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A former Transport for NSW official who was the alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme has avoided jail time after failing to appear before an anti-corruption inquiry and breaching his bail conditions.
Anthony Facchi was sentenced by the Supreme Court in Dubbo. (ABC Western Plains: Nick Lowther)
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SA Police attended Midlow Road at Elizabeth Downs after the death of an infant. (ABC News: Briana Fiore)
A long-term senior official with the Electrical Trades Union NSW has faced court on a string of charges, including firearm offences and dealing with proceeds of crime after police allegedly found 167 guns at his house and more than $120,000 in cash.
Wilkinson was turned away by police while seeking help four days before she was murdered, Queensland coroner’s court told
Kelly Wilkinson was killed by her estranged husband Brian Earl Johnston in 2021. (Supplied: Go Fund Me/Natalie Wilkinson)
David Del Rio has initiated arbitration against CBS after they fired him from “Matlock” in October over co-star Leah Lewis’ allegation of sexual assault.
Glen Potter has been charged with firearms offences and dealing with proceeds of crime. (Supplied: Facebook)
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Police blocked both directions of Nambour Connection Road yesterday after officers shot an allegedly armed man. (ABC News)
The Toyama District Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Hokuriku Electric Power from restarting the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at its Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture.
This image provided by the Justice Department, contained in the complaint supporting the arrest warrant, shows Asif Merchant. (Justice Department via AP, File)
Sen. Tim Sheehy sprang into action Wednesday helping law enforcement officers subdue an “unhinged protestor” who began “fighting” at a hearing at the US Capitol Building, the Montana Republican explained.
Police said Thursday it will send personnel to Oman and Dubai this week to help South Korean nationals leave the Middle East as the US-Israeli war on Iran has broadened.
An anti-Iran war protester was injured in a scuffle with a US senator and police after he interrupted a Senate hearing at Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Karen Read claimed in court this week that lawyers representing her dead Boston cop boyfriend’s family lied when they accused her of saying “I’m f–king dead” upon learning her cell phone was seized by cops.
The limitations of large language models like ChatGPT go well beyond hallucinations, and the courtroom is no place for probabilistic guesswork
DCU fans, rejoice: HBO has finally dropped the first teaser for the highly anticipated Lanterns. Premiering this August, the superhero series follows Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) as they investigate a murder in Oklahoma.
Aaron Judge, de la selección de Estados Unidos, pega un batazo de foul ante los Rockies de Colorado en el duelo de exhibición realizado el miércoles 4 de marzo de 2026 en Scottsdale, Arizona (AP foto/Ross D. Franklin)
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A fence dispute between disability pensioner Kathy Pope and Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has been dismissed from the NSW Supreme Court as negotiations over their shared 12-kilometre boundary move behind closed doors.
A state judge just nixed a Columbia board’s discipline of the “pro-Palestine” students who occupied and trashed Hamilton Hall two years ago, completing the university’s elaborate dance with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to ensure the goons would suffer no consequences for their noxious actions.
Primary voter Allie Davis carries her seven-week-old son Declan as a Dallas County Election Navigator checks her ID before entering a voting center in Dallas, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Elon Musk took the stand in a shareholder trial on Wednesday in San Francisco, where he’s accused of making false and misleading statements that drove down Twitter’s stock price before he bought the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that a new US global tariff will likely rise to 15 percent from 10 percent "sometime this week," as President Donald Trump's administration is working to replace its emergency tariffs that the Supreme Court recently struck down.
The U.S. Capitol is photographed Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Emergency services were called to Midlow Road at Elizabeth Downs on Wednesday night. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement on Wednesday of an executive order issued last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that designates two Muslim groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
Jake Danby walked from the NT Supreme Court last year after being sentenced. Source: ABC News / Supplied
Harrowing bodycam footage shows the chaotic moment New Jersey police shot dead a knife-wielding maniac who just killed his mother and grandparents inside their home.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard showed off her stunning weight loss and shared the surprising way she achieved the results.
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The man shot by police after a car crash on the Sunshine Coast has been hit with a string of criminal charges including possession of a weapon.
Korea House will reopen on March 11 following a seven-month renovation.
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Israel has carried out air strikes targeting security forces across Iran on the fifth day of the US-Israeli assault, as the death toll surpassed 1,000 and Iran launched more counterattacks and warned of the destruction of military and economic infrastructure across the Middle East.
“When riots broke out recently at a prison in Cuba’s Ciego de Avila province, the videos that circulated showed something remarkable,” reports Daniel Allott at The Hill: “Inmates were shouting, ‘Long live Trump!’ ”
A unit believed to be occupied by squatters is being investigated as a place of interest in the alleged sexual assault of a Melbourne woman last year.A 30-year-old woman from Reservoir in the city's north was dropped off near her house by a rideshare driver on December 4, before she lost consciousness before 2am.Whe…
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Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heurmann kept a twisted Tinder account and contacted prostitutes on his burner phones more than 500 times on burner phones, a new court filing claimed.
It’s now more possible than ever that Brandon Aiyuk will face criminal charges for driving by Levi’s Stadium at speeds of over 100 mph late last year.
The Federal Court’s Justice Michael Lee is due to hand down his judgment this morning on the landmark civil case ASIC brought against an entire board of former Star Entertainment directors in 2022, alleging they breached their directors’ duties to act with care and diligence.
Former airline pilot to remain in custody ahead of retrial over campsite death of 73-year-old Carol Clay in 2020
Greg Lynn's murder conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal last year. (AAP Image/Pool: Eddie Jim)
Containers are stored in a cargo terminal in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The state and U.S. flags fly over the Virginia State Capitol at the start of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Argentine gendarmerie officer Nahuel Gallo gives a press conference days after being released from a Venezuelan prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)