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Published 12 August 2026 11:04am
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Man arrested after woman found dead in home south of Brisbane
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Solicitor accused of manufacturing illegal 3D-printed firearms
Police allege they seized multiple guns and ammunition at the Sunnyside Road home. (Supplied: NSW Police )
· Brigitte Murphy
Lindsay Clancy’s ‘worst day’ revealed weeks before she killed her 3 kids: ‘Persistent and intrusive thoughts of suicide’
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· Priscilla DeGregory
These seaside apartments were a ghost city - then police say scammers moved in
Scammers busted in Southeast Asia's biggest ghost town
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Tulsa Little League officially done at LLWS due to ineligible player after legal battle
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· Christian Arnold
NYC man suspected of stabbing ex-girlfriend’s male buddy to death caught casually eating pizza: sources
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· Joe Marino, Amanda Woods
The Papers: 'Andy U-turns on early release' and 'Hunt on for eclipse glasses'
Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plan to stop the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers is prominent across Wednesday's papers. The Daily Express says the prime minister has done a "U-turn" on his early release scheme by instructing the justice secretary to find a way to exclude Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who…
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Trump praises Alito’s commitment to stay on Supreme Court: ‘One of the greatest of all time’
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· Fox News
SF burglary crew caught using sneaky trick to evade cops
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· Daniel Farr
ESPN analyst Matt Miller hit with criminal charge over horror car crash that led to arm amputation
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· Edward Lewis
ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Jeremy Greenwood’s evidence continues after admission of plan to discredit former NSW police minister David Elliott
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· Jessica McSweeney
Woman Who Defrauded USAID-Funded Nonprofit Avoids Prison, Settles Civil Claims For $160,000
A Maryland woman has agreed to pay the U.S. government $160,000 to resolve civil allegations that she submitted false claims for payment, following her earlier criminal conviction for defrauding a nonprofit that received USAID funding.
· Tyler Durden
Meet the NYers fighting Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax in court: ‘The city botched this’
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· Matthew Fischetti, Jordan Donegan, Matt Troutman
Sydney gangland lawyer charged with orchestrating violent kidnapping
A Sydney lawyer with links to the notorious Alameddine crime family has been charged with orchestrating an armed kidnapping and home invasion in Sydney’s western suburbs last year, months before he survived an underworld shooting that killed his close associate.
· Daniel Lo Surdo
US rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
· Middleeasteye
John Gotti’s grandson reports to prison as he seeks to donate kidney to mom
Victoria Gotti and her son, Carmine Agnello attend a news conference for the film “Gotti: Three Generations,” on April 12, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
· Philip Marcelo
UK prosecutors argue Tate brothers a flight risk ahead of bail hearing
British prosecutors are urging a US court to deny a request by influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan that they be released from jail while extradition proceedings play out, ahead of a detention hearing.
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Rapist who terrorized America’s top party school learns fate after bungling mad dash for freedom
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· Daniel Farr
Twelfth person charged over alleged murder of Sydney granddad
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Boyfriend admits to stabbing girlfriend’s ex-lover to death while she cheered him outside ritzy LI yacht club
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· Zoe Hussain
California Orders NGO Serving As "Financial Backbone" For Singham-Linked Marxism Causes To Cease Operations
Foreign policy investigator Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon revealed on Monday that California regulators ordered Arc of Justice, a nonprofit operated by left-wing Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin, to cease charitable operations after years of missing tax filings and unanswered questions about what happen…
· Tyler Durden
Wimbledon hero Arthur Fery back on court at a whole different level
Briton reached SW19 semi-finals as a wildcard
· Tumaini Carayol
Chiefs’ Rashee Rice breaks silence on serving jail time
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· Bridget Reilly
Ex Syria Dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death — a look back at his reign of terror
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Officials monitoring polling sites in Minnesota’s two largest counties, says Trump’s justice department – live
The Department of Justice said that officials are monitoring polling sites in Hennepin and Ramsey counties – Minnesota’s largest – throughout the state’s primary elections on Tuesday.
