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People were evacuated onto the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale Airport following reports of a shooting inside the terminal.

Florida airport gunman silent as he opened fire

BREAKING
1 min ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin ordered hacking to help elect Trump: US intel report

BREAKING
12 mins ago

Trump says the Russian hacking is a political witch hunt.

Trump dismisses hacking case as a witch hunt

What lies ahead for Australian companies in 2017? There's some things we can predict - but brace yourself for the ...

Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

Washington Post female symbol typo

'Biggest typo ever': Washington Post in front page clanger

Shark

Shark alert: What is going on beneath our waves?

'James' health is our primary focus': Tania Hird breaks her silence

How much should we pay to keep Alcoa open?

The video that allegedly caught tennis champ 'match-fixing'

EXCLUSIVE

Teenage girl killed in two-car crash near Ballarat

1 hr ago

PM under pressure to sack health minister over Gold Coast unit

Brighton Beach was one of the beaches to record consistently good water quality.

The Melbourne beach that fails to make the grade

Jamie Oliver returns with Jamie's Super Food Family Classics.

Jamie Oliver shuts down six restaurants in Brexit squeeze

A happy ending for the author.

The summer when Michael met Sally

No Debbie Reynold and Gene Wilder: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling put on their dancing shoes for <i>La La Land</i>.

La La Land is a terrible film, but it will win an Oscar anyway

COMMENT

All you need to know about the 38 best diets for health

All you need to know about the 38 best diets for health

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Melbourne weather: weekend scorcher

Young families want pools and often it's a make or break thing.

Thirteen ways to keep your cool in Melbourne

Fig is a popular scent used by several fashion retailers.

The smells that could make you spend more on clothes

The dos and don’ts of applying for a rental property.

How to get the home: six tips for a successful rental application

How to figure out who's using your Netflix password

How to figure out who's using your Netflix password

Point Lonsdale Beach was closed due to shark sighting within 500 metres of flags.

Pier to Pub to go ahead despite great white shark sightings

Scorching Saturday leads to very high fire danger rating

1 hr ago

Robert comes to the rescue after bag shuts down CBD's west end

Jockey Michael Walker has been accused of animal cruelty after allegedly torturing a southern eagle ray with a knife on ...

Leading jockey accused of torturing stingray on fishing trip

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Why you should brace yourself for a record shark season

age news 6/1/2017 story angus smith ?House of horror - ??Termites attack a home in Melton Melton resident, Jake Pace, ...

House of horrors: calls for a central termite zoning framework

Victoria Police are appealing for public help to find 10-year-old Ben Hodson.

Ten-year-old boy has been missing for three days

The teenager fell 12m off a cliff at Windang Island.

Teenager falls off cliff after dropping mobile phone

NSW
24 mins ago

Matthew Day works at Casino News where the $55 million Powerball entry was sold.

Public servants share in $55m Powerball win

UPDATED

A Bundanoon woman woke up to this funnel web spider crawling on her and biting her - in her bed.

Woman bitten in bed by funnel web spider

NSW

The crowd on Northbourne watches on as the Summernats City Cruise passes the Sydney Building.

Man dies after injury at Summernats

ACT

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

This is not the time of year to submit to the pub test, Minister

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

'No apology': Government doubles down on Centrelink debt clawback

Fergus Hunter

One Nation will get bigger but can Hanson steady the ship?

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

Ley bought house from Liberal donor on taxpayer-funded trip

PNG MP Ronny Knight: "This is Papua New Guinea. This is not Australia."

Australia's dirty little secret

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says New Zealand has a 'hostile attitude' towards Israel.

NZ MP labels Roberts 'village idiot' over sanctions comments

Labor's human services spokeswoman Linda Burney.

Labor seeks audit office probe into Centrelink debt clawback

EXCLUSIVE

James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, speaks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on foreign cyber ...

Trump says focus on Russian hacking is a political witch hunt

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Man almost dies in freak backpack accident

Trump says the Russian hacking is a political witch hunt.

Trump admits US will pay for border wall, bill Mexico later

Jennifer Epstein

Undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show Russian Military engineers driving in ...

Russia says it has begun reduction of forces in Syria

PNG Police defend their brutal treatment of assylum seekers released on Manus Island.

This is Australia's dirty little secret

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull set the tone for 2017 with a grim message for the public.

Welcome to politics in 2017: a festival of small ideas

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

The process to draw up the Australia Day and Queen's Birthday honours lists is cumbersome, onerous and biased.

The British nail it, but we're left with 34,533 Johns

COMMENT
Anne Summers

What lies ahead for Australian companies in 2017? There's some things we can predict - but brace yourself for the ...

