Bywong man who dragged conscious kangaroo behind car fails to appeal sentence
Michael Anthony Holmes pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty last year. (ABC News)
· Harry Frost
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Indian National arrested at BIA with Rs. 27.6 Mn worth of ‘Kush’ - DailyNews
A 27-year-old Indian national was arrested this morning (09) by officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) while attempting to leave the Bandaranaike International Airport with a large stock of ‘‘Kush’’ cannabis.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
Snatched in Bali, this Ukrainian pleaded for his ransom. Then police found his head
Bali: When a hostage video surfaced from Bali showing a mangled Ukrainian tourist begging for his ransom, it seemed so heinous, so violent, some on social media took it as a set-up or a fake.
· Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa
Police arrest 19-year-old after reckless riding video goes viral - DailyNews
A 19-year-old motorcyclist was arrested by the Navagattegama Police yesterday (08), following a video that went viral on social media showing him and another youth riding recklessly and obstructing traffic on the Anamaduwa-Navagattegama road.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
US trial of 5 accused in Haitian president's assassination to begin
Artists paint a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise near the presidencial residence where he was assassinated two years ago in the Petion-ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
· David Fischer
Police in Norway investigate an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo
Police in Norway were investigating an explosion early Sunday outside the US Embassy in Oslo, the capital of the Scandinavian country, officials said.
· Yonhap
Ex-MP mostly cleared of child sex charges, jury deadlocked on two counts
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· Miklos Bolza
Breaking: Ex-Liberal MP cleared of majority of charges in sexual assault trial
Rory Amon had pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the 13-year-old boy. (ABC News: Jamie McKinnell)
· Jamie Mckinnell
Miranda Devine: As Operation Epic Fury rages, the Iranian regime’s longstanding plot to kill Trump was confirmed
The reality of the Iran war was brought home on Friday in a Brooklyn courtroom when a jury convicted Asif Merchant for plotting with the Iranian government to assassinate President Trump and other American politicians.
· Miranda Devine
Gulf states have a stark choice — and Trump must make them face it
Iran has turned its war with the United States and Israel into a direct assault on its Persian Gulf neighbors — targeting not just American military and diplomatic installations based in these Arab states, but on Arab capitals themselves, and on the world’s energy lifeline.
· Ahmad Sharawi
Hochul’s dangerous bet state prisons WON’T explode
Gov. Kathy Hochul plainly means to make it through November’s election without facing the crisis in the state prison system, but she’s taking a serious risk just to avoid a tricky political task.
· Post Editorial Board
Chris Minns’ own security expert warned that tougher police powers after Bondi could ‘increase radicalisation’
Alexandra Caples suggested expanded NSW laws could ‘damage trust between police and communities, undermining broader efforts to counter extremism’
· Australian Associated Press
'Good character' references for serious offenders to be scrapped in Tasmania
The Tasmanian government will look to block the use of "good character" references for serious offenders in court. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)
· Clancy Balen
Put handcuffs on gangsters, not police
LA got a firsthand look at a gang bust last week with the takedown of the 18th Street gang, or the “Barrio 18.”
· CA Post Editorial Board
Blast outside US Embassy in Oslo investigated as possible terrorist attack
Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo as a possible act of terrorism. The incident occurred amid heightened security for American diplomatic missions following the US-Israel air war with Iran.
· RT
Camper dies in alleged stabbing during dispute at campsite
Police will allege the men are known to each other. (Supplied)
· James Paras
23 people rescued when ice shelf broke from shore in Canada
OWEN SOUND, Ontario (AP) — Almost two dozen people needed to be rescued when they were stranded on an ice shelf in Georgian Bay in southwestern Ontario, Canadian police said Sunday.
NYC pol suing council for trying to censure her over ‘Islamophobic’ tweets
Firebrand Queens Republican Vickie Paladino is hitting back at her City Council colleagues with a blistering lawsuit as she faces potential censure over social-media posts deemed Islamophobic.
