After months of campaigning and literally billions of dollars spent on advertising, the polls in the US presidential election remain on a knife's edge.

Polls have shown the race on a knife's edge between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, with little to indicate which of the two will emerge as the winner.

A man and woman from Western Australia have been jailed after they were caught smuggling heroin "internally".

Hollywood star Jean Parker was booted from Bondi Beach on November 2, 1951, because her swimsuit was deemed too revealing.

In just over a week's time Americans will go to the polls to vote for the next president.

On October 26, 1979, the President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee was murdered by the chief of his intelligence service.

Fed up with the paparazzi taking photos of her, actress Anita Ekberg shot at a group of photographers with a bow and arrow on October 19, 1960.

Vice presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance have gone head-to-head in what may be the last major event of the presidential election.

She's outlined plans to chart 'a new way forward' for America, championing abortion rights and tougher border security.

Kamala Harris has accepted the nomination for president in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Democratic National Convention.

A Melbourne kidnap victim managed to escape when a homemade explosive blew up in the hand of his captor, police have alleged.

It wasn't a surprise when JD Vance was named as the Republican vice presidential nominee. 

A 51-year-old north Queensland man has been charged with an alleged domestic violence murder yesterday.

From accusations of starting WWIII to an argument about golf, the presidential debate has proved heavy on personal attack and light on policy.

High-ranking Democrats are reportedly considering pressuring the President to drop his re-election bid after a disastrous debate performance.

The US Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump descended into farce, with both men momentarily engaged in a bragging contest about who is better at golf.

Five months from election day, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are meeting head-to-head for the first presidential debate.

If you see any of these paintings hanging in someone's house, you should call the police.

Three men and a woman have been killed in a single-vehicle crash in northern NSW overnight.

As Donald Trump runs to get his old job back, he'll also be fighting to stay out of prison.

New research has solved a decades-old mystery about a hidden layer beneath one of the Dutch artist's most famous paintings.

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It's the question everybody ponders, but nobody wants to ever have to answer: what would you eat for a last meal?

Australian navy divers have been injured after a Chinese destroyer operated its sonar device nearby when they were in the water, the Defence Minister has said.

A pair of 2.5m-long pythons are on the loose in a Sydney suburb and their owner is desperately seeking to get them back.

Three weeks after Speaker Kevin McCarthy was toppled in an intra-party coup, the second-most powerful job in Washington remains vacant.

Donald Trump has described one of Australia's richest men as a "red haired weirdo" after reports were published of the complicated relationship between the two.

A great white shark that washed up on a Victorian beach is likely the victim of a pod of killer whales.

The move comes after Rupert Murdoch announced he would be stepping down as chairman of the company.

A recall notice has been issued for a fire blanket sold at Supercheap Auto over fears it doesn't work.

The search for donors of a rare blood type needed to save the life of an Australian mother-of-two has been successful.

A man has been stabbed in an apparent mass brawl on a residential street in the south of Perth.

A Queensland man has been arrested for allegedly driving a ride-on mower down a street while four times over the alcohol limit.

Two men have been charged with sexually touching festivalgoers at the Splendour in the Grass festival over the weekend.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has brushed off concerns the US Congress may block Australia's bid to buy American submarines.

An urgent recall has been issued for a type of lollipop which comes with a novelty top.

A dog has been rescued from a tight spot by Queensland firefighters armed with a bottle of olive oil and a lot of patience.

Four teenage boys have been arrested over the stabbing and robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Queensland yesterday evening.

A delay caused by forklift maintenance means kegs from Carlton and United Breweries may not be in pubs across the country this weekend.

A 17-year-old Queensland boy has been charged with murder weeks after a man he is alleged to have assaulted died.

A young man has been charged after a six-car crash in Sydney sent five others to hospital yesterday evening.

Nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe the two main drugs used for abortion, under new rules implemented by the Therapeutic Drug Administration.

In a bid to avoid police, two 'entered the rail corridor and were seen running along the tracks'.

A quarter of a million Queenslanders could be missing out on a $1072 electricity bonus, the state government has said.

A $1000-per-year drug for kidney disease will now cost just $30 per script after being added to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme.

If you're a top politician in Australia, you will make a whole lot more than most people you are elected to represent.

When you see the new stickers on avocados at Woolworths, don't think of it as the supermarket making a hard sell

Senator David Van has quit the Liberal Party in a fiery resignation letter saying he is "deeply distressed and hurt".

Pedestrian crossing lights will stay green for longer at certain spots in Melbourne thanks to high tech sensors.

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