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American actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rapes
His distraught wife Bijou Phillips was in the courtroom as the actor, best known for his role in That ’70s Show, was sentenced to a minimum 30 years for raping two women about 20 years ago.
- by Rollo Ross
Opinion
US politics
Trump’s martyrs or American traitors? Just imagine that assault on our parliament
How can hundreds of Trump’s supporters be convicted and go to jail, but the man in whose name they acted not be accountable under the rule of law?
- by Bruce Wolpe
‘You are not welcome’: Airbnb crackdown causes trouble for travellers to New York
Officials and housing advocates who had pushed for the restrictions said they were necessary to stop apartments from becoming de facto hotels.
- by Deepti Hajela
US prosecutor pushes to charge Hunter Biden by end of the month
The move will catapult the case back into the public spotlight as the president ramps up his re-election bid.
- by Patricia Hurtado and Chris Strohm
Opinion
Music festivals
Burning Man wasn’t hell on earth, it was heaven (apart from the toilets)
Stuck in the mud with 70,000 people, stranded in the rain-sodden Nevada desert, toilets overflowing, no communications … we loved every muddy minute!
- by Kate Feneley and Wade Bartlett
Cuba identifies traffickers luring citizens into Russia’s war in Ukraine
The government says it has initiated criminal proceedings against those involved in “mercenarism”.
- by Sarah Dadouch and Mary Beth Sheridan
Exclusive
Food
Meet the bakers who introduced the Australian meat pie to America
In the suburbs of the US city of Atlanta, a thriving cafe created by two mates is providing a taste of Australia for curious tourists and residents.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Act of terrorism’: Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years for Capitol riot role
Prosecutors say the 39-year-old organised and led the Proud Boys’ assault from afar, inspiring followers with his charisma and penchant for propaganda.
- by Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer
He couldn’t even swear properly: Biden-Obama tensions laid bare in new book
Joe Biden reportedly said Barack Obama was unable to deliver a “f--- you” with “the right elongation of vowels and the necessary hardness of consonants; it was how they must curse in the ivory tower”.
- by Will Weissert
Burning Man revellers start ‘gruelling’ exodus from muddy desert
Organisers of the famous Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada have been slammed by patrons after weather trapped many of them in the mud.
- by Farrah Tomazin