Police say they will charge people with unrest in Alice Springs after arrest over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby
Five-year-old’s grandfather and senior Warlpiri elder appeals for calm, saying: ‘It is time now for sorry business’
· Sarah Collard
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Brazil’s Congress overrides Lula's veto of a bill to reduce Bolsonaro's sentence
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Congress voted Thursday to override a presidential veto and adopt a bill to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup, in a blow to his political rival and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
· Associated Press
Queensland mining company fined $7m after death of 'beloved Poppy'
Graham Dawson, 62, was killed at the Crinum underground mine during a roof collapse in September 2021. (ABC News: Vanessa Jarrett)
· Lottie Twyford
Former Chick-fil-A employee charged in $80,000 mac-and-cheese scheme
Texas police have charged a former Chick-fil-A employee for allegedly defrauding the fast food company of the cost of 800 trays of mac-and-cheese.
· Harry Sekulich
Tame the phenomenon: The frightening increase in youth crime needs to be handled - editorial
Yemanu Binyamin Zalka did not die on a battlefield, in a terrorist attack, or in one of the places Israelis have learned to mark as dangerous.
· JPOST EDITORIAL
US elections suspended so government can redraw the district lines
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Nick Pearson
Police confirm identity of remains found in SA bushland
Darren Fielke says the disappearance of Jeff Mundy had been declared a major crime. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
· Camron Slessor
Terrorism threat level rises in UK after stabbing of two Jewish men
The UK's terrorism threat level has been raised. (Reuters: Hannah McKay)
Zoo employee arrested for allegedly burning wife's body in incinerator
SAPPORO – Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly burning his wife's body in an incinerator at his workplace, the Asahiyama Zoo in the city of Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
· No Author
60 Minutes journalist decries ‘spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear’ at CBS News
Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on Cecot prison was pulled by Bari Weiss, admits uncertainty over her future at network
· Jeremy Barr
Multi-agency search underway for Australian missing on Canada hiking trail
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Tilli Andrew
Producer believed Charlotte MacInnes was ‘fudging’ her story, court hears in Rebel Wilson defamation trial
The Hollywood star is being sued by the 27-year-old lead actor of her directorial debut, The Deb.
· Australian Associated Press
Britney Spears charged with driving under influence of alcohol
LOS ANGELES, United States — Pop star Britney Spears on Thursday was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, prosecutors outside Los Angeles said -- but she could avoid jail time with a plea deal.
· Agence France-Presse
Video shows moment shooter tried to storm White House dinner, officials say
Footage posted on social media by federal prosecutors includes captions claiming Cole Tomas Allen shot first
· Robert Mackey
$500 to firebomb: How crime gangs are outsourcing Melbourne’s Bar Wars
The call to the suburban restaurant was unsolicited, initially appealing and ultimately threatening. We can supply you with discounted vodka, gin and whisky that will arrive in containers to be decanted into the bar’s empty bottles.
· John Silvester
Suspect child killer Jefferson Lewis arrested
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Robo a un banco en Kentucky deja dos empleados muertos
Esta imagen difundida por la Policía Estatal de Kentucky muestra al sospechoso de asesinar a dos empleados bancarios durante un robo, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Berea, Kentucky. (Kentucky State Police via AP)
Russia says Ukrainian drone attack kills 2 teenagers
MOSCOW, Russia — A Ukrainian drone attack has killed two teenagers on a motorcycle in Russia's Belgorod region, the local governor said early on Friday.
· Agence France-Presse
Devastated mom of teen fatally stabbed in NYC attack demands justice for her son
The devastated mom of the 17-year-old fatally stabbed outside a Bronx apartment building wants justice for her son – who she says was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was savagely killed.
· Estrella McDaniel, Anna Young
Purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note being kept hidden by court: report
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Nick Pearson
US urges meeting between Lebanese president, Israeli PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The US embassy in Lebanon on Thursday urged a meeting between Lebanese and Israeli leaders as the health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south killed at least 17 people despite an ongoing ceasefire.
· AFP
Los Angeles city leaders must prioritize the 2028 Summer Olympics
LAPD chief Jim McDonnell warned the LA City Council on Wednesday that the city does not have the 6,700 police officers it will need to secure the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.
· CA Post Editorial Board
Two critical, eight more injured after car 'driven by 14-year-old boy' triggers four-car smash
Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
· Rebecca Masters
Police say 14-year-old driver veered into oncoming traffic, injuring 10
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
· James C Taylor
Douglas Murray: Tech firms must crack down on mad conspiracy theories destroying society
If you need more proof of how deranging our times have become just consider this. The number of times the word “staged” was used in the hours after the White House Correspondents Association dinner shooting last Saturday.
