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Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies

Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies

A Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist is guilty of professional misconduct over the death of a diabetic patient who he advised to stop taking western medicine.

Nearly 40 taken to morgue after India festival stampede

Nearly 40 taken to morgue after India festival stampede

Nearly 40 taken to morgue after India festival stampede

Nearly 40 taken to morgue after India festival stampede

Dozens of people have been killed and injured in a stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, according to media reports.

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Melbourne's Kilvington Grammar has been sentenced in the County Court over the death of student Lachlan Cook who died on a school trip to Vietnam.

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Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

There were no warnings a notorious underworld figure's life was at risk before he was fatally gunned down in front of his girlfriend in a daylight ambush.

Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'

Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'

Increases in Australia's road toll over the past four years have been at a level not recorded since 1966, before the introduction of seatbelts.

Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

An aged care centre's operator has apologised after a coroner found residents were left without medication, food and water during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

Olympic cyclist's guilty plea in wife death-crash case

Olympic cyclist's guilty plea in wife death-crash case

Cyclist Rohan Dennis has formally admitted he created a likelihood of harm before the crash that led to the death of his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins.

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Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

A dangerous driver who failed to heed a police warning before causing a crash which killed five people could walk free on parole within three years.

Man faces court after woman's 'tragic' grassfire death

Man faces court after woman's 'tragic' grassfire death

Man faces court after woman's 'tragic' grassfire death

Man faces court after woman's 'tragic' grassfire death

A man has fronted court days after the body of a woman was found following a grassfire that has left a rural Victorian town reeling.

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

A woman who died of a heart attack in an emergency department was misdiagnosed as having an adverse reaction to codeine, a coroner has found.

'Cheeky and playful' boy crushed by parking meter

'Cheeky and playful' boy crushed by parking meter

'Cheeky and playful' boy crushed by parking meter

'Cheeky and playful' boy crushed by parking meter

The family of a boy who died in hospital after he was crushed by a falling parking meter at a museum say he was "wise beyond his years, cheeky and playful”.

Nine arrested over ski resort hotel fire that killed 76

Nine arrested over ski resort hotel fire that killed 76

Nine arrested over ski resort hotel fire that killed 76

Nine arrested over ski resort hotel fire that killed 76

The death toll from a Turkish ski resort hotel fire has risen to 76, with dozens more reportedly injured in the devastating blaze.

Deadly home fire sparked during birthday celebrations

Deadly home fire sparked during birthday celebrations

Deadly home fire sparked during birthday celebrations

Deadly home fire sparked during birthday celebrations

Neighbours have been praised for their bravery after trying to help during a house fire that killed a baby girl and left her sister fighting for life.

Body found after pastor's car swept away by floodwaters

Body found after pastor's car swept away by floodwaters

Body found after pastor's car swept away by floodwaters

Body found after pastor's car swept away by floodwaters

The grieving family of a pastor swept off a flooded causeway say they are shocked and devastated by his loss after his body was found.

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Man dead, another arrested over alleged assault at unit

Homicide detectives have arrested a man as they investigate the circumstances leading up to the death of another man in a unit.

Tony Award-winning UK actor Joan Plowright dies aged 95

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died

Twin Peaks creator and filmmaker David Lynch dead at 78

David Lynch, the filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, has died at the age of 78.

First birthday celebrations end in double murder

Police are investigating the deaths of two men fatally stabbed at a house where friends of the victims say a child's first birthday was being celebrated.

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Video clue in hunt for killers behind house-sit horror

The hunt for two arsonists wanted over the death of a woman in a suspicious fire has been intensified with the release of CCTV footage of a getaway car.

'Tragic reminder': 16yo dies in Xmas alcohol poisoning

A coroner has found the death of a 16-year-old boy after consuming more than a dozen drinks surrounded by family at a Christmas lunch could have been prevented.

Call for Russia to face 'full force' if Aussie killed

Australia should downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia if the killing of prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins is verified, the nation's Ukrainian community says.

Fatal bus crash case delayed by mechanical report

Prosecutors have yet to provide a full report into a crash allegedly involving a bus driver fatally pinning an 18-year-old female pedestrian against a wall.

Aerial fight to stop LA wildfires as death toll rises

Los Angeles firefighters are in an all-out battle to curb wildfires from spreading before fierce winds return as the death toll from the blazes rises.

Australian man dies after flames engulf Malibu home

An Australian man has been confirmed dead in the Californian fires as his heartbroken mother says there was no water to put out cinders on his home's roof.

Folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary dies

Peter Yarrow, best known as one third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk music trio who lifted their voices in favour of civil rights and against war, has died.

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