AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — GOP Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is acquitted of 16 impeachment charges following years of corruption allegations.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are set to be furloughed on the weekend if the US Congress does not pass a bipartisan stop-gap spending package.
World No.2 Iga Swiatek is out of the WTA's Pan Pacific Open after a three-set quarter-final loss to Veronika Kudermetova, but second seed Jessica Pegula won.
The Wallabies will have a new-look centre combination to face Portugal with veteran Samu Kerevi a surprise omission for their final World Cup pool match.
Dutch prosecutors reportedly warned a university about the erratic behaviour of a man before he allegedly shot and killed three people in the city of Rotterdam.
Brisbane fullback Reece Walsh has been caught in a verbal exchange with a young Penrith supporter at the NRL's grand final fan day.
Police have established a crime scene where three people were injured in a stabbing incident in a suburb of Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane.
Carlton have won their first AFLW clash with Sydney, posting a five-point victory to sit just outside the top eight.
A dermatologist has explained the skin irritation caused by kissing is more 'common' than you think.
A former Kenyan presidential candidate has admitted killing his three-year-old son after grabbing a Bible and saying he was going to slap the devil.
Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson will sit out their opening match at cricket's World Cup in India as he continues to recover following ACL surgery.
Wicketkeeper Sam Harper's career-best 96 has set up a comfortable 59-run victory for Victoria over rivals NSW in the domestic one-day competition.
A burst of hot spring weather influenced Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions in their selections for the AFL grand final at the MCG.
A man who admitted slitting the throat of murder victim William Chaplin has been deemed a compulsive liar or fantasist, and had his conviction overturned.
Tasmania's minority Liberal government is reeling after Attorney-General Elise Archer resigned from parliament amid bullying allegations.
Alex de Minaur has earned one of the finest comeback wins of his career, saving three match points to outlast a raging Andy Murray in the China Open.
One of Australia's most celebrated singer-songwriters has added his voice to the 'yes' campaign, saying Australia is "not the land of the fair go".
An armed robber says his life was threatened in the moments before he fatally stabbed a drug-dealing ex-serviceman at a NSW caravan park.
Temperatures are expected to stretch beyond 30C during the NRLW grand final but both Newcastle and Gold Coast have shrugged at the weather forecast.
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta says Australia and Indonesia can "sleep at peace" because the island nation is not a security concern to its neighbours.
Corporate heavyweight Richard Goyder remains under pressure to step down as Qantas chair despite claiming he's the best person to fix the besieged airline.
