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- HuffPost
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Becomes First Person To Pass 1 Million Followers On Bluesky
The New York congresswoman says it's “not rocket science” why people are abandoning the platform X en masse.
- Associated Press Finance
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?
It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16. Australia's new law, approved by its Parliament last week, is an attempt to swim against many tides of modern life — formidable forces like technology, marketing, globalization and, of course, the iron will of a teenager.
- Parade
Ivanka Trump Is ‘Fearless’ While Surfing in Busty Swimsuit During Family Vacay
Surfing is a Thanksgiving tradition for the 43-year-old mom.
- The Independent
Killer who boasted ‘I’ll be 45 when I get out’ dies in prison aged 42
Callum Tole shouted, ‘Happy days. I’m still alive,’ after he was told he would spend the next 18 years in prison
- BuzzFeed
My Daughter Is Asexual And It Breaks My Heart
"That was the moment I realized that I would never be a grandparent or watch my daughter fall in love, get married, or do anything 'normal' in society’s eyes. My daughter was asexual."
- Yahoo Lifestyle
Deborra-Lee Furness 'seething with rage' as new details of Hugh Jackman's romance emerge
Deborra-Lee Furness is reportedly 'seething with rage' after her A-list friends kept news of Hugh Jackman's new relationship a secret. Read more.
- BuzzFeed
I’m Speechless At These 12 People Who Had Literally No Idea What Their Trump Vote Meant
"'I didn't think he'd do that,' is what she says. She says she regrets it, 'But what can I do now?'"
- Yahoo News Australia
Warning to Aussies after woman's 'really common' garden find: 'Never touch'
Authorities have warned against copying the woman's seemingly innocent mistake.
- Yahoo Sport Australia
Nicho Hynes caught in ugly $1 million fallout as Cronulla Sharks lose gun half to Dragons
It would mark a massive coup for Shane Flanagan over his former team. Read more here.
- Parade
Reese Witherspoon’s Daughter Debuts Mystery Man in Loved-Up Photo
The 25-year-old shared a carousel of images from her holiday in Nashville.
- BuzzFeed
"It Annoyed Me To No End": Americans Who Lived Abroad Are Sharing The Biggest Reverse Culture Shock They Had When Moving Back Home
"Depending on where you lived abroad, the return to this is probably going to be the biggest shock."
- Yahoo Finance AU
FIFO workers reveal miserable issue causing them to leave $170,000 roles: 'Hardest part'
There are many challenges with FIFO work, but one is rarely talked about.
- NewsWire
Tennis legend dies, aged 91
An Australian tennis icon who won Wimbledon and the US Open singles titles has died at the age of 91.
- Yahoo Sport Australia
Cricket world reacts after Aussie great Peter Siddle drops staggering news at age 40
The Aussie cricket great's career has come full circle. More here.
- Yahoo News Australia
Council's $275 warning after 'absolutely disgusting' find on busy beach
Volunteer workers searching for invasive weeds were horrified last week when they made the discovery in the sand dunes.
- Euronews
Lost and spoofed: How Ukraine redirects Russian drones to Belarus
Ukraine has a new way of countering Moscow's increased use of Shahed drones in mass attacks — redirecting them back to Russia or into the airspace of Kremlin-friendly Belarus.View on euronews
- Yahoo News Australia
Windscreen detail on road trip suggests worrying natural trend in Australia: 'Where have they gone?'
If you have memories of things being quite different on road trips when you were a kid, you're probably not wrong. Read why.
- FTW Outdoors
Watch as Florida gator drags massive python across pond
Large Burmese pythons are known to eat alligators in Florida’s Everglades region. But sometimes the opposite is true. The accompanying footage, captured Nov. 28, shows a large gator swimming across a pond with a giant python in its
- Yahoo News Australia
Stop work call after rare animal habitat 'destruction' by Aussie mining giant
A drone operator has allegedly discovered an open-cut mining pit and a new road at the site.