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Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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BreakingSocial Media

TikTok to ‘go dark’ within a matter of hours

TikTok has said it will be forced to “go dark” in the US in a matter of hours unless the government steps in before a federal ban takes effect.

US Politics

(FILES) US President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as President on January 20, 2017 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump said on January 17, 2025 that his inauguration as US president on January 20 will be moved indoors due to expected freezing weather. Trump said he will deliver is inaugural address in the Rotunda of the US Capitol. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)

Trump’s inauguration now in tatters

Donald Trump’s hope that he would be sworn in as president in front of a crowd of a million or more now will not happen.

Celebrity Deaths

(FILES) Actress Joan Plowright poses for pictires after being made a Dame by the Prince Of Wales at Buckingham Palace in London, 20 February, 2004. Oscar-nominated UK actress Joan Plowright, a legend of stage and screen and wife of the great actor Laurence Olivier, has died at the age of 95, her family said Friday, January 17. (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU / POOL / AFP)

Award-winning acting legend dead at 95

One of the most well known and respected actors of stage and screen, who won two Golden Globes in one year, has passed away.

US Politics

TOPSHOT - Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Trump’s startling new official photo stuns

Donald Trump has revealed his official portrait and it’s certainly arresting with the scowling image leaning heavily into his infamous mugshot.

NSW & ACT

The corpse flower in full bloom at the Geelong Botanic Gardens. Picture: City of Greater Geelong

Why Sydney will smell of vomit on weekend

A rare and massive flower, which when it unfurls smells like wet socks and cat vomit, is set to go on display in Sydney on the weekend.

Weather

Monster hail hits Aussies in storm chaos

Concerning footage and pictures are emerging as millions were hit by a frightening storm, and more weather chaos is on the way. Follow our live coverage.

US Politics

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 20, 2017, US President-elect Donald Trump, with his wife Melania Trump, is sworn in as President at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - Melania Trump has courted controversy with everything from her words to her clothes. At times, she has seemed less than enthralled with life in the White House. But come next week, the 50-year-old native Slovenian -- the first foreign-born first lady in two centuries -- might be extending her stay in the East Wing for another four years. Trump, the third wife of her president husband, is a former model with a dazzling gaze who has been a discreet source of support for the US leader, mostly out of the camera frame. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)

One word could stop Trump becoming president

Donald Trump’s inauguration is already not what he hoped it would be – but one slip-up on his part could mean he has to repeat the whole event.

UpdatedMiddle East

President-elect Donald Trump has said that the deal was down to his efforts. The ceasefire will begin on Sunday, the day before he is due to take office.

‘A joke’: Israel ceasefire, Trump takes credit

Israel and Hamas have finally agreed on a ceasefire deal which will see hundreds of hostages released – and Donald Trump is trying to take the credit.

LIVE

North America

Host stunned by bombshell LA fires theory

Tucker Carlson has been left shocked by a bombshell new theory about the cause of the fires in Los Angeles. Follow our live coverage.

North America

Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Chaos in LA as thousands flee blaze

The Palisades Fire is experiencing a flare-up that is threatening more communities, and there’s been a warning things are only getting worse.

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