Melbourne fire that destroyed Forty Winks store could have been arson, police say | Melbourne newsthirst.

Fire crews remain at the scene of a blaze that destroyed a Melbourne mattress store, with investigations likely to continue well into Sunday night after the fire was deemed a suspected arson attack. Emergency crews responded to several calls about a two-storey building on fire at Nunawading in the city’s east about 2.20am on Sunday….

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Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia’s south-east | Australia weather newsthirst.

Winds from the Southern Ocean will bring relief on Monday to parts of south-eastern Australia sweltering through a three-day heatwave. A heatwave warning for South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the weekend as temperatures were expected to spike in some parts to 40C. Temperatures in…

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Ravens WR Zay Flowers’ status for wild-card playoff game is uncertain due to injury newsthirst.

Ravens Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers is dealing with a knee sprain he sustained against the Browns on Saturday. He is now considered week to week, according to FOX Sports NFL insider Jordan Schultz. Flowers left Baltimore’s 35-10 win against Cleveland on Saturday in the second quarter and did not return. The second-year receiver…

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Fears for hiker in ‘bloody tough country’ as Kosciuszko search enters day 11 | New South Wales newsthirst.

More specialist rescue crews have joined the search for a bushwalker missing in dense and challenging terrain for 11 days. As many as 50 specialist search operators from across New South Wales have been deployed to help find Hadi Nazari, 23, who was last seen on Boxing Day. The experienced Victorian hiker was descending the…

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Washington Post cartoonist quits after drawing of Bezos, other billionaires with Trump rejected newsthirst.

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes Courtesy of Ann Telnaes A Washington Post cartoonist has quit her role at the paper, saying that her bosses blocked publication of a satirical cartoon that depicted billionaires, including one resembling Post owner Jeff Bezos, kneeling before President-elect Donald Trump. Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post…

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