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The last overnight train between LA and SF ran in 1968. A startup wants to bring it back

The last time an overnight train connected Los Angeles and San Francisco was 55 years ago.

Los Angeles Times

Inquiry probes police research into gay hate crimes

Former Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley is set to give testimony in the inquiry looking at LGBTQI hate crimes in NSW.

AAP

Alarm bells on gay bashings should have sounded: ex-cop

A former senior police officer involved in pivotal cold cases of gay men killed in the 1980s has told an inquiry homophobic attacks were well-known to police.

AAP

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Scott Johnson's killer's shock revelation over the phone before his final plea to manslaughter

The 27-year-old's death, at the cliffs of a gay beat in Manly, sparked one of Sydney's longest-running mysteries.

ABC News

An Australian man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of a gay American in 1988

Scott White's admission in the New South Wales state Supreme Court comes three months after he had his conviction for murdering Scott Johnson overturned by an appeals court.

WEKU

Afternoon Update: anger over Qantas’s record profit; Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner subpoenaed; and Starbucks’ olive oil coffee

Qantas the latest company to announce record profits, causing anger among some travellers and a Labor senator

The Guardian - AU

Man pleads guilty to cold case death of Scott Johnson

Scott Phillip White has pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the 1988 cliff death of Scott Johnson after successfully reversing an earlier guilty plea to murder.

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Australian pleads guilty to killing gay American in 1988

An Australian has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an American who fell to his death 35 years ago from a Sydney cliff top that was known as a gay meeting place

The Independent UK

Scott White pleads guilty to 1988 manslaughter of Scott Johnson

After having a murder conviction quashed on appeal, Scott White pleads guilty to manslaughter more than three decades since American mathematician Scott Johnson's body was found at the base of cliffs at a Sydney gay beat.

ABC News

Firm proposes reopening Augusta-area golf course, but there’s a catch

Plans to revive the course could fall into jeopardy unless its former clubhouse becomes part of the development deal.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Now is a vital time to get men talking about feelings, says London men’s walking club founder

With the cost of living crisis taking hold, the Proper Blokes Club wants to help men stop bottling up their worries

Evening Standard

Sydney court overturns conviction for gay American's murder

An appeals court has overturned the conviction a man who temporarily admitted murdering an American who fell to his death in 1988 from a Sydney cliff top that was known as a gay meeting place

The Independent UK

Scott White sentence and conviction quashed over Scott Johnson murder

A man jailed after unexpectedly pleading guilty to the murder of American mathematician Scott Johnson has his conviction quashed and is likely to face a trial.

ABC News

Sydney cliff murder conviction set aside

Three NSW judges have set aside a conviction based on a prisoner's on-the-fly guilty plea to the 1988 cliff murder of an American mathematician.

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Wales Online

The biggest Wales v New Zealand acts of violence, controversies and sledges including two huge haka rows

There is a colourful history of matches between the two sides

ABC News

Brother of Scott Johnson accepts there could be a trial despite Scott White's murder conviction

The brother of murdered American mathematician Scott Johnson says he has accepted the possibility of a trial as the man jailed over the killing after pleading guilty launches an appeal.

AAP

Rare murder appeal 'gruelling' for family

An appeal by a convicted murderer to go back on his guilty plea has been a gruelling but important process to watch, the brother of the victim says.

AAP

Appeal court asked to overturn murder plea

A man jailed for the cold case murder of gay mathematician Scott Johnson had no good reason for his on-the-fly guilty plea, an appeal court has been told.

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Scott White's lawyers call for trial in Scott Johnson murder case after surprise guilty plea, court hears

Lawyers for a man who unexpectedly pleaded guilty to the cold case murder of American mathematician Scott Johnson say he did so without "good reasons", and are calling for him to face trial.

Los Angeles Times

How an 'ancient landslide' keeps threatening a railroad, homes in San Clemente

LOS ANGELES — When heavy rains and high surf from Tropical Storm Kay battered much of Southern California's seaboard this month, the ground shifted — ever so slightly — under the railroad along San Clemente's coast.

Wales Online

Dai Flanagan has been to Google, he videos himself in meetings and now he's hell-bent on changing perceptions of Gwent rugby

Flanagan's journey to this point began over eight years ago and he is constantly learning how to improve as he takes on his first head coaching role

Wales Online

The new life of Tom Shanklin and the phone call from Clive Woodward that tried to end Wales career before it started

Tom Shanklin is one of the most popular Wales players from the iconic 2005 Grand Slam team

The Guardian - UK

Muppet power! RSC uses puppet legends for My Neighbour Totoro extravaganza

The RSC’s version of the Japanese classic has smashed box office records – before the curtain’s even gone up. We meet the Jim Henson puppeteers bringing Studio Ghibli’s beloved fluffy monsters to life

Benzinga

The Crisis At Disney: Part 4, Can Disney Conquer NFTs And The Metaverse?

This is the fourth and final installment in Benzinga's "The Crisis at Disney"

ABC News

George Duncan's death remembered as gay law reform milestone 50 years after his drowning

The Scott Johnson case has prompted renewed national focus on gay-hate killings in Australia. But, before that crime, was another: the death of George Duncan, which had certain "parallels", and remains both shocking and unsolved.

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