The likely first summer case of a potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus has been identified in regional Victoria. Japanese encephalitis, a flavivirus related to dengue and yellow fever, was detected in a resident in the state’s north, the Department of Health announced on Tuesday. The virus has also been picked up by environmental surveillance in northern…
A fund created by the US government to help compensate victims of the late fraudster Bernard Madoff has begun making its final round of payments, according to a statement by the Department of Justice (DoJ). The payouts being made by the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) are worth $131.4m (£104.6m) and are set to bring the…
Mortgage costs stayed stubbornly high in 2024, with 30-year fixed rates holding well above 6% for most of the year. Unfortunately for buyers, 2025 isn’t looking much better. The Federal Reserve has been cutting interest rates, making the cost of borrowing for loans, credit cards, and auto financing cheaper. But mortgage rates haven’t really budged,…
A Los Angeles-area home with deep ties to both the Kardashian family and the O.J. Simpson murder trial has hit the market … TMZ has learned. Real estate sources tell TMZ … an Encino, Calif. residence, which currently belongs to comedian Russell Peters, is now on the market — several years after he scooped up…
A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on 3 December. The warrant comes after Yoon, who is facing several investigations on insurrection and treason charges, ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over the past two weeks. On Sunday…
The search for a 24-year-old hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day has entered its sixth day, with the man’s sister expressing fears about potential threats to his safety. Hadi Nazari, an experienced hiker whose birthday was on Tuesday, has not been seen since, when friends had descending the Hannels Spur Trail at…
Alabama Barker is regretting her past use of vape pens … she had a medical scare involving nicotine withdrawal which recently saw her rushed to an L.A.-area hospital … TMZ has learned. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler‘s daughter was an occasional vaper … that is until she…
A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone in Qingzhou, China, on August 31, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s November factory activity growth missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy. The country’s official purchasing…
Courtney Stodden and her new hubby, Jared Safier, have moved into a million-dollar home mere weeks after saying “I do” … TMZ has learned. Real estate sources tell TMZ … Courtney and Jared closed on a 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom home spanning 3,040 square feet in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley just last week. We’re told the…
Ace Bailey scored 24 points, fellow freshman Dylan Harper recorded the first triple-double for Rutgers since 1983 and the Scarlet Knights beat Columbia 91-64 on Monday night. Harper grabbed his 10th rebound with 5:05 remaining in the second half, and he found Bailey for a layup at the other end for his 10th assist to…
