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Stacey Warnecke, 30, died after giving birth to a son at her Melbourne home accompanied by an unregulated doula
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A hospital exhausted its supply of a wellness influencer’s blood type in an unsuccessful attempt to save her life as she bled uncontrollably after a free birth at home, a court has been told.
Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband, Nathan Warnecke, and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she delivered her son at her Melbourne home on 29 September.
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Officials said probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake was only about 1% but they have urged people to be prepared
Japan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu.
Damage from the quake was modest – 34 mostly mild injuries and some damage to roads and buildings.
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The musician, who led the Grammy-winning band, had been receiving treatment for colon cancer
Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band the Mavericks, has died. He was 60.
Malo died on Monday night, his wife, Betty Malo, posted on his Facebook page. He had been diagnosed with cancer. The frontman of the Mavericks had documented his health journey on social media since he disclosed in June 2024 that he was receiving treatment for colon cancer.
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Austrian key to Vettel and Verstappen world title wins
‘Now is the right moment,’ says influential 82-year-old
Red Bull’s influential auto racing adviser Helmut Marko is retiring from his role at the age of 82, ending a 20-year stint in which he helped Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen develop into four-time Formula One world champions.
Marko’s departure leaves Red Bull without the two main guiding personalities from their 2005 entry into F1 after the former team principal Christian Horner was ousted in July and replaced by Laurent Mekies.
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Singer had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer and leptomeningeal disease

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Federal judge declared January executive order unlawful, ruling in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general
A federal judge on Monday struck down Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of windfarms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violated US law.
Judge Patti Saris of the US district court for the district of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s 20 January executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful.
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Records could be made public within 10 days under new Epstein Files Transparency Act
The justice department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday.
Judge Paul A Engelmayer ruled after the justice department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from Maxwell and Epstein’s cases, along with investigative materials that could amount to hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased documents.
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Locals in Thailand and Cambodia took shelter after Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border and Cambodia fired back with rockets and drones, as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year. The renewed combat between the Southeast Asian neighbors drove tens of thousands of people to flee border areas in both countries.

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