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Jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial

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Donald Trump has become the first US president to be convicted of a crime with a New York jury find him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. Follow live.

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Guilty on all counts: Trump becomes first US president to be convicted of a crime

The court decision could reshape the 2024 US presidential race and further fracture an already divided nation. 

‘Evening Standard’ to end daily print edition after 200 years

The London paper, which has angered dictators and shaped the legacy of political leaders, says the change is driven by better WiFi on the Tube and a shift to working from home.

Chris and Paul Dawson archival footage

Phone taps, diaries and an ad with ‘love’ to Lyn: Dawson’s tangled web

On March 27, 1982, a 15-word ad appeared in a Sydney newspaper, urging “Lyn” to call “Chris”. The author had already murdered her, a judge found.

Nine star raised privacy concerns at highest level, former CEO says

Former Nine CEO Hugh Marks.

Hugh Marks has confirmed a senior presenter told him the network was feeding confidential information about her to rival media firms.

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A not so mighty wind: NSW lags in renewable energy approvals

Renewable energy proponents say it is taking too long for projects to be approved a week after the Minns government extended the lifeline of the Eraring coal power station.

The remnants ofatent city in Rafah set alight by an Israeli airstrike, burning its inhabitants to death.

When you force a million people into a ‘safe zone’ then bomb it, ‘whoops’ doesn’t quite cut it

Benjamin Netanyahu can’t call the Rafah deaths a “tragedy” of hindsight.

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Waleed Aly

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‘Honey, you’re overreacting’: The reason why too many men get away with it

I was seven before my mother finally escaped my father. We have both been repeatedly let down by authorities who made excuses for the violent men in our lives.

My father admitted his obsessive control of my mother. My ex-partner stalked and attacked me. But doctors and police just wouldn’t listen.

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Jennie Hollamby

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NSW Police seek a new spin doctor after months of chaos

After their last appointment drew controversy, the police are after a new media head to give Karen Webb some tabloid sparkle.

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‘Tough times’: How cost of living pain is hurting this Sydney chocolate maker

Tina Angelis.

Economic headwinds across the city and state are adding to pressures on the NSW budget.

Suburbs where home owners can’t afford their mortgages

Sydney suburbs where home owners are behind on their mortgages

As many as one in 30 households in hard-hit pockets have fallen behind on repayments, buckling under high rates and inflation.

Only 2% of Sydney housing shifts east under shake-up

Despite Chris Minns announcing an ambitious rewrite of the state’s housing targets, an analysis of the plans shows little movement in the overall spread of proposed dwellings.

The battle off the field is as intense as the one on it.
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NRL 2024

You’ll never guess which NRL club is doing best – and worst – off the field

An NRL document has ranked the financial performance of every club. There are some big surprises – at the top and bottom of the ladder.

Benji Marshall puts his family ahead of football. Why are we attacking him?

Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall (second from left) on the bench in Tamworth.

The Wests Tigers coach has been criticised for taking a mid-season trip to Fiji.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

How this Blues ‘brotherhood’ got their Christmas present six months later

When Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton, Brian To’o and Spencer Leniu said their goodbyes at a Christmas party, they didn’t dream they’d be re-uniting so soon.

Wagon Wheel v Cart Wheel taste test: Are Aldi’s copycats even better than the real thing?

Wagon Wheel v Cart Wheel taste test: Are Aldi’s copycats even better than the real thing?

Similar names, similar packaging, but up to half the price. Good Food blind taste-tests popular chocolates against their imitators, with some surprising results.

The next Japan: The other exciting Asian country Aussies are flocking to

A Seoul kind of feeling... the bright lights of Sinchon, Seoul.

With K-pop idols, K-dramas and Oscar-winning films, South Korea is becoming the region’s hottest destination.

Midnight Oil to a ‘jaw-dropping’ Demi Moore: 15 highlights of the Sydney Film Festival

From Cannes award winners to local documentaries and big-name stars, these are the festival’s top picks.

