North Korea’s hacking network at the heart of the attack on Binance, one of the world’s best-known cryptocurrency organisations.

Coi Leray has released her new single “Spin Back”, which will feature on her forthcoming third studio album, Multi. The Grammy-nominated rapper and singer announced that the album is due to arrive on February 26. It will be her first full-length project since she joined Epic Records in 2025. Describing the record, Leray said: “This album isn’t about becoming somebody new. It’s about owning everything I’ve always been and everything I’m still becoming. I’m not one sound. I’m not one style. I’m not one version of myself. I’m Multi.” “Spin Back” centres on the repeated refrain “Just might spin back”,…