6 dead after stabbing attack in Australia; suspect killed
New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke said that he believed that the suspect acted alone.
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Tasmanian Tiger I Sunday on 60 Minutes
Jon Wertheim reports from the Australian island of Tasmania on the mysterious thylacine or Tasmanian tiger - an apex predator not seen since last century, but renowned through local folklore. Sunday.
U.S., Japan reinforce military relationship
The U.S., along with Japan and Australia, will create a new joint air defense system in response to the growing aggression from China across the Indo-Pacific. The Japanese prime minister plans to address Congress Thursday.
Century-old vessel found in "ship graveyard" off Australia coast
The area holds dozens of historically significant vessels that have been scuttled over the decades, including navy ships and secretive submarines.
Australia races to save last few earless dragons in the wild
The critically endangered dragons will likely be extinct in the next 20 years without conservation efforts, experts say.
Actor Simon Baker on new thriller, “Limbo”
Actor Simon Baker is getting rave reviews for his role in the new movie "Limbo." Baker is known for "The Devil Wears Prada," and for seven seasons on the CBS series "The Mentalist." In "Limbo," Baker returns to his Australian roots as Detective Travis Hurley, who's investigating the unsolved murder of an Aboriginal woman.
Man dies after being bitten by snake at child care center
Jerromy Brookes was bitten while trying to remove the brown snake "to keep the children safe," local media and emergency services said.
Man falls to death from hot-air balloon; passengers "traumatized"
A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city.
See the "behemoth blueberry" named the world's heaviest
Guinness World Records declared the record for the "behemoth blueberry" that's as big as a ping pong ball.
Oceanographer on search for flight MH370
Friday marks 10 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared en route to Beijing. Charitha Pattiaratchi, coastal oceanography professor at the University of Western Australia, joins CBS News to discuss the search for the wreckage.
Great Barrier Reef again undergoes mass coral bleaching event
The mass bleaching event comes as the world saw record-high sea surface temperatures and the hottest February ever recorded.
Australia man accused of restraining young Indigenous kids with zip ties
An Australian man is facing aggravated assault charges after allegedly zip tying the hands of young Indigenous children he found in a neighbor's pool.
"Traitor" politician accused of working with spies of foreign regime
Australia's director-general of security said a spy team from an unidentified country had cultivated and recruited a former Australian politician.
Bodies of ex-TV reporter, partner found after alleged killer gives location
Australian police say they found the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies after a police officer lover who allegedly killed them told investigators where to look.
Shipwreck found 120 years after bodies of crew washed ashore
In July 1904, the steamship SS Nemesis ran into a powerful storm and vanished off Australia, killing all 32 people on board.
Former TV reporter, partner missing after allegedly being killed by jilted cop
Senior-Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon was charged with the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
$1 million reward offered in 45-year-old cold case of murdered mom
Mary Anne Fagan, a homemaker with five young children, was found stabbed to death in 1978 at her Armadale home, Victoria police said.
Meet Speckles, 1 of only 6 dolphins photographed with a rare skin condition
One unique bottlenose dolphin's sudden leap out of the water provided a rare glimpse of a condition that's only been photographed a handful of times across the world.
Man reels in goldfish believed to be world's longest: "A monster"
An Australian biology recently caught a goldfish measuring almost three feet across. Experts say it is now considered the world's longest goldfish ever discovered.
Deadly shark attacks doubled in 2023, global report finds
Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Museum of Natural History's shark research program, said that "the fatalities are a bit unnerving this year."
China gives dissident author suspended death sentence for espionage
Australia's government is "appalled" by China giving dual national author Yang Jun a suspended death sentence after a closed-door espionage trial.
Australian police called in to rescue boy from a claw machine
The Queensland Police say young Ethan climbed into the mall's claw machine "in pursuit of the ultimate prize." After a brief ordeal, he got one.
News channel sparks outrage for altering lawmaker's "body and outfit" in image
In the edited image, Georgie Purcell's white sleeveless dress was transformed into a halter top and skirt, exposing her midriff.
Woman seriously injured in rare shark attack in Sydney Harbor
Neighbors rushed to help the victim, identified by the Sydney Morning Herald as 29-year-old Lauren O'Neill.
Philips, maker of recalled sleep apnea machines, to halt U.S. sales
The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines says it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators.
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GOP lawmakers join Democrats to force vote on extending health care subsidies
A group of moderate Republicans signed a petition to force a House vote on extending health care tax credits for three years, a major blow to Speaker Mike Johnson.
Nick Reiner appears in court, arraignment set for Jan. 7 in killing of parents
Nick Reiner appeared in court on Wednesday on two counts of murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
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Trump administration sanctions Mexican cartel and its leader for oil theft
The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a violent Mexican fuel-theft cartel and its imprisoned leader, amid the Trump administration's crackdown on cartels backing operations through stolen oil and gas.
More than $1 million donated for hero who tackled Bondi Beach gunman
Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian father who wrestled a shotgun from one of the gunmen attacking a Jewish gathering, is facing a long road to recovery.
Trumps to participate in dignified transfer honoring U.S. soldiers killed in Syria
Two members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in Syria on Saturday — Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard.
MIT professor's killing remains a mystery amid homicide investigation
Nuno Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Bessent unveils new Trump Accounts website — and a new IRS form
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also said Ray Dalio, the founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, will donate to the Trump accounts initiative.
Brown shooting investigators release new "enhanced" footage of person of interest
In several zoomed-in videos police say were captured on the East Side of Providence approximately two hours before the shooting, the person of interest is seen walking on a sidewalk and looking around.
DOJ investigating more than a dozen cases of sexual harassment by landlords
The Justice Department is suing more than a dozen landlords on allegations of sexual harassment, a problem one top department official called "traumatic for the victims" and "inappropriate and illegal."