Dr George Mackaness compiled Australian Historical Monographs. He wrote: “And so the young parson and his wife, Mary, came to the new convict settlement of Botany Bay. So great were the bustle, ...

The entry for 26 January 1788 describes the encounter in Botany Bay with the French expedition commanded by ... In 1787, he was appointed as surgeon responsible for the women convicts on the "Lady ...

A South Korean man who ate to the point of obesity in an attempt to dodge the army has avoided prison after he pledged to take up his mandatory military service. The man, who was not publicly ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco jury convicted a man of sexually assaulting two women after strangling them. Sergio Barillas Perez, 32, was convicted of rape by force, assault, false ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A jury convicted a local man Monday for a rape nearly 30 years ago. Jurors found Gilbert Contreras guilty. Tomorrow will mark exactly 30 years since he beat and raped a woman ...

QUITO (Reuters) - An Ecuadorean court on Monday convicted 20 of 21 total defendants in a wide-ranging organized crime and drug trafficking case involving the Andean country's judicial system ...

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Three men on trial for first-degree murder in the beating death of Chad Kowalchuk have been found guilty of lesser offences after a jury returned its verdict on Day 3 of deliberations. Justin Boucher, ...

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Night - Cloudy. Winds WSW at 15 to 16 mph (24.1 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 27 °F (-2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 29 °F (-1.7 °C) and a 57% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at ...

Plant adaptation to life on land included gaining the ability to obtain nutrients from barren terrestrial substrates. New work pinpoints a small, conserved genetic core with extensive rewiring of ...

A trough lies off the south coast and weakening while a ridge extends across northeastern NSW. Northerly winds will continue along the coastal waters through much of the weekend and the first half of ...