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Bella Daggett has launched a new career selling adult content after spending almost a year in a Dubai prison following her arrest in a drugs raid. The 23-year-old recruitment consultant had moved to the United Arab Emirates aged 21 to take up a well-paid job, but was detained in March 2025 alongside a man at a property where she had been staying. Her family maintained that she was innocent and had been caught up in the case because she was in the wrong company and in the wrong place at the wrong time. The allegations against her were eventually dropped…

The White House has set a December 14 hearing concerning Cook of the Federal Reserve, according to a report by The New York Times. No further details about the hearing were provided in the report.

Stevie Wonder’s ex-fiancée, Carmen Efferson, has asked a court to stop the singer from evicting her from his Los Angeles home, while accusing him of failing to address serious problems with the property. In a response filed on Tuesday, Efferson denied the claims made in Wonder’s legal action and asked the judge not to remove her from the house, where she says she has lived for decades. She has also asked the court to order Wonder, whom she regards as her landlord, to carry out repairs. Efferson alleges the property has damp or leaking ceilings and walls, holes in the…

The Woodlands High School in Texas was placed on lockdown after a phone threat prompted a major law enforcement response, with a student reportedly arrested and the campus searched for possible weapons and explosives. Conroe Independent School District police received the call at about 12.15pm on Wednesday, with the caller claiming someone in the school car park intended to “shoot up” the campus and had planted pipe bombs. The school was secured as officers from local, state and federal agencies, along with fire and emergency medical crews, attended. Armed officers were seen searching the buildings and grounds. Montgomery County Sheriff…

The Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda has drawn criticism over the decision to send leaders to a private Caribbean island retreat, as Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese faces growing scrutiny over the time he is spending abroad during a period of economic pressure at home. On the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, leaders travelled by chartered boats to Jumby Bay Island, where they held discussions at a luxury resort separated from the main gathering in St John’s. Mr Albanese did not select the venue and was right to attend a forum Australia has supported for…

With Democrats set to take control of Congress next year, attention is turning to how the party will respond to the war in Iran. Colorado Democratic Representative Jason Crow, who won re-election on Tuesday night, discussed the issue during an appearance on The Takeout. The interview focused on the Democrats’ plans for handling the conflict once the party assumes control of Congress.

A giant banner depicting US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was burnt at a rally in Tehran. The display was set alight after the Republican Party’s major loss in the midterm elections.

A New York appeals court has dismissed a legal challenge to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout, ruling that the homeowners who brought the case had not demonstrated a concrete injury. The unanimous decision by a four-judge panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, overturned a judgment that had granted the homeowners injunctive and declaratory relief. The panel denied their petition and dismissed the case after hearing arguments the previous week. Seven homeowners, represented by former First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, sued New York City in August. They challenged the Department of Finance’s publication of a supplementary roll covering about…

Zohran Mamdani has hailed a wave of historic Democratic election victories across the US, saying the results mark “a new day for America”. The New York mayor was speaking outside City Hall after a series of wins that increased diversity among elected officials. Mamdani said the country now had representatives who “actually represent America”. Among the notable results was Gina Hinojosa’s victory in Texas, where she became the state’s first Latina governor after preventing incumbent Greg Abbott from winning a fourth term. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers for a Senate seat, becoming the first Muslim US senator. The…

A key witness and the lead detective in the alleged murder-for-hire plot against Dallas rapper MO3 gave evidence on Wednesday as Yella Beezy’s capital murder trial entered its second week. Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, is accused of paying Kewon White to kill MO3, or Melvin Noble, during an ambush on Interstate 35 in Dallas on 11 November 2020. Conway has pleaded not guilty and denies any involvement. White has already been convicted of capital murder, while Devin Brown is also charged in connection with Noble’s death. Witness faces challenge over credibility Cedric Bradley, a childhood friend…