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Savannah Guthrie says family in 'agony' amid ransom note reports
14+ hour, 59+ min ago (528+ words) Savannah Guthrie has made an emotional appeal to viewers to come forward with any information about her missing mother, saying her family is in "agony". Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing on Feburary 1 and newly reported ransom notes suggest she is dead....
Coming up: Desert Sanctuary
2+ week, 5+ day ago (82+ words) Australian Broadcasting Corporation Six artists spend a week on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, painting alongside Warlpiri rangers and scientists in a sanctuary for animal species at risk. A joyful solution to climate grief. Coming up 6: 30pm'Sunday 7 June…...
What is hantavirus and how serious is the cruise ship outbreak?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (91+ words) AUDIO: What is hantavirus and how serious is the cruise ship outbreak? Australian Broadcasting Corporation AUDIO: What is hantavirus and how serious is the cruise ship outbreak? Multiple countries are on alert after a hantavirus outbreak on board an Atlantic…...
Inquest into cold case hears man who hid teenager's body also lied to police
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (622+ words) Rebecca Richardson, 15, was last seen at Gin Gin in November 1998. (Supplied: Jessica Richardson) A coronial inquest has opened in Gladstone investigating the circumstances of teenager Rebecca Richardson's 1998 disappearance." No-one has ever been sentenced for her murder, but Jody Martin Van…...
'Officer safety is non-negotiable': Cops demand answers over trackable tasers
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (880+ words) The issue affects bluetooth-enabled tasers and body-worn cameras. (Four Corners: Sissy Reyes) Police unions are demanding urgent action to protect officers following the revelation that a security flaw with Axon tasers and body-worn cameras allows officers to be tracked. Four…...
Pilot killed in Robinson R22 helicopter crash in western Queensland
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (133+ words) A pilot has died in a helicopter crash south of Jericho in western Queensland. Emergency services were called to the scene on a rural property off Tumbar Road about 9: 20am on Monday. The 42-year-old male pilot was the sole occupant of…...
Toddler dies after being pulled from water on Queensland property
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (91+ words) The toddler died at Tara Hospital. (ABC Southern Qld: Aisling Brennan) A toddler has died after being pulled from water at a private property on Queensland's Western Downs. Emergency services were called to the property at Tara, about 300 kilometres west…...
Sasha wanted to trace her genealogy, instead she uncovered a 30yo mistake
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1857+ words) When Sasha Szafranski connected with a stranger on a genealogy website, she uncovered a mistake that had been hidden for 30 years. It was a match Sasha Szafranski never saw coming. In 2025, she sent a sample of her DNA to Ancestry....
Message in a bottle leads to 25-year intercontinental friendship
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (719+ words) Diane Charles and Erika Boyero on the beach where Ms Charles found Ms Boyero's bottle decades earlier. (ABC News: Sandy Powell) In 2001, a message in a bottle washed up on Tatlows Beach in Stanley in far north-west Tasmania, four years…...
Police find crashed helicopter, but search continues for pilot
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (235+ words) Multiple agencies have been searching for the missing aircraft since Friday, when it was reported the helicopter failed to reach its destination. (Supplied: Google Maps) Police have found a crashed helicopter following a multi-day search in northern New South Wales....