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Baby saved from Japan earthquake
Yaron Steinbuch A BABY girl who had been asleep when a deadly earthquake struck Japan was rescued from the rubble of a destroyed home after a six-hour rescue operation.
Pentagon chief visits South China Sea
AP THE US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, has visited an American aircraft carrier in the contested waters of the South China Sea.
‘Worse today than 100 years ago’
Reuters DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has decried the “immoral” gap between the world’s haves and have nuts at a Vatican conference.
Princess Cristina’s accuser arrested
AP THE leader of the anti-corruption group that brought criminal tax fraud charges against Spain’s Princess Cristina has been arrested.
Swede on trial for terrorism charges
A SWEDISH man is on trial on terrorism charges after he allegedly tried to build a bomb similar to ones used in the 2013 Boston Marathon attacks.
Taliban launch major push to retake city
Taliban insurgents have launched an offensive to seize the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.
Belgian minister quits over security
Reuters THE Belgian transport minister has resigned over accusations she ignored lapses in security at Brussels airport before the March attacks.
UK arrests five over Paris, Brussels
Reuters FIVE people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an investigation launched after the recent attacks in Paris and Brussels.
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Pentagon chief visits South China Sea
THE US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, has visited an American aircraft carrier in the contested waters of the South China Sea.
‘Worse today than 100 years ago’
DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has decried the “immoral” gap between the world’s haves and have nuts at a Vatican conference.
Sandy Hook families can sue gunmaker
TWENTY-SIX people lost their lives in the 2012 Sandy Hook shootings. Now a judge has given their families the go-ahead to sue the maker of the gun used to kill them.
No charges for Trump aide
DONALD Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will not face charges after a reporter claimed he forcefully grabbed her at a rally in March.
Canada introduces euthanasia law
CANADA will soon allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the help of physicians, but will it lead to an influx of so-called ‘suicide tourists?’
Ex Manson girl seeks parole
FORMER Manson family member, Leslie Van Houten, is set to appear before a parole board for the 21st time and argue that she is a changed woman.
More wives letting hubbys cheat
TOM Jones’ wife, Linda, stood by his philandering for 59 years of marriage before she died this week. Now it seems more wives are letting their husbands cheat.
What’s inside 9/11 secret pages?
HIDDEN inside a highly restricted secret vault, locked away and closely guarded, are what has been hailed as America’s “most sensitive documents”.
Brain chip allows quadriplegic to move
IN a world first, a paralysed man can once again move his hands and fingers after a computer chip was implanted in his brain.
Russian jets metres from US Navy
THIS is the picture that shows just how close Russian warplanes came to a US missile destroyer during a simulated attack.
‘I was eating desert plants’
A WOMAN lost in an Arizona forest for nine days survived by drinking pond water, eating plants and spelling out “help” on the ground with sticks.
‘Affluenza’ teen gets two years jail
THE teen who used the defence of ‘affluenza’ after a deadly crash which killed four people has received nearly two years jail time after he fled the US.
Suspect ‘too drunk’ to recall date
A MAN who took a mum-of-three on a date says he was so drunk he doesn’t know what happened when they went to her house — the place police say she was cut up.
Obama may reveal secret 9/11 files
BARACK Obama will make a call on whether to declassify 28 pages of sealed 9/11 documents within two months, but what’s in them?
Judge: Cruz eligible for White House
A US judge has ruled that Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is a “natural-born citizen” and is eligible to run, despite being born in Canada.
Brain snap behind food writer’s murder
SHE was a popular TV personality with a young family and burgeoning career. Then her eldest son snapped.
Led Zep accused of ripping off intro
A US jury will determine if the guitar line that begins the Led Zeppelin song Stairway to Heaven was stolen from another band. Hear both songs for yourself.
Facebook Messenger launches chat bots
FACEBOOK will allow people on its Messenger chat to order flowers, shop for shoes and talk with a variety of businesses by sending them direct messages.
Hawking in bid to find space life
STEPHEN Hawking has joined Mark Zuckerberg and a Russian billionaire with a futuristic plan for seeking life in outer space.
