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Twitter's blue check mark was once a coveted status symbol. Now, some users are calling it "the dreaded mark" or that "stinking badge."Last week, Twitter began stripping the verification symbols from the profiles of thousands of…

Shattered customers who lost thousands of dollars in life savings to failed home builder Snowdon Developments are pleading with the Victorian Government to extend access to the Porter Davis compensation payments. In July last year, the…

A call by the heartbroken family of a Queensland knife crime victim to lock away knives on sale in stores has been rejected by the state government and police.Brett Beasley, the father of Jack Beasley who died aged 17 after being stabbed in…

Local mining giants are apparently lining up to get their hands on fully electric Toyota HiLux conversions produced in Australia, as they look to ditch their diesel workhorses.That’s according to mining electric vehicle provider MEVCO,…

A mother claims she made 200 calls to her GP for an appointment before eventually swapping surgeries - and finding out she had a rare cancer.Jolene Segrave, 32, said she spent about two months trying to get seen at a medical centre, in the…

Father of two Anil Vemula dreams of living in a house his family loves but that has never seemed further away after the collapse of home builder Porter Davis.Vemula says he made sacrifices for three years to save up a deposit of $33,000 for…

Last month, Patricia Bates and Joseph Guthro took a bus tour from New Brunswick down the Eastern seaboard of the United States to Florida, which was supposed to be a dream vacation for them. The 82- and 84-year-olds were hoping to use…

GUWAHATI: Rajasthan Royals have only two connections with Guwahati. One is their collaboration with Assam Cricket Association (ACA) in setting up their cricket academy five years ago at Barsapara Cricket Stadium here and the other is Riyan…

Every morning, mothers at a shelter in Juarez, Mexico frantically refresh a U.S. government app at 9.a.m., hoping to get an appointment to enter America. By 9:05 a.m., all the appointments, and hope, are gone."It's lottery with…

Sarah Ferguson appeared in a number of interviews in the USA recently, including The View, the Kelly Clarkson Show, and ABC News. The Duchess of York appears extremely media trained in these interviews and avoided all controversial topics.A…