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Record 12th execution set in Florida this year for man convicted of killing family

David Pittman to get lethal injection under DeSantis-signed warrant for killing estranged wife’s sister and parents

A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire was scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday evening, which would be a record 12th execution in the state in 2025.

David Pittman, 63, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The Republican governor has signed more death warrants this year than any of his predecessors.

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© Photograph: Curt Anderson/AP

© Photograph: Curt Anderson/AP

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Hiker attacked by bear in Yellowstone national park flown to hospital

Trail closes after 29-year-old man suffers non-threatening injuries in backcountry encounter with possible grizzly

A Yellowstone national park trail remained closed on Wednesday after a possible grizzly bear attacked a hiker, leaving him with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The 29-year-old man suffered injuries to his chest and arm in Tuesday’s attack on the Turbid lake trail north-east of Yellowstone Lake.

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© Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

© Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

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Australia’s women suffer heaviest ever ODI defeat in 102-run loss to India

  • Alyssa Healy admits side was outplayed in New Chandigarh

  • Australia fall well short of 292 target as World Cup looms

Australia’s all-conquering cricket women have been given a wake-up call with their World Cup defence approaching as India handed Alyssa Healy’s side their biggest ever one-day international defeat in Punjab.

Healy admitted the champions had been “outplayed” in New Chandigarh on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) as they suffered a 102-run loss, a thumping so heavy that it even surpassed the Australians’ previous record 92-run defeat to England in Birmingham 52 years ago.

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© Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

© Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP

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Donkey recovering after latest arrow attack on wild burros in California

Cupid recovers from surgery after what officials say is latest in half-dozen attacks on donkeys in semi-rural areas

A wild burro dubbed Cupid is recovering from surgery after being shot with an arrow in what officials say is the latest in a series of a half-dozen attacks since June on donkeys that roam semirural areas of inland southern California.

The two-year-old female burro was spotted last Wednesday with a blue arrow protruding from her right shoulder as she wandered with a herd in the foothills of Moreno Valley, about 65 miles (104km) east of Los Angeles.

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© Photograph: AP

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Australian PM blames ‘aggressive protesters’ for closure of local electorate office

Anthony Albanese says site next to church ‘became untenable’ after repeated protests against Gaza war in inner Sydney suburb

The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has closed his inner-Sydney electorate office after almost 30 years, saying his hand had been forced by repeated protests outside the office.

Albanese’s office in Marrickville, in his electorate of Grayndler, has long been a target of demonstrations, particularly over the war in Gaza, including a months-long sit-in outside the office in 2024.

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© Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

© Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

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Two men arrested in Utah after bomb found under news vehicle

Men could face terrorism-related and weapons charges after officials say explosive ‘had been lit but failed to function’

Authorities in Utah say two men have been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City. The bomb didn’t go off.

Police and fire department bomb squads responded on Friday when a suspicious device was found under the vehicle parked near an occupied building.

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© Photograph: Douglas Pulsipher/Alamy

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Teen Colorado school shooting suspect reportedly fixated on Columbine attack

Desmond Holly also expressed neo-Nazi views online before a shooting critically injuring two students, ADL says

A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online, according to experts.

Since December, Desmond Holly, 16, had been active on an online forum where users watch videos of killings and violence, mixed in with content on white supremacism and antisemitism, the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism said in a report.

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© Photograph: Jesse Paul/Colorado Sun/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Jesse Paul/Colorado Sun/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

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Bobby Hart, co-writer of Monkees hits like Last Train to Clarksville, dies aged 86

Hart, who wrote and produced for years with Tommy Boyce, died in his Los Angeles home after a period of poor health

Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees’ multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as Last Train to Clarksville and (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone, has died. He was 86.

Hart died at his home in Los Angeles, according to his friend and co-author Glenn Ballantyne. He had been in poor health since breaking his hip last year.

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© Photograph: Chris Walter/WireImage

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