‘Hot gay dads’ having fifth child
INSTAGRAM’S hot gay dads are not only back together after a shock split last year, they are expecting their fifth child.
Mum on date night found chopped up
WARNING: Disturbing. A mum of three who went to a baseball game with a man she met online has been found chopped up and dumped in a bin.
This guy is the world’s biggest wanker
A PASSENGER has defended himself against police reports that he masturbated on a bus for “up to three hours”.
The law that has Bryan Adams angry
DAYS after Bruce Springsteen cancelled a show to protest against a law that discriminates against gay and transgender people, Bryan Adams has done the same.
Aussie students on the mend
TWO Australian students injured in a shooting in New Orleans last week have moved out of intensive care as their condition continues to improve.
Why Trump’s kids won’t vote for him
TWO of Donald Trump’s kids won’t vote for him when New York Republicans take to the polls for their preferred candidate next week.
‘He completely mentally dwindled away’
THE family of a teenager who stabbed his mother and younger brother to death before killing himself say his behaviour changed after suffering two concussions.
Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima
US Secretary of State John Kerry has made a historic visit to Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, the most senior administration official ever to visit the city.
Son of ‘fun weekend mum’ found dead
LIKE any other teenage boy Andrew Frye wanted to push the boundaries. But tragically for him, he partied with his mother, not his friends.
Newspaper pulls ‘incomplete’ refugee story
A NEWSPAPER has pulled a story about refugee children attacking fellow students, saying it was “incomplete”.
The nastiest part of Scientology
SCIENTOLOGY doesn’t tolerate dissent. Phil and Willie Jones learned that the hard way when they left the church.
Police search for serial car pooper
FOR the past three years the so-called ‘Bowel Movement Bandit’ has been terrorising a US town. This is the photo that could bring him down.
Teacher sacked after holiday twerk
A PRIMARY schoolteacher in Mexico lost her job after this raunchy video of her twerking went viral and was spotted on Facebook by angry parents.
Cop drinks poison after guilty verdict
A RETIRED policeman drank a bottle of poison in court after being found guilty for molesting a 9-year-old girl.
Trump hits back at parody paper
THEY called it the “Front page we hope we never have to print” but this parody could be the stuff of nightmares.
Obama defends Clinton over emails
BARACK Obama has backed Hillary Clinton over her email scandal, saying she ‘never jeopardised’ US national security while she was secretary of state.
Pressure on Clinton after Sanders win
BERNIE Sanders has won seven out of the past eight nomination contests against Hillary Clinton, leading to talk of a contested Democratic convention in July.
Frantic search for escaped psych patient
POLICE are hunting for an escaped psychiatric patient accused of stabbing a woman 24 times. They say he’s “scary”.
Former US House Speaker ‘abused boys’
ACCORDING to US prosecutors, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert sexually abused at least four boys when he worked as a wrestling coach years ago.
‘Bin Laden shooter’ arrested
THE former US Navy SEAL, who says he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, has been charged with drink driving.
How boy’s text saved 15 lives
A WOMAN sitting at a conference in New York City saved 15 lives thousands of kilometres away — thanks to a text message from a young refugee boy.
Internet explodes over watermelon
ALMOST as many people who watch the nightly news have tuned in to Facebook to view two people blow up a watermelon.
SpaceX lands rocket on ocean platform
AFTER four failed bids, SpaceX finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea but not before launching cargo to space.
Mossack Fonseca offices raided
El SALVADORAN authorities have raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment.
Murder-suicide at US air base
AN airman at a Texas military base killed his commander on Friday before turning the gun on himself, according to a top US official.
Salt mum: I didn’t kill my son
LACEY Spears has given an interview for the first time since she was convicted of killing five-year-old Garnett by giving him large doses of salt.
Cliffhanger proposal as man gets stuck
MICHAEL Banks had just scaled a 200-metre rock and proposed to his girlfriend. Embarrassingly, the Romeo got stuck and was choppered to safety.
Mum, son ‘in love, trying for baby’
A MUM and her son say they are in love and trying for a baby. Is their story bogus or do they suffer from a recognised psychological syndrome?
Police hunt suspects over shooting
THE hunt is continuing for three men in New Orleans who shot two Australian university students after allegedly luring them with the promise of drugs.
