Brookville High School (Va.) junior track star Kaelen Tucker was in "disbelief" after an opponent bashed her with a baton during a race last week, causing head injuries.

"I Think We're Alone Now" singer Tommy James had to abruptly end his concert last Friday in Las Vegas after showing signs of exhaustion on stage.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tapped Todd Lyons and Madison Sheahan to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Shocking video shows the fiery aftermath of a small plane crash at a retirement community in Amish country in Pennsylvania — with multiple injuries reported. The plane came down in Manheim Township of Lancaster County just after it took off from nearby Lancaster Airport at 3:15 p.m. EDT, according to authorities. Shocking video shows the...

The Chiefs have secured a key component of their defense by re-signing linebacker Nick Bolton to a three-year, $45 million contract.

Major flooding isolates 1,800 people in northern NSW as evacuation routes cut. Follow today’s news live

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There is a rescue under way in Newmarket Road, Windsor, where cars have tried to drive through flood waters.

The Queensland government has stressed to use common sense, adjust speeds and not drive through flood waters. There have been some heavy rainfall overnight and the roads are dangerous.

We’ve been working on a budget now, in the normal course, and budget submissions have been presented to the expenditure review committee. I sit on that.

And so we’ve been very busy in over the last few months, really, and particularly over the last few weeks, in the lead-up to the budget.

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Halbert Burke has 60 arrests on his rap sheet, including a dozen stolen car busts since late December — but continues to dodge jail.

"Frederik fought his disease valiantly until the very end," his father said.

Dozens of executive orders signed by former President Joe Biden were authorized with identical autopen signatures — raising crucial questions about whether he was fully aware of what he was signing, critics say.

Investor excitement over fast-developing technology has seen a flurry of massive funding rounds this year

Beat the Sunday scaries with a double dose of Walton Goggins.

A civilian aircraft flew into the no-fly zone over the property at around 1:15 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement.

The model captured a sweet moment with their baby boy in a carousel of pictures shared via Instagram.

Some claim DOGE is “revolutionizing the government”; others argue its savings amount to “a rounding error”; in fact, Liberty Vittert explains at The Hill, “both can be true at the same time.”

• Norrie loses 6-3, 7-5 to American 10th seed in third round
• Former British No 1 hits double fault on match point

It has been three and a half years since Cameron Norrie departed the Indian Wells Tennis Garden having shocked the tennis world by winning one of the most important trophies in the sport. A rise into the top 10 of the ATP rankings and a Wimbledon semi-final followed soon after.

Despite two extremely positive earlier performances during the past week in the desert, Norrie remains a considerable distance from reproducing his success of old. The 29-year-old was outclassed in the third round of Indian Wells by the No 10 seed Tommy Paul, whose greater weapons and confidence in the decisive moments earned him a 6-3, 7-5 win.

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Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget shortfall it blames on parents preferring charter to public schools.

• Maureen Koster recovering after fall on track
• Britain denied gold in 4x400m after hosts’ controversy

Melissa Courtney-Bryant held her nerve – and her footing – amid one of the more disturbing scenes on an athletics track in recent memory to win a gutsy 3,000m European Indoor Championships silver medal.

Early in the race, the Briton heard a scream and knew that the Dutch athlete Maureen Koster, her close friend, had crashed to the ground. What she didn’t know was that Koster had also smashed her head and was unconscious.

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As winter melts away, spring begins to blossom – and buzz with the sound of cicadas.

Trump's hostage envoy Adam Boehler, meanwhile, said a broader cease-fire deal could be agreed "within weeks" — resulting in the release of all hostages.

Phaedra Parks and Porsha Williams are returning to "RHOA" alongside a mostly-new cast.

A new era of "Idol" starts tonight.

Liverpool completed the upset of the Women’s FA Cup quarter-finals with a battling 1-0 victory against Arsenal. A 78th-minute winner – a rebounded own goal off the unfortunate Daphne van Domselaar – sent the Reds through to the semi-finals for the first time since the 2016-17 season.

Amber Whiteley, the interim manager, hailed her side’s performance after a disruptive 10 days since the departure of Matt Beard.

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Nick Yardy, 29, horrified the internet when he recently announced his 22-year-old adult entertainer girlfriend Jade and her mum Dani, 44, were both pregnant with his children.

President downplays recent stock market volatility that followed his ducking and weaving over tariff policy

Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out the possibility that the US economy will head into recession this year and that inflation will rise, as his chaotic trade tariffs policy cause uncertainty and market turbulence.