· Craig McCarthy, Alex Oliveira
Outrage as HIV+ rapist who launched heinous attack on woman as she slept wins parole
A violent sex offender who broke into a woman’s apartment in San Francisco and sexually assaulted her while she slept is slated to walk free after serving just 11 years of a life sentence.
· Benjamin Brown
Gone review – the most engrossing drama we’ll see this year
David Morrissey stars in this tense, shrewd crime drama, as a strange headteacher whose wife has gone missing. It’s a hugely taut show which will totally subvert your preconceptions
· Sarahdempster
Shocking moment high school principal hides influencer from ICE agents
A San Diego influencer was sheltered by a high school principal after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to arrest him.
· Zain Khan
‘Explosive device’ thrown at protest outside NYC Mayor Mamdani home: NYPD
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has said that an “improvised explosive device” was thrown during a protest outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home, with two men taken into custody.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Sydney rocked by two overnight shootings that left two in hospital
Two people are in hospital - one in a serious condition - after separate shootings across Sydney overnight.The shootings happened just an hour apart in two different suburbs, with an arrest being made in connection with one of them. Police do not believe the two are linked.The first shooting happened just before 8.4…
· Patrick Brischetto
Woman arrested weeks after NYC man found dead, battered in apartment: cops
A woman was arrested for the murder of a 59-year-old man who was found dead and battered inside his apartment in Queens in January, cops said Sunday.
· David DeTurris
What Newsom calls ‘policing’ gender in schools is just good parenting
The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled, for the first time, that parents have a constitutional right to know when a school is facilitating their child’s gender transition.
· Paul M. Jonna
Dr. Oz takes aim at Dem Govs. Hochul, Newsom over Medicaid fraud: ‘Rot in the system’
Democratic Govs. Kathy Hochul and Gavin Newsom turned a blind eye to the billions of dollars in Medicaid fraud they let go down the drain, Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz alleged Sunday.
· Carl Campanile
New York police say device thrown near anti-Islam protest was an improvised explosive
The events unfolded after far-right influencer Jake Lang staged a demonstration outside the home of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani
· Agence France-Presse
The role of human assets in espionage - DailyNews
How did Israel gather information on the real time movements of Iran’s top political and military leaders? How did they kill the most powerful cleric in the Muslim world, the late Ayatollah Khamenei? Israel has launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear programme and military leaders. How Israel’s…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Navy seizes trawler with over 102 kgs of heroin - DailyNews
Sri Lanka Navy and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) yesterday (8) seized a local fishing trawler carrying more than 102 kilograms of heroin and over 900 grams of cocaine, with an estimated street value exceeding Rs. 2 billion. Six suspects aboard the vessel were taken into custody.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Therapy helped heal Katie but may have cost her justice. Now, she wants change
Katie Bird was shattered when she was told her court case could not proceed because she underwent EMDR therapy. (ABC News: Liam Patrick)
· Emily Baker
Police clarify procedure for issuing clearance certificates - DailyNews
The Police Media Division (PMD) has clarified regarding the process for obtaining Police Clearance Certificates for various official purposes.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Neighbors blow the lid off mysterious activity at California mansion of the daughter of ‘El Mencho’: ‘Unlimited bank account’
The eldest daughter of “El Mencho” quietly snapped up a suburban California home after serving time for laundering drug money — and baffled neighbors say she’s had no shortage of cash to renovate the place.They say strange cars — some bearing Mexican license plates — appear and disappear from the property while myst…
· Pierce Sharpe
Why the ‘pursuit of happiness,’ 250 years later, remains the Declaration of Independence’s most novel phrase
The primary obligation of any government, the Declaration of Independence tells us in its famous second paragraph, is the “safety and happiness” of its citizens. The necessity of securing safety is obvious (except to progressive politicians in big blue cities, who are often diffident about crime and disorder), but i…
· Steven F. Hayward
Fake plain packaging disguising illegal tobacco
Boxes of suspected counterfeit tobacco packaging were seized during an Australian Border Force operation in Sydney. (Supplied: Australian Border Force)
· Danny Tran
‘Around the Christmas table’: The premier, his brother and the five-day prison policy backflip
In late September last year, Corrective Services NSW Commissioner Gary McCahon found himself at odds with the powerful Public Service Association, which represents the state’s prison guards.
