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Floriana is to close its long-standing restaurant in Washington DC’s Dupont Circle on December 31, 2026, ending 47 years on 17th Street before relocating to Old Town Alexandria. The northern Italian restaurant said it was leaving its current home for a new chapter in Virginia, although it has not announced an opening date for the Alexandria site. Floriana opened in 1979 and became a familiar part of the Dupont Circle dining scene, hosting celebrations, Sunday brunches, neighbourhood gatherings and Pride festivities over the decades. The new restaurant is planned for 277 South Washington Street in Old Town, in a space…

A simple Mexican lime biscuit cake known as Carlota de limon is a classic across Mexico. The dessert is presented as an uncomplicated cake, with its Mexican name reflecting its established place in the country’s cooking.

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A six-year-old boy who went missing in rural eastern Kentucky has been found safe after a two-day search involving hundreds of people. Roman Heilman, who has autism, was last seen on Sunday afternoon near his home in Louisa. He was wearing a green plaid jacket and Crocs when he disappeared. More than 300 volunteers searched the rugged, heavily wooded area on foot and horseback, supported by Kentucky State Police, the Kentucky National Guard and search-and-rescue teams from West Virginia and Ohio. Helicopters and drones also surveyed the terrain. Travis Hughes, Lawrence County’s emergency management director, said Heilman was known to…

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary election and begun consultations with party leaders over who should be asked to form the next government. The move challenges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to discredit the vote, after his coalition and its allies lost their majority in the 120-seat parliament. Arab-led parties made historic gains, but neither of the main political blocs secured the 61 seats needed to govern. “The elections are over. Now is the time to face reality,” Mr Herzog said. Israel election results leave coalition talks open The October 27 election gave…

Karissa Shannon has confirmed allegations that Hugh Hefner tried to force her and her twin sister, Kristina, into sexual acts with each other while they lived at the Playboy mansion. The former Playboy Playmate said the sisters were pressured to perform for Hefner between the ages of 18 and 20, but insisted they never had sex with one another. “He would try and force me and my sister to have sex with each other,” Karissa said in a new interview. She said the twins instead pretended to comply with Hefner’s demands. “We faked it. We faked it every time. And…

The Humane Society of the North Bay in Vallejo has been targeted by burglars several times in recent days, with sheds damaged and equipment stolen from the animal shelter. The break-ins have affected the organisation’s site at 1121 Sonoma Boulevard, where it provides shelter and adoption services for lost, abandoned and surrendered cats and dogs. The Humane Society of the North Bay is an independent non-profit organisation that works with the City of Vallejo and Solano County’s animal-control services. The repeated burglaries have left the shelter facing damage and the loss of equipment used to care for animals and maintain…

Legal action arising from a 2023 airboat crash at Matt Wright’s Top End Safari Camp could be brought together after a Federal Court judge criticised the decision to pursue three separate lawsuits in different courts. Justice Michael Lee renewed his call for the litigation to be “rationalise[d]” during a directions hearing on Thursday, asking why victims of the same accident were not pursuing a class action. “There’s a whole series of people affected by this accident. Why it’s not in a class action is beyond me,” he said at an earlier hearing in September. “Why should three superior courts be…

Two women attempting to become US Navy SEALs have advanced further through the training pipeline than any woman before them, but neither completed the course at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in California. The candidates, an enlisted sailor and a naval officer, reached the third week of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. The officer was moved into the following class before asking to leave, while the enlisted sailor was medically withdrawn during Hell Week. Their progress marked the furthest point reached by any woman to have attempted the SEAL course since women were allowed to apply for special operations roles in…

A brief power cut at Peter Hitchens’s home in an Oxford suburb has prompted a warning that Britain’s electricity system is increasingly vulnerable to a wider blackout. The interruption, which happened early in the morning, left the journalist unable to work and raised concerns about the country’s ability to maintain a reliable supply as more conventional power stations are taken offline. Hitchens said the outage was eventually traced to damage to a mains cable and affected only a local area. Electricity was restored after several hours. After contacting his supplier, he was told simply: “You have a power cut.” The…