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Six weeks ago, he was an Origin outcast. Now Luai is in NSW’s leadership group

Six weeks ago, he was an Origin outcast. Now Luai is in NSW’s leadership group

The Tigers-bound five-eighth was dropped for the final match of last year’s series and a recall looked a long way off. But injuries opened the door to a dramatic change of fortunes.

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow’s try for the Maroons in 2023.

The Blues have been burned by pace before. So how do they put the brakes on Maroons?

Queensland’s back line boasts some of the fastest players ever seen in Maroon. Origin I could be gone in the blink of an eye if they find open space.

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A worker inside the massive boring machine which is about to start tunnelling under Sydney Harbour.

Inside the giant worm set to carve out a second rail line under Sydney Harbour

The tunnel boring machine will begin digging its way beneath the harbour from Rozelle to the northern end of the CBD within days.

‘I’ve still got my mother-in-law’s Mixmaster’: Inside Sydney’s dying breed of repair shops

Horologist Christoper Soto at Parker Time.

As tinkers and cobblers dwindle in number, and goods are easier to replace than repair, some businesses are bucking the trend.

Here comes winter … and with it even more rain

Here comes winter … and with it even more rain

Heavy rain is set to hit the east coast of Australia to kick off winter after a soggy autumn.

Government blunders in published costing of Powerhouse Museum revamp

Renders of the new look Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo.

The Minns government has been left red-faced after a $350.4 million costing of the Powerhouse Museum redevelopment at Ultimo was published in error.

Police reveal new information about riverbank baby as mother remains missing

Police are searching a new area of interest following the discovery on Monday.

After police found evidence that a woman had given birth on the banks of the Cooks River, DNA testing has revealed the missing baby is a boy.

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Martin Freeman as troubled Liverpool police officer Chris Carson.
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Martin Freeman is back in the best, most intense police drama in years

Created and written by former police officer Tony Schumacher, The Responder returns for another compelling – if anxiety-inducing – season.

Miranda July has published her first novel in almost a decade, All Fours.

Did Miranda July just write ‘the first great perimenopause novel’?

The writer, director and actor has achieved the impossible and made middle age sexy.

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Nambucca Heads on the NSW North Coast.

‘A pretty magic spot’: Where you can sea-change for under $750,000 in NSW

Byron might be out of reach, but Sydneysiders are ditching the commute for coastal hotspots that cost half the price of the capital.

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Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall (second from left) on the bench in Tamworth.
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NRL 2024

Benji Marshall puts his family ahead of football. Why are we attacking him?

The Wests Tigers coach has been criticised for taking a mid-season trip to Fiji.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

The battle off the field is as intense as the one on it.
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You’ll never guess which NRL club is performing best – and worst – off the field

An NRL document has ranked the financial performance of every club. There are some big surprises – at the top and bottom of the ladder – in this revenue reveal.

Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton, Brian To’o and Spencer Leniu playing for Samoa at the 2022 World Cup.

How this Blues ‘brotherhood’ got their Christmas present six months later

When Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton, Brian To’o and Spencer Leniu said their goodbyes at a Christmas party, they didn’t dream they’d be re-uniting so soon.

Mitchell Moses.

Moses the master as Eels beat Sharks

Their star No.7 is back and all is well with the Eels again. Finally, Eels fans have something to smile about again.

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow’s try for the Maroons in 2023.

The Blues have been burned by pace before. So how do they put the brakes on Maroons?

Queensland’s back line boasts some of the fastest players ever seen in Maroon. Origin I could be gone in the blink of an eye if they find open space.

Rugby Australia chair Daniel Herbert and CEO Phil Waugh

The Rebels are victims of a long-overdue austerity drive in Australian rugby

Is Rugby Australia’s decision to axe Melbourne another episode of calamity in the 15-man code, or a necessary act of leadership?

Jaime Chapman started her NRL journey at the Kurnell stingrays in the Shire.

‘Paul Gallen is my hero’: The gesture that stuck with Jaime Chapman

A meeting with the NSW Blues great 14 years ago made a big impression on a young Jaime Chapman, then a Kurnell Stingrays junior and now a NSW Origin sensation.

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