· Max Maddison
Professor at NJ’s Stevens Institute of Technology accuses university of gender bias
A New Jersey research university which got $70 million in public funding last year allegedly repeatedly derailed a distinguished Israeli-born Jewish professor’s career due to his Orthodox beliefs, he claimed in a blistering lawsuit.
· Doree Lewak
Rangers and Celtic fans clash on the field after Scottish Cup tie
Police officer and stewards force fans back after they invaded the pitch following a penalty shoot out after the Scottish Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Rangers and Celtic, in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday March 8, 2026. (Steve Welsh/PA via AP)
Fire destroys Long Island home, body found inside
Suffolk County homicide and arson detectives are investigating a Saturday afternoon house fire that left one man dead, according to police.
· Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Impeachment of VP Duterte patently politically motivated
AS Frank Sinatra’s iconic song “Let Me Try Again” goes, the notoriously discredited House of Representatives has once again launched an impeachment process against Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte — Inday Sara to her millions of followers — following the end of the one-year bar after the Supreme Court ruled her…
· Salvador S. Panelo
Should CHED be turned into a quasi-court?
WHO should decide academic disputes in our colleges and universities? Pursuant to the constitutional guarantee of academic freedom, higher education institutions establish their own rules governing all aspects of their operations, as long as they comply with standards set by the Commission on Higher Education.
· Joseph Noel M. Estrada
Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran US media agency, voiding mass layoffs
Lake, whom Trump appointed without Senate confirmation to run Voice of America parent agency, cut over 1,000 jobs
· Michael Sainato
US activists, politicians rally on anniversary of civil rights march
The US Supreme Court is considering a case that could limit the ability of minority voters to elect their chosen candidates, spurring protests
· Associated Press
Police investigating after device thrown at anti-Islam protest in New York City
Incident started when someone from anti-Islam protest shot pepper spray into a counterprotesting group
· Associated Press
Hungary and Ukraine clash over ‘war mafia’ cash convoy: What we know so far
Hungarian authorities swooped in on two Ukrainian armored trucks near Budapest on Thursday, seizing tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold, sparking one of the most explosive diplomatic confrontations between the two countries in recent months. The arrest also coincided with Ukraine’s Vladimi…
· RT
Blast at US Embassy in Oslo may have terror motive, Norway police say
Police in Norway say an explosion at the United States embassy in the capital, Oslo, overnight that caused no injuries and minor material damage may have been an act of terror, but other motives are also being investigated.
· Al Jazeera
What is POTS and how does it impact Kristaps Porzingis’ availability with Warriors?
Kristaps Porzingis was healthy enough to accompany the Warriors on their current road trip, and he took another step in the right direction, returning to the court Saturday night against the Thunder.
· Evan Webeck
Hong Kong police boost checks at Tai Po fire block after jewellery theft arrests
Workers required to store personal belongings including mobile phones in lockers and not allowed to carry more than HK$500 in cash onto the site
· Wynna Wong
2 more suspects arrested over HK$10 million knifepoint robbery in Hong Kong
Together with three suspects taken into custody on Friday, all five individuals have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.
· Danny Mok
Ousted CBS anchor Josh Elliott and wife Liz Cho locked in nasty divorce battle after a decade of marriage
Former CBS anchor Josh Elliott has filed for divorce from his wife, Liz Cho, after nearly a decade of marriage — and they are now embroiled in a vicious court battle.
· Teresa Roca
Police investigate explosion outside US Embassy in Oslo
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