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The US state of Maine has scored its first Mega Millions jackpot – and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th – when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $US1.35 billion ($1.9 billion) grand prize. The lucky combination of numbers …

Singer Selena Gomez has gained weight, and she looks fabulous. Further proof that women can look incredible at any size. Our society tends to be obsessed with women losing weight. If someone is thinner, we automatically decide that is better. However, Gomez is gorgeous proof that this kind of thinking …

A British boy has been left brain dead after falling ill while on a dream holiday in Barbados – and his heartbroken family now face a court battle. Ace Rewtastle, 8, was rushed to hospital with suspected meningitis after developing a rash – but he was later given a devastating …

Australian sprint superstar Caleb Ewan claimed the Schwalbe Classic in a front of a raucous city crowd on Saturday night. The 28-year-old was roared over the Flinders Street finish line an hour, two minutes and 37 seconds after the start gun was fired before the official Santos Tour Down Under …

Lisa Marie Presley died after a long battle with prescription drugs — and will be buried next to her dad Elvis at Graceland. The singer, who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at the age of 54, will also be laid to rest alongside her only son Ben, whose suicide in …

When Tess Swift went on a family holiday to Thailand in 2015 she was 20 years old, about to finish her nursing degree and excited for what the future held. She had no idea that holiday – and a rare parasite not identified in her body until seven years later …

They talk tough. They look tough. But Russia’s “elite” mercenary prisoner force wants to go back to jail. And they’re getting executed for it. The convicted rapists, drug dealers and murderers are cold, hungry and unpaid. And they’re keen to tell their Ukrainian captors about their former employer’s public executions. …

Authorities have issued an emergency warning message as a bushfire burns out of control at Montacute in the Adelaide Hills. The fire, which grew from five hectares to 20 hectare in 10 minutes, is burning freely in steep inaccessible terrain within the Black Hill Conservation Park. Currently the fire has …

In Australia, our savings rates have just tanked, with recent ABS data showing the household savings rate has declined to 6.9 per cent. Saving isn’t easy, but if you can crack the code it goes a long way to driving serious money success over time. For example, for a 30 …

A columnist can proceed with lawsuits alleging she was raped by former President Donald Trump in a department store a quarter century ago, a federal judge ruled Friday, upholding a temporary New York state law letting adult victims of sexual abuse sue their abusers. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said lawsuits …

Can football be saved? If so, from what – or whom? And what, ultimately, will lead to its salvation? These are the central questions driving a new documentary titled “Super League: The War For Football” that launched this past weekend: a series delving into the four crucial days in 2021 …

Details of Lisa Marie Presley’s final days have come to light following her death at the age of 54 after a cardiac arrest. A source close to the star exclusively told The US Sun that the musician was leading a reclusive life and was struggling in the wake of her …