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California confirms rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest
Officials say sighting a sign species – driven to extinction in state before reintroduction in 2011 – expanding its rangeA gray wolf has recently been seen in California’s Mendoci…
US supreme court blocks Missouri’s new congressional map backed by Trump
Decision marks setback for president and Republicans, who set in motion national redistricting battle last yearThe US supreme court refused an emergency appeal by Missouri officia…
Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire
A total of six people apprehended as clean-up of rubbish stacked 10 metres high cost about £6mTwo men have been arrested after fly-tippers dumped a “mountain of illegal waste”, st…
Australia politics live: Victorian energy bills may rise by $100 a year under Coalition; Chalmers says One Nation would ‘destroy’ super
Follow the day’s news liveGrants program for target seats an idea ‘as old as ancient Greece’, says ClareJason Clare has denied accusations of pork-barrelling against the governmen…
Former lab analyst sentenced to 10 years in prison for manipulating DNA data
Authorities accused Missy Woods of altering years worth of data in cases involving homicide, sexual assault and robberyA judge sentenced a former forensic analyst for the Colorado…
Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’
Guy Campanile addresses ouster in Facebook post and says ‘we were told to leave because we insisted on doing our jobs’The former managing editor at 60 Minutes, who was fired in Ma…
Erik and Lyle Menendez eligible to face parole board early next year
Brothers, convicted of parents’ killings and denied parole last year, permitted to apply for another hearing earlier than expectedErik and Lyle Menendez will be before a parole bo…
Burning Man deaths this year triple the average as attendee age at Nevada’s desert festival ticks upward
More attendees are in their 40s and 50s, with fewer festival-goers in their 20sThree people died at Burning Man this year, tripling the average number of deaths in connection with…
Far-right port protests: police told to improve intelligence gathering
Whitehall officials also ask why laws meant to clamp down on the wearing of masks at demonstrations were not usedPolice have been told by the government they expect better intelli…
Ed Miliband has overturned decades of Foreign Office inertia on illegal Israeli settlements
Foreign secretary ends UK’s feigned helplessness with sanctions and description of Israel’s actions as ethnic cleansingThe indefatigable ability of UK Foreign Office ministers ove…
