Firefighters were called out to a blaze at a daycare centre in Perth’s northern suburbs this morning, with investigations now underway to establish the cause. The fire at the Care for Kids school of early learning in Kingsley was reported around 5am and was extinguished quickly, with crews slowly starting to clean up by 6.30am. The scene of the fire.Night NewsCrews told 9News Perth that the fire started in the kitchen, and that they had managed to stop it spreading throughout the rest of the daycare centre. But the smoke damage is extensive throughout the property.Although investigations are now underway,…

Anna Faris is opening up about her complicated feelings on her career in the past year — and how her sobriety has shifted her mindset. “I really started to notice and appreciate if and when people recognize me, they would usually smile thinking about something f***ing stupid I did onscreen,” Faris, 49, said on the Thursday, August 20, episode of the “Dear Chelsea” podcast. “I really started to notice that and absorb that.” The comment led host Chelsea Handler to ask, “Do you think that has to do with not drinking? Because I know you stopped drinking. Maybe that lit…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Surveillance footage captured the brief window of time when a masked man wearing a creepy Chucky-style Halloween mask terrorized multiple people in downtown Philadelphia. Two police officers followed him before he evaded authorities, officials said Thursday.Zymire Hughes, 22, is being sought by the Philadelphia Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service after an arrest warrant related to the Aug. 12 incident was issued.”If Zymire Hughes was trying to scare people, make them run: Who’s scared now? Who’s running now?” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said during a news conference Thursday afternoon.POLICE IDENTIFY…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First lady Melania Trump made a memorable return to the White House Rose Garden Thursday, greeting the crowd with a playful five-word message before an announcement filled with patriotism and horsepower.”I heard you missed me. Here I am,” Trump said as she took the podium, as the crowd — including President Donald Trump — erupted in laughter.The first lady stood before a wall of American flags in a crisp sky-blue oversized Michael Kors shirt with the collar popped and vivid red Dior pencil skirt, echoing the patriotic setting. She completed the look…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Democratic strategist from the Obama White House contended that Sen. Jon Ossoff’s latest shot at President Donald Trump was “gratuitous and unnecessary.”The Georgia Democrat, who has grown his profile throughout his re-election campaign during this midterm cycle to new heights that have him in the conversation for the 2028 presidential race, recently went viral for his remarks while on the trail where he went after Trump.Ossoff was blasting Trump for the war in Iran and the record-breaking deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East when the lawmaker…

Myles Gaskin is hanging up his NFL jersey, announcing his retirement from the game of football at 29 years old.Gaskin, a former seventh-round pick by the Miami Dolphins who spent seven seasons in the NFL as a running back, announced his decision on social media on Thursday.”Football…there will never be enough words to explain how I feel about you, so I won’t even try,” Gaskin’s social media post read. “What I will do is give all the game you gave me to the next generation of young players who dare to be great. Thank you. It’s been real.” Gaskin’s last…

The maniac who stabbed a 30-year-old mom to death during a barbecue at a Brooklyn park was enraged because she turned down his advances – and carried out the horrifying attack in front of the victim’s 7-year-old son, according to the NYPD.  Shakeema Davis, 30, was stabbed repeatedly in the head and body inside Lincoln Terrace–Arthur S. Somers Park at Rochester Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights around 12:41 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.  The violence unfolded during a gathering that Davis herself had organized – and her future killer called her to find out where it was happening, according…

The rise in UFO news coverage is increasing belief in aliens, particularly for younger Americans, according to a new survey. The survey of 2,000 Americans asked people whether recent UFO or UAP news coverage has changed their opinion on the topic and found that 37% now believe more than they used to. More than half (54%) say their opinion on extraterrestrials has not changed and 10% say it’s actually made them believe less, according to the survey conducted by Talker Research. News coverage on UFOs or UAPs seems more likely to move younger generations towards belief — 54% of Gen…

Three men facing extradition to the United States over their alleged involvement in transnational drug trafficking may seek to be tried in Canada, but the British Columbia Supreme Court says the prospect is “speculative at this point.” Gurtej Smagh, Jaskarn Baghri, and Ravinder Dhanda were arrested last month in B.C. and are being pursued by American authorities for their alleged involvement in cross-border drug trafficking.The CBC successfully applied to lift a publication ban on evidence presented at the men’s bail hearings, which their lawyers had argued could jeopardize a fair trial in the United States.The ruling says the men also…

Updated August 21, 2026 — 8:47am,first published 7:59amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe body of 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper has been recovered from dense bushland in the NSW Southern Highlands, hours after it was discovered by a search and rescue team following an eight-day search.The body was retrieved after 6pm on Thursday, a police source confirmed to the Herald.Friends, family and loved ones of Sydney bushwalker Lily Hooper have been grieving her loss, having initially heard she was found alive.Kate GeraghtyThe body was discovered in scrub in the Nattai…

A Texas man was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife after he approached her outside of her home with a “murder kit.” The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that Frederick Spears was found guilty of stabbing his wife, Mary Spears, multiple times in Arlington, Texas, on September 22, 2025. Prosecutors said that Frederick, 57, threatened a family member with knives and he was ordered to stay away from his family just days before he killed Mary, 53. Following the altercation with the family member, Frederick bought a knife and saw kit that he dubbed a “murder kit,” according…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital Thursday.Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash delivery bag and wanted to carry out the attack when state senators were meeting.She converted to Islam…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! What started as a regularly scheduled town hall in Dearborn, Michigan, erupted into a flashpoint over the influence of Muslim culture in American civic life on Tuesday as the pastor of a local church accused the town of operating under Sharia law.”America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore,” Lorenzo Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church, said.”Enough is enough.”The outburst, which came amid a series of other anti-Islam protests in…

President Donald Trump and top financial regulators hosted key figures in the cryptocurrency and digital assets industries at the White House Wednesday, with a major legislative priority for the administration and those industries nearing the finish line. Cody Carbone, CEO of The Digital Chamber, attended the meeting and said in an interview with FOX Business the “main takeaway was that the U.S. is not going to slow down in its objective of becoming the crypto capital of the world.””There was a lot of talk about the CLARITY Act, this legislation that’s in front of us, and that there was a…

The prestigious University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University are both the subject of a civil rights investigation over a college-access program that’s only available to Hispanic students, the California Post can reveal. A letter from the Office of Civil Rights to William Jacobson, president of the anti-racism Equal Protection Project, on August 13th confirmed both schools are being investigated for discriminating against students on the basis of ”national origin”, allowing the program to exclude students who do not identify as Hispanic. The letter was in response to a June 29 complaint filed by Jacobson organization alleging that USC and LMU…