Brian Wilson who was the genius behind The Beach Boys, one of the most successful bands of all time, has died at the age of 82.

The former movie mogul was found guilty at retrial on one charge and acquitted on another, but the jury has not yet reached a verdict on a third count in deliberations that have been marred by fighting.

Efforts to control language never work. Banning something only makes it more powerful.

Downtown Los Angeles has been placed under a curfew as protests spread across the US.

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The inner core of Americas second-largest city looked more like a war zone readying for an air raid as a new 8pm curfew aimed to curb rampant looting and vandalism.

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

TV camera operators, a newspaper photographer and reporters have been hit with rubber bullets, some apparently deliberately.

U.S. correspondent Michael Koziol is on the ground in Los Angeles during protests over the federal administrations immigration crackdown.

Tanks, armoured troop carriers and artillery systems pour into Washington for the US Armys 250th birthday celebration.

Hundreds of rioters attacked police and set homes and cars in Ballymena alight following a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town.

The deployment of marines to LA while the military prepares for a grand parade on the other side of the country is an uneasy juxtaposition for Americas armed forces.

An ABC camera operator was filming protests in Los Angeles before being shot in the chest by police.

In a new round of negotiations that were sparked by a phone call between the US president and his Chinese counterpart, officials emerged vowing to resurrect a fragile truce.

Australia has joined four other nations in sanctioning two of Israel's most controversial government ministers.

Israel deports Greta Thunberg after Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized.

School shooting in Austrian city leaves at least 11 people and the suspected gunman dead.

Emergency crews were called to a high school in Graz in response to the deadly shooting.

Citing local police, Austrian state media ORF said several people had also been seriously injured, including students and teachers.

The ships interception in international waters has devolved into a saga playing out through official diplomatic channels as much as on social media even Conor McGregor was involved.

Israels strike on what it says was a hidden Hamas tunnel running below a major hospital has again exposed the bitter moral debate at the heart of the Gaza conflict.

When it comes to the moral high road, the likes of Thunberg seek to occupy ALL of it, no matter how muddled the thinking. This is precisely the problem.

Speaking from California, tech expert Trevor Long runs through the big updates coming for Apple's iPhone.