A record-breaking heatwave hit Australia's southeast for a fifth straight day on Wednesday (January 28), fueling bushfires ...

Former Larne FC bus driver Arlene Leitch has begun serving a prison sentence after abandoning an appeal against her conviction for trying to ship drugs into Northern Ireland.

Enoch Burke’s repeated jailing prompts a wider reckoning on reincarceration, mental health, and whether punishment alone ever ...

Pair also made the subject of a Serious Crime Prevention Order for a five-year period ...

Dentist-turned-murderer Colin Howell confessed to killing his wife and his lover's husband 18 years after the crime.

A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene in the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to reckless ...

Former senior police officer Jon Burrows is enjoying one of the fastest political rises in Northern Ireland’s history. From ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A North Carolina man who distributed fentanyl from student housing at Montana State University–Northern has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, according to U.S. Attorney ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elizabeth Hamilton said her MBE was "unexpected" but "such an honour" [PA Media] An Olympic gold medalist, the head of the ...

More than 50 people from Northern Ireland have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Among those honoured are the director general of the National Trust, Hilary McGrady, who becomes a ...

Colum Boyle, permanent secretary at the Department for Communities, becomes a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) while Ronnie Armour, interim permanent secretary at the Department of Education, ...

A northern Michigan man has been sentenced to 30 to 50 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child he lived with, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Ryan Beebe, 35, of ...