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Newest first · UTC+11:00Shot fired in alleged armoured truck heist in Queensland town
A man has been charged after allegedly stealing "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from a cash-in-transit vehicle in Hervey Bay.
· Olivia Nunes Malek
Man charged over Perth car crash that killed girls, aged 3 and 4
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Lara Pearce
California Mayor Indicted, Will Plead Guilty To Being CCP Agent
In a significant development announced today by the U.S. Department of Justice, Arcadia, California Mayor Eileen Wang has been charged with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government - the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Wang, 58, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony, …
· Tyler Durden
[Pinoy Criminology] The silence of the 42: Hazing, loyalty, and moral corruption in the PNPA
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· Miriam Grace Go
One of the ADF's 'finest': Tributes flow for paratrooper killed in NSW training incident
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· Sbsaustralia
One of the ADF's 'finest': Tributes paid to paratrooper killed in NSW training incident
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· Sbsaustralia
Southern California mayor will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the US as an illegal agent of a foreign government
· Associated Press
Southern California mayor will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the US as an illegal agent of a foreign government
· Associated Press
Alleged driver charged over deaths of two girls in Perth crash
Two girls aged three and four died in hospital nine days after their car crashed in Viveash. (ABC News)
· Callum Liddelow
Iran Executes Top Young Aerospace Scientist, Alleging CIA & Mossad Ties
Iran has executed 29-year-old aerospace engineer Erfan Shakourzadeh on Monday on espionage charges despite his protestations that authorities tortured him into giving a false confession, according to a prison note published before his execution, as recounted in Western press reports.
· Tyler Durden
Korean researcher flown home from Antarctic station after weapon threat
A member of the South Korean research team at the country’s Antarctic base, Jang Bogo Station, is under police investigation after returning to South Korea on Monday, following allegations that he threatened fellow crew members with a weapon, authorities said Monday.
· Lee Sun-young
Maine woman picks up ‘beautiful’ bug that caught her eye — it almost killed her
Tiny bug, big mistake.
· Georgia Worrell
15-year-old shot in head, 18-year-old killed 24 hours apart in NYC
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head in The Bronx on Monday afternoon — a day after an 18-year-old was killed in Brooklyn, authorities said.
· Amanda Woods, Joe Marino, David Propper
Supreme Court allows Alabama to redraw congressional maps before 2026 midterms — could eliminate two Dem seats
Alabama received the green light from the US Supreme Court Monday to pursue a redistricting effort that could boost Republicans in two Democrat-controlled congressional districts.In a 6-3 ruling, the justices vacated a lower-court order requiring Alabama’s congressional map to include two majority-black voting distr…
· Victor Nava
Washington Square Park was NYC’s least safe green space in 2025: startling crime stats
Drug-infested Washington Square Park was by far the most dangerous green space in the city last year — with more than twice as much crime committed there than all of massive Central Park, data show.
· Nicole Rosenthal, David DeTurris
More swastikas found at parks across NYC: police
Hate-filled vandals spray-painted swastikas in a Queens playground and opposite another park across the world’s borough in separate Sunday incidents, police said.
· Amanda Woods
1-year-old killed, two other kids critically injured in NYC fire: ‘He was so little’
A baby was killed, and two children were left in critical condition, when a fire tore through a Bronx building on Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
· Peter Gerber, Zoe Hussain
I led hikers up an Indonesian volcano - and then it erupted
An Indonesian guide who led a group of hikers up Mount Dukono has described the harrowing moment they were caught up in Friday's eruption, which killed three people in his group.
· Astudestra Ajengrastri
Meet the Knicks’ secret weapon: The man behind their jaw-dropping 3-point eruption
As the Knicks were raining down 3-pointers at a record rate on Mother’s Day — a continuation of their juggernaut playoff offense for the last few weeks — Peter Patton could’ve been awarded the assist for what everybody understands as a relentless commitment to the craft of jump shooting.
· Stefan Bondy
Supreme Court halts Alabama order for 2 largely Black US House districts
Students visit the Supreme Court, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
· David A Lieb
NJ driver accused of killing NHL star Johnny Gaudreau suffers major loss in court over alcohol test
The New Jersey driver accused of fatally mowing down NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother while drunk lost a bid to have his case tossed over an allegedly botched blood-alcohol test.
· Priscilla DeGregory
Detained Immigrants Could Wait 19 Months For Their Day In Honolulu Court
Honolulu’s federal immigration court has become increasingly overwhelmed since 2020, with new data showing that the number of cases pending and the wait time for those cases to reach the courts both have hit their highest levels in 15 years.
· Matthew Leonard Honolulu Civil Beat
Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real
The 2 officers say The Rip uses too many real-life incidents in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to their reputations
· Associated Press
Florida police sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, claiming film details are too real
The 2 officers say The Rip uses too many real-life incidents in its fictionalised narrative, causing harm to their reputations
· Associated Press
Accused killer NYC subway shover posted about ‘manic episode’ before string of unhinged busts
The ex-Broadway hoofer charged with fatally shoving a retired teacher down Manhattan subway stairs posted an ominous online message last year before he went off the rails with a string of unhinged busts.
