Gayle King has come under fire for asking kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart about how she was raped as a teenager and how she would later learn to become intimate with her husband. The longtime CBS News anchor sat down with Smart, now 38, to ask about her transformation into a bodybuilder…
Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors
Volcanic activity takes on many forms in western El Salvador. The land near the city of Ahuachapán is pockmarked with craters and covered with recent lava flows. Meanwhile, a geothermal field feeds geysers, heats mineral pools, and powers a long-operating energy plant. The area is part of a volcanic landscape…
Reserve Bank delivers ANOTHER hike for Australians with a mortgage: Here’s how much more you will be paying
Millions of Australians have been hit with another brutal mortgage blow after the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, sending the cash rate surging to 4.35 per cent. For an owner‑occupier with a $600,000 mortgage and 25 years remaining at the start of this year’s…
Pauline Hanson confirms major move that could boost her chances of becoming Prime Minister
Pauline Hanson has confirmed she is considering quitting the Senate to contest a seat in the House of Representatives at the next federal election. Speaking on Adelaide radio station FIVEAA while in South Australia for the swearing-in of One Nation’s new state parliamentary team, Hanson said a lower house run…
Our Milky Way’s ‘Zone of Avoidance’ holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun’s mass
An enormous supercluster made up from over 20 individual galaxy clusters hiding behind our dusty Milky Way is even larger than astronomers had thought, affecting the motion through space of all the galaxies and galaxy clusters in our corner of the cosmos. The Vela Supercluster was discovered in 2016 thanks…
Best-selling Australian children’s author Craig Silvey admits to possessing and distributing child exploitation material – as judge allows his bail to be extended
By CHARLOTTE KARP, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 04:37 BST, 5 May 2026 | Updated: 04:46 BST, 5 May 2026 Renowned children’s author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to child exploitation offences. The children’s author, 43 – best known for writing national hits Jasper Jones and Runt – appeared in Fremantle Magistrate’s…
Armed and dangerous survivalist and Army veteran on the loose after shooting wife in their Tennessee home
By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Published: 02:30 BST, 5 May 2026 | Updated: 04:13 BST, 5 May 2026 A massive manhunt was underway in Tennessee for an armed and dangerous US Army Special Forces veteran who allegedly shot his wife. Deputies responded to a reported shooting at Craig Berry’s house during…
Will the moon ruin the Eta Aquarid meteor shower this week? Here’s what to know
Just before daybreak on Wednesday morning (May 6), is the peak of the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This meteor display is active in the first week of May and produces long streaks whose paths are aimed away from the “Water Jar” of Aquarius. Their streaks are long for a…
Christopher Trybus went on trial accused of driving his wife Tarryn to suicide – then was dramatically cleared. Here is HIS account of what happened…
There was no triumphant celebration, no champagne; just a quiet exhalation of relief and, later, a takeaway pizza. There is no precedent for how to react when you have been cleared of charges of driving your first wife to suicide after allegedly carrying out a ‘tsunami of abuse’ including sexual…
Emotional scenes as Kumanjayi Little Baby’s family attend first court appearance for her alleged killer as he is EXCUSED from appearing
The man charged with the murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has been excused from appearing before court, just minutes before her heartbroken family turned up to attend the matter. Jefferson Lewis, 47, was due to appear before Alice Springs Local Court on Tuesday morning via an audio-visual link, however…