Investigators said the incident took place close to Cull Island near West Beach in the Shire of Esperance, a region of Western Australia. Reports first surfaced at about 1 p.m., with initial information suggesting the victim was on a boat with a woman prior to the attack. “A man is reported to have been fatally injured after being bitten by a white shark,” officials said. The victim was likely diving at the time, ABC News Australia reported....

Great whites (Carcharodon carcharias) can grow to lengths of more than 20 feet and weigh up to 4,500 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. In U.S.-waters, the range of these sharks extends from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico on the Atlantic side, and from Alaska to California and Hawaii on the Pacific side. According to NOAA shark scientist Tobey Curtis, genetic research has shown that white sharks around the world are divided into multiple regional subpopulations....

Junior Keifer Sykes was voted as Horizona Player of the Year, Alec Brown as deDefensive Player of the Year and Brian Wardle as Coach of the Year. Sykes, named to the league's first-team squad again this year, averaged 20.4 points and 5.0 assists per game. Brown, a senior, is three blocks shy of tying the league's record for career blocks, set at 309. He averaged 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game for Green Bay, which finished the regular season 14-2 in conference play and 24-5 overall....

But that would be the only highlight of the second half for the U.S. The Tampa native entered in the 58th with his new squad up one goal, but the U.S. was unable to hold the lead as it played to 2-2 draw with Mexico in an international friendly at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Michael Bradley and Chris Wondolowski scored for the Stars and Stripes in the first half before Mexico stole the momentum in the final 45 minutes....

How Green Tea Helps With Weight Loss When your thyroid isn’t producing enough hormones, your metabolism slows down, reducing the number of calories your body burns and often leading to weight gain. Simply put, green tea may help to increase your metabolic rate so that you burn more calories. In a 2008 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it was found that green tea extract resulted in a significant increase in energy expenditure and also had a significant effect on fat burning....

Abbott’s October 1 order dramatically reduced the number of places voters could drop off mail-in ballots in Texas, disproportionately impacting the state’s largest cities, which are Democratic strongholds. The move prompted Democrats and voting rights groups to accuse Abbott of voter suppression, while Republicans said the move was necessary to ensure election security. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman issued an injunction on Friday to block Abbott’s order, saying it would impose a burden on older and disabled voters already at increased risk of contracting COVID-19....

The Republican tweeted on December 25 wishing people a Merry Christmas and adding: “May the joy of our Savior’s birth fill your hearts today and every day.” The tweet included a picture of a Bible verse from Isaiah 9:6 reading: “For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, prince of peace....

Greg Biffle was the big winner , but felt like a loser after a lousy performance. Brad Keselowski was so spectacular he was in awe of his dominating performance. The Chase for the Sprint Cup field is set. Who’s riding high, and who has to be concerned entering the 10-race playoff? MORE: Keselowski wins | Bowyer misses Chase | Biffle makes it | Results Our winners and losers from the final race of Cup racing’s regular season:...

Hunter Biden discussed his struggles with drug addiction and responded to some recent criticism from Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump. His memoir, Beautiful Things, was published on Tuesday. Discussing a laptop that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed belonged to him and that became a topic late in the 2020 election, Biden said he had the right to question what Giuliani was presenting....

The former No. 1 overall draft pick was in uniform Wednesday due to the team's recent trade of big man Joel Anthony and during the second quarter, Oden checked in to the ball game, and scored on a dunk, his first basket in over four years. Welcome back, Greg. We hardly noticed you left. (H/T SB Nation)

The parties confirmed Thursday they had mutually agreed to part ways, bringing to an end Olsen’s nine-season Panthers career. MORE: Christian McCaffrey talks future with Panthers Olsen starred in Carolina’s run to Super Bowl 50, where they lost to the Denver Broncos. The veteran, whom the Chicago Bears traded to the Panthers in 2011, had been under contract through the 2020 campaign. “Today, I had the opportunity to sit down with [general manager] Marty Hurney and have a great conversation regarding my future with the organization,” Olsen said in a lengthy statement posted to his official Twitter page....

At 33, Paulus was named head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles. There no longer is an “interim” attached to his name, and he was presented with a multi-year contract to run the school’s men’s basketball program. “Since his first day on campus, Greg has exhibited a high level of professionalism and dedication to our student-athletes,” athletic director Simon Gray said in the school’s release. “His leadership abilities have only strengthened in the past weeks and he has impressed throughout our evaluation of him as our next head coach....

Swedish 16-year-old Thunberg has become the recognizable frontman of a movement of youth climate activists after her weekly protests inspired student strikes across the globe. The song, entitled “The 1975,” features the activist reading an essay over ambient music, urging listeners to join a popular rebellion against climate change. This will be the first track on the band’s forthcoming fourth album to be released sometime in 2020, Notes On A Conditional Form....

In a tweet on Friday, the Tesla CEO added a red rose emoji to his Twitter name used as a symbol for the Democratic Socialists of America and wrote the message “pronouns suck.” Underneath the message, Grimes wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted: “I love you but please turn off ur phone or give me a dall. I cannot support hate. Please stop this. I know this isn’t your heart (sic)....

“My fellow Texans! Petitions can feel useless but I guarantee local politicians are taking these seriously,” the Canadian musician, who reportedly now resides in Austin, wrote on Twitter. She added, “Plz sign to reduce housing costs in Austin. There’s effective legislation on the table here but we need public support.” Grimes, who shares two children with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, is a popular presence on Twitter, where she has more than 1....

Gritty’s image has often been used by socialist, democratic socialist and antifa groups as a meme in the U.S., and is seen by many as the left’s answer to the alt-right’s Pepe the Frog. Biden’s latest lead was helped by more than 31,000 newly counted votes in Philadelphia, the state’s most populous city. At the time of writing, the former vice president was reported to have 49.4 percent (3,301,245) of the vote in Pennsylvania, while Trump was just behind with 49....

NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) As both teams hit the court for the game, there was one problem – both teams were rocking their home white jerseys. As the teams’ equipment managers scrambled, there was a slight delay to the game as the Grizzlies had to head back to the locker room to change into their customary blue road uniforms. When Nike took over as the league’s official jersey manufacturer ahead of the 2017-18 season, it did away with the traditional home and away jerseys which always saw the home team rocking a white uniform and the road team wearing colored jerseys, now giving teams up to four different uniforms to pick from....

The Center for Media and Democracy, a liberal nonprofit organization, filed a complaint against ALEC, a nonprofit group of voluntary 2,000 member state legislators, with the Internal Revenue Service that cited a whistleblower from the organization. The complaint alleges ALEC went against its nonpartisan status and tax law by giving its members data from a campaign vendor affiliated with the RNC and that the data entered by ALEC members was then received by the RNC....

I was 14 or 15. When you were not shooting, you went to school. They made you do dancing lessons, singing lessons–things that were supposed to improve you as a performer. And when you were shooting you did your [school] work in a little black felt room on the set between takes. You were given 10 minutes of dedicated concentration. Then they came and knocked on the school shack, and you’d do your acting....

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion on the program on Tuesday, May 18, though the target demographic for the payments has not yet been finalized. The Guaranteed Income Program would provide the payments to some of the most vulnerable in the local community, according to Fox 11. This may include women living at or below the poverty line who have been released from prison in the past seven years....