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25 h. ago Former Geelong player sentenced over crash that killed wife, seriously injured woman

Ex-footballer Raymond Card has been jailed over the drunken crash that killed his wife and left another woman seriously injured.

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26 h. ago Man charged with rape and murder three decades after woman’s death

A 67-year-old man was arrested in Ararat and appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

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28 h. ago Man charged with rape and murder of Victorian mother killed in 1994

A 67-year-old man has been charged with Samantha Mizzi’s rape and murder, more than 30 years after her death.

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35 h. ago Israel pounds Gaza City, killing 123 Palestinians in 24 hours

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated an idea – also floated by US President Donald Trump – that Palestinians should simply leave.

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38 h. ago Militants posing as Gaza aid workers killed in Israeli air attack

Israel has released vision of the moments before armed militants posing as US kitchen workers in Gaza were killed in a targeted airstrike.

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38 h. ago The family that kills together stays together in this apocalypse with a twist

40 Acres presents a new take on a familiar theme that will almost certainly leave you feeling shaken up.

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50 h. ago ‘Goodbye, my daughter’: A mother lays heartbreak bare. An alleged murderer winks, smirks in court

Ross Judd, 34 is accused of killing a pregnant woman and beheading her partner in Mount Waverley.

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53 h. ago Brandon Smith questioned by police over person linked to drug probe

The Souths recruit is not accused of wrongdoing, but it has emerged that he pleaded guilty to drugs offences while an emerging player in Townsville a decade ago.

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56 h. ago Gunmen disguised as Gaza aid workers ‘eliminated’ in drone strike, Israel says

The IDF said it carried out the airstrike on a group using a World Central Kitchen brandied-car after confirming with the US-based charity that the men had “no affiliation” with it.

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56 h. ago Man accused of horror Mount Waverley double murder winks, smiles in court

A man accused of killing a pregnant woman and beheading her partner has smiled and winked in court while being told there would be delays in the case due to the “complex” crime scene.

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63 h. ago Meltdowns and stares: What I learnt taking kids on a luxury cruise

It’s the kids’ holiday too, and they are not going to have fun if they’re constantly being told off for fear of disturbing older passengers.

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69 h. ago Murder charges laid after man decapitated, pregnant woman killed

A homeless man has been charged with two counts of murder after a man was allegedly decapitated and a pregnant woman killed in Mount Waverley.

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3 d. ago Athena was five months’ pregnant when she was killed. Her mum is mourning the life she always wanted

Athena Georgopoulos and her partner have been identified as the couple found dead at Mount Waverley on Monday night.

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3 d. ago Athena was five months pregnant when she was killed. She never got to live the life she always wanted

Athena Georgopoulos and her partner Andrew Gunn have been identified as the couple found dead in Mount Waverley on Monday night.

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3 d. ago Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike laid to rest

Funerals have been held for the five Al Jazeera journalists killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City.

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3 d. ago WA news LIVE: ‘I doubt she will be the last’: Husband of woman killed in e

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3 d. ago Worker killed, 10 injured after explosions at US steel plant

Explosions at a US steel plant that shook the ground near Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania have killed one worker and injured 10 more people.

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3 d. ago Man decapitated, woman killed in ‘targeted’ attack at Melbourne home

A 34-year-old man with two large dogs was arrested at Westall train station after the bodies were discovered inside a house in Melbourne’s south-east.

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3 d. ago Man decapitated, pregnant woman killed in ‘targeted’ attack at Melbourne home

A 34-year-old man with two large dogs was arrested at Westall train station after the bodies were discovered inside a house in Melbourne’s south-east.

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