The discovery of a pregnant tortoise has revealed further insight into the fascinating history of Pompeii. A huge earthquake destroyed parts of the city in 62AD, causing homes and other structures to collapse. In one damaged house, a pregnant Hermann’s tortoise had taken refuge to lay an egg. But Mount Vesuvius erupted before she was […]

Louder and more frequent aircraft noise from Melbourne Airport’s proposed third runway could affect a larger number of western suburbs residents than previously forecast, an acoustics expert has warned. Melbourne Airport, which says it needs a new $1.9 billion, three-kilometre runway by 2030 to cope with passenger numbers predicted to double to 83 million a […]

Aid agencies have pleaded for people in the UK ‘not to forget Afghanistan.’ More than 1,000 people have died after a 6.1 earthquake hit the country, destroying home as families lay sleeping. Villagers have been digging by hand beneath collapsed homes in a desperate search for survivors. Witnesses said entire families were buried under rubble. […]

Police are investigating a shooting involving ex-Mongols bikie Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. Sources have told The Age that Abdulrahim was shot leaving a funeral, before driving himself to Fawkner police station where an ambulance was called. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital where he remains in a critical condition. A […]

Moment devastated father charges through Ohio courtroom to attack man accused of killing his toddler son Antonio Hughes caught on camera walking up to murder suspect Desean Brown  Brown is accused of stabbing Nyteisha Lattimore and throwing son into river  Son Nylo, three, is believed to have been thrown into Ohio river and left to […]

Perhaps more than any other woman, Marjorie Dannenfelser is responsible for the fall of Roe vs. Wade. The president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a nonprofit group that works to end abortion in the United States by electing antiabortion politicians, Dannenfelser has dedicated her adult life to outlawing abortion. In 2016, she played a […]

PROTESTS have erupted across several cities in the US after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v Wade on Friday. The 5-4 decision will leave the issues of abortion up to state legislators, which will ultimately result in a total ban on the procedure in about half of the states. Associate Justice Samuel Alito was joined […]

Millionaire businessman, 44, pleads guilty to growing magic mushrooms at his £1.3m Henry VIII castle in Kent Simon Giles, 44, pleaded guilty to producing the psychedelic substances  In January last year he faced eviction from his £1.4m castle home in Kent  The case has been adjourned for a mention hearing on July 26 A millionaire businessman […]

Brian Laundrie’s notebook murder confession revealed: Killer wrote that he did slaughter girlfriend Gabby Petito but bizarrely claimed it was only because she fell in a creek and was in ‘extreme’ pain Pages from Brian Laundrie’s notebook revealed that he killed girlfriend Gabby Petito allegedly out of mercy after an accident on their van-life adventure […]

While many, many more statements seem likely to come from the music world regarding the Supreme Court’s expected yet still cataclysmic overturn of Roe v. Wade that was announced Friday morning. Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Pearl Jam, Bette Midler, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and many others have weighed in, and with the Glastonbury Festival — […]