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The parents of a four-year-old boy who was killed in a bus accident in Horseshoe Bay last year say that months after the tragedy, they still have few answers about what happened. Eight months later, Silvana Schramm remembers only fragments of the crash.Her four-year-old son, Leonardo, was killed when an articulated bus jumped the curb in Horseshoe Bay.Silvana was left with catastrophic injuries.After months in the hospital and dozens of surgeries, Silvana has recovered enough to go home and may be able to leave GF Strong in March.However, rebuilding their lives has proven far more difficult as Silvana and her…

The mother and father of a three-year-old boy who died in a police station following a horrific car crash have been charged with manslaughter.Bodycam footage released by police on Friday captures the moment the woman, 22, is handcuffed by a detective from the police’s Child Trauma Unit.It follows a four-month investigation into the bizarre death which rocked Queensland.The boy was rushed to the Beenleigh Police Station by a member of the public, along with his mother, following a car crash that occurred about 5am on October 25 last year.Camera IconA 23-year-old Labrador mother of a 3-year-old boy who died in…

JAKARTA: An Indonesian court has jailed nine people in a major corruption case involving subsidiaries of state energy firm Pertamina, including two former chief executives of its units, which prosecutors say caused US$17 billion in state losses.The case, which centres on alleged illegal leasing of a fuel terminal and illegal imports of crude oil, among other offences, is one of the biggest launched under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, who has vowed to eradicate corruption.The nine were sentenced by the Central Jakarta Court, with the reading of the verdicts starting on Thursday (Feb 26) afternoon and continuing into the…

Pakistani and Afghan officials have both declared full military operations as border clashes intensify.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! State of the Union speeches are all about aspirations. It doesn’t matter if you’re Reagan. Clinton, Obama, the Bush tandem or Trump. Aspirations are the quintessence of State of the Union speeches. What presidents aspire to do. And what a president wants Congress to do.All of this flows toward the ultimate of political aspirations: winning elections. Be it the next presidential election. Or, House and Senate seats during the midterms.There were two big asks — and one admonition — from President Donald Trump this week. He wants Congress to approve the SAVE…

MAHA eyes SNAP, school lunch restrictions for junk food Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the Trump administration’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative, detailing new efforts to restrict ultra-processed foods in school lunches and limiting SNAP benefit purchases. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Atlanta-area police department issued a blunt notice to parents after officers claimed a child brought a vodka-based beverage to school — tucked beside Doritos in a packed lunch.The City of South Fulton Police Department sounded off about the incident in a now-viral Facebook post, warning parents to “CHECK. THE.…

British Columbians stuck in Mexico are expressing frustrations with the lack of communication and support from travel companies and airlines. Lillian Alexus, a Qualicum Beach, B.C., resident, arrived in Puerto Vallarta on Feb. 8 and was due to fly home on Feb. 22.“We had checked out of our resort on the 22nd and we were waiting in the lobby for the bus to take us to the airport when everything was shut down,” she told Global News.“So then we had to see if we could get accommodation here. The message that we got from WestJet was that there was an…

Dyson Daniels put in a stellar all-round effort to help Atlanta notch a 30-point win over the Washington Wizards in the NBA.The Australian posted 13 points to go with 11 assists, four rebounds and a tied season-high five steals as the Hawks beat the Wizards 126-96 on Thursday night.It was also a big night for Atlanta newcomers CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, who combined for 58 points against their former team.It was the second of a two-game home series for the Hawks against the team to which they traded Trae Young in January.The Hawks received McCollum and Kispert in exchange…

MANILA: The navies of the Philippines, the US and Japan trained alongside each other in the South China Sea this week to ramp up cooperation among the military allies, the Philippines’ armed forces said on Friday (Feb 27). Since 2023, the Philippines has worked with a number of countries to assert its rights and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea. China claims most of the resource-rich waterway, rejecting a 2016 arbitral award that has voided its historical claims to the area.In a statement, the Philippine military said the joint activity “underscores the sustained commitment of partner forces to enhance interoperability, reinforce…

These are the key developments from day 1,464 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoPublished On 27 Feb 202627 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoHere is where things stand on Friday, February 27:Fighting Russian forces launched 720 attacks on 31 settlements in Ukraine’s front line Zaporizhia region, killing one person and injuring eight others, regional governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on the Telegram platform. The attacks included drone strikes, artillery shelling and three missile strikes, Fedorov said. Ten people, including an eight-year-old child, were also injured in an overnight Russian attack on the…