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A major clean up operation began in New York City early Sunday morning following a night of celebrations after Joe Biden was named the next president of the United States.  Crews were on hand to remove trash strewn across lawns, left under benches and around the fountain in Washington Square Park. Pictures show huge piles of discarded food boxes and empty wine, beer and champagne bottles left by revelers.  New Yorkers joined Americans around the country gathering  spontaneously honking their horns, banging pots and pans, starting impromptu dance parties — as a vitriolic election and exhausting four-day wait for results came to an end Saturday morning.  In Washington DC city workers were on hand to clean up trash from Black Lives Matter plaza; in Philadelphia The National Guard patrolled the streets as pictures show graffiti and trash left on the sidewalk outside the Convention Center.  Crews were on hand to remove trash strewn across lawns and around the fountain in Washington Square P

A teenager has died after a car struck him while he tried to cross the road outside a school. The 19-year-old man and his sister had been walking along a pedestrian crossing at Childs Roads outside Lalor North College, in Melbourne's northern suburbs, at 7.30pm on Sunday. An oncoming car then struck the teenage boy, narrowly missing his sister, 7 News reported. The 19-year-old and his sister had been walking along a pedestrian crossing at Childs Roads outside Lalor North College, in Melbourne's northern suburbs, at 7.30pm on Sunday An 80-year-old driver then struck the  19-year-old teenage boy with his car , missing his sister Witness Jason Chahine took to social media to describe the horrific scene as 'very bad'. 'I saw it. It's very bad. Guy is in the middle of the road being treated, the car who hit him … driver is devastated,' he said. Paramedics performed CPR on the boy, but were unable to revive him.   The 80-year-old driver, from Reservoir, has been

Paul Sarver, 53, was killed by police in Phoenix after murdering his wife and teen son, before asking his neighbor if he could borrow a gun to kill himself A man was shot dead by police in Arizona last month after he killed his wife and teen son before knocking on his neighbor's door and asking if he could borrow a gun to kill himself with.  The deadly incident unfolded in Phoenix on October 25 after officers responded to reports of a domestic violence situation just after 10:05pm at a home near Interstate 17 and Jomax. Police were alerted to the scene by a neighbor of Paul Sarver, who told a 911 operator that the 53-year-old father had just come over to his home with his daughter, 11, and asked to borrow a gun.  The neighbor, who wasn't named by police, said Sarver also made repeated threats that he was going to kill himself.  Sarver left his neighbor's home empty handed, but told them to look after his daughter and keep her safe before returning to his residence alone. P

Families could save up to $130 on their electricity bills annually thanks to a groundbreaking renewable energy plan which will also see the creation of more than 9000 jobs. The energy plan is part of the NSW government's long-term pledge to  deliver a high level of electricity infrastructure for residents.  The state road map, which will reveal the best ways to deliver  renewable energy zones, energy storage and on demand supply, is expected to generate an estimated $32billion in private investment. Families in NSW could save up to $130 on their power bills each year thanks to a groundbreaking renewable energy plan the government plans to introduce (stock image) The energy plan is part of the NSW government's long-term pledge to deliver a high level of electricity infrastructure for its residents (stock image) An estimated  6300 construction jobs and 2800 ongoing jobs will also be created, mostly in regional NSW by 2030, according to the Daily Telegraph. Energy Minister Matt Ke

An Arkansas police chief has been forced to resign after he allegedly threatened to shoot Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters and warned of 'death to all Marxist Democrats'.  Lang Holland left his role as Marshall's Chief of Police after the comments surfaced online over the weekend, ABC7 reports.  Holland is also reported to have shared other user's posts threatening Democratic politicians and called transgender people 'mentally defective' and 'perverted freaks.'  In a post from Friday the Parler account, with the user name @langholland, posted: 'Death to all Marxist Democrats. Take no prisoners leave no survivors! Throw water on them in restaurants. Push them off sidewalks. 'Never let them forgot they are traitors and have no right to live in this Republic after what they have done.'  Posts also encouraged others to 'smash the homes' of Democrats, adding: 'Run them out of this country.'  Lang Holland left his role as Ma

One night, at the start of the first lockdown, author J.K. Rowling had an inspired idea.  Best known for her seven Harry Potter books, there was another story she'd written to read to her own family ten years ago which had never been published.  So she decided to dust off the manuscript and launch a competition for children stuck at home to draw the illustrations.  Here, in an exclusive extract from The Ickabog, which is out tomorrow, we get a glimpse of this new imaginary world and see some of the winning drawings.    Set in the kingdom of Cornucopia, the hapless monarch King Fred hopes to impress by going in search of the mythical monster the Ickabog...   Here, in an exclusive extract from J.K. Rowling's The Ickabog, which is out tomorrow, we get a glimpse of this new imaginary world and see some of the winning drawings King Fred strode from the Throne Room feeling quite delighted with himself. Nobody would ever again say that he was selfish, vain and cruel! For the sake of a