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Florida rapper YNW Melly, who recently collaborated with Kanye West, has been arrested for the alleged murder and cover-up of two close friends, police say.

Not in the Valentine's Day spirit? A Texas zoo has a cockroach that can help.

When Meghan Markle became engaged to Prince Harry, the American TV star seemed to charm everyone she met.

Locals in far west NSW say they watched the Darling River deteriorate under the plan designed to protect it for years before a series of mass fish deaths caused public outcry across the nation.

Around 20 homes have been razed as bushfires continue to burn out of control in northern NSW.

The day after Gregory Diven woke from an induced coma his wife, Marie, died from the catastrophic injuries she'd suffered when their ute was hit by a car driven by a drug-affected P-plater.

A 28-year-old man charged with murdering a six-month-old baby in Newcastle on the weekend had been in a relationship with the boy's mother for just six weeks, police allege.

A Sydney woman who left her four-year-old son home alone to go to a nearby leagues club with her married lover has won the right to help care for her fiance's stepson.

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel remains in a serious condition in hospital as police deflect suggestions the prison yard attack that nearly cost his life was a gangland hit.

Indigenous Australians will play a greater role in efforts to close the health and education gap, through a formal partnership with both the federal and state/territory governments.