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‘We were racing’: The six minutes of madness that left two kids dead
An eight-kilometre street race around the shores of Botany Bay ended in a horrific fireball that killed a nine-year-old boy and his 10-year-old brother.
- by Sarah McPhee
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‘Lived in dread’: Caroline was the star witness in one of the biggest fraud cases in US history
Caroline Ellison is the former girlfriend of crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried who helped prosecutors unearth crimes they didn’t know about at FTX. Now she is pleading to be spared from spending a single day in prison.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison and Robert Burnson
‘Mean, hateful’: Magistrate scolds man who dumped ex-girlfriend’s snakes in Coogee
Justin Downs, 26, destroyed two python enclosures before releasing the pets Bagel and Mango in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- by Nick Newling
Texts to high-profile journalist about Bruce Lehrmann trial revealed
Janet Albrechtsen asked former judge Walter Sofronoff, KC, for a copy of potential adverse findings weeks before he delivered his report on Lehrmann’s prosecution.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Minor traffic accident that left two dead on Anzac Bridge
Sydney driver Adeeb Sukkar has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of Amy Lim and Hongyi Zhang in 2022.
- by Sarah McPhee
‘Extraordinary devastation’: Hunter bus driver to spend decades in prison
Brett Button has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison over the fatal crash that claimed 10 lives and injured dozens more.
- by Perry Duffin
Greenwich condemns ‘Trump-style attacks’ after defamation win against Latham
The Independent Sydney MP has been awarded $140,000 in damages after he won his defamation case against the former NSW One Nation leader over an offensive tweet.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Teenager charged over death of Nick Campo asks for permission to drive
The 17-year-old driver of the ute that crashed in North Lake, killing his mate, has been charged with manslaughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘You all think you’re such gangsters’: Magistrate slams Bondi dial-a-dealer
The magistrate savaged the western Sydney teenager, saying “we’re sick” of dealers coming to the eastern suburbs with their encrypted phones.
- by Amber Schultz
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Harvey Weinstein rushed to hospital for emergency heart surgery
Weinstein is due in court this week where prosecutors had been presenting evidence to a grand jury as they work to secure a new indictment against him.
- by Michael Sisak
Murdochs’ real-life Succession stand-off: What you need to know
A two-week blockbuster trial to decide the future control of some of the world’s most famous news brands starts this week.
- by Calum Jaspan