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ACLU asks judge to block new Trump order restricting birthright citizenship
Group says new executive order is attempt to evade supreme court’s earlier ruling against the president
· Lucy Campbell
Police chiefs call for PM to prevent early release of PC Harper's killers
Police officer Andrew Harper suffered fatal injuries while on duty in 2019
· Bbcnews
Doctors ignored ‘warning signs’ before Maradona’s death, court hears
7 healthcare professionals have been on trial since April for potential negligence leading up to the Argentine footballer’s death in 2020
· Agence France-Presse
Doctors ignored ‘warning signs’ before Maradona’s death, court hears
7 healthcare professionals have been on trial since April for potential negligence leading up to the Argentine footballer’s death in 2020
· Agence France-Presse
Woman assaulted by double murderer says nightmare became 'real life' when police let him attack again
A woman who was attacked by double murderer Simon Levy eight years ago has told the BBC the police made her nightmare into "real life" by letting him go on to kill and attack more women.
· Bbcnews
Teenagers charged over Sydney shooting
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US rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
· Middleeasteye
Police launch murder probe into woman's death in Logan
Emergency services were called to a property at Slacks Creek around 12:30am. (ABC News: Melissa Maddison)
Focus turns to medications prescribed to Lindsay Clancy before murders
Lindsay Clancy, and her attorney Kevin Reddington , listen to testimony from Rebecca Jollotta, during Clancy’s murder trial in Plymouth Mass., on Tuesday Aug. 11, 2026 in Plymouth, Mass. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
· Michael Casey
Teen driver, 17, faces parents of four girls killed in crash as judge blocks ‘Epstein loophole’ bid
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· Nina Joudeh
SA man charged over weapons haul
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White House pushes DoJ to revive reflecting pool case against Olympian
Justice department is asked to weigh new charges against David Hearn after US attorney dropped vandalism charges
· Sam Levine
Tiffany Haddish pleads guilty in Georgia traffic case and avoids more jail time
Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from her January 2022 arrest after someone called 911 to report seeing a driver asleep at the wheel of an SUV at a traffic light.
Ukraine says Russia fired North Korean missiles in deadly attack
‘The city was struck with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons,’ President Zelensky said of the strike on Zaporizhzhia that killed 7
· Agence France-Presse
Ukraine says Russia fired North Korean missiles in deadly attack
‘The city was struck with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons,’ President Zelensky said of the strike on Zaporizhzhia that killed 7
· Agence France-Presse
At least 18 killed in Egypt truck crash, many children
At least 18 people, many of them children aged 13 to 14, were killed on Tuesday in northern Egypt when two pick-up trucks carrying agricultural day labourers crashed, a local medical source told AFP.
· AfricaNews
Mamdani blames his staff after NYPD denies NYC’s first lady Rama Duwaji a police escort to the Middle East
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· Haley Brown, Carl Campanile, Matt Troutman
A year on, this human skull mystery at Mildura may never be solved
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· Nethma Dandeniya
VP Sara cannot be prosecuted over offense subject of impeachment — Lawyer
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp on Tuesday argued that she cannot be prosecuted for an alleged offense that is also the subject of an impeachment case, as the Department of Justice filed three counts of grave threats against her before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.
· James Daniel Danio
Putin Pardons Ailing Former US Marine After Years In Russian Prison
A Marine veteran who had been held in Russian prisons since his arrest in January 2022 has been released back to US custody, reportedly after a consistent pressure campaign from Trump administration officials and global advocacy groups.
· Tyler Durden
WATCH: Police arrest 27 in massive anti-racketeering operation in southern Israel
Israeli security forces arrested 27 suspects in simultaneous raids on dozens of homes in Ashdod and Kiryat Gat on Tuesday morning, in the culmination of a months-long undercover operation infiltrating criminal networks in the two cities.
· MAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
Tal Yinon Dardik released as court finds detention grounds insufficient
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered the immediate release of settler Tal Yinon Dardik on Tuesday, finding insufficient grounds to keep him detained over charges that he violated an earlier military restriction order.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Trump will tour Nassau’s ‘state of the art’ police facilities with NY GOP governor hopeful Blakeman
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· Alex Mitchell