August 21, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIf all goes to plan, western Sydney will soon experience perhaps the most transformational month in its history.While the government has not yet announced a date for the Bankstown Metro extension, Transport for NSW documents have suggested it may open around October 18. A week later, on October 25, the first passenger flight – JQ632 to the Gold Coast – will leave from Western Sydney Airport. Two weeks after that, on November 7, Powerhouse Parramatta will open its doors to…

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on August 20, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Brian Hickerson broke his silence on Hayden Panettiere‘s death through his attorney Sloan Ellis, who said the investigation is ongoing and police have confirmed no signs of foul play. The statement said they had no further comment out of respect for Panettiere’s loved ones. • Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, attributed their estrangement to the “involvement of a toxic individual who I believe led to her death” in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. Vogel said her…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The daughter of a New York grandmother who vanished while visiting Las Vegas nearly two weeks ago has traveled across the country to search for her mother, checking hospitals and morgues as the family grows increasingly desperate for answers.Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five, was reported missing Aug. 10, two days after she was last seen while visiting a longtime friend in Las Vegas, according to her family.”We have checked hospitals,” Goods’ daughter, Kristen Goods, told FOX5 Vegas. “We have checked morgues.”SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR AUSTRALIAN WOMAN WHO VANISHED AFTER SENDING MESSAGE…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukraine is buying a homegrown glide bomb that could help its pilots strike Russian forces from a safer distance while relying less on weapons supplied by the U.S. and Europe.The new weapon is called the Vyrivniuvach, or “Equalizer.” It was developed by Ukrainian company DG Industry with support from Brave1, a government-backed defense technology group.A Ukrainian military official told Ukrinform that the bomb has finished testing and is now being bought for the armed forces. Fox News Digital has reached out to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense for more details.Until now, Ukraine’s warplanes…

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville did not mince words when he unloaded on his party’s far-left insurgency Thursday. “We get subjugated by some of the more outspoken people who, by the way, [are] not even Democrats,” Carville said during a video news conference. “I wish they’d take the word Democrat out of their name. I have no idea why the democratic socialists — if you hate the Democratic Party so much, well, then don’t use our goddamn name. Go think of your own name.” He was one of several speakers at a media event promoting the Promise To America, a set of principles created…

As the end of August brings (marginally) cooler weather to the northern hemisphere, travellers who have sensibly shunned hot urban centres might be looking to get back to city breaks. For a little inspiration, hotel chain Premier Inn decided to try to classify the most beautiful cities to visit in summer using a bit of science. The company collected images of over 60 major cities across the globe in summertime and, using eye-tracking technology, studied which pictures people were drawn to quickest and where their gazes lingered the longest. These are the world’s most beautiful summer cities The study revealed…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe article by Sherryn Groch and Michael Bachelard may well be the most important for politics in a generation (“Exclusive Brethren secretly paid far-right activists to perform stunts disrupting the federal election”, August 21). It reports their findings about the links between the Brethren and far-right politicians trying to influence the outcome of the last election using dirty tricks. Extremism, whether of right or left, always threatens to corrupt politics. As the Coalition moved further and further to the right, despite protests from Liberal…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! We’ve all been there: your alarm goes off late, the kids are dragging their feet and the threat of missing the bus suddenly feels very real. Thankfully, getting the troops ready to head out the door is a whole lot easier when you have cozy slip‑on shoes that you can throw on in seconds. We tracked down a rich mom slipper — the same style Jessica Alba wears — that’s stylish enough for school drop‑offs but comfortable enough for year-round…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Tennessee driver accused of striking a group of college cyclists, killing two and seriously injuring five others, allegedly failed to brake or take evasive action before the crash, according to a newly filed affidavit.John Alexander Benfield faces two counts of reckless vehicular homicide and five counts of reckless aggravated assault in Wednesday’s crash involving members of the Milligan University cycling team in Carter County.The collision happened around 9 a.m. on Highway 19E near Simerly Creek Road, according to the affidavit filed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Investigators said Benfield was driving…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his closed-door deposition before three key House committees, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue, a massive fundraising platform for Democrats, over allegations that lax fraud prevention standards may have allowed foreign donations to seep into U.S. campaigns.DeBergalis’ deposition, which was scheduled for Thursday morning, lasted less than half an hour. Fox News saw DeBergalis entering and exiting the committee…

A North Carolina girl was allegedly abducted by her friend’s uncle and forced into the woods — before she was found in a ditch and chillingly told a good Samaritan that she had been kidnapped. The girl, 12, was staying at her neighbor’s home in Lillington – a town 40 miles southwest of Raleigh – for a sleepover on Sunday when she was woken up by 38-year-old Daniel Gear, who is accused of terrorizing her, WNCN reported. Gear allegedly forced the girl, who hasn’t been identified, into his truck and they drove toward some woodland, where “he made her get…

August 21, 2026 — 5:51pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAConstruction boss George Alex’s convictions for money laundering and tax fraud have been quashed and a new trial has been ordered after an appeals court found an “unprecedented” allegation of juror tampering had led to a miscarriage of justice.George Alex and five co-defendants were found guilty in June 2024 of conspiring to defraud the tax office of more than $10 million after a five-month trial and five weeks of jury deliberations in mid-2024. Alex was sentenced to nine years and…

Elijah Blue Allman’s wife, Marieangela King, filed new court documents objecting to Cher’s appointment of a probate conservator for her drug-addled son — and now King is nominating herself and wants the court to appoint her as his conservator, claiming the iconic singer has been estranged from her son for years, his famous mother’s involvement is against his wishes, and the singer’s petition is an intrusion into their marriage. King, 39, also claims in the docs filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 18, that Cher, 80, has shown a pattern of “hostility” and “gatekeeping” towards her by intentionally keeping…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man believed to have been the longest-serving prisoner in U.S. history has died at the age of 101, having his execution scheduled and postponed eight times as he maintained his innocence despite a murder conviction in Connecticut.Francis Clifford Smith died in his sleep in late June at 60 West, a secured Connecticut nursing facility that cares for older people in the justice system, according to the facility.Smith, who was just months away from turning 102, was cremated without a funeral.”Essentially, he died of old age,” 60 West spokesman David Skoczulek told…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Darline Graham’s admission that she was not well-versed on Taiwan is drawing scrutiny days before South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff, putting the Trump-backed candidate’s national security credentials at the center of her closing fight against Rep. Ralph Norman. President Donald Trump has endorsed Graham and is scheduled to rally for her in Myrtle Beach on Friday, days before the GOP runoff against Norman on Tuesday. But Graham’s debate stumble on Taiwan draws a sharp contrast with her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who made national security and foreign policy defining issues of his…