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Months after the local shire’s council discussed what it dubbed a “Rat Plague,” thousands of rats are creating havoc in a small town on the coast in Queensland. (Image credit: Bruce Thomson/State of Queensland)

Absent from court, Donald Trump finds a voice in defense attorney Alina Habba  ABC News

Absent from court, Donald Trump finds a voice in defense attorney Alina Habba  ABC News

Irregular meals, benches as beds. As freed hostages return to Israel, details of captivity emerge  ABC News Alon Ben David: “Hamas treated the Israeli hostages well”  Middle East Eye Israel-Hamas war: Details begin to emerge of life in captivity after some hostages

Derek Chauvin’s family has received no updates after prison stabbing, attorney says  NBC News Derek Chauvin expected to survive after prison stabbing  TODAY Railroaded Derek Chauvin’s foes are out for his blood in prison and his case  New York Post Family of Derek

Vermont: Three Palestinian students shot near US campus  BBC.com Authorities search for suspect who shot 3 Palestinian college students in Vermont  NBC News Three Palestinian men going to family dinner shot in Vermont  MSNBC Man arrested in possible hate-motivated shooting  WPTZ 3 Palestinian college

Almost all the polling shows the same pattern. Could the coming campaign restore Democrats’ usual advantage?

As graphic images from Gaza flood social media platforms, many people are claiming those images are fake, in the latest iteration of a disturbing trope. (Image credit: John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)

To help protect the salamander, the National Autonomous University of Mexico launched a campaign asking people to virtually adopt an axolotl or help pay for one of its meals. (Image credit: AdoptAxolotl)

Trump seems destined to lose his civil fraud trial. But he may not immediately face penalties. – POLITICO  POLITICO