An FBI agent has reportedly shot dead a Florida man who allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombing suspects.US media reports say Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot after becoming violent during questioning by the FBI in the city of Orlando.He was reportedly a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a shootout with police in April in the wake of the d […]

A former colleague of a Sydney dance teacher charged with possessing child pornography and grooming teenage girls says there needs to be greater scrutiny of the dance industry. […]

A Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker has become the second person to have an adverse security assessment overturned by ASIO.Manokala Jenaddarsan, 41, was in the final stages of getting her refugee claim processed in 2011 when ASIO issued her with the adverse assessment.She was held in indefinite detention in Villawood, but will now be released into the community […]

Australia batsmen David Warner has been fined after being found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia's code of behaviour. […]

A former Victorian police officer says superiors at the Ballarat Police Station failed to act when he was seriously bullied by a colleague. […]

Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has called for a report into allegations that relatives were barred from visiting aged-care facilities after complaining about care standards. […]

Australian director Baz Luhrmann says the Sydney premiere of his new film The Great Gatsby was like a homecoming. […]

Former ACT chief minister Jon Stanhope has hit out at the Skywhale, labelling it controversial and divisive. […]

Rain has forced a last-minute change for an opening performance of the Come Out youth arts festival in Adelaide. […]

There was a movie star moment high above Melbourne on Tuesday as theatre promoters re-enacted one of cinema's most famous scenes. […]

Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died at the age of 74. […]