More than three million Australians are expected to have their student debt cut in the federal budget as a part of measures to ease cost of living pressures.Education minister Jason Clare said the decision would wipe about $3 billion in higher education loans, after loans increased by 7.1 per cent last year as a result of surging inflation.The government...

High waters flooded neighborhoods around the US city of Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property.A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats...

There are growing calls for consent to become a normalised topic among young people as discussions continue into how to combat the crisis of domestic violence across the country.It's an area advocates believe could help prevent men's violence towards women, if caught early enough in school.But more needs to be done overall, with leaders telling 9news.com.au...

A 'radicalised' 16-year-old boy has been shot dead by police after an alleged knife attack in a Perth car park. A man is in a serious condition after he was allegedly stabbed in the back in the car park on High Road in Willetton in the city's south after 10pm yesterday.More than 30 patrol cars including emergency services rushed to the scene to find...

Police are searching for two men after one man died and another was taken to hospital following a stabbing in Melbourne's south-east.Police and emergency crews were called to a North Road address in the suburb of Ormond about 1am to find two men injured.One man, who is yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.READ MORE: Two knife incidents within...

A 42-year-old man has died after his car slammed into a tree south-west of Brisbane.The crash occurred at the intersection of Highlands Terrace and Summit Drive in Springfield Lakes just before 6pm yesterday.Police believe the driver lost control of his Mercedes hatch before crashing into a tree.READ MORE: DNA test to confirm if bodies found in Mexico...