· Douglas Murray
Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs
Los Angeles: Britney Spears has been charged in California with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, authorities said.
· Andrew Dalton
Legal change promised after 'horrific' alleged stabbing of paramedic
Ambulance Victoria has called for a stronger deterrent to address attacks against paramedics. (ABC News: Margaret Burin)
Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen seen together for first time since start of domestic violence dispute
Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen reunited in court in Utah for the first time since their legal drama began in February.
· Audrey Rock
Six injured in reported stabbing at Washington state high school
A student watches as Tacoma Police officers investigate after multiple people were injured in a stabbing at Foss High School, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Police charge man after stabbing attack on Jewish men in London
Following the attack, UK officials have raised the national terrorism threat. Source: AFP / Brook Mitchell
· Sbsaustralia
Grief and anger in Alice Springs: community grapples with the fallout from beloved child's alleged murder
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· Nitvaustralia
Chick-fil-A Bilked for $80,000 in Fake Mac-and-Cheese Refunds, Police Say
It was a side hustle, a mac-and-cheese caper and, as the authorities in Texas tell it, illegal.
· Neil Vigdor
Armed WHCD suspected shooter Cole Allen seen bolting through metal detector in new, high-quality video
The Justice Department on Thursday released the clearest footage yet of White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen charging the Washington Hilton ballroom security checkpoint as part of the alleged assasination attempt against President Trump.
· Victor Nava
Police urge long weekend safety after spate of fatal crashes
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
· Meghan Dansie
New footage shows how Trump dinner gunman charged through security in four seconds
New footage released by prosecutors shows the four chaotic seconds when a gunman burst from a hotel doorway and charged through a security checkpoint as President Donald Trump was attending a press gala.
· Max Matza
Teen charged with making hoax mass shooting calls at colleges across US — including Villanova’s orientation
A teen has been charged with making hoax active shooter reports at numerous universities last year — including a terrifying incident at Villanova University that left students fleeing during Orientation Mass.
· Priscilla DeGregory
Hit-and-run Mercedes driver who allegedly killed motorist on NYC highway in 2021 is arrested: cops
A hit-and-run Mercedes driver who struck and killed another motorist on the West Side Highway five years ago was finally arrested this week, police said.
· Amanda Woods
Dramatic moment accused child killer arrested
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'There were letters I didn't want to open': Rise in unpaid debt court cases
Mark Sumner got into more than £2,000 of debt when his energy bills jumped from £80 a month to £220, leaving him scared to look at letters coming through his door.
· Colletta Smith & Elaine Doran
Epstein’s possible suicide note hidden from public view
New York: A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked up in a New York courthouse.
· Benjamin Weiser, Steve Eder, Jan Ransom
‘Racetrack pit crew’ of thieves charged with stealing 250 NYC car parts and vehicles totaling $1.2M: Bronx DA
Brazen thieves who moved with the speed and precision of a “racetrack pit crew” swiped more than 250 car parts and vehicles across the Bronx and other parts of the Big Apple, prosecutors said Thursday.
· Kevin Sheehan, David Propper
NY set to pass most extreme sanctuary policies as Hochul, Albany Dems near anti-ICE deal
ALBANY – New York is set to pass its most extreme sanctuary policies yet – as Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats hone in on a deal that could impose sweeping bans on cooperation between local law enforcement and ICE.
· Vaughn Golden
Rubber bullets flew and a police van burned, then a furious man pounded on my car
Warning: This story contains the name and images of a deceased Indigenous person.
· Hannah Murphy
Explosion sends NYC police officers flying
Body camera footage shows the moment a New York City home exploded as police officers responded to a domestic dispute call.
Violence in Australian town after arrest of man over girl's murder
Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: this article contains references to someone who has died.
· Simon Atkinson
Hochul urged to pardon convicted ‘cooler cop’ Erik Duran by dozens of outraged NY pols: ‘Blatant miscarriage of justice’
More than three dozen state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to pardon ex-NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran of his manslaughter conviction – slamming the case against him as a “blatant miscarriage of justice.”
· David Propper, Vaughn Golden
Police raid apartment owned by Annastacia Palaszczuk's partner
Police have raided a luxury Gold Coast apartment owned by Dr Vahid Reza Adib. (AAP: Jono Searle)
Lebanon death toll from Thursday reaches 32, Israeli troops hit
An Israeli airstrike targeting the town of Harouf in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon has killed one woman and left three injured, including a child.
· Middleeasteye
Famed ‘80s new wave band’s singer smirks as he’s arrested on horrifying sex charges
Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson was seen smirking while being arrested in 2021 for sexually assaulting and raping several women.
· Vanessa Serna