A jury on Thursday found white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty of federal hate crimes resulting in the deaths of nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year.
A police weapon was allegedly fired during the chase of a Queanbeyan couple in a stolen vehicle on the Hume Highway.
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Mexico raised borrowing costs more than expected, as policymakers look to jolt the peso from near record lows.
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Revelation follows reports of Russia's cyber attacks on the US election and a CIA assessment that Russia favoured Trump in the race.
A man has died after his car crashed into a pole in Queensland.
A girl who went missing from the Sydney Children's Hospital on Thursday afternoon has been found.
"Taking an extreme opening position in a real estate deal is one thing, but simply alienating an emerging superpower is another," one expert said.
The Defence Industry Minister issued a stern warning to his colleagues engaging in Cabinet reshuffle speculation.
Pilots reported they had experiences "nearly every day" of loss of interest, feeling like a failure and thinking they would be better off dead.
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A major evacuation effort from the besieged Syrian city has begun after earlier failures to ferry out frightened residents.
An appeal could see convicted insider trader, Oliver Curtis, freed on Friday, but family ties ensure he – like his partner in crime John Hartman – don't pay too harshly for their crimes.
Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo ships on key Asian routes will slide further in a lacklustre market.
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox said Thursday that it had reached a deal to take full control of the British satellite television giant Sky, paying about $14.8 billion for the rest of the shares it does not already own.
The Bank of England said that sterling's strong performance could soften an expected surge in British inflation next year.
The Egyptian Aviation Investigation Committee say it's found traces of explosives on remains of victims from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804.
21st Century Fox agreed to acquire Sky for $19.8 billion, in Rupert Murdoch's second run at Europe's dominant pay-TV company.
Government says asbestos was found in the concrete structure of the building.
Australia's corporate watchdog has largely failed in its pursuit of two former Australian Wheat Board officials who were accused of knowing the exporter paid $300 million in secret cash to the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq.
Universities face losing access to government funding and loans unless they come clean to prospective students about the true entry requirements.
London:Â Rolf Harris will be a 'virtual defendant' at his sex assault trial next year, in what a judge said may be a British legal first.
The Victorian Government has announced a review of the Coroner's Act amid widespread public concern about the inquest into Phoebe Handsjuk's garbage chute death.
Queensland needs a "general" mine rehabilitation fund with mining company money – overseen by the Queensland Government – to fill in, or fence abandoned mine sites, community voices are arguing.
The anxious wait will soon be over for Year 12 graduates, with the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority due to release final results and OPs online on Saturday.
Swans young gun Isaac Heeney has signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him in the red and white until at least 2022.
Sydney-siders welcome cool change following record breaking temperatures.
Queensland Health employed a nurse struck off in England for taking money from a mental health patient after she "comprehensively" outlined her actions, a tribunal judgment reveals.
Find out how your friends, children and students did here, as we countdown to the top schools in the state.
Telcos will have to block access to piracy sites and divert Australians towards a web page created by movie studios, the Federal court ruled on Thursday afternoon.
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Treasurer Curtis Pitt said it was encouraging that Queensland's trend unemployment rate had dropped below the 6 per cent mark.
Selective school James Ruse Agricultural High School has taken out the first spot in the Higher School Certificate for the 21st consecutive year.
It was just before the Coburg toy warehouse shut for the day, a Friday. Six minutes before 5pm, to be precise
Victims of dog attacks can more easily appeal decisions not to impose a dangerous dog classification under new legislation.
Police in Canberra illegally gathered surveillance for more than a month after the wrong judge issued the warrants, it can be revealed.
There is majority support in Parliament for a republic, new figures from the Australian Republican Movement show.
There was a deathly silence around the cabinet room. The seven words just uttered by the usually silent fisheries minister Eddie Obeid had shocked his colleagues to the core.
A Queensland police officer who was stabbed in the neck while on duty three years ago has slammed his employer for failing to support him after the attack.
This list celebrates the students who scored 90 or above in 10 or more units in the HSC.
They ACT Brumbies are working on contract negotiations with Rory Arnold and Tevita Kuridrani.
A Canberra criminal lawyer accused of dishonestly accepting tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees was found guilty on Thursday of fraud.
Edward Moses Obeid has spent his first night in prison after being jailed for a maximum of five years over his family's secret business dealings at Circular Quay, in an inglorious end to his 20-year political career.
Jordan Jackson-Hope and Tom Banks have limited Super Rugby experience, but they're ready to make their mark in 2017.
The first letters were wrapped in white ribbons so they could be recycled by the alleged victims as a silent but telltale sign they would comply with demands to give up thousands of dollars.
A rare whale has been sighted on the Great Barrier Reef for the very first time.
The ASC will wait until next year before finalising any decision to transform the AIS Arena into a 'Volleydome'.
The water park was initially closed in February, but has since had a makeover to comply with Department of Health guidelines.
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