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Teen dies sledding down frozen water slide
A TEENAGE boy is dead after falling off a frozen water slide at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park in the US.
Pregnant waitress touched by huge tip
A PREGNANT waitress with financial hardships burst into tears when she saw the whopping tip one of her customers left for her.
Most stressful thing about Xmas
THE expectation of awesome Christmas “happiness” is the most stressful thing abut the whole palaver, writes Melissa Hoyer.
The crazy Sherri Papini conspiracies
THE Papini family’s disappearance and lack of information about Sherri’s abduction has led to wild speculation online.
‘I know you’ll be the best Mum in heaven’
A HEARTBREAKING Facebook post written by a man who lost his girlfriend and his unborn child in a tragic accident has gone viral.
Confession after grisly backyard discovery
A REALITY show contestant who vanished after a birthday party has been found buried in her friend’s backyard.
What happened to this beauty queen?
SHE was a high-school teacher and beauty queen, but one night, eleven years ago, something strange happened, and Tara Grinstead has never been seen since.
This is what you should donate for Christmas
WITH just a few days until Christmas, time is running out to bring a bit of festive cheer to someone less fortunate than yourself.
Shed pervert jailed for spying
A LANDLORD, who used hidden cameras to spy on tenants from a dark shed filled with computers, learned his fate today.
Roxy husband’s grim prison Christmas
ROXY Jacenko’s husband Oliver Curtis will spend his first Christmas in prison and it will be a grim affair for the convicted share trader.
Weapon you’d never see coming
THREE Aussies were sentenced to life in prison for using a drug that kills victims in their sleep. They all have one thing in common.
Feared enforcer ‘terrified’ of life outside
RODNEY Atkinson, an inmate so dangerous and feared he was shackled just to move cells, has confessed he’s terrified of life outside jail.
‘I am ready to kill all the time’
AFTER weeks reporting from the bloody warzone in Iraq, one thing stands out for Chris Shearer. WARNING: Graphic images
Sydney gets even more ‘abysmally lame’
JUST a day after the NSW Government was slammed for an “abysmally lame” tourist ad they have now done something even lamer.
Magazine cover everyone is talking about
A LITTLE girl dressed in pink with matching hair stares pensively into the camera. It seems a harmless cover, but this picture is generating a lot of debate.
Aussie’s close call at deadly Berlin market
AN AUSTRALIAN woman’s last-minute decision to cancel a date at the Berlin Christmas market where at least nine people have died may have saved her life.
Brock Turner judge cleared of wrongdoing
THE judge who was criticised for being too lenient in sentencing Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexual assault has been cleared of misconduct.
Muslim group sent bacon-filled cards
THE Lebanese Muslim Association in Lakemba was sent bacon-filled Christmas cards in a “stupid and thoughtless” stunt.
‘To the man who tried to rape me’
A WOMAN has written an open letter to the man who assaulted her in a nightclub, one year after the attack. It’s now going viral.
Proof the 70s and 80s were better
YOU can keep your Snapchat, Wi-Fi and VR, we all know the 70s and 80s were better. Here are 10 things today’s spoilt children are missing out on.
Yes, Sydney is ‘abysmally lame’
A NEW ad was supposed to attract people to Sydney but it’s more likely to drive everyone to its cooler cousin, Melbourne, instead.
Suspicious death prompts reward
A MYSTERY meeting at Sydney’s Watsons Bay may help explain what happened to Katrina Ploy, whose body was found in 2006.
Jogger mum can’t describe her abductors
THE investigation into the kidnapping of California woman Sherri Papini remains “a top priority” according to the county’s top cop.
Death house’s grisly layout
THE grisly layout of bodies that greeted police who unlatched the gate at the Davidson home of the Colombian Manrique-Lutz family has been revealed.
Nostradamus’ 2017 tips: Trump, hot wars, China
HE WAS the philosopher who predicted many major events. And Nostradamus has some scary predictions about US President-elect Donald Trump, including notes on China.
