Detectives are probing a fatal hit and run that happened in the early hours of Saturday.

A mix-up with two women’s tests led one to undergo unnecessary surgery while the other was not treated for cancer for months.

The excavation was the latest effort to find the remains of the Beaumont children after they disappeared on Australia Day nearly 60 years ago.

Preliminary autopsy results didn't determine how Gene Hackman and his wife died, but did rule out that they were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.

A former Queensland basketball coach has been hit with additional child sexual assault charges allegedly committed against three children aged between 11 to 15.

A man wanted by police in two Australian states has been captured after a 7NEWS investigation uncovered his years of alleged offending.

The director of her final film has revealed Michelle Trachtenberg was poised for a major public comeback before her untimely death at 39.

Dozens of people, including two Australian men, have been arrested as part of an international sting.