Crime, courts, and justice
Luke Sayers will face a jury as his defamation trial approaches, with lawyers squared off over claims he made about his estranged wife during the social media photo controversy.
Sophia Vargas 
René Redzepi has stepped away from daily operations at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant Noma following a bombshell New York Times investigation detailing decades of alleged physical and psychological abuse.
Jake Nguyen 
Detective Sol Solomon spent three and a half decades solving Melbourne's most brutal murders. Then Carl Williams died in prison, taking key evidence with him.
Victoria Crawford 
A man has vanished in the floodwaters at Burnett Heads after going into the water from a houseboat. The search continues amid Queensland's worst flooding in years.
Yuki Tamura 
Two men aged 27 and 24 were shot multiple times during a large brawl in Chester Hill on Thursday night. Police pursued a sedan containing the injured men to Guildford.
Daniel Kovac 
A teenage boy has died after a stolen grey Skoda crashed in Hoppers Crossing during an apparent attempted carjacking, with police investigating whether the driver lost control while pursuing another vehicle.
Sarah Cheng 
US inspectors general are investigating claims that a former federal operative removed highly sensitive Social Security data on a thumb drive to share with his private employer, raising fresh concerns about government data security.
Oliver Pemberton 
A teenager has died and three others injured after police say an alleged carjacking attempt ended in a fatal crash in Victoria. The incident highlights ongoing concerns about youth-driven motor vehicle crime.
Victoria Crawford 
Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in Los Angeles as grieving parents watched, their children's butterfly clips pinned to their jackets. This landmark trial asks if tech firms knowingly designed addictive products.
Oliver Pemberton 
Two teenagers have died in a head-on collision between an e-bike and a motorcycle in Greenbank. The incident marks another tragedy in Australia's mounting e-bike safety crisis.
Aisha Khoury 
An armed assailant drove a vehicle into Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, before being shot dead by security. No students or staff were injured in the incident.
Tanya Birch 
Police are investigating after two men were found with gunshot wounds in a vehicle they were using to flee a brawl in western Sydney's Chester Hill late Thursday night.
Rachel Thornbury 
Law enforcement agencies from eight countries have dismantled SocksEscort, a residential proxy service that facilitated digital fraud costing tens of millions of dollars.
Aisha Khoury 
A 15-year-old boy has faced court in Perth's south-east accused of multiple home break-ins and rape, highlighting ongoing concerns about youth offending.
Sarah Cheng 
An Australian exchange student has faced his former girlfriend in a Taipei courtroom where she stands trial for allegedly poisoning him with rat poison in 2023.
Tanya Birch 
Nova FM's Tim Blackwell has been hit with an interim apprehended domestic violence order following his separation from his wife. The case raises questions about how such orders function in family disputes.
Riley Fitzgerald 
An Adelaide mother has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after admitting to criminally neglecting her six-year-old daughter, who died from severe malnutrition.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
A coroner's inquiry has revealed child protection authorities discharged a diabetic girl to her parents despite medical experts warning she could not be safely cared for in their home.
Megan Torres 
Police investigation into the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from a remote South Australian property has returned to the scene with renewed searches, but the latest effort has yielded no additional leads.
Mitchell Tan 
Newly released Justice Department files contain claims that Jeffrey Epstein told a victim he had fathered a child, though investigators found no evidence to substantiate the assertion.
Daniel Kovac