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Mother of two goes missing jogging
A MOTHER of two has disappeared jogging in broad daylight. She is the fourth unsolved case of missing joggers, with the previous three found dead.
Bizarre Arctic ‘ping’ baffles
IN ONE of the most sparsely populated regions on earth a sound, rising from beneath frozen seas, has locals on edge.
Second body at serial killer’s gravesite
AUTHORITIES have found another body buried at a rural property in the US where a woman was held hostage and “chained like a dog”.
‘Protected by a rigged system’
THE FBI has given Hillary Clinton an 11th hour reprieve over an email scandal that has dogged her presidential campaign, and Trump isn’t happy.
FBI boss drops new Clinton bombshell
THE FBI’s boss has intervened again two days out from the election with an announcement that could change the result.
ISIS threat to ‘slaughter’ US voters
TWISTED terror group ISIS has called for the “slaughter” of Americans voting in Tuesday’s presidential election.
Cop’s ‘faecal sandwich’ prank
THIS heartless cop thought it would be funny to give a sandwich filled with excrement to a homeless man. The ‘joke’ was eventually on him.
‘He gave details only a killer would know’
AN AMERICAN man who kept a woman chained up “like a dog” inside a metal container has confessed to seven murders.
Three dead in ‘mass stabbing’
AN eight-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy are among the victims of a ‘savage’ stabbing at a home in Newark, New Jersey.
Playboy model's 'affair' with Donald Trump
A FORMER Playboy model's mysterious claims about an affair with Donald Trump reportedly earned her $150,000 from a tabloid. But the story hasn't been published.
Melania Trump's history haunts her husband
MELANIA Trump's history is coming back to haunt her husband in the dying days of the presidential campaign.
Kidnap victim: ‘He buried the others’
US POLICE fear they have found a serial killer after a woman found “chained up like a dog” claimed her kidnapper had buried several bodies on his property.
Couple adopt four children in 24 hours
A COUPLE in Utah finally realised their dream of adoption in a big way when a series of coincidences led to them taking on four children in just one day.
Buble’s sister-in-law: ‘It’s not leukaemia’
SINGER Michael Buble’s sister-in-law has said his cancer-stricken son Noah is not suffering from leukaemia but that the family is “broken in half”.
How to watch the US election circus
FORGET the State of Origin, My Kitchen Rules finale or running of the Melbourne Cup — this year’s must-see television event is the US election outcome.
Where they stand on the issues
IN a campaign dominated by the personalities of the candidates, there has been precious little room to dissect what they actually propose to do. Here’s what we know.
Trump puts security scare behind him
ROLLING UPDATES: Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail after an earlier incident saw Secret Service agents rush him away after mistakenly thinking someone had a gun.
Body found where woman was ‘chained like a dog’
KALA Brown, the woman found “chained like a dog” in a metal container, told her rescuers she saw her boyfriend killed before her eyes.
Manning attempts suicide again
CHELSEA Manning, the transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas after feeding secret documents to WikiLeaks, has tried to kill herself again.
US election's nightmare scenario
IF THE election is close, the result could hinge on just eight people. It sounds far fetched, but this has happened before.
Rolling Stone guilty of fake rape story
A US court has found Rolling Stone magazine defamed a University of Virginia administrator over a false story about a gang rape on the school’s campus.
Vanderbilt rapist gets 17 years in jail
A NASHVILLE judge has sentenced Vanderbilt University rapist Brandon Vandenburg to 17 years in jail for his role in the rape of an unconscious woman.
Jay Z, Beyonce perform for Clinton
ROLLING UPDATES: Hillary Clinton has brought out the big guns to drum up support in the final days of her presidential campaign.
How US elections work
THE world will soon find out who will be the next president of the United States. But how exactly does the whole election process work?
Aussie predicts US election winner
A QUEENSLAND University professor claims to have created an algorithm that will predict the US election result, using 24 hours’ worth of social media posts.
‘Another world is coming’: radical
THE man accused of ghostwriting Obama’s memoirs speaks to news.com.au about his big fear about Donald Trump.
