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A Gold Coast woman accused of killing two of her adult children five years apart, has been cleared of all murder charges. In 2018 Maree Mavis Crabtree was arrested over the deaths of Jonathan Crabtree in 2017 and Erin Crabtree in 2012. It was alleged by police at the time she drugged her children, aged…
Youth crime fell last year in Victoria for the first time in four years, but adult crime rose by more than 10 per cent in the state, according to the latest statistics. The Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) has released its figures for the 12 months to March 2026, showing Victoria’s overall crime rate fell by…
For more than a decade, the view after Calgary Transit riders emerge from the Westbrook LRT station has been the same: weeds, a few benches and walking paths. But throughout that time, the potential has been visible too. Now, the City of Calgary is doing something about it. “It can become more than just a…
American Olympic bronze medallist and world champion 1,500m runner Jenny Simpson collapsed after suffering a medical episode while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina. Simpson underwent CPR at the track and an automated external defibrillator was also used before taking her to the hospital. The 39-year-old Simpson was taking part…
The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police at a Walmart in Mississippi has sparked protests and demands for transparency in the state’s investigation after other incidents in the community in recent years have sown distrust with law enforcement. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content….
It has been revealed a South Australian government fund of more than $28 million to assist rural industries has sat unused for a decade. The Rural Industry Adjustment and Development Fund was established in the 1980s to provide loans and grants at the discretion of the primary industries and regions minister. The money can be…
The Bureau of Meteorology has formally declared an El Niño weather event, meaning one is underway for the first time since 2023. The major climate events impact the weather patterns of 60 per cent of the globe, and Australia is particularly vulnerable. To help make sense of this, ABC News Breakfast meteorologist Nate Byrne and…
A judge will decide whether investigators can keep the seized phones of Calgary’s former mayor and a former city councillor for longer as part of an investigation into allegations of municipal corruption. Lawyers for former Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek and former Ward 4 councillor Sean Chu were in court Wednesday to make arguments against an…
If you’ve ever wondered what the leaders of the world’s richest democracies talk about on the sidelines of the G7 summit, well, here’s a rough idea. Sports. Cigarettes. The weather. And something about Greenland. As world leaders made their way into conference rooms at a lakeside resort in Évian-les-Bains, microphones caught plenty of off-the-cuff banter….
Saskatoon’s municipal administration is making a recommendation to city council, seeking permission to begin negotiations with a First Nation community about a possible partnership to develop its downtown event and entertainment district. In a news release Wednesday, the City of Saskatoon says the recommendation will be made to council next week to allow administration to…