Disney scraps plans for $1.5 billion campus in dispute with Florida governor
The entertainment giant says thousands of jobs will be lost in the US state unless Ron DeSantis drops his 'anti business' policies.
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'Staggering' volume of water gone from world's largest lakes
More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs have lost significant amounts of water over the last three decades.
World
Widower sues bars, driver over wife's wedding night death
The alleged drunk driver who police say slammed into newlyweds riding along a South Carolina beach road in the US now faces a wrongful death lawsuit alongside several establishments accused of overserving her on the night of the crash, which killed the bride.
courts
US Supreme Court shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content
The US Supreme Court handed Silicon Valley a massive victory on Thursday as it protected online platforms from two lawsuits that legal experts had warned could have upended the internet.
social media
Australia to provide surveillance drones to Philippines
Australia will provide surveillance drones and other high-tech gear to the Philippine coast guard and is considering whether to take part in joint patrols in the disputed South China Sea, Australia Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.
Politics
Girl, eight, dies in US Border Patrol custody
The rare tragedy comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding in its facilities.
Migrants
Aussie pro training for hot dog eating comp by wolfing down burgers
In less than two years, James Webb has gone from his job in sales to becoming Australia's number one competitor in professional eating.
Sydney
Jenny Craig Australia nearing sale to secure business's future
The administrators appointed to restructure Jenny Craig's Australian and New Zealand businesses say they are drawing close to securing a sale of the embattled company.
business
Mother accused of abducting daughter six years ago turns herself in
Heather Unbehaun, the mother of now 15-year-old Kayla Unbehaun, was being held at the Kane County Adult Justice Centre on an abduction charge.
crime
Pair allegedly try to smuggle cocaine inside a fake pregnancy belly
More than 1500 grams of cocaine were found inside the rubber prosthetic, police claim.
drugs
Winner of $750k jackpot bought a single $1 ticket
Winning the lottery is everyone's dream and here are some lucky people who have scored big around the world.
lottery
Medical tourists warned after five develop life-threatening infection
US residents were advised to cancel their cross-border surgeries after five people who got procedures came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis.
World
Suspect in Idaho uni quadruple killings indicted by grand jury
The suspect in the fatal stabbing last year of four University of Idaho students has been indicted by a grand jury on murder and burglary charges, a court official told CNN.
murder
Jury begins deliberations in TV star's rape retrial
Late last year, a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case against Masterson involving rape allegations by three women, and a Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial.
celebrity
Quad meeting in Sydney called off after Biden pulls out
The Quad leaders meeting in Sydney next week has been cancelled after US President Joe Biden pulled out of the event.
Politics
Rushdie warns free expression 'under threat' in address after attack
Rushdie delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish award on Monday evening.
World
Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses latest bid to avoid prison
An appeals court in the US rejected her bid to remain free while she tries to overturn her conviction in a notorious blood-testing hoax.
Hoax
That '70s Show star used drugs and Scientology to get away with raping women, jury told
The 47-year-old former star of "That '70s Show" is on trial for rape for a second time after the first ended in a mistrial.
World
Irvin was looking for a parking spot at the shopping centre when he felt gunfire
Hundreds of shoppers were sent scrambling for cover when a gunman stepped out of a sedan and began shooting people earlier this month.
Texas Massacre
Netflix show helps find US girl who vanished six years ago
For six years, Kayla's dad had searched for his nine-year-old daughter after she mysteriously disappeared on a camping trip.
missing persons
AI should be regulated by global agency: ChatGPT chief
The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress that government intervention "will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful" AI systems.
Technology
Priscilla Presley agrees to settlement in dispute over Lisa Marie Presley's estate
Priscilla Presley has reached a settlement agreement over her petition questioning the validity of her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley's will.
courts
Vice Media files for bankruptcy ahead of planned sale
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US on Monday to facilitate a sale and safeguard its future.
business
CIA launches video to recruit Russian spies
The US spy agency believed now offers an "unprecedented" opportunity to convince Russians disaffected by the war in Ukraine and life in Russia to share their secrets.
Russia Ukraine
Aussie ex-racing dogs to get new lives as therapy pets for US cops
Australian greyhounds retired from racing will be rehomed in the US to be therapy dogs for ex-police officers under a historic new partnership.
Pets
University professor 'Dr Deep Sea' sets record for living underwater
A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers.
