The Editorial Team

Liz is news.com.au’s deputy editor. She began her career in magazines at The Australian Women’s Weekly, going on to work in newspapers before joining news.com.au. She started as a senior reporter in 2014 before becoming news editor and then deputy. Liz has appeared on national TV and radio as a commentator discussing news stories, politics and social issues.

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North America

Who is sending Beverly’s texts?

CARL Carter knew something was wrong when his real estate agent wife didn’t return from showing a property. Then he started getting weird texts from her number.

National

An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State (IS) and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group on September 2, 2014 purportedly shows a masked militant holding a knife and gesturing as he speaks to the camera in a desert landscape before beheading 31-year-old US freelance writer Steven Sotloff. The United States has identified the masked Islamic State militant who murdered Sotloff and US journalist James Foley in separate videotaped beheadings, FBI chief James Comey said on September 25, 2014.

Hunting Jihadi John: FBI unmasks killer

A PLOT to attack subways around the world has emerged, and Australian Defence personnel are being warned for their safety. But Jihadi John has been unmasked.

Leaders

Clinton: How to handle Abbott’s sexism

AUSTRALIAN women have often been at a loss when it comes to handling the Prime Minister’s less tasteful comments. But Hillary Clinton has a pretty good suggestion.

Environment

Severe storm sweeps Sydney

DUCK for cover. Severe thunderstorms are sweeping NSW.

National

FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. The Syrian foreign ministry said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 that Washington informed Damascus' envoy to the United Nations before launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, attacks that activists said inflicted casualties among jihadi fighters and civilians on the ground. (AP Photo, File)

Boy charged over ‘IS death threat’

A TEENAGE boy has been charged after death threats were made at a Sydney church from a car allegedly bearing an Islamic State Flag.

National

Cop sprays dog, protesters not happy

THIS is the shocking image that prompted a police investigation into animal cruelty inflicted by one of their own officers, but online campaigners aren’t satisfied with the outcome.

National

TO BE CONFIRMED. Bianka O'Brien believed to be the victim of the Rozelle Convenience store explosion earlier today. It is believed she was a resident in an upstairs flat. Pictured taken from her facebook Page.

Shop owner faces murder charge

A MAN has been charged with murder over the deaths of three people following a horrific convenience store fire and explosion earlier this month.

National

Cell’s public execution plans

HORRIFIC details have emerged of a plot to behead an Australian and upload it to social media in a deliberate attack against the country.

Middle East

‘This isn’t the beginning, it’s the apocalypse’

PICTURES of bloody corpses, instructions for invasion and apocalyptic images line the glossy pages of Islamic State’s shocking recruitment magazine.

Dating

Here’s your chance to snag a millionaire

MEET Mike the Millionaire, he’s a good-looking, early 40s entrepreneur who’s looking for love. Like everyone, he’s looking online.

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