Inmate executed despite calls from victim's family to spare his life
Joe Nathan James Jr. was sentenced to death in the 1994 killing of his former girlfriend Faith Hall.
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Canberra Airport has resumed normal operations and a man is in custody after a shooting incident inside the terminal prompted its evacuation.A man was arrested at the airport after firing as many as five shots inside, some leaving bullet holes in airport windows, just after 1.
Two women, including a mother of two, have been shot dead in a targeted and appalling public shooting in suburban Sydney, detectives say.Police have vowed to solve the double murder, after the women, aged 39 and 48, were killed when a hail of bullets was fired at their vehicle in Panania on Saturday night.
CCTV has captured the moment the unwitting woman was fatally knocked over by the zipline equipment.
Two Woolies shoppers have blasted the chain over its excessive use of plastic. Here's how the retailer has responded.
Cash-strapped Australians filling up at the fuel pump paid an extra $5 a week over the course of the past three months, according to new figures.The Australian Automobile Association's latest Transport Affordability Index, released on Sunday, shows average weekly fuel costs across the nation rose to $100.
Two other people in the vehicle at the time of the murders were left unharmed, police said.
A restaurant on North Stradbroke Island is struggling to find a new chef - but the perks should surely be enough to win someone over.
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NDAustralia’s top economists are divided about how to tackle ballooning inflation of 6.1% that’s forecast to climb to a three-decade high of 7.75% by the end of the year. Three of the 48 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation say Australia should be able to tolerate an inflation rate of 8% or higher. Seven expect inflation to fall back to an acceptable level without the need for any further action other than Rese
Montenegro has declared three days of national mourning after 10 people, including two children, were killed in a daylight attack by a gunman who police said had recently exhibited a "change in behaviour."The 34-year-old attacker on Friday used a hunting rifle to first shoot to death two children, 8 and 11, and their mother, who lived as tenants in his house in the western city of Cetinje's Medovina neighbourhood.
A fire has ripped through a church in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, sending huge amounts of thick, black smoke into the air as congregants worshipped, killing at least 41 and injuring 14.The cause of Sunday's blaze in the Abu Sefein church in the working-class neighbourhood of Imbaba was not immediately known.
Her raunchy content was viewed millions of times before her brutal murder.
A lawyer for former US president Donald Trump signed a statement in June that said all classified material held in boxes at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence had been returned to the government, the New York Times reports.The statement was signed after Jay Bratt, a top national security official in the US Department of Justice, visited Trump's South Florida beach club on June 3, the newspaper reported on Saturday.
The FBI recovered documents that were labeled "top secret" from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorised the unprecedented search this week.A property receipt unsealed by the court on Friday shows FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from the estate during a search on Monday.
Biodiversity experts have revealed several genetically distinct populations of one of Australia's most tasty and sought-after table fish, the pink snapper.Once abundant from the warmer waters off Western Australia's Pilbara region to the cooler realms of the Great Australian Bight, Chrysophrys auratus has more recently been a focus of catch reductions to preserve numbers.
Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has stressed improved ties with China were still possible, despite growing tensions in the region due to TaiwanMr Marles has called for a de-escalation of the situation in the Taiwan Strait, following China carrying out several military drills.The drills, which included the launch of ballistic missiles, were in response to US Speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan earlier this month.
The 23-year-old Aussie has accused the Chinese government of trying to 'destroy my life' in the alleged international hoax.
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price claims the ABC will only give a "one-sided view" of the Voice to parliament referendum, saying she finds it "deeply troubling" as a First Nations person.The Country Liberal Party senator was speaking in favour of a motion at the Nationals' federal council meeting that called for the federal government to ensure the public broadcaster adhered to its editorial standards and charter.
Spending on Father's Day gifts has slumped as the rising cost of living sees Aussie consumers rein in purchases for dads across the country.Australians are set to spend $735 million on Father's Day gifts this year, down 7.
Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the United States.British-American writer Aatish Taseer said, in a since-deleted tweet, that the 75-year-old was "off the ventilator and talking (and joking)", which was then confirmed by the author's agent Andrew Wylie.
"There is a special place in hell for this woman," authorities said while releasing chilling CCTV of her act of animal cruelty.