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The death of a 20-year-old Southern University student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is being investigated by local law enforcement as a possible act of fraternity hazing, school authorities confirmed to the Associated Press on Wednesday. Caleb Wilson, who died on 27 February, was a mechanical engineering junior at Southern University and A&M College and a … Read more

A fundraising event at the Melbourne headquarters of Macquarie Bank featuring Peter Dutton and several Liberal MPs was cancelled at the last minute on Wednesday night without explanation, as a major storm bore down on the opposition leader’s home state. On Wednesday, the Australian Financial Review published a story claiming Peter Dutton left what he … Read more

BSNL’s once-flourishing landline business has bottomed out | Photo Credit: SOMASHEKARA GRN The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) reported a quarterly net profit in FY25Q3, its first in over 17 years. While this is a significant moment for the beleaguered State-owned telecom company, there is still a long road to recovery. BSNL has achieved a … Read more

An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay for decades of neglect by the water industry. River Action will file the legal claim this month, arguing that bill rises for customers that have been approved by the regulator could be used to fix … Read more

The White House is holding direct talks with Hamas over the return of the Israeli hostages held since 7 October, breaking decades of precedent by engaging with the militant group without intermediaries. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on Wednesday that officials had held “ongoing talks and discussions” with Hamas officials, as the … Read more

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take effect next year if it is signed by the state’s governor, Brad Little. Firing-squad executions have been a back-up method in Idaho … Read more

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned a past social media post by Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson that disputed the innocence of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman whom most historians agree was wrongfully convicted of killing a 13-year-old factory worker and lynched in 1915 during a wave of antisemitism in the US. “Leo Frank raped & … Read more

A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last week, detectives say, leaving them with the unenviable task of waiting to “collect” the Tiffany & Co jewelry worth nearly $770,000. An X-ray of the suspect’s torso showed what the Orlando police department … Read more

Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman’s CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking US liquor off store shelves was “worse than a tariff” and a “disproportionate response” to levies imposed by the Trump administration. Several Canadian provinces have taken US liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against Donald Trump’s tariffs. “I mean, … Read more

A congressional hearing designed to criticize sanctuary city policies unexpectedly shifted on Wednesday, as a planned attack by Republican lawmakers instead dissolved into a platform that amplified Democratic mayors’ arguments about immigration and urban safety. Before a packed room on Capitol Hill, the House oversight committee, led by its Republican chair, James Comer of Kentucky, … Read more