After a teenager reported she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by a group of men, one of them urged her to tell police that they were all innocent.
It could still be months before a speed limit reduction is considered for a Canterbury town where a pedestrian was struck and killed by a ute while crossing SH73.
President Donald Trump says he stands by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Houthis in a message group.
The election of a new pope is highly secretive and nothing is certain until white smoke pouring from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel tells the world there's a new leader of the Catholic Church.
After spending more than five weeks in hospital, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two months' rest - but the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics kept working right to the end.
A coronial hearing will hear from a witness claiming John Beckenridge and his stepson Mike were helped to escape after they disappeared in Southland a decade ago.
Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more inclusive made him an enemy to conservatives.