Oregon has filed suit to block Trump’s move, warning there was no ‘legal justification’ and it will escalate tensions

Portland is bracing for the deployment of 200 national guard troops as Donald Trump moves ahead with plans to bring the US military into another Democratic-run city.

Oregon filed a lawsuit to block the deployment, which the state has warned will escalate tensions and lead to unrest when there is “no need or legal justification” to bring federal troops into Portland.

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Celeste Rivas Hernandez, first reported missing at age 13, found decomposing in trunk of singer’s car in Los Angeles

The missing teenager whose body was discovered decomposing in singer D4vd’s Tesla in early September likely died several weeks earlier, according to the Los Angeles police department.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dead in the trunk of the singer’s car on 8 September, one day after her 15th birthday, following reports of a foul odor emanating from the vehicle. The then 13-year-old Rivas Hernandez was first reported missing on 5 April 2024.

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Craig Vogt arrested after allegedly saying he killed the animals out of spite because neighbor kept feeding them

A man on Florida’s Gulf coast has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities said he killed, cooked and ate two of his pet peacocks to spite a neighbor.

Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested on 23 September on a third-degree felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty, according to an affidavit from the Pasco county sheriff’s office, as the Miami Herald reported.

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Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures

GPs in England are threatening to take action over government plans to increase patients’ online access to appointments which they say will lead to a “tsunami” of extra demand.

Ministers have been given 48 hours to put in place measures to stop GPs being overwhelmed when the new system – intended to help patients beat “the 8am scramble” – starts on Wednesday.

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Greater Manchester mayor says he wants conference dominated by leadership speculation to be a success

Andy Burnham has hit back at Labour colleagues who have criticised him for challenging Keir Starmer during a Labour party conference that has been dominated by speculation over the prime minister’s leadership.

The Greater Manchester mayor rejected attacks by members of his own party who have accused him of launching a pre-emptive putsch against Starmer, saying the criticism “sticks in my throat”.

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