Real horror story behind Scream
THE movie Scream was a box office blockbuster and immediate cult classic but it was not a work of pure fiction.
The seedy street where it all went wrong
WHEN Jake Rovacsek and Toben Clements started their tragic celebrations, they shouldn’t have started them here.
Vampire killer’s chilling last words
A CONVICTED murderer who beat a boy to death before drinking his blood has been executed - after a parting shot. Warning: Disturbing content.
Holden man gets top US car job
HE USED to sketch cars on the back of his school notebooks, now this Australian has been put in charge of design for all future General Motors vehicles.
‘You got your justice right here’
AS HE was being executed, ‘vampire killer’ Pablo Lucio Vasquez told the family of his child victim: “This is the only way I can be forgiven.”
Sex slave chained to stripper’s pole
FROM the outside the run-down two-storey home in an ordinary Detroit suburb was unremarkable. It was what went on inside that was horrifying.
How it all went wrong for Aussie duo
A PAIR of Aussies shot in New Orleans likely had no idea they were headed to one of the deadliest neighbourhoods in America.
WA students shot ‘trying to buy drugs’
TWO Australian students injured after they were shot in a reported drug deal gone wrong in New Orleans have been identified.
Hunters kill ‘dinosaur-sized’ alligator
A GIGANTIC five-metre long alligator was shot and killed after it was found to be “feasting” on local cattle. This photo shows the scale of it.
What it’s really like at a Clinton rally
GO BEHIND the scenes as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to a revved-up crowd of more than 300 in New York City.
Man filmed tornado that killed wife
AN elderly man, who man ignored warnings to evacuate his home, filmed a deadly tornado as it approached, and took the life of his wife.
‘Worse than a puppet’: Trump lashes out
DONALD Trump suffered a body blow in his bid for the White House yesterday, losing sorely to rival Ted Cruz. He reacted angrily.
Man bashed for kissing boyfriend
A MAN who was body-slammed and punched n the face after kissing his boyfriend at a fast-food restaurant has told of his trauma over the horrific attack.
‘I am disgusted at this cute little girl’
THIS girl was first to the scene of a grisly murder. She reported what happened - and invoked the fury of the internet.
Cruz topples Trump in Wisconsin
TED Cruz and Bernie Sanders have taken out the Wisconsin presidential primary, beating current frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump suffers a body blow
DONALD Trump has copped a major setback in his fight for the Republican nomination, with voters in the pivotal state of Wisconsin rejecting him.
Trump’s wife comes to the rescue
DONALD Trump is suddenly in trouble, and his wife is coming to the rescue. She’s the key to fixing one of his most destructive flaws.
Model rocket kills star student
A TEENAGER has been killed after a homemade bottle rocket he made for a school physics project exploded in his hands.
Trump’s most outrageous one-liners
FROM attacking Bette Midler on Twitter to dishing out relationship advice to Robert Pattinson, Trump has delivered some corkers over the years.
How Trump will ‘make Mexico pay’
DONALD Trump has revealed how he intends to keep his pledge to get Mexico to pay for his $8 billion border wall.
Nazi dad playing the victim card
HEATH Campbell made headlines when he tried to buy an Adolf Hitler birthday cake for his son. He says things have gone downhill since.
Man kills transgender woman he hit on by mistake
HE THOUGHT he was chatting to a beautiful woman in the street, but when he learnt it was a transgender woman something snapped.
‘Everything that is wrong with the US’
HE’S previously skewered American’s gun culture, lack of healthcare and trigger-happy foreign policy. Now he’s got his sights set on something bigger: Everything.
‘We all think you’re a terrorist’
A FURIOUS family wants a school teacher to be sacked, after she allegedly called a 12-year-old Muslim student a terrorist in class.
Mum smoked while daughter was raped
“I WANT hard-core punishment for what they have done to this child, because that shouldn’t happen to anybody”, said the girl’s grandmother.
Chelsea Handler’s naked message to Trump
CHELSEA Handler has made a right arse of herself, all in the name of politics. Here’s what she had to say to Donald Trump.