House of horrors sells for $850,000
IT WAS marketed as a “family home in a highly regarded woodland setting”, but this house that just sold for $850,000 has a violent past.
‘Baby Boomers will take earth with them’
A GEN Z entrepreneur says it’s the older generations who’ve had it easiest, and they’re pulling the ladder up after themselves.
Woman’s final moments caught on CCTV
DISTURBING footage showing the final moments of a woman’s life as she endured “unprofessional and inhumane” treatment in custody has been released.
Twins forced into hiding by mum
POLICE have released images of twin girls abducted by their “manipulative” mother. She is believed to have forced them into hiding.
‘She looks like a glazed doughnut’
FEW people have the courage and resilience Carly showed after her photo went viral on Reddit, attracting hundreds of cruel comments.
The Australian kids terrified of turning 18
DYLAN doesn’t want other kids to go through what he did. Days before his 18th birthday, he was told to start “looking for a shelter”.
Before and after pics of desolated city
A ONCE-proud city has been all but obliterated by the ravages of war. Photos from before and after the crisis reveal the full extent of the devastation.
Why people think this statue is racist
IT MEASURES only 1.5 metres high and sits outside a suburban Sydney church, but this memorial is at the centre of the latest race discrimination scandal.
App is lifeline for city’s homeless
Give the type of Christmas card that really makes a difference for the nation’s homeless.
Woman’s grandson with missing child
A WOMAN has told of her shock at seeing her grandson carrying a baby that she recognised from Facebook as a missing child.
This year’s dumbest new words
IN 2015 we heard “squad goals”, “on fleek” and “bae”. But the words that have come out of this year are a whole lot worse.
‘I got a feeling something was wrong’
THE father of slain US jogger Karina Vetrano, who was killed while on a run in Queens, has spoken about the “bad feeling” he had the day his daughter died.
The best pictures of 2016
IT HAS been a year of momentous changes and AFP has captured many of them in its best photos of 2016. WARNING: Graphic images.
Australia’s top Google searches in 2016
FROM the US election to the plebiscite — Google has revealed what was on top of the search agenda in Australia for 2016.
‘My racist bus rant ruined my life’
THE creator of the first “racist rant” video has come face-to-face with the fellow Melbourne bus passenger he shamed in front of the world.
Word of the year sums us up perfectly
THE Australian National Dictionary Centre has revealed its 2016 Word of the Year, and it sums up Aussies perfectly.
‘He choked me until I thought I would die’
ALI* has “a million stories” about being scared for her safety, even in broad daylight. The worst of all was when her own boyfriend attacked her.
Kid offers $2 ‘emotional advice’
MEET Ciro. He’s the 11-year-old who is offering “emotional advice” to commuters as they wait for the train. But he has very strict hours.
Sydney socialite spared Christmas in jail
SOCIALITE and model Kirsty Dayment has been spared a potential first Christmas in prison on cocaine and ecstasy charges.
Fury over Sam’s ‘granny’ undies
AN ONLINE story with photos of Sunrise host Sam Armytage with a visible panty-line has been slammed by women as bullying.
These graves are better than your home
AS THE death toll from Mexico’s war on drugs reaches the tens of thousands, drug king pins are spending $390,000 on their pimped out tombs.
Sherri ‘too scared’ to tell truth
A SERIAL killer profiler believes kidnapped jogger Sherri Papini is lying about her abductors because she is “too scared”.
Remains may belong to missing Karen Rae
A YEAR-LONG cold case has been solved, with human remains found near a Melbourne highway and a man charged with murder.
Inside Manila’s funeral parlours
ABOUT five victims a night are brought into mortuaries in the capital of the Philippines, where the brutal drug war is taking a new toll. Warning: Graphic.
Man who saved 6000 Jews
JAPANESE diplomat Sempo Sugihara risked his and his family’s lives by defying orders to help 6000 Jewish people escape the Holocaust.
