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Authorities in Georgia are searching for Mark Eriquezzo, who is wanted on child cruelty charges and has been described by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office as armed and dangerous. A BOLO bulletin was issued after investigators said the 27-year-old left his pickup truck in Wetumpka, Alabama. His whereabouts are currently unknown and no further sightings have been confirmed. Search for Mark Eriquezzo continues Eriquezzo is wanted on charges of cruelty to children in the first degree and cruelty to children in the third degree. The sheriff’s office has urged members of the public not to approach him and to exercise…

New Zealand ACT leader David Seymour has suggested the country’s left-wing parties should move to France, as he urged voters in Hamilton to support his coalition for a second term. Speaking at a town hall meeting, Mr Seymour said France already had policies similar to those advocated by New Zealand’s left, pointing to the size of the French government and its top rate of tax. “In France, the government is 57 per cent of the economy (and) their top tax rate is 55 per cent,” he told the crowd. “(The NZ left wing’s) policies are already in place. So there’s…

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has no plans to retire before Republicans lose their ability to confirm judges, despite Donald Trump’s interest in filling another vacancy on the court. Alito, 76, is understood to have told close friends he will remain on the bench after it became clear Democrats would take control of the Senate in January. The change means they will be able to filibuster a Trump-backed nominee. The current Republican majority could have given Mr Trump the opportunity to appoint replacements for Alito and fellow conservative justice Clarence Thomas, 78. However, that prospect is now threatened by…

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s open Senate race, bringing one of the most prominent Medicare for All advocates in the US Congress as Democrats take control of both chambers. The 42-year-old Democrat defeated Republican Mike Rogers after campaigning for a universal, publicly funded single-payer healthcare system. He has also co-written a detailed plan setting out how such a system could operate. “It shouldn’t be this hard to see a doctor in the richest, most powerful country in the world,” El-Sayed told supporters during his victory speech in Detroit. Healthcare costs were a major concern for voters during the election. An…

Beth Holloway is continuing to pursue murder charges against Joran van der Sloot in the Netherlands, despite his 2023 confession to killing her daughter, Natalee Holloway. The development is detailed in Taken: Natalee Holloway, a three-part Netflix documentary released on Wednesday, which revisits the teenager’s disappearance during a school graduation trip to Aruba in May 2005. Natalee was 18 when she disappeared. Van der Sloot, who is Dutch, has never been convicted of her murder. Joran van der Sloot murder charges Beth filed a criminal complaint with Dutch prosecutors in March 2026, working with lawyers Royce de Vries and Annemiek…

Ron DeSantis has appointed Jeff Harrington as the permanent sheriff of Pasco County, Florida, just a day after the veteran law enforcement official assumed the role on an interim basis. The appointment restores permanent leadership to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office following the resignation of Chris Nocco, who left after 15 years in charge to take up a seat in the Florida Senate. Jeff Harrington appointed Pasco County sheriff Harrington had served as Mr Nocco’s chief of staff before being selected as interim sheriff by the chief judge of Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit. His temporary appointment took effect on Tuesday.…

Police are investigating a filmed group attack on a young boy in Ellenbrook, Western Australia, as officers work with his family and warn against naming those allegedly involved online. The assault is understood to have taken place at Coolamon Oval on Saturday. Footage showing the boy being beaten and threatened with a knife has circulated widely on social media. Midland District Detective Inspector Gary Butler said a number of parents had contacted police, while officers continued to work with the victim’s family on an official complaint. “A number of the people involved, their parents have come forward,” he told Radio…

Vice President JD Vance has attributed Republican midterm losses to the war in Iran, in a social media post on Wednesday. President Trump said he agreed with Mr Vance’s assessment, while arguing that he could not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. The comments came as the administration responded to the Republicans’ midterm defeat.

Three people were briefly trapped and suffered minor injuries after a floor collapsed inside a two-storey brick commercial building in Arncliffe, in Sydney’s south. Emergency services were called to the property on Hattersley Street shortly after 9am on Thursday. Witnesses reported hearing screams as rescue crews worked at the scene. The trapped group consisted of a woman in her 20s and two men in their 30s. Fire and Rescue NSW freed them a short time later. One of the injured people was taken to St George Hospital in a stable condition, while a fourth person was assessed by paramedics at…

Callum Turner has been seen out with his mother in New York as speculation continues over the casting of the next James Bond. The 36-year-old actor spent Wednesday afternoon with Rosemary Turner, stopping at a coffee shop for takeaway drinks while holding on to his dog. Turner kept his outfit understated for the outing, wearing a brown leather jacket over a white button-down shirt, jeans and brown trainers. His appearance came after reports suggested he is among at least four British actors to have been offered a screen test for the role of 007, as Amazon MGM Studios searches for…