When Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Joe Biden on Wednesday, for some there was a surprise. Many did not know that Biden’s middle name was Robinette. The unusual name began trending on Twitter, as social media users asked how he came by the original moniker. Biden is named after his father, Joseph Robinette Biden Sr, who was in turn named after his mother, Mary Elizabeth Robinette. Joe Biden was sworn in on Wednesday with his full name – Joseph Robinette Biden Jr

Slain gangster mother Lametta Fadlallah has been farewelled in an intimate and sombre ceremony nine days after she was brutally shot dead on her way to a party. Mourners gathered at Saint Charbel’s Monastery in Punchbowl on Monday morning to pay tribute to the ‘fiercely loyal’ mother-of-two. Ms Fadlallah’s white coffin – adorned with white hydrangeas and roses – was blessed before six men carried it into the church. Her teenage son remained stoic as he followed the coffin inside, clutching onto a framed photograph of his mother.

It never is the culprit you expect. If this is a final dagger into the Mets’ season, it was Lars Nootbaar assisting in the stabbing. Nootbaar, a young Cardinals outfielder appearing in his 44th career game and not a description of a Snickers, will be remembered in Queens as a robber, taking what might have been a game-altering home run away from Pete Alonso during the Mets’ 11-4 loss to the Cardinals at Citi Field.

One insider working closely with Iugis and the broader Forum group of companies, who could not be named because he was discussing sensitive information, said Iguis was a good business but its funding was not clear. Loading “The extraordinary funding that Bill [Papas] was creating, that was always a little bit of a mystery to everyone,” the senior source told The Age and Herald. Staff were told that Mr Papas’ business partner at Forum, Vince Tesoriero, who is also being sued by Westpac, was the major investor, and later this was expanded to “family money”.

‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star Shanna Moakler and her model-and-actor boyfriend Matthew Rondeau received a visit from cops on Thursday, July 28, after receiving a 911 emergency call made by Moakler’s daughter. Moakler is the mother to two daughters, 16-year-old Alabama from her earlier marriage to celebrity singer Travis Barker, and another from her former engagement to boxer Oscar de la Hoya, Atiana, aged 23. Police could not immediately verify which daughter made the call.