Comfort food season is here. From hearty soups and slow-cooked roasts to homemade bread and freshly baked pies, the right kitchen tools can make fall cooking easier and more enjoyable. We rounded up the cooking essentials worth buying now, including a Le Creuset Dutch oven , Crock-Pot slow cooker and other versatile picks for cozy meals at home. Original price: $499.95 A Dutch oven is a fall kitchen essential, and this Le Creuset model is built to last. The 7.25-quart enameled cast-iron pot dist
Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollars Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When grazier Peter Lake moved to the Clarence Valley in the New South Wales northern rivers region in 2007, he knew was “buying in flood country with … eyes open”. His cattle farm, about halfway between Yamba and Grafton, borders the Coldstream River and has flooded five times since 2009. Continue
Despite falls in some parts of the market, prices are showing signs of stabilising as investors exit and first-time buyers move in, analysts say Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast High-end homes are recording steep price falls, while more affordable properties are proving resilient, leaving Australians to experience the market downturn in very different ways, new data shows. Upper-quartile house values in the country’s two biggest markets, Sydney and Melbourne, are now
Some rental platforms encourage hopeful tenants to share ‘excessive’ amount of information, Consumer Policy Research Centre review finds Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast So-called “RentTech” companies may be circumventing new Victorian laws designed to protect tenants’ personal data by asking for information outside the rental application process, a review as found. The Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) identified rental platforms that encouraged hopeful tenants
Iranian officials claim the regime is "confident" and are considering escalation against the United States. Iran may indeed lash out, but it would be coming from a place of desperation, not strength. On Saturday, Sept. 5, U.S. Central Command struck three Iranian tankers. "Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost — taking out three of yours," said Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command. Three days later, U.
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Critics took aim Tuesday at a federal appeals court after a judge dismissed the IRS’ argument in an ICE data-sharing case as "weak sauce," drawing immediate backlash over the unusual language in the ruling. "That argument is ‘weak sauce’ where the district court has permitted the IRS to file any necessary notifications ‘under seal,’ thereby shielding any criminal investigative activity from disclosure," wrote D.C. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama
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FIRST ON FOX — Nearly 40 pro-life and faith groups are calling on the Trump administration to cut off Planned Parenthood from all federal funding by stripping the nation's largest abortion provider of its qualified vendor status, arguing there is mounting evidence that Planned Parenthood has "allegedly defrauded taxpayers, violated federal laws, and abused public trust." The letter, spearheaded by Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins, is addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Atto
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The floating Olympic cauldron, held aloft by a giant glowing balloon, is still making regular appearances two years after the 2024 Paris Games, showing up all summer long in the nighttime Paris sky.
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The city of Malibu, California, has ordered the evacuation of more than 30 properties after a large sinkhole opened on Tuesday. Malibu officials declared a local emergency on Tuesday evening after a “large sinkhole” emerged near 31630 Sea Level Drive. The officials said the sinkhole was believed to have begun developing on Monday, and had grown to roughly 25-30ft deep and 30-by-60ft wide by Tuesday evening. In an earlier update on Tuesday, officials said they were responding to the “collapse of
