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1. Ohio police search for murder suspect after dentist and wife found shot dead at their home

   Officers performed a welfare check at the home of Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, in the Weinland Park area of Columbus Tuesday morning

2. Switzerland fire latest: King Charles ‘heartbroken’ after 40 killed in ‘horrific’ Crans Montana bar disaster

   Swiss Police have confirmed around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

3. Japan's emperor and his family greet New Year well-wishers

   Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family are waving to a crowd of flag-waving New Year’s well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

4. Top political fact-checking website explains why editors have dubbed 2025 the ‘Year of the Lies’

   Since 2009, Politifact has published its annual ‘Lie of the Year,’ taken from its own analysis as well as submissions from the general public

5. Footage shows panic as fire breaks out at Swiss ski resort bar

   Bystander footage captured the moment members of the public fled as fire broke out at a bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana.

6. How New Year celebrations turned to tragedy as deadly fire ripped through Swiss ski resort bar

   Dozens killed and around 100 others injured in blaze that tore through a popular Alpine bar as revellers rang in the New Year

7. Elon Musk indicates he’s ‘going all in’ on financing the GOP ahead of the midterms: ‘America is toast if the radical left wins’

   After faltering in his plan to found a new ‘America Party’, the world’s richest person is returning to the GOP fold

8. Stranger Things ends with divisive finale – as ‘disappointed’ fans bemoan ‘stupidest’ plot decision

   Hit sci-fi series finally concludes nearly a decade after it began

9. Stranger Things fixes editing mistake after fans called out anachronistic piece of clothing

   Holly Wheeler’s Under Armour shirt appeared in ‘Stranger Things’ season five episode seven

10. Stranger Things finale review – In the end, the show lost its way in a maze of sci-fi bunkum

    Netflix’s most important original IP has morphed from a brilliant, influential coming-of-age saga into just another CGI rock’em sock’em adventure