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1. Measles death in the US.

The first person since 2003 has died from measles in the US.

A woman who recently died in Washington state was found by a post-mortem examination to have suffered the disease, BBC News reports. The woman lacked some of the common symptoms of the disease, such as a rash, meaning health authorities initially failed to diagnose her cause of death.

Last year, an outbreak of the disease in California’s Disneyland infected more than 100 people.

The US state has just enacted a mandatory vaccination law for students.

2. Man charged over death of Adelaide Crows coach.

The son of Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh, who was stabbed to death in the early hours of Friday, have charged his son with murder.

Phil Walsh.

Cy Walsh, 26, was arrested in Glenelg East after a police search, ABC News reports.

Police said he was taken to Flinders Medical Centre for a psychological assessment. He will face a bedside hearing later today.

3. Rio Tinto boss calls for women to have more confidence.

Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh has called on female workers to become more confident.

Fairfax Media reports Walsh told a mining dinner in London:

“One of the biggest challenges is that you throw a job opportunity at a bloke and he says, `I can do that, I’ve got all the background, I know exactly what I should do’.

“You throw the same opportunity at a woman and … well `I’ve never done that before, it would be a huge stretch’, and what-have-you.”

Walsh agrees that the gender gap in his company needs to be closed — particularly at the senior executive level.

Currently, 82 percent of the company’s workforce is male, Fairfax reports.

4. Woman sentenced for killing eight babies.

A woman who killed eight newborn babies has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

French woman Dominique Cottrez, 51, pleaded guilty to suffocating her babies — who were allegedly the result of an incestuous relationship with her father.

Dominique Cottrez. Image: Facebook.

According to BBC News, the prosecution had requested an 18-year prison sentence.

Cottrez claims she was sexually abused by her father as a child, but the relationship eventually became consensual.

She also claims that her weight managed to hide the pregnancies from her husband and two adult daughters, who were unaware she was pregnant.

The children were born between 1989 and 2000.

Read more about that case here.

5. Search for missing Melbourne boy continues.

Police are still searching for a 14-year-old boy who went missing from Upper Ferntree Gully in Victoria.

Dean Zonneveld was last seen at his home on June 18, but has not been seen since.

Police have released a statement saying they are concerned about Dean’s welfare, but believe he may be frequenting the outer eastern suburbs.

Dean is Caucasian, 180cm tall with a medium build, brown hair and blue eyes.

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