A Victorian father claims his newborn son died after he accidentally dropped him and denies allegations that he violently assaulted the baby, a jury has been told. The man, whose identity is suppressed, has been charged with child homicide and is facing trial in the Supreme Court. Prosecutors have alleged he violently assaulted the baby … Read more
WARNING: Distressing content A father who killed his two-year-old son in a suspected murder-suicide in NSW’s Northern Rivers on Sunday was subject to an apprehended domestic violence order taken out by the boy’s mother, Sophie Roome. James Harrison, 38, and the young boy were found dead inside a Lismore East unit about 9.45pm on Sunday … Read more
Singapore Airlines says a person has died and others were injured when a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence. Singapore’s Flight SQ321 from Heathrow was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 3.45pm local time at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airline announced on its Facebook page. The airline said the aircraft was a Boeing 777-300ER with a total … Read more
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident. The official said the lives of Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were “at risk following the helicopter … Read more
A crash between a “road-marking truck” and a ute in Sydney trapped the two occupants of the truck in the wreckage on Friday morning. The vehicles collided at the intersection of Old Windsor Rd and Abbott Rd at Seven Hills about 3.30am. The male driver sustained fractures, and the female passenger was splashed by hot … Read more
Eight people have been killed and eight critically injured when a bus carrying labourers collided with a pick-up truck and then overturned in northern Florida, authorities say. The workers were headed to pick melons at Cannon Farms in Dunnellon, a small farming community in Marion County when their bus overturned about 8.30am on West State … Read more
When Graham Wild went on a walk near his mother’s Perth home in 2022, he was unaware a hidden gene mutation had formed a number of blood clots that would stop his heart. He had nearly made it home when his mother Kathryn Robinson received a terrifying, single-word message from him: “HELP!” WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more
Police are “hopeful” they will find a passenger feared overboard from a cruise ship off Sydney alive, despite rough conditions hindering search efforts. A search and rescue operation is underway in waters about 10 nautical miles (18.5km) off Sydney Heads after a person overboard alarm was raised on P&O’s Pacific Adventure cruise ship about 4am … Read more
A two-year-old boy died in a “tragic accident” when a jumping castle went airborne in the US at the weekend, authorities said. The incident occurred about 5pm Saturday near Casa Grande, a city about 80km south of Phoenix, Arizona, according to a statement from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. “Several children were playing in a … Read more
A five-year-old boy has died in hospital after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a parked truck in western Sydney. The child and his mother were travelling in a Hyundai hatchback that hit a truck and trailer on Christie St in St Marys about 3.20am on Friday. Paramedics rushed the 38-year-old woman … Read more
