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  • Associated Press

    How a beach trip in Mexico's Baja California turned deadly for surfers from Australia and the US

    Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California's Pacific coast. What happened to end their lives may have been as random as a passing pickup truck full of people with ill intent. Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson from Australia and American Jack Carter Rhoad had apparently stopped to surf the breaks at Punta San José, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Ensenada.

  • Associated Press Finance

    Inspired by the Met, 'sleeping baddies' tackle medical debt at the Debt Gala's pajama party

    Hosted in Brooklyn one night before the Met Gala, the populist benefit's thrifty getups and raunchy comedy routines marked a far cry from its glitzy, star-studded inspiration that collects millions of dollars annually for the renowned art museum's costume department. Brooklyn Public Library revived its People's Ball in 2022 as an inclusive declaration of fashion's existence among “the everyday New Yorker.” This year’s beneficiaries are the Debt Collective, a debtors’ union born from the Occupy Wall Street movement, and Dollar For, a non-profit that reports having eliminated almost $50 million in medical debt by ensuring lower-income patients get discounted health services.

  • The Telegraph

    We must raise defence spending to 5pc to deter Russia, warns former top brass

    The former head of the British Army has warned Britain must raise defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP to deter Russia as it did during the Cold War.