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The delivery of Dum-Dums lollipops left outside of the LaFaverses’ home.

‘My suckers are here!’ Boy orders almost 70,000 lollipops on Amazon

As Holly LaFavers was preparing to go to church, a delivery worker dropped 22 boxes of lollipops in front of her apartment building. Then she heard what no parent wants to hear.

  • Christine Hauser

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President Donald Trump’s first 100 days

Chaotic, wild and history making: This is Trump’s first 100 days

Tariffs, Zelensky and mass deportations. Yet Donald Trump managed to do much more in his first three months as President of the United States.

  • Tom Compagnoni
Anchorage and the mountains beyond.

Port guide: Anchorage, Alaska

The wild, remote location of Anchorage is exhilarating, but so too is the discovery of a sophisticated city with great dining and museums and friendly people.

  • Brian Johnston
Donald Trump is in command - to the detriment of global financial markets.

100 days of destruction: Trump’s first three months are a sea of red ink

Donald Trump’s second time in the White House has produced the worst 100 days for financial markets in half a century.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Western Brook Pond, a fjord within Gros Morne National Park surrounded by billion-year-old, 600-metre-high sheer rock walls.

A piece of paradise locals kept to themselves, until now

It was the setting for an international hit musical, but most people know little else about this quiet, wind-swept corner of Canada.

  • Craig Tansley
Las Vegas and Hawaii hotels are notorious for their resort fees, but the charge is spreading to other parts of the US.

Seven sneaky ways America squeezes tourists for every cent

Head to the States and you can expect to encounter a barrage of charges, fees and tricks that even Donald Trump would consider a little excessive.

  • Robert Jackman
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Donald Trump lands in New Jersey on Saturday after attending the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

The war on woke has been won, but Trump doesn’t behave like it

Britain’s Supreme Court is vindicating J. K. Rowling. Affirmative action and DEI are on the ropes. Donald Trump risks creating sympathy for those he seeks to sideline.

  • Ross Douthat
“You guys are so upfront and brash and honest”: Sophia Siegel and her friend Amelia O’Keefe said they loved hanging out with Australians.

‘They didn’t know what a schooner was. We had to explain a meat raffle’

Famously fickle New Yorkers have embraced a new Australian-themed pub backed by comedians Andy Lee and Hamish Blake. But the venue’s popularity has created problems.

  • Michael Koziol
Suite at 21c Museum Hotel, St Louis, Missouri.

Art is king at this perk-packed American Midwest hotel

21c Museum Hotel is packed with a delightful sense of quirk that’s squarely in keeping with St Louis hospitality.

  • Riley Wilson
The grizzly turns its attention to the writer’s group.

The moment a grizzly stopped hunting fish ... and noticed me

“No, you can’t come this way,” says our guide to the bear confronting us, in the tone of a schoolteacher scolding a teen.

  • Justin Meneguzzi

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