Trump: ‘If I didn’t have Kasich, I win’
REPUBLICAN frontrunner Donald Trump has said he would easily win the Republican nomination if John Kasich drops out of the contest.
Man hit by bus after surviving accident
A MAN has escaped death after crawling from his car dangling on a cliff edge, only to be hit by a passing tour bus.
Buffet wars: Food fight erupts
A MASSIVE brawl took place in a buffet line after a couple became incensed over the amount of crab claws a young man was taking.
The secret life of O.J. Simpson
O.J. SIMPSON threw his ex-wife out of a moving car, beat her during sex and threatened to cut off her boyfriend’s heads, according to horrific diary entries.
Pro-Trump graffiti terrifies students
UNIVERSITY students are living in a state of fear as pro-Donald Trump messages written in chalk begin popping up on pavements everywhere.
Girl’s last moments caught on film
THIS is every parent’s worst nightmare. CCTV footage reveals the moment a little girl is lured away from her mother. She was found dead hours later.
Trump predicts ‘massive’ recession
DONALD Trump has predicted high unemployment and an overvalued stock market mean the US is headed for a “very massive recession”.
Killed minutes after this image
DISTURBING footage has emerged of a teacher’s final moments before she was brutally raped and killed by a student.
Trump - ‘He’s no politician’: Ivana
EX-WIFE Ivana Trump spills the beans on why Donald Trump didn’t run sooner for President and elaborates on “those hands”.
Two dead, 31 injured, in US train crash
AT least two people are dead and dozens more injured when a US Amtrak train was derailed south of Philadelphia after hitting construction equipment.
White House censors French president
AFTER referring to ‘Islamist Terrorism’ during a meeting, French president Francois Hollande found his remarks struck from a White House press video.
Cheating husband shot in testicles
AN enraged wife has shot her cheating husband in the knee only for the bullet to travel up his leg and lodge in his testicles.
Trump: Abortion laws ‘set’ for now
PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Donald Trump has said US abortion laws should remain unchanged, although he believes the procedure amounts to murder.
Dad kills son for being gay
A MAN accused of fatally shooting his son has been charged with murder, as prosecutors allege he killed his son for being gay.
Trump’s nemesis opens up about their feud
IT’S the TV host Donald Trump loves to hate and openly attack. But Megyn Kelly has hit back, damning him with faint praise and saying he must try harder.
Bishop won’t back Trump’s nuke plan
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop rebuked Donald Trump’s calls for Japan and South Korea to build nuclear stockpiles, saying Australia wouldn’t back his plan.
Bloodied knife at O.J.’s not linked
LA police detectives have concluded a knife found at O.J. Simpson’s former home was not used to kill his ex-wife and her friend, but its owner is still a mystery.
Skydivers collide in 4300m fall
A FREAK skydiving accident caught on a GoPro has left two men injured, with one paralysed from the waist down. VIDEO
Brace for cover! Cruise ship hits pier
TERRIFYING footage has emerged of a US cruise ship that suddenly careered out of control, forcing tourists at a pier to run for their lives.
Party boy people-smuggler
MAX Bocanegra was a typical Texan 25-year-old. Then he started making thousands a day trafficking Mexicans into the US.
’Groped’ teen faces punch charges
POLICE will file charges against a 15-year-old girl who was pepper sprayed after punching an elderly man in the face at a Trump rally.
Director’s past draws casting call ire
THE creative mind behind the Jeepers Creepers franchise crossed a line with a casting call that sent actors running in the opposite direction.
This missile will fry your phone
THE US Air Force wants to kill your phone. And your computer. And your car. It’s spending millions on modifying missiles into weaponised microwave ovens.
Married teachers ‘had sex with students’
A TEACHER working at a private Christian school has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a student just days after his wife was detained on the same charge.
Cops shot in bus station ‘blitz’
SEVERAL people were wounded in a US bus station shooting Thursday including two police officers in what a reporter on the scene called ‘an all out blitz of gunfire.’
‘Consequences would be horrific’
IT’S a bold plan that could have a great pay-off, but experts warn moving 700kg of waste in nuclear ‘ping pong’ could be a disaster for us all.
