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Melbourne has been affected by flash flooding after thunderstorms in Western Victoria brought a month’s worth of rain in an hour.Motorists became stranded under the York Street bridge when they attempted to drive through the rising water. Emergency services in Melbourne have received more than 600 calls for help. Source: Sky News

The pilot who was killed when his small plane plunged into a Long Island harbor has been identified as a local 57-year-old advertising executive and producer, according to police. Kent Feuerring, of Sagaponack, was piloting the 2022 Seamax M-22 aircraft that crashed into Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton Township around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the East Hampton Police Department. Nobody else was onboard. Fuerring’s LinkedIn profile describes him as “an avid pilot of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. He worked as an advertising executive for the past 25 years for major clients across the globe including Cadillac, Tylenol, Lockheed…

Rolling solo! Clayton Echard opened up about dating life after his split from Susie Evans — and the former Bachelor isn’t quite ready to find love again.  “I’m not looking to date right now. I’m not mentally healed,” Echard, 29, told E! News in an interview published on Thursday, October 6. “I can’t even fathom seeing anybody in that light right now. And so, I think I’m really just taking this time to focus on myself. … If I’m not healed, then I can’t allow anybody else to be a part of my life.” The Bachelor Nation star and Evans,…

Abortions in both Arizona and Ohio are legal once again after two separate rulings in court on Friday.At the Arizona Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel sided with Planned Parenthood on Friday, which argued that Pima County Court Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson shouldn’t have lifted an injunction that prevented a pre-statehood law that bans abortions in all circumstances, except if the mother’s life is in danger.In Ohio, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the state’s heartbeat bill, which bans abortions when a “fetal heartbeat” is detected, which could be as early as…

Growing questions about alleged pay-to-play schemes have not stopped Gov. Kathy Hochul from raising money at a record pace in recent months from people whose own bottom lines are affected by her official decision-making. Hollywood types. Real estate kingpins. Health care leaders and registered lobbyists. All of them and more were among the hundreds of people contributing at least $10,000 to her campaign, according to a campaign filing released Friday. “Governor Hochul’s extraordinary fundraising efforts once again show her widespread support and momentum heading into the final stretch of the election,” Hochul campaign spokeswoman Jen Goodman said in a press release. And many…

Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley says stage three tax cuts should go ahead “unchanged, untouched, as promised”. “We have not heard an unequivocal guarantee from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that – unchanged, untouched, as promised, this tax relief will go ahead,” Ms Ley said on Saturday. “I don’t believe that he has guaranteed in a way that gives people the confidence and the comfort that they need.“He might have it in his mind redesign it slightly and still call them the stage three tax cuts … that’s absolutely not good enough. “As designed, as promised and as legislated by the…

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The NFL’s players union said Friday it has agreed to changes to the concussion protocols and wants the revisions in place for Sunday’s games.The NFL did not commit to the union’s timeline but said it agrees that changes to the concussion protocols are necessary.The call for changes to protect players comes after questions were raised following injuries to Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.Tagovailoa, 24, was hit and appeared woozy during a Sept. 25 game against the Bills but later returned to the field. He was allowed to play in a game against the Bengals four days later and was stretchered…

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley says she has no faith Anthony Albanese will follow through with his promise not to backflip on the Coalition’s stage three tax cuts.Speaking at a press conference in Albury on Saturday, Ms Ley said Mr Albanese had failed to guarantee the tax cuts would go ahead in a way “that gives people the confidence and the comfort that they need”.“I listened to Anthony Albanese yesterday at his very brief press conference and it sounded to me the plans haven’t changed today but the plans may change in the future,” she said. “We have not heard an…

CNN  —  The prosecutor leading an investigation into efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking testimony from an additional batch of his allies, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the investigation into 2020 election interference, filed additional court petitions on Friday seeking to secure testimony from the out-of-state witnesses in front of the special grand jury meeting in Atlanta. Willis says Flynn, Trump’s onetime national security adviser, is a “necessary and material witness” and wants the grand…