‘Men will think I’m exaggerating’
LEIGH Sales has made a powerful statement about women as a council considers removing CCTV from the street where Jill Meagher was murdered.
‘High on ice I pulled the trigger’
AN ICE dealer and addict for 20 years, Pat Smith recalls the night he fired a sawn-off shotgun at a man at point blank range. It turned his life around.
1.2 million people RSVP to epic birthday
THIS girl’s dad said “everyone is welcome” to her 15th birthday party. Now police are on standby after 1.2 million people RSVP’d to the invite.
Ice traffickers celebrate with proposal
A VICTORIAN couple prosecuted for trafficking drugs have celebrated their release with a marriage proposal on the courthouse steps.
Most terrifying mugshot you’ll see
JOCELYN Wildenstein, otherwise known as “Catwoman”, has been accused of slashing her boyfriend’s face with a pair of scissors.
Woman’s catcall experiment
WHEN Eleanor Gordon-Smith decided to stop and engage with her catcallers, she was stunned by what she discovered.
Demolition crews destroy wrong house
IF YOU think your morning has got off to a bad start spare a thought for the man whose house was demolished by mistake.
Baird set to relax lockout law times
NSW Premier Mike Baird is set to announce changes to Sydney’s lockout law regime, with closing times expected to be extended.
The other woman who disappeared
THE abduction of Sherri Papini created international headlines. But another Californian woman also went missing on the same day, just 40km away.
Sherri’s friend vanished in same spot
A HIGH school friend of Sherri Papini went missing more than a decade ago after going for a jog on the same street.
A letter to my overweight 13-year-old self
ACTRESS Tammin Sursok hasn’t always been as confident as she is today. In this letter to her teenage self, she reveals how she turned her life around.
Fined for parking in their own driveway
A PERTH family has copped a $100 fine for parking in their own driveway. They’re “really angry”, and are determined to avoid paying it.
‘I have a doll of my dead son’
A HEARTBROKEN mum from Tasmania has immortalised her son as a lifelike doll after he died of cancer.
‘Dark evil in small-town America’
HIS murder shocked a close-knit town. David Grunwald disappeared after dropping his girlfriend home. Then cops found remains.
Police air disturbing tactics rapists use
THESE are the chilling stories our unis didn’t want you to read. Police reports obtained under FOI laws paint a terrifying picture.
An open letter to men on the street
WOMEN can feel vulnerable when they exercise alone, and they are. But good men can make women feel safer when they’re out running. Here’s how.
Abducted jogger flees with husband
SHERRI Papini and her husband have reportedly skipped town. Their neighbour says they probably won’t return.
Student found dead on party trip
AN OXFORD student has been found dead in a holiday flat after attending a notorious party event in the French Alps.
Woman beaters getting away with it
NEW figures show more than half of all perpetrators of violence against women are getting away with their crimes. This graph reveals why.
Why there are so many women in jail
THE number of women locked up in Australia’s prisons has risen significantly, and one minister has a plausible theory that explains why.
Touching tribute to nine-year-old boy
TRIBUTES are pouring in for nine-year-old Perth boy Tyreez Mundroin, who died playing basketball on Saturday afternoon.
Tostee ‘dumped’ by girlfriend
GABLE Tostee has reportedly been dumped by the girlfriend who stood by him throughout his high profile murder trial.
Hubby speaks out: ‘Bruises were intense’
THE husband of Sherri Papini has told for the first time of the horrific ordeal his wife went through when she was abducted.
Cost of the world’s fiercest war
EVERYTHING is black here. From children’s skin to the choking, claustrophobic sky - it’s hell on Earth, and the threat of death is constant.
Slave trade in our own backyard
SANDRA came to Australia expecting paid work and freedom, but instead became a victim of the horror forced labour epidemic that most don’t know about.
