Public. health nurses perform COVID-19 tests in Salt Lake City,Utah.

As it happened:SA records three locally acquired COVID-19 cases;Victoria records 16th straight day of no new cases;Australia's death toll sits at 907

Australia continues on its path to COVID-normal while the US and Europe grapple with surging case numbers.

  • Roy Ward,Matt Bungard,Mary Ward,Marissa Calligeros,Latika Bourke,Rachael Dexter andCraig Butt

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Commuters struggle with umbrellas on a wet and windy morning in Sydney.

Sydney set to be lashed by damaging winds and hazardous surf conditions

Damaging winds averaging up to 90 km/h are expected to lash parts of NSW as a low-pressure system deepens off the coastline on Thursday afternoon.

  • Laura Chung andMatt Bungard
The steer is on the loose after escaping from Saint Ignatius'College,Riverview,in Sydney's north.

Steer on the loose after escaping from Sydney high school

The animal was brought to Saint Ignatius' College,Riverview,where it was part of an agricultural education program.

  • Matt Bungard
Sydney has experienced up to 100mm of rain over the weekend.

Power restored to thousands after 100mm of rain falls in northern Sydney

Several roads in northern Sydney are closed on Monday morning due to rain,which is set to ease in the evening.

  • Mary Ward andMatt Bungard
Police are appealing for information after two men in their 20s were stabbed in Sydney's CBD.

Man arrested over fake marriage tied to alleged daycare fraud scheme

A western Sydney man has been arrested for his involvement in an alleged fake marriage scam,which has been linked to an alleged childcare fraud syndicate.

  • Matt Bungard
Detectives seized documents,laptops and several electronic devices for forensic examination.

Thirteen people charged after alleged $500,000 daycare fraud

Police have arrested two ringleaders and 11 other people in relation to an alleged criminal syndicate operating a large-scale family daycare fraud in Sydney’s south-west.

  • Matt Bungard
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An armed man was shot by police during a confrontation on the Central Coast on Wednesday morning. NSW Ambulance were called to the incident at The Entrance before 10.45am.

'Put the gun down':Armed man shot in confrontation with police on Central Coast

An armed man was shot during a confrontation with police on the Central Coast on Wednesday morning,with a nearby school going into lockdown for several hours.

  • Laura Chung,Matt Bungard andMary Ward
Deer in Pyrmont.

Deer euthanised after being found in inner Sydney

Trains were delayed and motorists advised to exercise caution after a deer was spotted at multiple locations in inner Sydney.

  • Mary Ward andMatt Bungard
Tom holding one of his prized chickens.

A ten-year-old's love of animals led him to first prize before shows were cancelled

Agricultural shows are a staple of rural life,but this year they have been wiped off the calendar by COVID-19.

  • Matt Bungard
Trick or treaters in popular Willoughby street last year.

If you live in a'treat street',you risk an expensive trick this Halloween

Treat streets - where a thousand tricker-or-treaters often gather for Halloween - have their work cut out complying with COVID-19 regulations this year.

  • Matt Bungard