Woman eludes police after high-speed chase from California into Mexico 12. November 2025 (00:05) Alyssa Wilson, a resident at a sober living home, stole a minivan and was chased for hours until crossing the borderA woman who had been staying at a women’s sobriety home in California stole a minivan and was chased by police for hours until she crossed over to Mexico on Monday.A second woman, Nicolle Walters, 45, reported to authorities that her 2004 gray Toyota Sienna was missing, along with her car key, according to a statement by the Ventura county sheriff’s office. Walters, owner and operator of two women’s sober living homes, identified the suspect as Alyssa Wilson, one of the residents at Diana’s House Sober Living in Thousand Oaks, which is about an hour’s drive north-west of Los Angeles. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pushback over proposal to lower speed limits on Australia’s country roads to between 70 and 90km/h 12. November 2025 (00:00) Federal infrastructure department analysis recommends reducing default speed limits on regional roads from 100km/hFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA proposal to reduce default speed limits on regional roads from 100km/h to between 70 and 90km/h is facing backlash, with some Labor MPs joining Nationals in criticising the policy.The federal infrastructure department has undertaken consultation on a “regulatory impact analysis”, released in September, as part of the National Road Safety Action Plan. That analysis was open to public submissions, which closed on 10 November. It is up to individual states and territories to implement their own road rules. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Kansas county to pay more than $3m over police raiding local newspaper 11. November 2025 (23:34) Marion county agrees to apologize over 2023 raid that led to national outcry over press freedom, said newspaper’s editorA rural county in Kansas has agreed to pay more than $3m and apologize over a raid by police on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked a national outcry over press freedom, the paper’s editor said on Tuesday.Eric Meyer, the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, told the Associated Press he is hoping the size of the payment is large enough to discourage similar actions against news organizations in the future. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Reeves rejects plea for £1bn of extra cash to cover NHS redundancy payouts 11. November 2025 (23:30) Health secretary Wes Streeting lobbied behind the scenes for emergency funds to pay off 18,000 staff losing their jobsRachel Reeves has rebuffed a plea from Wes Streeting for an emergency injection of £1bn into the NHS’s budget to cover the cost of mass redundancies.The chancellor’s decision is a setback for the health secretary, who had been lobbying behind the scenes in Whitehall for extra money to pay off 18,000 personnel who are losing their jobs. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