Looking into the crystal ball: Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

Used to angry letters from retirees: Former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens.

Interest rate cuts not win-win for all

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine
46 mins ago

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Packer tipped for tie-up with pokie-heavy clubs

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Jamie Oliver returns with Jamie's Super Food Family Classics.

Jamie Oliver shuts six UK restaurants in Brexit squeeze

'Emerging mismatch:' Oversupply of doctors to hit this year

Jan Cameron rules out taking Bellamy's chair

PM's office in push for Alcoa deal

Royce Millar

Allen's Lollies hits the personalisation sweet spot

The trends from the 60s and 70s that have have reappeared with a whole new attitude.

Mid-century features that have made a stylish comeback

The dos and don’ts of applying for a rental property.

How to get the home: six tips for a successful rental application

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 21: Ceci and Aydin Kevanloo pose for a portrait at their Collingwood studio on ...

'Tired of seeing the same thing': Melbourne pair take on the world

Three Parts House by Architects EAT.

The architecture trends you'll be saying goodbye to this year

Transitional Living Room by Found Associates.

How to make like Michelangelo and spruce up your ceiling

Bausele Oceanmoon.

Eight Australian watch brands you need to know

Watches

Sometimes the money and the car and the corporate card just aren't enough.

How my dream job turned into a nightmare

Life On Mars

Speak up, and put your hand up.

Invest in yourself in 2017

Annika Bradley

The excellent John Oliver, British comedian and host of the US Last Week Tonight Show, takes a satirical view of news, ...

Six ways to be better investor through entertainment

Chris Brycki

Wing La Cakes owner Wing La expects fellow existing businesses to adapt to the newcomers.

'We need the hipsters': Asian small business leader

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

HiSmile founders Nik Mirkovic and Alex Tomic have used Kylie Jenner to spruik their product.

Dental dimes: $10 millon turnover in 18 months

Kate Jones

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Federer at scintillating best in win over Gasquet

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Too much rain? Call an Indonesian shaman

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The wearables of tomorrow

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Minister's expensive impulse buy

Federal Politics

2SM Sports commentator Reg Grundy, pictured in January 1953. SUN NEWS Picture by LAURIE SHEA Radio broadcasting hhollins ...

Rewind - When they were young

Room

In "Room", 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life.

Sherlock

Brand new season of Sherlock now streaming, Only on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

Advertiser Content

Hit the road and escape the city

Advertiser

2DayFM's fledgling breakfast show stars Rove and Sam have been axed and moved to a night show.

Bye, Rove and Sam, you never stood a chance

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Nailed it: Tony Di Blasi, shown here during an Avalanches show in London, and the Avalanches got the party tone just ...

The Avalanches review: Ultimate party time

Bernard Zuel

No Debbie Reynold and Gene Kelly: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling put on their dancing shoes for <i>La La Land</i>.

Why 'terrible' cult film La La Land will still win an Oscar

COMMENT
Lee Tran Lam

Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in The Force Awakens.

Carrie Fisher's scenes may be cut from the eighth Star Wars film

Broede Carmody

Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams perform on NBC's Today in December.

Pharrell, Ellen address gospel singer's anti-gay statements

Kelly Lawler

My sales are this big ... Adele finished 2016 as she finished 2015, with the highest selling album of the year in Australia.

Top seller of 2016: It went bigger than Christmas

Bernard Zuel

JonBenet Ramsay as Little Miss of Charlevoix County.

Australian director's JonBenet Ramsey doco success

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Neil Patrick Harris performs during the Hillary Victory Fund - Stronger Together concert at ...

Being ugly is refreshing: NPH relinquishes his vanity

Andrew Murfett

Midsumma Horizon performers Milo Hyde, Heni Lola, Dani Boi and Chad Mclachlan.

Welcome to Testing Grounds, the arts centre behind the Arts Centre

Annabel Ross

Artists and filmmakers in the VR collective (from left): Daniel Crooks, Shaun Gladwell, Tony Albert, Leo Faber and Amiel ...

Aussie virtual reality collective heads to Sundance Film Festival

Hannah Francis

Andreas Lohmeyer, Nat Jobe, Crystal Hegedis and Chandel Rose in <I>Room on the Broom</I>.

Room on the Broom musical adaptation doesn't miss a beat

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.

Meryl Streep delivers eulogy for Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds

The organisers of the March On Sydney

Women bring anti-Trump inauguration rallies to Australia

Arielle De Bono

Crowds at the Falls Festival in Lorne.

Falls Festival calls on men to 'have some respect' for women

Nicole Economos

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Tamara Mellon arrives at the Diane von Furstenberg & Stephen Alden party at Claridges on ...

