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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: The Bluey balloon floats the Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 28, 2024 in New York City. This is the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade which was first held in 1924 and only paused from 1942 to 1944 during World War II. Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Loud noise’: Bluey balloon in scare at famed parade

A 16-metre tall balloon of beloved Aussie character Bluey suffered a major malfunction at New York’s famed Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, where another Aussie star also performed.

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 19: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) (L) joins Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Grappone Convention Center on January 19, 2024 in Concord, New Hampshire. New Hampshire voters will weigh in next week on the Republican nominating race with their first-in-the-nation primary, about one week after Trump's record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses. Former UN Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is hoping for a strong second-place showing so to continue her campaign into Nevada and South Carolina. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Trump picks targeted in bomb threats

Several of Donald Trump’s new team members have been hit with death threats and “swatting” attempts, the FBI has confirmed.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - JULY 12: Actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial on involuntary manslaughter in First Judicial District Court on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Baldwin is charged in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust" in 2021. (Photo by Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty Images)

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‘Corrupt’: Baldwin’s team slams new court move

Lawyers for Hollywood star Alec Baldwin have hit back after a major move by the prosecutor in his previous involuntary manslaughter case.

TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 -- US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters at the end of her concession speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024.. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024

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‘Bulls**t’: Harris aides unleash in campaign blame game

As Kamala Harris emerged from a holiday in Hawaii, her campaign chiefs broke their silence on her election defeat, blaming everyone from Joe Biden to the media.