The US president predicted that his economic goals would take time and a period of transition to bear fruit. But when asked in an interview with the Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures “are you expecting a recession this year?” he demurred.

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The 26-year-old stepped out in a completely see-through, off-the-shoulder dress for Stella McCartney's show during Paris Fashion Week.

Zelenskyy in bid to persuade Trump he wants an end to war with Russia after freeze on military and intelligence aid

Paul Feig spoke out at SXSW after YouTuber Melanie King claimed Lively, 37, was afraid to walk the red carpet because Kendrick, 39, was upset with her.

The full effects were not immediately clear, but the arid territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water. Hamas called it part of Israel’s “starvation policy.”

Sudiksha Konanki, 20, who is from an upscale suburb of Washington, DC, vanished after "walking on the beach" in the popular resort town of Punta Cana, authorities said.

The US singer makes a terrific screen debut opposite Palmer in this tale of two roommates working out how to not get evicted

A race against time to stave off imminent eviction, with added peril due to a misunderstanding over a rare pair of Nike Air Jordan trainers, One of Them Days walks a relatively familiar buddy movie path. Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are best friends and roommates in a cheap and cheerful apartment in LA’s Baldwin Village. But then Alyssa’s feckless boyfriend spends the rent money and the women have until the end of the day to raise the cash.

With its zingy colour palette and effervescent, unapologetically uneven storytelling, the film has a buoyant, almost cartoonish quality (albeit one laced with lip-smacking, sexually explicit dialogue). What elevates this raucous romp by music video director Lawrence Lamont is the crackling energy between Palmer (Nope) and singer SZA, making her acting debut here. Dreux also gets a love interest, in the shape of a mysterious hunk named Maniac (Patrick Cage). But Dreux and Alyssa, with their sparky chemistry and crisp comic sparring, is the only relationship we care about.

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St George’s, Hanover Square, London
Jonathan Cohen and his crack baroque ensemble Arcangelo seized upon the colourful pastoral with relish, lighting up Handel’s own parish church

This year’s London Handel festival got off to a rousing start with new artistic adviser Jonathan Cohen at the helm of Arcangelo, the crack baroque ensemble he founded back in 2010. On the bill was the colourful pastoral L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, in which wit and jollity look set to gain the upper hand before Handel decides to put a dampener on things by insisting on moderation in everything.

Faced with a shortage of Italian singers in 1740, the composer went full English, laying aside ideas for Messiah “to please the Town with something of a gayer Turn.” His librettist, James Harris, interwove Milton’s poem L’Allegro (The Happy Man) with the contrasting Il Penseroso (The Melancholy Man), before adding a codicil at the composer’s request in the form of Il Moderato (The Moderate Man). The result, which ends with a paraphrase on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, may feel a bit of a mashup, but it provided Handel with irresistible opportunities for turning vivid imagery into equally vivid music. Remarkably, he knocked the whole thing out in just 14 days.

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Secretary Pete Hegseth of the Department of Defense told a CNN reporter that his department focuses on war fighting and training, not "climate change crap."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed efforts to 'divide' Trump from Elon Musk and his cabinet members by perpetuating rumors of a Rubio-Musk feud over DOGE.

"Emilia Pérez" actress Karla Sofía Gascón reflected on her own mental health struggles after facing backlash for past controversial social media posts.

A plane carrying five people crashed in the parking lot of the Brethren Village retirement community in Lititz, Pennsylvania, according to officials.

Lakers superstar LeBron James did not appear to be overly concerned about the injury he suffered in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game against the Celtics.

Progressive and moderate Democrats criticized a protest by Representative Al Green as a distraction, and the party leadership tried to refocus attention on economic issues.

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Rob Lowe sparked up a conversation with “Sex and the City" alum Kristin Davis about the history of sex scenes in Hollywood and discussed why they've gradually become taboo.

Air Force fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near Donald Trump's Florida home Sunday, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since the president took office on Jan. 20. Read More

The Liberal Party of Canada will announce its new leader and the next prime minister at an event in Ottawa today. The event begins at 5 p.m. and the Liberal leader who will succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be announce by 7 p.m. Join National Post's managing editor of comment, Carson Jerema, and columnists Terry Newman and Jerry Sarkonak starting at 4 p.m. for live news and analysis from the Liberal party event as Canada learns its next prime minister. Read More