Millions of Australians on the east coast should brace for a "vigorous" weather system which is forecast to bring several days of heavy rain, damaging surf and strong winds.

A man armed with a rifle started a fire and then began shooting at first responders in a mountain community in the US state of Idaho, killing two firefighters and wounding a third.

A 28-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences after a high-speed crash in Sydney’s Inner West saw a family of five rushed to hospital.

A report into a fatal helicopter crash has found the pilot's ability to respond to turbulence was reduced because he was using one hand to eat.

Bupa has apologised and agreed to pay a $35 million fine for misleading thousands of customers over half a decade.

The fate of mushroom cook Erin Patterson is in the hands of 12 jurors, who will soon consider whether she intentionally poisoned her lunch guests with death cap mushrooms.

New footage has emerged of fellow surfers and onlookers pulling the boy to shore after he was bitten by a shark at a beach on the NSW North Coast.

A Yea farmer who was doused in petrol, blindfolded and assaulted may have been targeted in a case of mistaken identity.

An initial flood watch warning is also in place for the Hawkesbury-Nepean, Georges, Cooks, Sydney Coast, and Illawarra Coast ...

But because the pilot had been eating and had food in his right hand, he was not able to use the controls properly to bring the aircraft out of the deadly situation. Ed Kraft, 54, from the NSW Snowy ...

However, Xiao argued China is a peaceful nation – despite its increasing military presence in the South China Sea and US intelligence reports that President Xi Jinping wants the army ready for an ...

A young man was murdered within hours of his last sighting, documents allege, as his accused killer faced court for the first time. Brandon Watts, 28, briefly appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court ...