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Dane Partridge, an Idaho father and U.S. Army veteran, died this week while “fighting for freedom in Ukraine,” his family announced. His father, Dennis Partridge, wrote on Facebook on Saturday that his son was in a coma after being critically injured by a Russian tank blast.  Partridge was being treated at Kyiv military hospital and was taken off life support on Tuesday, his family announced. TWO AMERICANS DEAD IN UKRAINE, OFFICIALS SAY”He was a fine soldier who fought with valor and bravery on the battlefield,” his family wrote on Facebook. “We have been told that he was known to be at the…

Bureau of Meteorology Diana Eadie has provided an update at a media conference on Friday about Victoria’s developing flood and weather conditions with an outlook moving forward. Ms Eadie says, “rain has largely eased” but the “flood situation is still very much evolving”. Source: Sky News

Police in the small Oklahoma city of Okmulgee are looking for four friends who left one of their homes on Sunday and haven’t been seen or contacted since.The four men, Mark Chastain, 32; Billy Chastain, 30; Mike Sparks, 32; and Alex Stevens, 29; were reported missing by family members overnight Monday into Tuesday, police said in a statement.They left one of their homes on bicycles on Sunday night at 8 p.m. and all calls go to voicemail, police said in a statement.Someone reported seeing all four men walking on a street at 2 a.m. Tuesday, but police said that can’t…

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the Albanese Government should be supporting both sides of the Voice to Parliament debate.  Speaking in Townsville on Friday, Mr Dutton said he believed equal funding should be given to “yes” and “no” campaigns as there was little awareness around the issue. “If the government has a plan on the voice, we need to hear it, it needs to be explained,” Mr Dutton told reporters.The Coalition remains been split over whether it would support an Indigenous constitutional voice, with Mr Dutton repeatedly referring to a lack of clarity.Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in…

Randy Johnson dominated the baseball world with fiery fastballs that sent the fear of God into batters and even at one point in his career killed a bird.On Wednesday, the sports world was reminded the Hall of Fame pitcher is an avid photographer and has been on the NFL sidelines as an accredited media member. A tweet of Johnson on the sideline for a 2011 game between the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys went viral. Johnson’s photography career came into the spotlight last year on the 20th anniversary of his spring training mishap with a bird that dared to fly…

Anderson Cooper 360CNN’s Anderson Cooper shows exclusive never-before-seen footage of the January 6 riot showing Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer with other congressional leaders inside Fort McNair during assault asking for National Guard help.Source: CNN Source: CNN

The top prosecutor in Oregon’s most populous county announced an immigration reform policy Thursday in an effort to protect non-citizens from being deported if they are charged with a crime.The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said the new policy will balance the rights of American citizens and those living in the country illegally. It directs deputy district attorneys to consider immigration consequences in all phases of a prosecution, including when making charging decisions, plea bargaining and sentencing.It also allows for punishments to be restructured so that they don’t result in deportation, as long as the changes don’t reduce the severity…

Police in Nanaimo, B.C., are seeking public assistance finding a woman who has not been seen or heard from since July last year. Charmaine Mitchell, 48, lives a “transient life-style,” but is known to frequent downtown Nanaimo, police said in a Thursday news release.“Mitchell has had her struggles over the years and as a result, she has drifted away from her immediate family,” the release reads.“Family members recently contacted the Nanaimo RCMP to assist them in locating her.”Mitchell occasionally goes by the name ‘El Chapo,’ and frequently wears bandanas but does not ride a motorcycle, police said. She has no…

Move over, Pepé Le Pew! Elon Musk revealed that he has entered the celebrity beauty space with the debut of his new perfume line, Burnt Hair. “With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable – why did I even fight it for so long!?” Musk, 51, quipped via Twitter on Tuesday, October 11, making a pun about his moniker alongside a photo of the new scent, which comes in a red bottle. The perfume, which retails for $100 on The Boring Company’s website, is meant to be an “omnigender product” and described as both “the essence…

On TBS’ postgame show after Game 2 of the Astros-Mariners ALDS, soon-to-be ex-Twins shortstop Carlos Correa said the MLB banning the shift will allow him to be more of an athlete on defense next year. “I get to make the nice plays that they show on ‘SportsCenter’ … the shift works, but I want to be able to go out there and make the beautiful plays that the fans love to see,” Correa said. Where he’ll be making those plays next season when the shift ban begins is still to be figured out, however. After seven years with the Astros,…