Nearly 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks , a family has finally received an answer after New York City investigators used a first-of-its-kind DNA and genealogy technique to identify a woman killed at the World Trade Center. The adult woman, whose name is being withheld at her family’s request, is the first World Trade Center victim identified through forensic investigative genetic genealogy, New York City officials announced Sunday. Her identification marks the 1,654th person identified from r
Planned datacentres around Australia may avoid strict new rules being proposed by Anthony Albanese if they can secure approvals in the coming months, amid growing calls growing for a moratorium. The prime minister is aiming to come to an agreement with national cabinet on federal regulations for datacentres at a meeting on Wednesday. The rules will require datacentres to avoid pushing up power prices – including by bringing renewable energy to the grid to cover their electricity demands – while
One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts told a conference earlier this year that he was in “two minds” about whether gay people should have equal rights. In footage from June’s Church and State conference, released on Sunday, the senator can be seen responding to a question about James Ashby, the party’s director, who is gay. Both Roberts and the One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, appeared at the conservative Christian conference. In the footage, Roberts described Ashby as bright, honest and straight. An a
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The world largely moved on from the Rohingya crisis. But the exodus has not stopped, aid is shrinking and a generation of refugees is growing up with little prospect of going home. (Image credit: Valeria Mongelli)
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A couple flying to Las Vegas to elope ended up getting married at 35,000 feet after a Southwest Airlines crew turned their flight into a wedding. Sara Arroyo Montalvo and her partner had planned to elope privately in Las Vegas when flight attendants learned about their idea and decided to organize a midair ceremony, Montalvo shared in a Facebook post . The Aug. 13 wedding took place in front of 178 passengers, with the plane's captain — who is also an ordained minister — serving as the officiant
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Maine’s newly anointed Democratic Senate nominee wished "nothing would have happened" to his predecessor, Graham Platner, whose campaign was torpedoed by sexual assault allegations last month. Troy Jackson, a former logger and Maine State Senate president, slid into the role as Democratic nominee after Platner’s insurgent campaign rapidly unraveled as scandal after scandal piled up, culminating in a sexual assault allegation from his ex-girlfriend that he has since denied. Jackson had previously
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It was a bit of a mixed bag yesterday for results. I had four plays in one game, which is something of a rarity for me. However, I went 3-1 in that game, and I lost the other game. For me, it was a slight profit for the day, but that's because I tend to bet less on player props than I do on full game totals or sides. We go back to the grind today with the matchup between the Pirates and the Padres . The Pittsburgh Pirates are essentially repeating what they did last year in terms of record. The
