Former World Mission Society Church of God members claim children were smacked at services, women pressured to get abortions
Former Australian members of an international church with a claimed 3.3 million followers say they…
Former World Mission Society Church of God members claim children were smacked at services, women pressured to get abortions
Former Australian members of an international church with a claimed 3.3 million followers say they were pressured to have abortions and discouraged from having children, while young members of one branch were reprimanded by leaders who would pinch and smack them. The World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) followers say “calculated and coercive” methods…
US school camp bus crash leaves two dead, dozens injured
A bus carrying members of a high school marching band on a trip to a music camp has run off a highway and tumbled down a steep embankment in New York state, killing two people and injuring dozens of others. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, speaking at a news conference on Thursday, local time, said…
Australian soccer player fighting for life in US after collapsing with brain bleed
A young Brisbane soccer player living in the US in pursuit of a professional career has collapsed with a life-threatening health condition. Blake Grove, 20, faces a lengthy recovery after suffering a brain bleed caused by a rupture to an arteriovenous malformation — which is an abnormality in the connection between a vein and artery,…
CRPS patient Jazmin Farr’s family seek treatment in US while new trial awaits funding in Australia
Jazmin Farr, 11, can no longer enjoy the small things in life that most kids can because of a chronic pain condition that has her wheelchair-bound and anxious about its next agonising attack, which she says feels like “her bones are being crushed”. Farr suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS, which her mother,…
Mummified ‘alien’ corpses presented to Mexico Congress
Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress but there were no saucer-shaped UFOs hovering over the historic building or bright green invaders like those seen in Hollywood films. The long-running debate on little green men in flying saucers hit Mexico City as lawmakers heard testimony on Tuesday from individuals suggesting the possibility that extraterrestrials might actually…
US country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison dies aged 59
Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after complications from a medical procedure left him unable to sing, died on Sunday aged 59. The singer died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative….
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher defend That ‘70s Show co-star Danny Masterson after rape conviction
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher said they are “aware of the pain” their character letters defending convicted rapist Danny Masterson caused, stating their intent was not to re-traumatise the victims or undermine the verdict. Kunis and Kutcher were among several actors from “That ’70s Show” who went to bat for Masterson before he was sentenced…
WA man Luke Nardini held in US jail after road crash kills two
An Australian man is behind bars in the US awaiting a court hearing after he allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road and killed two people in a head-on car crash. West Australian Luke Nardini was taken to hospital after the collision which allegedly killed a man and woman aged in their 60s…
A 19-year-old Texas man went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. An ongoing search has yet to find him
A 19-year-old passenger on a cruise ship went overboard in the Caribbean on Tuesday and a search for him is ongoing, according to cruise line Royal Caribbean and the passenger’s family. But one relative of missing Texas resident Sigmund Ropich says the family is desperate for answers and have not heard much from Cuban Border…
Hurricane Idalia gains strength as it heads towards Florida’s Gulf Coast
Hurricane Idalia has gained strength over the Gulf of Mexico on its relentless crawl toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, forcing evacuations in low-lying coastal areas expected to be swamped when the powerful storm hits. Idalia was generating maximum sustained winds of 160km/h by early Tuesday evening, but its intensity will ratchet higher before it slams ashore…
