Man falls to death from hot-air balloon; passengers "traumatized"
A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city.
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A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city.
Guinness World Records declared the record for the "behemoth blueberry" that's as big as a ping pong ball.
Yet another United flight was unable to make it to its planned destination Monday when a jet bound for San Francisco from Australia had to return to Sydney due to a "maintenance issue," airline officials said.
The mass bleaching event comes as the world saw record-high sea surface temperatures and the hottest February ever recorded.
An Australian biology recently caught a goldfish measuring almost three feet across. Experts say it is now considered the world's longest goldfish ever discovered.
The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines says it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators.
Lawmakers have banned public displays of the Nazi salute, swastika and other hate symbols as Australia tries to get to grips with a spike in antisemitism.
The 3.1 inch Sydney funnel-web spider is expected to be a big contributor to a reptile park's antivenom program.
The Australian fisherman said it was "sheer luck" that the crocodile was only in his boat a short time.
Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, 32, died after being struck by a vehicle while riding in Adelaide, Australia.
A teenage boy's body was pulled from the water after reports of a shark attack, South Australia Police said.
The whale was first seen swimming off a Western Australia beach on Saturday, officials said.
The pilot took cocaine in the days before the accident that killed "Outback Wrangler" star Chris Wilson, and likely failed to refuel as planned, investigators said.
Police arrested the woman at the center of a mushroom meal mystery that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life.
After the "one in a million" encounter, video shows the 55-year-old surfer back on his board, saying, "I just got hit by a whale."
"I just thought: 'What is that? It doesn't make any sense. But it's alive and moving,'" she was quoted as saying.
The Osprey aircraft, which was conducting a training exercise, was carrying 23 personnel, the U.S. Marines said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with Australian Ambassador to the US Dr. Kevin Rudd on Tuesday.
One woman reportedly posed with three sleeping dingo pups, behavior that a park official called "irresponsible" and "unbelievable."
California is spending millions to help bring more firefighting aircraft to the state this summer. It's an effort to get more retardant on fires in the first hours of the blaze.
The snorkeler believes the crocodile may have been between 6 and 10 feet long.
An Australian police officer has been charged with 3 counts of assault for tasering Clare Nowland, who suffered from dementia.
Chlamydia is a massive threat to koalas as it makes them "so sick they can't climb trees to get food or escape predators, and females can become infertile."
Scientists set world records for the deepest fish ever recorded on video, as well as the deepest catch, while exploring trenches off Japan.
The father of four who was a judge on the popular TV cooking competition was found dead by police in Melbourne in the early hours of Monday.