25 million girls who don’t exist
THEY are China’s missing generation. Twenty-five million girls who technically don’t exist all because of their gender.
Why this iconic symbol has been axed
THE Uniting Church logo is meant to show “the cross of Christ standing over a darkened world”, but now the church is abandoning it for a controversial reason.
Unsettling twist: Was key clue planted?
THE Sherri Papini investigation has taken another disturbing twist as suspicion builds about the original crime scene. Was it actually staged?
Rape ‘can be justified’: report
A DISTURBING study finds 25 per cent of Europeans think rape can be justified. Which countries believed this the most and why?
‘What’s he worried that I’m going to see?’
FORMER One Nation MP David Oldfield has hit back after he was sensationally denied access to a prison in Western Australia in tonight’s First Contact.
Sex predators you don’t think exist
FEMALE sex offenders may seem rare but new research turns what we know about them on its head, revealing it’s more common than we think.
Is Trump adding ‘gators to the swamp?
DONALD Trump vowed to ‘drain the swamp’ that is the nation’s capital. Instead, he seems to be crowding the waters with billionaires.
‘I groaned quietly. The whole Dolly team did’
MARINA Go was Dolly magazine’s biggest fan. She was the magazine’s editor and more recently publisher at Bauer Media. She knows why it was axed.
Leah’s strange call with Tom Cruise
ACTRESS Leah Remini has spoken about an odd telephone call she received from Tom Cruise as her series about Scientology airs.
Dark conspiracy theories spread
AMID the trickle of information about Sherri Papini’s abduction, some sinister conspiracy theories are spreading.
‘Unfair’ reaction to First Contact
EVEN though Jenna Martin had heard enough behind-the-scenes First Contact tales to know what was coming, she didn’t expect this.
Postage label from the Titanic for sale
A POSTAGE label from a parcel addressed to a wireless operator on the doomed Titanic luxury ocean liner is expected to fetch $20,000.
What lies beneath our big cities?
FROM Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium to Sydney’s Town Hall, there are secret tunnels, cemeteries and bunkers under our capital cities.
Inside the Davidson death house
THE house where the Lutz-Manrique family gassed to death last month is renting for a discount $750 after relatives found the couple left no will.
‘We’re turning the clock back to 70s’
ANNA Yocca has spent almost 12 month behind bars for attempting to give herself an abortion. She is an example of the harsh reality women face in the US.
‘A self-serving piece of spin’
A STUDENT suing MP Terri Butler over her racism “slur” on Q&A has rejected her “sham” apology, saying he will see her in court.
Burning questions in jogger case
INVESTIGATORS are baffled by the case of Sherri Papini, who went missing while jogging and was found in restraints.
Teen takes stupidity to new heights
DIZZYING footage shows a ditzy daredevil dangling by one arm from scaffolding hundreds of feet above New York City. It’s not only his life he’s risking.
Australia’s new forgotten people
AFTER the election of Donald Trump, there is a renewed interest in the lives of an angry segment of Australia’s population.
Police dug into jogger couple’s past
POLICE were investigating the online history of Sherri Papini before she was found in restraints on the side of the road after 22 days missing.
Schoolies make arses of themselves
THE kids have packed up and gone home, but thousands of over-18s are continuing to cause trouble for police with a new trend.
Aussie mum locked up in squalid jail
AUSTRALIAN mother and surrogacy agent Tammy Davis-Charles made an eerie Facebook post days before she was detained in Cambodia’s Prey Sar prison.
Kerri-Anne’s husband goes home
Kerri-Anne Kennerley has finally taken her husband home, eight months after he suffered spinal injuries after a freak accident.
Schoolies arrests double this year
WEEK two of Schoolies has begun and school leavers are getting risque and are stripping down while arrests have doubled this year.
Corona founder snubs poor village
IT TURNS out the humble Spanish villagers who were about to become Corona beer millionaires won’t be seeing that money after all.
