The grief-stricken family of two boys who were found dead inside their Blue Mountains home have shared details of their heartbreak. The boy’s father Nick Smith found his two sons, Russell, 11, and his younger brother Ben, 9, inside the Faulconbridge house just before 1pm on Tuesday. The boys’ mother Trish Smith, 42, was arrested … Read more
Image: WBNS 10TV / YouTube While Donald Trump’s claims that Haitian immigrants are kidnapping and eating pets aren’t supported by any evidence, vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s exaggerated statements regarding a child killed in an Ohio school bus crash in August 2023. The father of the deceased child is telling Trump’s supporters to leave him and … Read more
Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 400 children and teenagers suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official says. Police arrested 171 adults, including “ustazs” or Islamic religious teachers, during co-ordinated raids on 20 premises across two … Read more
BOSTON — Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena. Sanders said de la Torre needs to answer to the American people about how he … Read more
LANSING, Kan. — The shuttered Kansas prison where the killers chronicled in Truman Capote ‘s “In Cold Blood” were executed is now a tourist attraction. Starting Friday, former wardens and corrections officers will lead two-hour tours of the stone-walled building in Lansing that first began housing inmates in the 1860s, The Kansas City Star reported. … Read more
Photo: Steelkamp / Wikimedia Commons An Australian court ordered an unruly passenger to cover the costs of jet fuel dumped so his flight could be diverted on Monday. The 33-year-old man will pay $5,750 for the fuel along with a $5,980 fine for his actions. The passenger was on a 4-hour flight in September 2023 … Read more
Multiple harrowing victim impact statements have been heard in court over the past two days as the man who caused the Hunter Valley bus crash prepares to enter the witness box himself. Brett Button, 59, was behind the wheel of a coach carrying 35 people from a winery wedding back to their accommodation in Singleton … Read more
Actor Simon Baker has avoided a drink driving conviction in a NSW court. The Hollywood star was met by a media scrum when he arrived at Mullumbimby Local Court on Wednesday, wearing a sage green suit. The 55-year-old was arrested after police noted him driving erratically for about 8km on Booyong Rd, in the state’s … Read more
A homicide investigation is continuing in the Blue Mountains after two boys were found dead by their father at their mother’s home. He found the bodies of his two sons, aged nine and 11, inside the Faulconbridge house just before 1pm on Tuesday. The boys’ mother Trish Smith, 42, was arrested and spent Tuesday night … Read more
Image: Marko Law, PLLC Two elementary school students were seriously injured while on a field trip to Ford’s test track in Auburn Hills, Michigan. A demonstration driver, in what appears to be a Mustang, lost control of the machine and ran headlong into the guardrail behind which the classroom of students had gathered. Elijah Gibson, … Read more
