Man jailed for Capricorn Hwy crash that killed mine worker while fatigued and drugged-up near Rockhampton

Man jailed for Capricorn Hwy crash that killed mine worker while fatigued and drugged-up near Rockhampton

A man who was driving while fatigued and taking “poor man’s meth” tablets when he killed a mine worker in a head-on collision has been jailed for seven years. Nathan Brian Teraki, 41, faced Queensland District Court in Brisbane on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death while affected by … Read more

NSW man abused by school counsellor tells court the heartbreaking story of his life that followed

NSW man abused by school counsellor tells court the heartbreaking story of his life that followed

A school reunion threw one man into a “void” from which he has never recovered after he returned to the site where he was sexually abused by a former counsellor, a court has heard. Allan Keith Huggins used his trusted role in several schools and within the northern NSW community of Armidale to perpetrate shocking … Read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with three federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution following allegations he hit and abused women for over a decade and presided over an empire of sexual crimes. The music mogul “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and … Read more

Titan submersible sent its final message six seconds before contact was lost, investigators say at US Coast Guard hearing

Titan submersible sent its final message six seconds before contact was lost, investigators say at US Coast Guard hearing

The Titan submersible sent its final message just six seconds before it lost contact with the surface during its ill-fated dive to the Titanic, according to a US Coast Guard body probing the vessel’s implosion in June 2023, which killed all five people on board. “Dropped two wts,” the Titan’s text to its mother ship … Read more

Troubled TV star Andrew O’Keefe arrested for allegedly breaching bail

Troubled TV star Andrew O’Keefe arrested for allegedly breaching bail

Former television star Andrew O’Keefe has been arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. It follows reports he survived a drug overdose while at a party in Sydney’s east over the weekend. O’Keefe was filmed arguing with a camera operator on Monday before he was arrested. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today … Read more

Robert and Anne Geeves found not guilty of murdering Amber Haigh in NSW’s Riverina

Robert and Anne Geeves found not guilty of murdering Amber Haigh in NSW’s Riverina

A two-decade mystery about the disappearance of a young mum from rural NSW has come to a close after the couple accused of murdering her were found not guilty. Husband and wife Robert and Anne Geeves, both aged 64, spent more than two years in prison while waiting to stand trial for the murder of … Read more

Harvey Weinstein charged in New York with additional crimes

Harvey Weinstein charged in New York with additional crimes

Harvey Weinstein has been hit with new criminal charges in New York, a prosecutor has said in court, as the Manhattan district attorney’s office prepares to retry the former movie mogul following the reversal of his rape conviction. Jurors in Manhattan found Weinstein, 72, guilty on rape charges in 2020 but the New York Court … Read more

Alleged thief caught and held by residents of Guildford in Western Sydney

Alleged thief caught and held by residents of Guildford in Western Sydney

A group of Western Sydney residents have made a citizen’s arrest of an alleged thief, who tried to run off but fell into a backyard pool — twice. The Guildford residents said they spotted the man in their neighbourhood — which has been a recent target for thieves — on Wednesday night. WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more

NSW cop Kristian White who tasered great-grandmother Clare Nowland in Cooma aged care home asks for judge-only trial

NSW cop Kristian White who tasered great-grandmother Clare Nowland in Cooma aged care home asks for judge-only trial

A NSW Police officer accused of killing a 95-year-old dementia patient when he tasered her is seeking a judge-only trial. Senior Constable Kristian White is alleged to have caused Clare Nowland’s death when he tasered her at an aged-care home in the NSW town of Cooma in May 2023. White, 33, was charged with manslaughter, … Read more

Father of youngest Hunter Valley bus crash victim Kane Symons says his death has left a void ‘that will never be filled’

Father of youngest Hunter Valley bus crash victim Kane Symons says his death has left a void ‘that will never be filled’

The grieving father of the youngest victim of the Hunter Valley wedding bus crash which claimed 10 lives and injured 25 has told how his loss has caused “an irreparable void that will never be filled”. Steven Symons — reading from his victim impact statement on Tuesday in Newcastle District Court during the sentence hearing … Read more