· Steven Vago, Ella Morrison, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Crazed recidivist’s deadly subway shove: Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2026
The murder of Ross Falzone by a crazed repeat offender, released an hour after police escorted him to Bellevue Hospital, encapsulates every destructive impulse the left acts upon (“Subway track record,” May 10).
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South Florida police officers sue Ben Affleck and Matt Damon over 'The Rip'
Matt Damon, left, and Ben Affleck attend the world premiere of “The Rip” at Alice Tully Hall, on Jan. 13, 2026, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File)
· David Fischer
Extra jail over 'kill cars', recruiting children for crime
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· Kat Wong
Tunisian man charged with planning terrorist attack at Paris's Louvre | The National
A Tunisian man has been charged with planning a terrorist attack at the Louvre in Paris, French media reported on Monday.
· The National
South Africa’s Ramaphosa faces down calls to resign over cash-in-sofa scandal
The president said he respected a court ruling that revived impeachment proceedings against him last week but pledged to defend himself
· Reuters
South Africa’s Ramaphosa faces down calls to resign over cash-in-sofa scandal
The president said he respected a court ruling that revived impeachment proceedings against him last week but pledged to defend himself
· Reuters
High Court to hear challenge over murder verdict swapped to manslaughter
Lawyers for Michael O'Connell will tell the High Court that once he was acquitted of murder the court no longer had the option of a re-trial or a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
· Elizabeth Byrne
Michigan groom sent to prison for killing best friend on wedding night
James Shirah is sentenced to at least 30 years in prison during a hearing, Monday, May 11, 2026 in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)
Man charged in White House correspondents' dinner attack pleads not guilty
WASHINGTON — A man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with guns and knives pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he attempted to kill President Donald Trump and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer who tried to stop the attack.
· Associated Press
Knesset passes law to prosecute October 7 terrorists, conduct public trials in Jerusalem
The Knesset plenum passed on Monday, by a unanimous vote of 93 to 0, the final second and third readings on a bill to prosecute terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre, granting authority to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for the perpetrators of the attacks at a Jerusalem military court.
· KESHET NEEV
Virginia Dems beg US Supreme Court to pause ruling nixing redistricting referendum
Virginia Democrats formally requested the US Supreme Court block an order from the state’s highest court invalidating the referendum that cleared the way for aggressive gerrymandering.
· Ryan King
Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff charged with corruption
KYIV — Ukrainian state anti-corruption watchdogs have officially charged Andriy Yermak, the former head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, with corruption and money laundering.
· Veronika Melkozerova
Frontier flight evacuated after gun magazine found on plane in Denver — days after jet struck trespasser at same airport
A Frontier Airlines plane was evacuated after staff found a gun magazine aboard in Denver — days after a flight struck and killed a trespasser on the tarmac at the same airport.Passengers deplaned from a Frontier flight from Denver to Phoenix on Sunday after staff made the startling discovery, a company spokesperson…
· Jared Downing
US supreme court temporarily extends access to mail-order abortion medication mifepristone
Louisiana had sued the FDA last fall, arguing that prescribing mifepristone interfered with state’s ban on abortion
· Melody Schreiber
Wife murderer issued five year parole period after sexual abuse of child
Colin Arthur Case killed his estranged wife in 1992 and was arrested two days later. (ABC News)
· Eugene Boisvert
Alabama attorney general announces civil probe of Southern Poverty Law Center
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during a news conference at the Justice Department, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
· Kim Chandler
Democrats ask Supreme Court to halt Virginia redistricting ruling
A poster on the Virginia redistricting referendum is seen during voting at Mason Square, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Remarkable NYC footage captures brazen gun battles — as DA reveals why he won’t touch one of the weapons
Remarkable footage captured some of the recent gang battles that unleashed 182 bullets in the middle of Brooklyn streets — with one brazen thug firing minutes after a court-ordered meeting, officials said Monday.
· Reuven Fenton, David Propper
US marshals capture teen wanted in connection with Iowa City mass shooting
This image made from video provided by KCRG shows Iowa City police officers working the scene of a downtown shooting near the University of Iowa campus on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (KCRG via AP, File)
· The Associated Press
Inmate released in error could now be abroad
A man jailed over the abduction of his five-year-old son may have left the UK in the three days it took prison staff to notify police he had been mistakenly released from custody, the High Court has been told.
· BBC News
Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan Florida university shooting
Move comes after authorities disclosed that ChatGPT gave information to the shooter about what time and location would maximise victims
· Associated Press
Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan Florida university shooting
Move comes after authorities disclosed that ChatGPT gave information to the shooter about what time and location would maximise victims
· Associated Press
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion pill mifepristone
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
· Mark Sherman
Law to come down hard on vehicles with illegal modification, excessive noise
The Police yesterday said legal action will be taken against vehicles fitted with dangerous modifications and excessively noisy exhaust systems.
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