Two men and a woman were killed in an early morning shooting in Saginaw, Michigan. Two other men were also shot, and are being treated for their injuries.
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Ajla Tomljanovic is taking her new-found responsibility in her stride as she eyes another deep run at Wimbledon.Tomljanovic surged into the third round with a 6-2 6-2 dispatch of American qualifier Catherine Harrison, showing no signs of caving in to the pressure of filling the impossible shoes of retired reigning champion Ash Barty.
If ever Australia needed proof that their defend-with-attack mantra would work on the sub-continent, they found it with their first full day with the bat in Galle.Australia went to stumps on day two of the first Test at 8-313, in reply to Sri Lanka's 212.
Russian forces have abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports.Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a "gesture of goodwill" to show it was not obstructing United Nations efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden says the United States will provide another $US800 million ($A1.2 billion) in weapons and military aid to Ukraine, hailing the courage of Ukrainians since Russia invaded in February.
Brit Katie Boulter reckons she takes inspiration from her Australian boyfriend Alex de Minaur - and she's demonstrated shades of his never-say-die streak in causing a Wimbledon sensation 48 hours after a personal tragedy.Centre court had been desperately seeking a new home heroine following the exit of Emma Raducanu - and found one the very next afternoon in Boulter, who came from a set down to to knock out last year's finalist Karolina Pliskova 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.
Radical climate group Blockade Australia has called off its organised protests in NSW.The activists spent Monday and Tuesday protesting in Sydney's CBD, causing major disruption and resulting in multiple arrests, and group members ran from police on Wednesday after their picnic in Tempe was targeted by officers.
A real estate agent has been picked to sell the multimillion-dollar mansion owned by missing Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick.The investment broker disappeared in November 2020, hours after the Australian Federal Police and Australian Securities and Investments Commission raided her Dover Heights home.
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy believes a bunged-up shoulder won't prevent five-eighth Cameron Munster from playing for Queensland in the State of Origin decider.Munster was absent from the Storm side that suffered a 36-30 loss to Manly on Thursday after picking up an AC joint injury in his left shoulder following Sunday's Origin II in Perth.
Brisbane captain Dayne Zorko faces another frustrating stint on the sidelines and hobbled AFL All-Australian defender Daniel Rich could join him.But what happened after both men succumbed to hamstring injuries early in Thursday's Gabba clash with the Western Bulldogs meant coach Chris Fagan wasn't lamenting their loss.
Former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro will not take up a taxpayer-funded trade role based in New York, saying media scrutiny made his appointment untenable.Mr Barilaro on Thursday announced he would withdraw as the state's Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas.
The inevitable decline in house prices is under way and falls are expected to accelerate in coming months as rising interest rates take their toll.CoreLogic will release its home value index for June on Friday, which will have captured the Reserve Bank's 50 basis points increase in the cash rate, its second hike in as many months.
Further senior Tasmanian health officials will front an inquiry investigating a pedophile nurse who worked in the children's ward of a hospital for nearly two decades.The commission examining state government responses to child sexual abuse allegations in the public service has this week been told of "catastrophic" failings surrounding James Geoffrey Griffin.
Sydney commuters are in for a "very messy day" as the NSW rail union vows to push ahead with industrial action, taking 70 per cent of the state's trains out of action.A draft proposal from the government to make $264 million worth of safety modifications to a Korean-built fleet has done little to get trains back on the tracks, with the union saying it remains "resolute" on securing a formal deal.
The world must match the kind of emissions cuts recorded at the height of COVID-19 lockdowns to constrain global warming to 1.Researchers from Australia's CSIRO and China's Tsinghua University have found global emissions of carbon dioxide fell by 6.
Workers will see a boost to their superannuation contributions as the new financial year brings key policy changes.From Friday, the guaranteed superannuation rate will rise from 10 to 10.
An appeal is possible in the case of the man found guilty of murder and attempted murder over the bombing of the National Crime Authority office in Adelaide.Domenic Perre was on Thursday found guilty of killing Detective Sergeant Geoffrey Bowen and lawyer Peter Wallis in the 1994 blast.
Th federal health minister is set to meet with his state and territory counterparts, after the government ordered a review into COVID-19 vaccine contracts.Mark Butler will meet with other health ministers on Friday, where managing the coronavirus will be high on the agenda.
Victorians can bank $250 if they shop around for a better energy deal, as the state's default offer rises amid rising expenses and inflation.From Friday, the one-off payment will open to all Victorian households who compare their energy deal through the Victorian Energy Compare website under an expanded state government program.
A cervical cancer testing overhaul is coming to Australia that will allow more women to privately administer their own less invasive procedure.From Friday women aged 25 to 74 will be able to take a self-administered test in private at a GP clinic, using a swab similar to those used in COVID-19 PCR tests.
Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge "won't stop believing" despite a setback loss to Brisbane kickstarting their arduous AFL run.The visitors were up by 18 points in the second quarter at the Gabba on Thursday before the Lions surged in a 41-point victory, winning 16.