‘FBI is Trumplandia’ against Clinton
RECAP: Hillary Clinton is facing more heat from the FBI, as multiple agents revealed where the bureau’s hatred for her is coming from.
Mum killer: ‘I’m not a monster’
WHAT drives a teen to stab her mother 30 times? Ashlee Martinson has answered that question in her first prison interview.
Secrets that could save Avery
THE former lawyers from the groundbreaking Netflix documentary Making A Murderer have revealed a number of explosive revelations.
Harvard elite sexually rated classmates
HARVARD’S prestigious men’s football team has been suspended after they were caught making lewd comments about the university’s female athletes.
Trump’s tiny vocabulary under spotlight
IS DONALD Trump dumbing down America? Is that even possible? These are the questions The Chaser’s Charles Firth set out to answer.
Killer stares down execution again
TOMMY Arthur’s daughter has organised six funerals for the convicted killer. She knew better than to make arrangements a seventh time.
The world under Trump and Clinton
THE US election race is tighter now than ever before. With just days to go, which of the two candidates is less likely to wreak global havoc?
Dodgy surgeon left man’s penis mangled
AN American woman has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for damaging a man’s penis during an illegal surgery.
FBI thinks Hillary is the ‘antichrist’
THERE is reportedly a deep dislike of Hillary Clinton within the FBI, with the organisation being described as “Trumpland”.
The Sheriff as divisive as Trump
THERE’S another election show on in town in the US next week. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is as divisive as Donald Trump. He’s also one of Trump’s heroes.
Eerie pick: ‘Cubs win, Trump elected’
THE Chicago Cubs’ historic World Series win was so unlikely, pollsters put it right alongside a Trump presidency. Who’s laughing now?
Melania’s gobsmacking speech
MELANIA Trump is being mocked ruthlessly after revealing her biggest goal as First Lady. Critics say she’s a hypocrite.
Woman ‘chained like a dog’
A WOMAN who was reported missing months ago has been found “chained up like a dog”, as police allege her boyfriend was murdered by her captor.
Generic Viagra mogul stiffs partners
THE head of a web site selling generic Viagra and other drugs has been accused of swindling fellow executives out of millions.
How Australians could decide US election
WITH Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump almost neck and neck in the race for the White House, voters in Australia could be crucial. Yes, you read that right.
Clinton’s TV ad to shake up Americans
RECAP: Hillary Clinton has gone for one of Donald Trump’s key states, calling on voters to elect “a new sheriff in town”, as she released a damaging TV ad.
When Trump and Clinton were friends
THEY may have bad blood now, but once upon a time the warring presidential candidates were great mates, supporting, praising and socialising with each other.
Dead Aussie a ‘Hollywood mystery’
IT IS a Hollywood mystery an Australian mother is desperate to solve. With no trace of a killer, what happened to her son?
Starbucks cups outrage Trump fans
STARBUCKS has unveiled a new cup in the US that it says is meant to be ‘a symbol of unity’ — but some Donald Trump supporters have not taken it well.
Do Trump fans know any of his policies?
DONALD Trump’s supporters sure do love him, but do they actually know what he stands for? The Chaser puts them to the test.
The people Clinton hasn’t won over
HILLARY is failing to entice a vital demographic to the polls in early voting metrics, and it could be devastating for her.
Susan Sarandon’s big Clinton snub
NOT even the fear of Donald Trump becoming president is enough to make Oscar winner Susan Sarandon support Hillary Clinton “with her record of corruption”.
Man bashed over Clinton ‘rape’ shirt
A MAN is suing NBC for $68 million claiming he was dragged away from a Today show audience and beaten up for wearing a Bill Clinton “rape” T-shirt.
Mum sends text of murdered toddler
A WOMAN who sent violent images of her dead toddler and terrified daughter to their father has been charged with murder.
Punters rush to place Trump bets
IN THE final countdown to the US election, punters are jostling to bet on a shock Donald Trump victory, buoyed by tightening polls and memories of Brexit.
Child rape accuser in ‘great fear’
THE woman suing Donald Trump for alleged child rape has cancelled a press conference where she was due to speak publicly.
