Authorities investigate letters with ‘suspicious substances’ sent to congressional, election offices

Global News - Oct 15, 2026

The mailings come just three weeks before Election Day and are reminiscent of a similar threat in 2023, when several election offices received envelopes containing fentanyl.

Read full article

MORE NEWS

Priscilla star Marney McQueen sells Wyong’s Royal for $22m, heads to Melb
Oct 15, 2026
Priscilla star Marney McQueen sells Wyong’s Royal for $22m, heads to Melb

Actress and pub owner Marney McQueen and her husband Frank Arangio are moving to Melbourne after selling their Central Coast pub for a whopping $22 million.

Yellowstone missing dog is homeward bound after being lost for over a month
Oct 15, 2026
Yellowstone missing dog is homeward bound after being lost for over a month

Luna, a 10-year-old Jack Russell terrier, bolted from her family's cabin during a vacation to Yellowstone National Park on Sept. 10.

In 100th lawsuit against Trump, California challenges immigration arrests near courthouses
Oct 15, 2026
In 100th lawsuit against Trump, California challenges immigration arrests near courthouses

California sued the Trump administration for the 100th time, challenging the growing practice of ICE agents arresting people for civil immigration violations at or near courthouses.

Firm accused of cost-cutting, false declarations over fire-safety parts in 48 lifts
Oct 15, 2026
Firm accused of cost-cutting, false declarations over fire-safety parts in 48 lifts

Hong Kong authorities have uncovered alleged corner-cutting and false declarations involving fire-safety components in a contractor’s replacement of 48 lifts at two public housing estates. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department said on Thursday that surprise inspections had found serious deficiencies in projects carried out by Taizoom Elevator (Hong Kong) at Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong and Pok Hong Estate in Sha Tin. It said 39 lifts replaced between May 2025 and July this...

Voters in Fox News poll list government corruption as top concern, beating inflation, healthcare
Oct 15, 2026
Voters in Fox News poll list government corruption as top concern, beating inflation, healthcare

Six in 10 respondents to a recent survey said they were extremely concerned about government corruption, putting it ahead of inflation, healthcare and other issues. Nearly 90 percent of 1,202 respondents to the Fox News poll said they were either extremely or very concerned about government corruption, putting the issue just ahead of inflation and...

EU open to creating ‘kill switch’ weapon to kick Chinese firms out of market
Oct 15, 2026
EU open to creating ‘kill switch’ weapon to kick Chinese firms out of market

Brussels is open to developing a powerful new trade weapon that could contain a kill switch that would quickly eject Chinese companies from the EU market, the bloc’s national leaders were told during a top level meeting in the Belgian capital on Thursday. There was broad support among the 27 members for such a tool, first laid out in a French-German joint paper last week, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signalling that her trade team could get to work on developing it,...

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority appeals for liver donor for boy, 13
Oct 15, 2026
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority appeals for liver donor for boy, 13

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has appealed to the public for a liver donation for a 13-year-old boy suffering from severe liver failure who urgently needs a transplant. The authority, which is also seeking help from mainland China, said on Thursday evening that the boy, being treated at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, was now in a serious condition. “The patient has been experiencing severe hepatic failure and developed severe complications including recurrent hyperammonemia and...

Mortgage Rates Hover at 7.4%, Highest Since 2023
Oct 15, 2026
Mortgage Rates Hover at 7.4%, Highest Since 2023

The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has steadily risen in recent weeks, compounding affordability challenges for many Americans.

Trump administration's top crypto adviser departs
Oct 15, 2026
Trump administration's top crypto adviser departs

President Trump’s top cryptocurrency adviser is leaving the administration. Patrick Witt, who served as executive director of the president’s council of advisers for digital assets, called his time in the administration “the privilege of a lifetime” late Wednesday and hinted at a move to the private sector. “I’m grateful to have done my part to...

Trump administration's top crypto adviser departs
Oct 15, 2026
Trump administration's top crypto adviser departs

President Trump’s top cryptocurrency adviser is leaving the administration. Patrick Witt, who served as executive director of the president’s council of advisers for digital assets, called his time in the administration “the privilege of a lifetime” late Wednesday and hinted at a move to the private sector. “I’m grateful to have done my part to...

Homeownership Drifts Further Out of Reach as Mortgage Rates Rise
Oct 15, 2026
Homeownership Drifts Further Out of Reach as Mortgage Rates Rise

Mortgage rates have pushed above 7 percent and home prices remain elevated, hurting the prospects of would-be buyers.

David vs Goliath in Hazelmere: Why tech giants keep targeting Perth’s east
Oct 15, 2026
David vs Goliath in Hazelmere: Why tech giants keep targeting Perth’s east

Just months after locals defeated a $600 million project, another developer has set its sights on the same Perth suburb.


News On Express

Fills you in with all the breaking world news and brief news articles so that you can read them on-the-go. Grab yourself a coffee and enjoy reading on News On Express.

NEWSLETTER

Copyright © 2015 - 2026 News On Express. All Rights Reserved.