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Milwaukee is facing another unsettled spell of wet and windy weather before conditions turn cooler on Friday and brighter over the weekend, according to FOX6 chief meteorologist Rob Haswell. Showers are expected during Wednesday morning, with cloudy skies and strong south-westerly winds continuing through the day. Temperatures could reach 66F (19C) before falling during the afternoon as a cold front moves through. There may be a brief respite later on Wednesday, but further showers are forecast for Thursday. The National Weather Service said light rain would remain possible across southern Wisconsin, while forecasters warned that an isolated rumble of thunder…

Serial sex offender Dennis McKenna could be released from jail within two weeks, according to the available information. McKenna has been described as one of Western Australia’s worst paedophiles.

Lebanon’s prime minister has warned Hezbollah against dragging the country into renewed fighting between Iran, the United States and Israel, saying the country must not once again become a battleground for conflicts driven by outside interests. Nawaf Salam issued the warning on Wednesday in an apparent message to the Iran-backed group, although he did not name Hezbollah directly. “Faced with the risks of renewed war in the region, I renew my warning of the dangers of dragging Lebanon into a new senseless adventure in service of outside interests,” Mr Salam said. He added: “We do not accept the country again…

A month-long Houthi siege of Taiz has left hundreds of thousands of people cut off from food, fuel, medical supplies and water, while residents face rising travel costs, blocked roads and dwindling access to hospitals. The blockade has affected the 1.5 million people living in Taiz city and communities across the surrounding governorate, including about 180,000 displaced people caught by fighting along the main road linking Lahj and Taiz. The United Nations has repeatedly warned of a catastrophe inside the city, where rubbish is accumulating because it cannot be taken to landfill outside the area. Families trapped by the siege…

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, in a result that delivered a significant rebuke to President Donald Trump after two years of Republican control of the legislative branch. The final count is still being completed, but the outcome has been framed as a verdict on both the state of the American economy and the country’s democracy. Turnout was strong, despite record spending of about $12 billion on the campaigns. Elon Musk alone contributed $446 million, including about $200 million spent trying to defeat Democrat James Talarico in Texas. Talarico won the Senate seat,…

Bradley Barcola has questioned Liverpool’s approach after their 1-0 defeat by Arsenal, suggesting Andoni Iraola’s side need to control matches better and avoid relying so heavily on long balls. The France international said Liverpool had created enough chances to win at home but believed they should have kept possession on the ground more often, given the quality within the squad. Bradley Barcola calls for greater control from Liverpool “I think we should have done better in a game like this. We had the chances to score, even to win the match,” Barcola said in an interview with Sky Sports. He…

Donald Trump has claimed Republicans would have won the 2026 midterm elections “IN A LANDSLIDE” if he had been on the ballot, after Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress. In a post on social media, the president wrote: “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.” Mr Trump also sought to distance himself from the Republican defeats, saying Democrats had run effective campaigns while blaming candidates from his own party for failing to hold their seats. Trump blames…

Two truck drivers have died in a catastrophic crash on the Great Eastern Highway west of Perth. The deaths occurred in the crash on the major road in Western Australia. No further details were immediately available.

Aaron Ford has ousted Republican Joe Lombardo as governor of Nevada, delivering Democrats a significant victory in one of America’s most closely fought swing states. Ford, 54, the state’s attorney general, was declared the winner in the early hours of Wednesday. With 85 per cent of the expected vote reported, he was leading with 51.5 per cent, compared with 44.3 per cent for the incumbent. The result marked only the second Democratic victory in the Nevada governor’s race since 1998 and added to a series of Republican setbacks during the midterm elections. Ford made the cost-of-living crisis the centrepiece of…

Voters in nine US states delivered historic governor election wins on Tuesday, electing candidates who will break racial, ethnic and gender barriers across the country. Among the landmark results, Georgia chose Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman to be elected governor of any US state, while New Mexico elected Deb Haaland as the first Native American woman governor. Historic governor election wins across the US Bottoms, 56, defeated Republican healthcare executive Rick Jackson. The Democrat, who was mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022 before becoming an adviser to Joe Biden, also becomes the first Democrat to win…