A holiday gift from Bloomingdale's included a handwritten note with “free Palestine,” prompting the retailer to investigate how the note ended up in the packaging.

Camille Benson, 33, of Texas, has been charged with attempted mayhem. Her bond is set at $100,000.

Meanwhile rabbi Eli Schlanger’s father-in-law tells funeral of ‘unthinkable’ loss. Follow today’s news live

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has just been on RN, where he has said the government is “focused” on combating antisemitism and gun control issues.

He said:

We’re focused on both of those things simultaneously, countering these horrifying and evil acts of antisemitism at the same time as we tighten our gun laws.

And frankly, in relation to Mr Howard, I don’t know why in the wake of a mass shooting, some politicians, some current and some former, are trying to diminish our efforts to tighten our gun laws. John Howard, of all people, should understand how important this is.

We’ve seen elements of it rear its head, albeit in isolated circumstances. It just invites a sincere and genuine redoubling of efforts from government, including putting money where our mouth is, investing in all things around education, what antisemitism looks like, young people have an appreciation that this is a real threat.

When the bar is raised, South Australia is not going to be left behind. We’re committed to making sure that people are protected. In South Australia, we don’t have perpetual gun licences. Depending on the class of firearms licence you have, you have it every year, or every three years or five years, depending on what your firearms are.

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© Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

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Surveillance video shows Nick Reiner leaving his parents’ home hours before their bodies were found stabbed to death.

Stephen King recalled his emotional reaction to watching director Rob Reiner's film "Stand by Me" for the first time in an essay for the New York Times.

Border conflict has roots in colonial maps and long-standing ‘sibling rivalry’

Thailand and Cambodia have been locked in a border dispute for more than a century, which exploded again in the summer of 2025. Peace efforts have had mixed results and fighting continues.

A historical dispute over lines drawn on colonial maps is often used as a pretext for simmering nationalism. The two countries have had what one historian called a “sibling rivalry” for decades, fanned by competing claims to the region’s rich cultural heritage, including ancient temples in disputed areas.

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© Composite: National Library of France / EPA / The Guardian / Guardian design

© Composite: National Library of France / EPA / The Guardian / Guardian design

It was a magical season: St. John’s first outright Big East regular season crown since 1984-85 and first Big East Tournament crown in 25 years. Most of that group moved on.

Video shows Anna Kepner dancing at Carnival Horizon party days before the 18-year-old was found dead in her cabin. FBI investigates the cruise ship death.

Bishop Ronald Hicks could replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan as New York archbishop after Pope Leo XIV accepts Dolan's mandatory retirement request.

The Brown University building where two students were killed had no surveillance cameras, even as the school president’s home is equipped with security monitoring.

The former NFL defensive lineman and current ESPN analyst lambasted the Chiefs for their failure to protect Mahomes this season.

Rob and Michele were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.

Move against all sanctioned vessels comes amid escalating campaign against authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro

Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.

The move comes amid an escalating campaign by the Trump administration against Maduro that has included a ramped-up military presence in the region and more than two dozen military strikes on vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, which have killed dozens of people.

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© Photograph: Miguel J Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Miguel J Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images

Patrick Roy has said again and again over the past 10 days that Max Tsyplakov’s latest stint on the bench isn’t a problem of the forward’s own making.

"Today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela," Trump declared on Truth Social Tuesday.

The Walt Disney Presents display features three original costumes worn by Swift in her latest world tour, and coincides with a new Disney+ six part docuseries, Taylor Swift - The End of an Era. 

The Department of Health and Human Services launches review of Minnesota's use of $8.6 billion in federal social service funding under Gov. Tim Walz's administration.

"Eli was ripped away from us in the midst of doing what he did best,  spreading Yiddishkeit, spreading love and joy and caring for his people with endless self-sacrifice," his fellow rabbi said.

The pair of theives nabbed $200,000 worth of Louis Vuitton shoes, $100,000 in Chanel bags, a $150,000 stash of jewelry and $104,000 in cash, police said. 

Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Fran Drescher, Anna Wintour, and more step out for the NY "Marty Supreme" premiere.

The NBA Cup’s tenure in Sin City has not been the boon the league hoped it would be. 

Rob Reiner’s black sheep son Nick, who’s accused of fatally stabbing his famous father and mother, “would do meth and not sleep for days” and then punch walls during “outbursts,” according to a report.

Ruapehu is emblematic of question facing New Zealand: how to prevent rural regions – and the country at large - from hollowing out

For generations, two centres of gravity in New Zealand’s central Ruapehu region had enough pull to entice people to the area and keep them there: the mountains and the mills.

Mount Ruapehu, the country’s largest active volcano, lured people to its snowy slopes for work and play, while the local mills – run by the region’s largest employer, Winstone Pulp International – kept generations of families in employment.

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© Photograph: Becki Moss/The Guardian

© Photograph: Becki Moss/The Guardian

Earlier this month, the National Education Association held an “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice” event.