A winter storm moved from the South into the Northeast Friday during the morning commute. Many school districts closed for the day.
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US President Joe Biden was caught in a hot mic moment. Source: Reuters
Long-serving St John Ambulance volunteer Valmai Dempsey is the 2022 Senior Australian of the Year.The ACT woman has been recognised for her efforts responding to the Black Summer bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic.
Ben Roberts-Smith's high-profile defamation trial is ready to resume next week following months of delays with witnesses still stuck behind Western Australia's border closure.Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times over media reports from 2018 related to his deployments in Afghanistan that he says paint him as a war criminal.
A memorial has been planned for the "sweet, innocent" girl whose body was found in a barrel northwest of Sydney.
Lottery officials are faced with a rare occurrence after two winners shared Tuesday's Division One prize. Find out more.
Concerns are growing that people needing mental health support are not reaching out for help amid the COVID-19 Omicron wave, as hospital presentation rates fall.A similar effect was observed at the start of the pandemic two years ago, NSW chief psychiatrist Murray Wright said on Tuesday.
Victoria has recorded one of its highest daily death tolls of the pandemic, after 35 people died with COVID-19.The state posted 13,507 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 6533 from PCR tests and 6974 from rapid antigen tests.
It's 'so we can all be safer,' Coles Group's David Brewster says.
Three demonstrators have been killed when Sudanese security forces fired live rounds and tear gas during protests against military rule that attracted tens of thousands of people across the country.Such protests, along with barricades throughout the capital and a general strike last week, have continued since the military took power on October 25, ending a partnership with civilian political parties since the removal of Omar al-Bashir as Sudan's ruler in 2019.
Pakistan has a woman on its highest court for the first time.Ayesha Malik's swearing-in as a justice on Pakistan's Supreme Court was a landmark moment for the Islamic nation where women often struggle to get justice, especially in cases involving sexual assault.
A woman has died after a boat with five people on board capsized on the Nepean River in western Sydney.Emergency services were dispatched after reports a boat had overturned after noon on Wednesday.
The heated words were muttered under the US president's breath, but were picked up by his microphone. See what he said.
An Adelaide man who drove in a "wild and dangerous" manner before a road crash that claimed two lives, including that of a senior police officer, will be subject to ongoing mental health supervision for 10 years.Detective Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan, 55, and Tania McNeill, 53, were killed in a three-car collision in April 2020 when Harrison Kitt drove through a red light at more than 160 km/h.
A 17-year-old Australian boy has sent his family voice messages from a Syrian prison, saying he fears for his life after his friends died beside him.The boy says children as young as eight are being killed in the Guweiran prison and that he has been injured by gunfire.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson must change the culture of Downing Street after a series of revelations that staff partied while ordinary people were grappling with COVID-19 lockdowns, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says.Johnson, who in 2019 won the biggest Conservative majority in more than 30 years, is braced for the publication of an official investigation into claims that there were multiple boozy Downing Street parties during lockdowns.
The Northern Territory has reported another 492 COVID-19 infections with the government conceding the virus is "everywhere".But Health Minister Natasha Fyles says public health measures to contain the outbreak are working.
A creepy crawly found in an Aldi shopper's fresh produce could have caused serious harm. Find out more about the scary discovery.
Parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support, Pope Francis says.He spoke in unscripted comments at his weekly audience in reference to difficulties that parents could face in raising offspring.
Britain is not ruling out sanctions targeted at Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in person if Russia invades Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says.US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to shield Europe from a potential energy supply shock.
Three Northern Territory mines are set to restart operations after major project status was awarded to the Mt Bundy Gold Project.The NT government says the $412 million project is likely to generate $1.
