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Tiger bites handler at Australian amusement park
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A tiger bit an animal handler on the arm Monday at an Australian amusement park, officials said. The woman was taken by ambulance from Dreamworld in Coomera in Queensland state to the Gold Coast University Hospital in stable condition, Queensland...
Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two police officers and a bystander in an ambush on a rural Australian property and wounded a third officer two years ago if they had not shared the same psychiatric disorder, a coroner was told on...
Human remains found inside a crocodile in Australia believed to be that of a 40-year-old tourist
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police said Tuesday human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia’s second fatal attack in about a month. The latest victim was 40-year-old doctor Dave Hogbin who fell from a steep bank Saturday into the...
Australian authorities euthanize 16-foot crocodile blamed for a fatal attack, the second in a month
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities killed on Monday a large crocodile thought responsible for Australia’s second fatal attack in a month. The latest victim was a 40-year-old man from New South Wales state who had been fishing on Saturday while on vacation with his wife and...
Australian police officer recalls 2022 ambush by extremists in rural area that left 2 officers dead
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A police officer testified Tuesday he did not know where bullets were coming from as two colleagues were shot in an ambush by three Christian extremists on a rural Australian property two years ago. Constable Randall Kirk told a coroner’s inquest he...
Australian inquiry will hear evidence that Christian extremists killed 3 in an act of terrorism
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An inquiry will hear evidence that three Christian extremists who killed two police officers and a bystander and wounded a third police officer in an ambush on a rural Australian property in 2022 committed an act of terrorism aimed at intimidating state authorities, a...
Regretful Jason Day set to finally play Olympic golf for Australia at the Paris Games
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Eight years after turning down his first opportunity, a still-regretful Jason Day will finally make it to an Olympics as part of an Australian golf team that includes a brother-and-sister combination for the Paris Games. Day was ranked No. 1 in 2016 when...
