| | | | Franklin, known for her powerful voice and for many hits, including Respect and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, dies aged 76. | | | | Franklin's performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman at Washington DC's Kennedy Centre in 2015 charmed social media, and it tells you something about Franklin's impact and her legacy. | | | | It was January 1967 and those in the room knew they were seeing something special. And Aretha Franklin didn't disappoint, going on to be the black American female singer who would take soul music into the pop charts, writes Mark Bannerman. | | | | The love of her life died at work, now Tanya Louth is on the verge of bankruptcy. She's fighting for harsher penalties for negligent employers, and better support for grieving families. | | | | Audio of a phone call by an eyewitness informing the Italian Emergency Services of the bridge collapse that killed at least 39 people on Tuesday reveals the phone operator's shock at the news as authorities continue the search for people still believed buried under the rubble. | | | | From the Boston Globe and New York Times to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and the Portland Press-Herald, more than 350 newspapers join a coordinated defence of press freedom and rebuke President Donald Trump's constant attacks on the media. | | | | We're beginning to understand that psychological and neuroscience research has some catching up to do, in accounting for human diversity and its range of perspectives, Dr Belinda Liddell writes. | | | | She's now arguably one of the world's strongest women, and she's just returned home to Australia to a string of sponsorship requests after video of her conquering "the ultimate" stone lifting challenge in Scotland went viral. | | | | Muslim men who considered Bob Katter their friend say they are confused by the MP's call this week to ban Muslim immigration, particularly given he recently wrote a letter of support to help a Cairns Imam extend his stay in Australia. | | | | There's Brenton Ragless, Brenton Sanderson and 3,223 other men called Brenton in South Australia. Why so many in the Festival State and so few elsewhere? | | | | Athletes with ACL injuries once lined up for the LARS surgery, touted as a miracle cure capable of shaving eight months off recovery time — but it has since fallen out of favour. | | | | "All those traits we want in our players are not the traits the leaders of our game are showing," says Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy on the coaching instability. | | | | Convict artist Thomas Bock's portraits of Aboriginal Tasmanians are back in the state for the first time since they were created in the 1830s. | | | | The Government is signalling it is prepared to take tough action to force power prices down as it tries to head off an internal rebellion against the NEG. But one MP says it's a sign Malcolm Turnbull is "pressing the panic button so hard it is like he is playing Space Invaders". | | | | Hearing police sirens approaching his Forest Lodge home, murder accused Blake Davis allegedly said "I'm going to jail", according to police facts revealing graphic detail of the alleged moments leading up to and following the death of hip-hop artist Jett McKee. | | | | The trial of jailed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson gets underway, with a panel of Cambodian judges grilling Australian film director Peter Weir over the accused spy's finances and links to the Australian Government. | | | | A woman subject to a violent and sustained home invasion tried to arm herself with a knife and go back into her apartment to save her partner after she managed to escape from their attacker, a court hears | | | | Solar panels are good bang for buck, but what about solar batteries? Has the price dropped enough to make it worthwhile for you? We asked scientists, industry analysts, consumer advocates and a battery user to tell us what they think. | | | | Drama is never too far away when Nick Kyrgios is on the tennis court and this time it is a chair umpire who earns his wrath in Cincinnati. | | | | A little-known scheme dishing out free "nationhood material" has seen dozens of MPs running out of portraits of the Queen to give away to keen constituents, but one MP is asking people to pass a constitutional pop quiz first. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By Dr Belinda Liddell | |  |
By Mark Bannerman | |  |
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