Hulk Hogan wins big time against Gawker
THE years-long battle between former wrestler Hulk Hogan and gossip website Gawker has reached its dramatic conclusion.
Barack Obama lashes out at FBI
PRESIDENT Obama has taken the extraordinary step of slamming his own FBI, breaking his silence on the Clinton scandal.
Lies galore: US election hits a new low
THERE’S something very different about this US election. Both candidates are ignoring one of politics’ most basic rules.
Hillary shoots down her ‘rape’ heckler
HILLARY Clinton has exploded at a heckler, revealing just how much the pressure of the election is taking its toll on both candidates.
‘Hidden’ millions to be unleashed
A “HIDDEN” legion of previously forgotten voters could deliver Trump the White House, and early polls show what they really think.
Gunman executes two cops in ambush
A US MAN accused of shooting dead two cops as they sat in their patrol cars recently fought with police over his attempts to fly the Confederate flag.
‘I may never trust anyone again’
THE former wife of an American man charged with murder by leaving their son to die in a car, told a jury: ‘He destroyed my life. I’m humiliated.’
Trump fears affect Aussie shares
RECAP: Concerns about the impacts of a win by Donald Trump have unnerved investors and pushed Australian shares to a six-week low.
Trump pushes ‘fear index’ to Brexit levels
DONALD Trump’s odds are narrowing, and markets around the world are panicking. Strap yourselves in for Brexit 2.0.
Going undercover as ’Aussies for Trump’
IN AN undercover operation that was thorough, salacious and just a bit unethical, The Chaser found out how people really react to Trump supporters.
Weird election merch you can buy
FROM Clinton cufflinks, to Trump and Hillary cookie cutters and themed loo paper. Here’s the wildest election swag you can actually get your hands on.
Governor’s tweet backfires spectacularly
A CONSERVATIVE US Governor posted a tweet to blast Hillary Clinton. Instead, he’s accidentally promoted her campaign to thousands of people.
Strangest question in the Clinton scandal
THE discovery 650,000 emails on the laptop of disgraced sexter Anthony Weiner raises one of the strangest questions of the election.
Cosby lawyers blast ‘old’ sexual assault case
ACTOR’S lawyers say prosecutors are reaching back to the “casting couch” era to round up accusers prior to his trial
‘Help me, I ate something bad’
GRAPHIC evidence has been heard in a US court about a young man’s deadly attack on a married couple, culminating in a gruesome act.
Headless body found in hoarder’s home
OHIO police have made a grim discovery beneath metre-high piles of garbage in a hoarder’s house.
Mum injected kids with ‘feel-good’ heroin
A COUPLE allegedly drugged their three young children with heroin in their rat-infested US home, telling them it was “feel-good medicine”.
Tragic last days chronicled on Facebook
A WOMAN distraught over her unravelling marriage instructed a pal to change her Facebook page to say “Remembering” before taking her own life in the US.
Allergic kids could soon eat nuts
FOR kids with peanut allergies, help is at hand. Scientists are testing a new treatment that could enable sufferers to eat nuts.
‘Nobody’ is Trump’s nightmare
HE SPENT a decade undercover for the CIA. Now this member of the “Mormon mafia” could throw the election into doubt.
Naked woman’s crazed home attacks
A NAKED woman who had just been released from jail tried to break into two houses and attack another woman in front of her kids.
Mystery call days before JonBenet murder
SHOCK revelations in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case suggest the beauty queen’s grisly death was eerily foreshadowed.
Trump’s Russian links spark ‘horror’
CALLS are increasing for the FBI to release what it knows about Donald Trump’s links to Russia, as “horror” reports fuel speculation.
How big a deal is the Clinton scandal?
TRUMP has called it “worse than Watergate”, but Clinton’s latest scandal is shrouded in mystery. It could lose her the election.
Trump’s number one fan speaks out
BILLIONAIRE Peter Thiel has doubled down on his support for Donald Trump, warning what he represents “isn’t crazy and it’s not going away”.
What’s Trump always trying to hide?
TRUMP has built a tilt at the presidency by attacking Clinton over her missing emails. Could this be the time the tables are turned?
