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A 20-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being shot in Seattle’s Northgate neighbourhood on Thursday night, 3 September. Officers were called to Aurora Avenue North, near North 125th Street, at about 11.11pm and found the woman with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. Police provided first aid before Seattle Fire Department paramedics took her to Harborview Medical Centre. Investigators said the woman had earlier been involved in an altercation with a man at a nearby hotel. The pair left separately, but police believe the man later drove up in a black SUV while she was on Aurora Avenue…

South Sydney Rabbitohs secured a home elimination final with a 50-20 victory over the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium in the final round of the 2026 NRL regular season. The win, achieved on a night dedicated to Jai Arrow’s 100th appearance for the club, confirmed that Wayne Bennett’s side will finish sixth and host Newcastle in the opening week of the finals. David Fifita set the tone for South Sydney, powering over for the opening try after six minutes and causing constant problems for a youthful Roosters pack. Cameron Murray was also influential, making 172 metres from 25 carries, breaking…

A man carrying a knife was fatally shot by New York Police Department officers on the Brooklyn Bridge after police said he moved towards them during an attempt to bring him down safely. Officers were called shortly before 3.30am on Friday after reports of a man walking on the bridge’s beams and cables. Members of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit found him above the roadway and spent almost an hour trying to persuade him to come down. Police said the man told officers he wanted to die and claimed he had a bomb. He was also seen holding a knife,…

Josh Turek is trying to turn an unlikely personal story into a Democratic route to the US Senate in Iowa, a state that has not elected a Democrat to the chamber for 18 years. The 47-year-old former Paralympic basketball player faces Republican congresswoman Ashley Hinson in one of the most closely watched Senate contests of the 2026 election. Although Iowa voted for Donald Trump by more than 13 points in 2024, independent analysts now regard the race as competitive, with the Cook Political Report recently moving it from Lean Republican to a toss-up. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/20/cook-political-report-shifts-senate-races-texas-iowa-leftward-toss-up/?utm_source=openai)) At the Iowa State Fair, Mr…

Brent crude stood at $96.90 (£76.60) a barrel at 9am Eastern Time on Friday, September 4, after falling $2.48 from the previous morning. Despite the daily decline, the oil price remains almost 11% higher than a month ago and 43.98% above its level a year earlier. The latest move came as traders assessed renewed military exchanges between the United States and Iran, which have intensified concerns about potential disruption to Middle Eastern supplies. Brent was on course for a weekly gain of more than 6%, while West Texas Intermediate, the main US benchmark, was also set for its strongest weekly…

Declan Donnelly has apologised after accidentally leaving an M&S store at Bridgwater Services without paying, later fearing he could be arrested for what he described as an unintentional shoplifting incident. The television presenter recounted the mishap on the Hanging Out With Ant & Dec podcast, explaining that he had stopped at the motorway services with his wife, Ali Astall, while travelling home from Cornwall. Donnelly said he selected sandwiches, crisps, a sweet treat and a sharing dish before taking the items to a self-service checkout. He scanned the food, picked up a bag for life and used his M&S Sparks…

An anonymous security researcher has released an alleged CrowdStrike Falcon zero-day exploit that can give attackers SYSTEM-level privileges on fully updated Windows computers. The vulnerability, dubbed “FalconFlank” by the researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse, is claimed to affect Windows 11 and Windows Server systems running CrowdStrike’s endpoint security platform. It has not yet been assigned a CVE identification number. According to the researcher, the exploit abuses Falcon’s feature for removing suspicious Microsoft Office macros. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to open a command prompt with the highest level of Windows system access. Nightmare Eclipse said the exploit worked against…

Liverpool could revisit their move for Yankuba Minteh in the January transfer window after Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler suggested the winger may be able to fulfil his ambition of joining a major club. The Reds made two offers for the 22-year-old during the summer, with Brighton reportedly rejecting bids of £50 million and £60 million. Liverpool ultimately turned to other options, but Hürzeler’s latest comments indicate the door may not be closed permanently. Liverpool handed fresh Yankuba Minteh transfer encouragement Minteh is currently recovering from a leg injury that required surgery and is expected to return to action in October.…

A mother bear tried to rouse her dead cub and drag her body away from a road near Lake Tahoe after the young animal was struck by a vehicle, according to a local wildlife charity. Polaris, a seven-month-old female black bear, was killed on Highway 89, also known as West Lake Boulevard, on August 19. Members of the BEAR League said her mother, Ursula, and her surviving brother, Arcturus, were found attempting to lift her from the road. When it became clear that Polaris had died, Ursula began pulling her cub towards a nearby neighbourhood, the organisation said. Volunteers intervened…

A reported Bigfoot sighting in Damariscotta, Maine, has been resolved after police identified the mysterious hairy figure as a man wearing a remarkably realistic costume. Residents called authorities after seeing the tall, bipedal figure on Main Street and near a local school during morning drop-off on the first day of term. Officer William Smith was sent to investigate and eventually found the alleged Sasquatch sitting peacefully on Main Street. Damariscotta Police Chief Erik Josephson said the department had received an unusually high number of calls about a possible “Sasquatch, Yeti, Bigfoot, or possibly just a very large and hairy individual”.…