8 h. ago How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics

When news broke that Taylor Swift was engaged, Charlie Kirk took to TikTok: “Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge,” he said in a video viewed 7.5 million times. It shows how Kirk harnessed the attention economy to build a political empire that has shattered the left’s grip on young voters.

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13 h. ago Children’s face painter among those rounded up in blitz on alleged paedophiles

An IT worker who allegedly posed as a girl to solicit nude photos from teenage boys was also charged after the raids across Sydney, the Central Coast and the Southern Highlands.

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21 h. ago Two Australian men charged over alleged gun trafficking offences

Two Australian men are accused of supplying guns to an Indonesian rebel group that kidnapped a NZ pilot.

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30 h. ago Teacher’s pet to wanted man: Who is Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder?

The man accused of shooting MAGA activist Charlie Kirk seemingly had a bright future ahead of him, as a well-liked and excellent student with no criminal history and a “great family”.

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54 h. ago The other brutal killing that shocked Americans (including Charlie Kirk)

Charlie Kirk spent the final hours of his life posting about the murder of a young woman - a crime that had, until his own assassination, become a flashpoint.

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56 h. ago WA news LIVE: Case of woman charged over baby found in drain heard in court for first time

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60 h. ago Childcare executive told worried parents to stop being emotional in wake of sex abuse charges

Affinity Education’s chief operating officer was forced to apologise to parents whose children attended a centre where alleged paedophile Joshua Brown worked.

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3 d. ago Brisbane teen charged over ISIS beheading video, explosives released on bail

He allegedly had chemicals in his bedroom cupboard to build explosives, and possessed dozens of nationalist and racist violent extremist documents, a court has been told.

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3 d. ago Brisbane teen charged over beheading video, explosives released on bail

He allegedly had chemicals in his bedroom cupboard to build explosives, and possessed dozens of nationalist and racist violent extremist documents, a court has been told.

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3 d. ago Two police officers charged with manslaughter after builder died in traffic arrest

Homicide squad detectives have charged two police officers with negligent manslaughter following the death of Luke Briggs outside a Hoppers Crossing convenience store last year.

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3 d. ago Identified: Brisbane teen on terrorism charges ‘had graphic video of beheading’

He allegedly had chemicals in his bedroom cupboard to build explosives, and possessed dozens of nationalist and racist violent extremist documents, a court has been told.

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3 d. ago WA news LIVE: Geraldton man charged over alleged abuse of children in Philippines

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3 d. ago ‘Extremists preying on young people’: Brisbane teen to face court on terrorism charges

Police raided the 18-year-old’s home, seizing electronic devices containing a large amount of data, books associated with nationalist and racist violent extremism, and chemicals.

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3 d. ago ‘Extremists preying on young people’: Brisbane teen faces court on terrorism charges

Police raided the 18-year-old’s home, seizing electronic devices containing a large amount of data, books associated with nationalist and racist violent extremism, and chemicals.

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3 d. ago Who was Charlie Kirk, the MAGA activist and Turning Point USA founder?

He rose from teenage activist to top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, and died doing what made him a political force – rallying the right on a college campus.

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3 d. ago Prominent Donald Trump supporter shot and injured on US campus

Prominent Donald Trump supporter and conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk has been shot at an event on a college campus in Utah.

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3 d. ago Outback WA pub worker accuses manager of raping her after staff drinks

Stewart Burchell is on trial in WA’s District Court charged with indecently assaulting staff who worked with him at a famed Broome pub, and raping an English backpacker.

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4 d. ago Outback WA pub worker alleges manager threatened her with her job after refusing sex act

Stewart Burchell is on trial in WA’s District Court charged with indecently assaulting staff who worked with him at a famed Broome pub, and raping an English backpacker.

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4 d. ago Man charged after allegedly sexually touching schoolgirls in Sydney’s inner west

The man alleged reached through the primary school’s fence to sexually touch the children. He will face court on Wednesday.

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4 d. ago Is this the most confusing Only Murders in the Building death yet?

There’s been another titular murder in this titular building. Here’s our post-mortem of the first three episodes.

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