World
GoPro captures fisherman's encounter with tiger shark off Hawaii
For many fisherman, there's a tale of the one that got away. In this case, Scott Haraguchi is glad this one got away.
sharks
US boy uses a slingshot to save his sister from being abducted from backyard, police say
A US girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker, authorities said this week.
World
Unfathomable destruction as tornado pummels Texas
One person was killed when his mobile home was crushed as a powerful tornado tore through a community near the southern tip of Texas before dawn on Saturday.
tornado
Man who fatally choked subway passenger freed pending trial
Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old US Marine Corps veteran, turned himself into authorities to face a charge of second-degree manslaughter, which could carry a jail term of up to 15 years.
crime
Lori Vallow Daybell convicted in triple murder case
Lori Vallow Daybell has been convicted in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, a verdict that culminates a three-year investigation.
crime
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits California, minor damage reported
A magnitude 5.5 quake centered in the Sierra Nevada's Lake Almanor resort region struck at 4.19 pm Thursday and a magnitude 5.2 aftershock occurred at 3.18 am Friday, according to the US Geological Survey.
earthquakes
McDonald's found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that burned girl
McDonald's and a franchise holder have been found at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little girl's leg and caused second-degree burns a South Florida jury decided.
courts
US default would trigger global economic downturn: Treasury secretary
A US default would produce an "economic and financial catastrophe" that would trigger a global economic downturn, Janet Yellen says.
finance
Thousands of migrants mass as US border policy ends
The expiration of a pandemic-era public health restriction that will significantly alter several years of US immigration policy has arrived.
Border Restrictions
Suspect in deadly US church shooting accused of hate crimes
A man accused of killing one person and injuring five others in a 2022 shooting at a church in California's Orange County has been indicted by a grand jury on federal charges.
World
Trump appealing jury's sexual abuse verdict and $7 million award
Donald Trump is appealing a New York jury’s verdict awarding $7 million to a magazine columnist after the jurors concluded Trump had sexually abused her in the 1990s.
Donald Trump
'Money, power, sex' allegedly drove mum to murder kids in doomsday plot
An Idaho jury is weighing the fate of a woman charged in the slayings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in what prosecutors say was a strange doomsday-focused plot.
World
South Africa accused of providing arms to Russia
The US ambassador to South Africa accused the country on Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town in December.
World
Trump says he'd pardon 'a large portion' of January 6 rioters if elected
During a tense CNN town hall, the former dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on January 6, and repeatedly insulted a woman who accused him of sexual assault.
Donald Trump
'They're still shooting': Police audio shows chaos during Texas mall massacre
By the end of the bloody rampage, eight people had been killed and at least seven others wounded.
shootings
Republican decries federal charges as 'witch hunt' amid claims of theft, fraud
US Representative George Santos, infamous for fabricating his life story, has pleaded not guilty to charges he duped donors, stole from his campaign and lied to Congress about being a millionaire, all while cheating to collect unemployment benefits he didn't deserve.
World
Six-year-old who shot US teacher has ADHD, mother says
The mother of a boy who shot his primary school teacher says, "He never sits still - ever".
school
Jury rejects claim of rape against Trump, awards accuser $7 million
A jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her US$5 million ($7 million.
Donald Trump
Mark Zuckerberg wins gold and silver in first jiu-jitsu tournament
Mark Zuckerberg has ditched his hydrofoil board for the world of martial arts.
Mark Zuckerberg
News voice of a generation shuts down amid cuts
A major Paramount division has announced it will shutter MTV News and slash its US workforce by 25 per cent, bringing to an end the iconic music video network's news division that once covered a range of issues from pop culture to politics and became a household name for Generation X and Millennial adolescents.
entertainment
US Congressman George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe
Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Congressman George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos.
courts
US man sentenced to life in prison for killing girlfriend over $53
A man in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to shooting his girlfriend dead in front of her daughter because she would not give him $36 (A$53).
murder
Texas massacre gunman kicked out of the army because of mental health concerns
The gunman behind the second-deadliest US mass shooting of the year was terminated from the Army due to health concerns and may have been driven by right-wing extremism.
shootings
Jenny Craig Australia appoints voluntary administrators
The Australian and New Zealand companies of popular weight loss and nutrition business Jenny Craig have appointed voluntary administrators.
Australia
