Australia -- Defence has grounded 35 Australian warplanes after two crew members were forced to eject from a $75 million jet fighter during an aborted take-off at an air base in Queensland. Investigators are heading to RAAF Base Amberley outside Brisbane to figure out what led to the incident, which has caused damage to the F/A-18F Super Hornet. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds confirmed the two pilots were safe, but said the entire RAAF fleet of Super Hornet and Growler jet fighters was being grounded out of an "abundance of caution". The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, would not put a timeframe on the investigation, or how long the jet fighters would be out of action.
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BREAKING: House Fire in Hollywood at the corner of 1st and Normandy no injuries at this time.
National forecast. Lake effect snow will continue across the Northeast while the West gets active with more rain and mountain snow. The Southwest will also get some much needed rain and higher elevation snow this week. A nice day across the Plains with above average temperatures.
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SYDNEY - Australian police arrested on Wednesday an 18-year man who had allegedly expressed interest in committing a mass causality attack, motivated by right-wing ideology. Police said they expect to lay charges on Wednesday against the unidentified man from Albury, a small town 344 miles southwest of Sydney. “The male we’ve arrested has an extremely right-wing ideology and is focused on neo-Nazi, white supremacist and anti-Semitic material,” Australian Federal Police Assistant Commission Scott Lee told reporters in Sydney. Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has been on heightened alert against the threat of home-grown radicals after several “lone wolf” attacks in recent years. A white supremacist gunman from Australia killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand last year. Australian intelligence agencies have regularly warned of an increased threat by right-wing aligned individuals since then.
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LOS ANGELES - Firefighters extinguished a one-acre brush fire on a hillside in the West Hollywood area early Wednesday. The fire was reported at about 5 a.m. near Sunset and La Cienega boulevards, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Los Angeles city firefighters also went to the scene. The flames were extinguished in about a half-hour. Some firefighters remained at the location dousing hot spots. No injuries were reported, and no structures were damaged.
As many as 5,000 of President Donald Trump’s supporters are expected to descend on the nation’s capital Saturday – just days before Electoral College votes are cast – to protest voter fraud in the Nov. 3 presidential election. Electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., meet in their respective state capitals Monday to formally cast votes for president based on the popular votes in each state. The demonstration is a way for Trump supporters to express their disillusionment and anger over the election. The permit application estimates upward of 5,000 people will gather on Dec. 11 and 12 in support of Trump, a considerably smaller figure than the tens of thousands who turned out in November.
Antifa militants assault local Portland TV crew inside 'autonomous zone'. A local Portland news team was surrounded and assaulted by Antifa militants when they attempted to film inside the newly-established "autonomous zone." The female reporter’s hand was left bloodied and her smashed phone was stomped on.