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Two people were shot dead and two others were wounded on Friday after a rap concert in Connecticut, local media reported.

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Police were out in force in Melbourne's CBD tonight to curb New Year's Eve trouble and show safety in numbers after the thwarted Christmas Day terror attacks.

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Thousands camp on the banks of the Brisbane River to witness a double firework bonanza, while security is tightened in popular party spots.

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Two bombs claimed by Islamic State killed 25 people in central Baghdad as fighting intensified in the northern city of Mosul.

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Hundreds of frustrated Qantas passengers will be ringing in 2017 stuck in transit in Dubai but not the airline's boss Alan Joyce.

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Flaming starbursts and raining firecrackers have filled the sky above Sydney Harbour for the first round of the biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display the city has ever seen.

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"In terms of knowledge, diagnosis, optimal treatment, guideline-based care, I'm pretty sure that machines are already, in some ways, much better than we are."

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Agonising video shows a four-wheel-drive sliding off the back of a barge as patrons watch on in shock.

More than 2000 police officers will patrol Sydney during New Year's Eve celebrations.

More than 60 people were injured, 19 seriously, during a human crush at the Lorne leg of the Falls Festival after some crowd members slipped, triggering a stampede on Friday night.

While much is known about the different wildlife that have habitats in Canberra, there was one species that remained a mystery.

The carp herpesvirus could take out more than just the noxious fish.

A 23-month-old child has been killed after being struck by a car in a driveway on Wootten Street, Colyton, in Sydney's West.

Gordon Ramsay enjoys cooking but does not swear as much as his namesake.

More homes and apartments are using the service than ever before in the ACT.

New Year's Eve revellers at Circular Quay have been granted a bit of early excitement as a large plume of smoke rose over the area, stemming from a fire near the Cahill expressway.

When Robert and Camilla Stanyer planned their perfect honeymoon, Sydney Harbour's world famous fireworks were supposed be the icing on the cake.

Extra security measures established on Gold Coast despite police reassuring Queenslanders there is no threat.

A whip around the globe, highlighting the main global events to watch this year.

Police are hunting a pair of cruel cat-nappers who, armed with a knife, stole a kitten in Cheltenham.

A teenager who was crushed in the Falls Festival stampede has described being covered in someone else's blood and urine while being suffocated under about 15 people.

From police breakthroughs and giant planes to an exploding Thermomix and the Kalgoorlie riots, there was plenty piquing the interest of West Australians in 2016.

For the families of murder victims, or those who have disappeared, the pain never goes away.

Police were called to capture a camel that had escaped onto the Pyrenees Highway on Saturday.

Worksafe has blamed bottle-necks at exits and insecure fencing for the stampede at Falls Festival, with one doctor saying he was amazed no one was killed.

After the chaos inside the Grand Theatre, festival volunteers stepped up and went "above and beyond", providing physical and emotion support for traumatised punters.

European capitals have erected concrete barriers in city centres and stepped up police numbers after the Islamic State and other attacks in 2016.

Numerous young people were injured on Friday night during a crowd crush at Falls Festival in Lorne.

Extra security is in place at Tasmania's Falls Festival in Marion Bay after three young girls were sexually assaulted during performances and at a campground.

The mother of a former rugby league player who unsuccessfully tried to sue a governing body after a scrum collapsed and left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life warned Alex McKinnon has every right to pursue a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the NRL.

The darkest hours in an appalling year for road deaths in Victoria began not long after 8pm on a Friday in mid-April.

A Queensland woman who accidentally ran over her infant son at a funeral south of Brisbane is unlikely to be charged, police say.

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This year you are going to lose weight. Really. Not like last year, when you tried to eat less and exercise more and ended up no lighter, but by approaching the problem differently. Because calories in and calories out is probably the worst way to think about it.

Queensland's opposition is foreshadowing New Year's Eve commuter chaos and has again called for Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe to be sacked.

Avoid being stranded after the fireworks with these five ways to get home safely and inexpensively.

As the rest of Canberra sleeps in or nurses headaches and hangovers, a band of bushwalkers will head for the hills.

New Year's Eve revellers warned about Uber price surge.

The woman was ordered to comply with directions from ACT mental health service staff.

At just 23 years old, Matthew Childs can claim what most his age cannot: he is the CEO and founder of his own successful business.

Melbourne's crazy weather is taking a break to give us clear skies to watch the fireworks on New Year's Eve.

Theresa May has condemned a blunt speech this week by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an unusual move that boosted Britain's relations with the incoming Trump administration at the expense of President Barack Obama.

This year we were captivated by tales of international corruption in the oil industry, terror attacks, a property tycoon turned US president-elect, Brexit, a federal election that saw the return of Pauline Hanson, and a scandalous affair involving a former AFL player and his mate's wife

A Bulldogs premiership, a Footy Show feud, Moomba riots and an underworld murder: It's been a big news year in Melbourne.

A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe has been detected within the system of a Vermont utility, according to US officials.

2017 is the year of the rooster, but a surprise decision by China to reverse centuries of ivory tradition spells good news for elephants.

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Police say a woman was pushed over as the men fled the scene.

An Indonesian budget airline has fired a pilot suspected of trying to fly a plane while he was drunk, and two of its executives have resigned.

The bins are finally coming back to Brisbane's train stations after a lengthy hiatus.