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Whoever picked up the keys to the White House, this was always going to be a historic election win.A Kamala Harris victory would have made her the first female president. Donald Trump is the first convicted felon to become POTUS. In May, Trump became the first former US president to be criminally convicted, for attempting to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign. Image: Mr Trump is now due to be inaugurated as president for the second time. Pic: Reuters He was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to commit election fraud. As it stands, he is due to be sentenced in this case later in November.Mr Trump, who is due to be inaugurated as president in January, has a...

An Australian Olympian, whose breakdancing routine at the Paris Games went viral, says she will no longer compete.Rachael Gunn known competitively as 'Raygun', says her professional career is over. The 37-year-old Sydney university lecturer failed to get on the scoreboard in all three of her competition rounds in August.Her routines at the Olympics included unorthodox moves such as a "kangaroo" dance.She later apologised and said she was "very sorry" for the backlash, but suggested much of the criticism was due to ignorance of the sport. On the Australian radio station 2DayFM on Wednesday, she said she now only "breaks" at home with her partner."Dancing is so much fun and it makes you feel good and I don't think people should feel crap about, you know, the way that they dance," she told Th...

The US election is all but over, the headline result is known with just a couple of states left to declare for either candidate.Donald Trump is headed back to the White House in January, but before then there are still a few things that have to happen. Here's what happens next:Final counting in remaining statesWe are still waiting for official results from some states. And while we know that Mr Trump has secured enough Electoral College votes to win the presidency, a handful of states have still not been declared for either candidate.They include Alaska, Arizona and Nevada.There is also the matter of the popular vote, which looks set to go to the Republican. That would mark the first time Mr Trump has won the popular vote in his three election campaigns, and the first time his party has do...

Cuba has been plunged into darkness after Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115mph (185kph).The country's electricity operator UNE said high winds had caused the electricity grid to collapse. State-run TV reported the entire population of 10 million people was without power - part of a series of blackouts which have plagued the Caribbean island in recent weeks. Image: Cuba's energy grid suffered a complete blackout when Hurricane Rafael made landfall. Pic: Reuters Image: In Havana, people were warned to take shelter. Pic: Reuters Rafael lashed Cuba's capital Havana late on Wednesday afternoon, with wind...