No justice for ‘single-digit millionaires’
BILLIONAIRE Peter Thiel has justified funding Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, saying it’s hard for “a single-digit millionaire” to pursue justice.
‘Second daughter’ dragged into scandal
THE FBI bombshell that paved the way for a frantic final week of the US election has also dragged Hillary Clinton’s “second daughter” into the spotlight.
FBI chief ‘may have broken law’
A TOP Democrat has blasted the FBI chief for opening another review of Hillary Clinton’s emails less than two weeks before the US election.
Fugitive killed in dramatic shootout
A US man’s savage week of killings, police shootings and boasting on Facebook has ended after police shot him following a massive manhunt.
‘Cataclysmic’ shock coming for Australia
MILLIONS of jobs and billions of dollars could be wiped from the world’s economy under Donald Trump’s plans for the United States.
Fake check-ins hijack pipeline protest
THERE’S a reason why your Facebook feed might be asking you to join an anti-pipeline protest in North Dakota. And it seems to be working.
The FBI boss who is Hillary’s nightmare
FBI Director James Comey sent shockwaves through the US election late last week. Who is the man who could single-handedly derail Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency?
Trump, Hillary fans: what’s the diff?
IS Hillary’s problem her supporters? The Chaser has been in the US interviewing campaigners for both candidates, and there’s a huge difference.
Fugitive killed in police shootout
THE fugitive Michael Vance was as dangerous as a criminal gets. So dangerous, police told people to leave their homes and kids were kept from school.
Biggest lies of the US election
WHO can you trust more: Trump or Clinton? Here’s a look back on the biggest fibs told by the candidates throughout the election campaign.
Meet Weiner, the president killer
HE’S a serial sexter and a comedian’s punchline - and his indiscretions could cost Hillary Clinton the Oval Office. Here’s what you need to know about Anthony Weiner.
‘It was like a Salem witch trial’
A UNI professor who used an anonymous Twitter account to slam political correctness and “safe spaces” has been sacked. These are his “offensive” tweets.
Why the Clinton emails emerged
HILLARY Clinton’s presidential campaign has been rocked by emails found on the computer of notorious sexter Anthony Weiner.
‘The hidden election’: How Trump can win
WHAT if Donald Trump is right, and all the polls really are wrong? There’s a “hidden election” happening, and it could deliver a shock.
NASA warning system’s first alarm
EARTH will be ‘buzzed’ today by a 25m chunk of rock and ice — the first test for NASA’s new ‘intruder alert’ system designed to detect approaching asteroids.
Inside Michael Phelps’ surprise wedding
FOUR months after marrying in a secret ceremony, Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson have done it all over again, this time for the benefit of their families.
‘What about Trump’s Russian ties?’
A TOP Democrat has blasted FBI chief James Comey’s review of Hillary Clinton’s emails as illegal, alleging he is ‘remaining quiet’ about Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
‘Human ashes’ sprinkled into opera pit
A PERFORMANCE of New York’s Met Opera was stopped after an audience member reportedly sprinkled “cremated ashes” on to the orchestra.
Late twist: Trump surges back
AN EXTRAORDINARY twist in the dying stages of the US election campaign has given Donald Trump new hope.
Trump cuts Clinton’s lead in new poll
DONALD Trump has almost chased down Hillary Clinton’s poll lead as the Attorney General is accused of trying to cover up the FBI’s latest Clinton probe.
These celebs just won Halloween
KATE Hudson has thrown an epic Halloween party and one couple were almost unrecognisable as Bill and Hillary Clinton.
UFC champ targeted in ‘cowardly act’
A FORMER UFC champion was targeted by arsonists who set three cars alight in his driveway while he and his family were asleep.
Passengers flee burning plane
WATCH: A MAN has filmed his own evacuation from an American Airlines flight that burst into flames in Chicago, after suffering a rare engine failure.
Miss Finland says Trump groped her
A FORMER Miss Finland has become the 12th woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, calling him a “pretty slimy man.”
Clinton to FBI: ‘Let’s get it out’
UPDATE: Hillary Clinton has challenged the FBI to release all the detail it has into new emails linked to disgraced sexting Congressman Anthony Weiner.
