• Valentino Guseli takes bronze and NZ’s Campbell Melville Ives silver

• More medals in bobsleigh and snowboard cross ahead of Milan-Cortina Games

Snowboard king Scotty James has dazzled to reign supreme in the last World Cup halfpipe event before the Olympics, where he’ll be seeking an elusive gold medal.

On a big day for Australia’s Olympic hopes, James sent a clear message to rivals as he won the prestigious Laax Open in Switzerland for a third consecutive time and fifth time in total, while young countryman Valentino Guseli was third.

Residents near Narrabeen Lagoon told to leave on Saturday night, after death of woman near Wollongong

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Summer storms on Australia’s east coast have claimed one life and threatened dozens more as flood waters rise.

Residents and holidaymakers were evacuated from Narrabeen Lagoon in Sydney’s northern beaches overnight on Saturday, but were told they could return on Sunday.

• Former Australia batter given a ‘50/50 chance of surviving’

• Spent eight days in induced coma

Damien Martyn has said he is back after overcoming a meningitis scare, which he said took his life out of his hands.

In a heartfelt post on his social media accounts, the former Australia batter said he was given a 50% chance to live after battling the disease, which causes an infection and swelling of fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord. The 54-year-old was put into an induced coma on 27 December and was fighting for his life in a Gold Coast intensive care unit until he woke eight days later.

Grand jury in Ohio charged Michael David McKee, 39, with aggravated murder and burglary for fatal shootings

An Ohio grand jury has indicted an Illinois surgeon in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her dentist husband, who were killed in their Columbus home in December in a case that initially generated nationwide mystery.

Court records show a Franklin county grand jury charged Michael David McKee on 16 January with aggravated murder and aggravated burglary while using a firearm suppressor.

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Heather Ammel says ex-Arizona senator pursued romantic relationship with her husband that led to couple’s breakup

Kyrsten Sinema, a former US senator from Arizona, had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail that led to the breakup of the man’s marriage, his ex-wife alleges in a lawsuit seeking at least $75,000 from Sinema.

Matthew and Heather Ammel had “a good and loving marriage” with “genuine love and affection” before Sinema interfered, pursuing Matthew Ammel despite knowing he was married, Heather Ammel alleges in her lawsuit.

Wagner, returning from a high ankle sprain, played in his native country

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Setback for president, who has called windfarms ‘losers’, as Empire Wind project allowed to move forward

A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would probably kill the project in a matter of days.

District judge Carl J Nichols, an appointee of Donald Trump, ruled construction on the Empire Wind project could go forward while he considers the merits of the government’s order to suspend the project. He faulted the government for not responding to key points in Empire Wind’s court filings, including the contention that the administration violated proper procedure.

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Police believe no one hurt but urge public not to pick up explosive devices and say more may be found

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Nearly a dozen pipe bombs, some of them already detonated, have been found on footpaths and in parks in the nation’s capital, sparking a major police investigation and warnings not to touch the potentially explosive items.

ACT police Det Acting Insp Anna Wronski could not say where the pipe bombs came from or who was behind them, but said the matter was being taken extremely seriously.

Emergency repair crews are working flat out to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, after relentless Russian barrages on energy infrastructure left Ukrainians at the mercy of the coldest winter in years.

• Defending motorbike champion breaks collarbone and sternum

• Australian drops from first to fourth overall after crash on dunes

Australian world champion Daniel Sanders has vowed to battle on with a broken collarbone and sternum, despite the crash ending his dream of becoming back-to-back Dakar Rally motorbike champion.

Regardless of the pain that awaits him over the final three days in the Saudi Arabian desert, the reigning Dakar and world rally-raid motorcycle champ is adamant he will fight on to the end of the sport’s most celebrated and gruelling race on Saturday.

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Six puppies were revived and treated by first responders and are now being monitored at a local animal shelter

Six puppies in rural Washington state will soon be up for adoption after being revived after a suspected drug overdose – and some of them might go home with the fire-station staff who saved them.

Two people dropped off three of the sickened puppies at Sky Valley Fire, about an hour’s drive north-east of Seattle, on Sunday. Officials believe the animals either breathed or ate fentanyl.

• Milwaukee fans show displeasure with team’s form

• ‘When I get booed, I boo back,’ says two-time MVP

Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn’t remember hearing boos from his home crowd during his brilliant 13-year career in Milwaukee. But it happened on Tuesday midway through the Bucks’ 139-106 loss to a Minnesota Timberwolves team playing without Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert.

“I’ve never been a part of something like that before,” Antetokounmpo said after the game. “Something new for me.”