Law, Crime and Justice

A former neighbour of a mother standing trial accused of criminally neglecting her daughter tried to report concerns to an abuse line, but her call went unanswered, a court has heard.

Andrew has been under renewed pressure in recent weeks over his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has been summoned to appear before a US congressional panel investigating Epstein.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorised an admiral to conduct multiple strikes that killed 11 people on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics in September.

A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleads guilty to US drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal.

The early childhood education minister is refusing to say whether the federal government will establish an independent review of childcare standards.

It come as Kyiv battles to persuade US officials to defend Ukraine's interests in peace agreement talks with Russia expected to take place in the coming days. 

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died in hospital after an ambush shooting near the White House on Wednesday. A male soldier who was also shot, Andrew Wolfe, is fighting for his life, the president says.

A major review into preventing violence against women and children called for changes to immediate alcohol home delivery

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Tom Phillips disappeared with his children in late 2021, in a case that drew global attention for his ability to evade arrest.

The two US National Guard soldiers who were shot in Washington were among more than 2,000 troops deployed to the US capital.

The abandonment of the Georgia case is the latest reflection of how the US president has emerged largely unscathed from a spate of prosecutions that once threatened to imperil his political career.

More than 100 people were injured at a Liverpool Football Club victory parade in May.

Australia's social media age ban is being challenged in the High Court on the grounds that it restricts young teens' implied right to freedom of political communication.

Melbourne's CBD will become a designated area from this weekend for six months, giving police the power to search people and vehicles for prohibited weapons without a warrant.

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It comes after the six US politicians appeared in a social media video that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described as "seditious".

WA's corrective services minister says three of the youths involved in last night's disturbance at Perth's juvenile detention centre have been moved to the notorious Unit 18, as he continued to take a hardline stance on youth detention. 

The ABC understands convicted child murderer Bevan Spencer von Einem has been taken to the Yatala infirmary in Adelaide where he only has a short time to live.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups appears at a federal courthouse in the United States, pleading not guilty to a series of charges.