Jimmy Choo founder reveals plan to shake up shoe sales

Mad Men's Betty Draper.

What happens when narcissists become parents?

Jody Allard

"I want them to have the option of pushing a button and having it right up in their faces."

'Donated' insults turned into one-click 'rape threat generator'

Daisy Dumas

One of six handwritten notes by Princess Diana that went to auction.

Diana letter about troublesome Harry sells for $4000

State Rep. Ilhan Omar takes the oath of office as the 2017 Legislature convened Tuesday.

First Muslim woman sworn in to US Congress

Arielle De Bono

Showering certainly wasn't conducive to good health for Janet Leigh in the film Psycho.

Is cleanliness harming our health?

Sarah Berry

Starving for seven days won't help your body to 'detox'.

Don't let detox diets deceive you

Ellie Krieger

PMDD affects women more than PMS, and researchers may now know why.

Possible cause of severe PMS discovered

Melanie Eversley

Coffetti gelati in Anglesea.

Where to find Melbourne's hottest scoops this summer

Gemima Cody

The Fuel Bento box from Bento Buzz is great for organised people.

How to nail work lunches every day (when you have no spare time)

Sharnee Rawson

Peach and prosciutto salad.

Weekly meal planner: Fruit-spiked summer meal ideas

Grant Kessler in the waiting room.

Why the internet is swooning for this teen

It's okay for mums to have a rest.

Why I'm aiming to be a worse mum in 2017

Family holidays are about sharing new experiences.

The five trends that will dominate family travel in 2017

The mouth of the Noosa River on the Sunshine Coast.

Two surprise Aussie cities make world's top 50 destinations list

Kylie McLaughlin

Qantas has been named the world's safest airline again.

World's safest airlines named in annual rankings

Sinead Pearson

Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives: But what does this place have in common with Jordan, London and Iceland?

Traveller quiz: What do Iceland, Maldives, London have in common?

Mal Chenu

Tim Baxter, president and COO of Samsung Electronics America, speaks at CES.

Humble Samsung blunt about its 2016 struggles

A 75-inch Samsung QLED TV.

Everything Samsung announced at CES

The Cerevo Taclim VR shoes.

VR shoes let you feel the surface you're not walking on

Google unleashes Go-playing AI online

Kotaku

Faraday Future's FF 91 can summon 1000 horsepower and go from 0 to to 60mph (96.5kmph) in 2.39 seconds.

Faraday Future unveils FF 91 electric car

Mercedes-AMG has teased a new hybrid supercar at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Mercedes teases F1 hybrid supercar

David McCowen

2017 Hyundai Sonata.

2017 Hyundai Sonata reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Skoda Kodiaq.

Skoda now offers five year warranty

Andrew MacLean

2016 Toyota HiLux.

Australia's favourite car revealed

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai will be giving demonstrations of its Ioniq hybrid at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Hyundai's plan to stop you driving

Dom Tripolone

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best Luxury Car over $80,000: Mercedes-Benz E220d

In-car health monitors to prevent crashes

David McCowen

Turn around: Australia captain Steve Smith celebrates catching Yasir Shah of Pakistan off a delivery by Josh Hazlewood ...

Australia close in on clean sweep

Chris Barrett

Ivan Franjic celebrates with Melbourne City interim coach Michael Valkanis after scoring at AAMI Park on Friday night.

Valkanis off to a winning start

Michael Lynch

Oliver Anderson

Footage of alleged fixed match emerges

EXCLUSIVE
Nino Bucci

Bernard Tomic

'Set for life': Tomic means business

Pat Cummins: Dean Jones says he's a protected species.

Dean Jones: Take Pat Cummins out of cotton wool

Dean Jones

Ready to play: James Pattinson.

Pattinson back but Gades warned to beware the fallen Stars

Jon Pierik

Philosophical: Andrew Bogut, in action for the Mavericks in November.

Bogut: writing's on the wall in Dallas

Eddie Sefko

Jordan Thompson

'I've never been approached. I just went about my business'

Phil Lutton

Jeff Kennett hopes Hird gets the help he needs

Bombers, Kennett urge media to lay off Hird and family

UPDATED
Sam McClure

Tania Hird leaving her home on Friday.

Tania Hird breaks her silence on husband James Hird's overdose

Sam McClure

Nathan Buckley.

After Hird scare, Buckley rails against personal attacks

Larissa Nicholson

James Hird has endured opprobrium and scuttlebutt about his personal life.

Hird's years of turmoil take a toll

COMMENT

Joel Selwood of the Cats

Rough and ready: Tough players in the AFL who rarely get injured

Sam McClure

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