Emergency Call Shows 13-Year-Old Said 'We're in Massive Trouble' After He Swam to Shore to Save Mom and Siblings

On Jan. 30, 13-year-old Austin Appelbee swam for help after his family was swept out to sea off the coast of Australia. This ...

A 13-year-old Australian boy swims for hours to save his mother and siblings who were swept away

A 13-year-old boy swam for four hours in cold and choppy waters to save his mother and two younger siblings who had been swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.

Teen Boy Recalls Swimming for Miles Back to Shore to Help Save His Family After They Were Swept Into the Ocean

Austin Applebee said he spent hours racing back to dry land to seek help, with his mom and two siblings still in the water ...

When his family was swept out to sea, boy swam and ran miles to save them

Austin Appelbee is being hailed as a hero after he rescued his family. “I couldn’t feel how tired I was,” the 13-year-old ...

Chuck Negron, lead singer on 'Joy to the World' and other Three Dog Night hits, dies at 83

Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as "One" and "Just an ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art’ Review: Creative Native Cultures

“The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art,” an immense exhibition of nearly 200 works by more than 130 artists, is fascinating, frustrating, engaging and baffling. This isn’t surprising, ...
Phys.org

We interviewed Australian women who sexually abused children—this is what we learned

Child sexual abuse cases involving female perpetrators are confronting and distressing. When these cases make the news, they often provoke shock and outrage. The involvement of women and girls in ...
Iowa Public Radio

Australian folk band The Paper Kites discuss their new song

Questions about the path we've taken in life can be haunting. Did I select the right career? Did I marry the right person? Did I do right by my kids? New music from the Australian folk band The Paper ...
PBS

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children younger than 16

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms ...
TheWrap

All the Songs in ‘People We Meet on Vacation’

Emily Bader as Poppy in People We Meet on Vacation. (Credit Michele K. Short/Netflix) It may be the dead of winter, but the Netflix film adaptation of Emily Henry’s “People We Meet on Vacation” is ...
New York Magazine

The Best Kids’ Stuff We Bought in 2025

Strategist staffers have close to 20 children between us, ranging in age from 2½ to almost 15 years old. (And that’s not counting our nieces, nephews, younger siblings, and friends’ kids.) So in ...
Reuters

Australian teen wounded while shielding children during Bondi attack says she is not a hero

SYDNEY, Dec 19 (Reuters) - As two gunmen opened fire on hundreds celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, 14-year-old Chaya Dadon’s mind was clear. Across from where she had taken cover from the ...