A reported rift between Brendan Nugent and his family has emerged as one line of inquiry for Victoria Police as they investigate the attack on federal MP Helen Haines.

A new study shows record heat over the European summer killed more than 50,000 people. 

Victorian Police have arrested 29 people as part of an investigation into alleged drug manufacturing across Melbourne's north and east.

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Guests will find leaving an Airbnb rental is soon more like checking out of a hotel.

The company is moving to ban hosts from asking to them to do check out chores, like stripping the beds or washing dishes.

The changes will come into effect from November 20.

Hosts are not happy, they're warning it could mean higher cleaning fees, higher prices - or even having listings pulled from the site.

You may have heard about the artificial intelligence bubble.

In finance, a bubble is when the hype around something far outstrips its actual value and at some point it can pop in a big way.

Then, as the famous American investor Warren Buffett, puts it: "'only when the tide goes out you find out who's been swimming naked".

But are we all exposed?

What happens to our hard earned superannuation, invested here and overseas, if the AI boom goes bust, and triggers a stock market crash?

Snowy 2.0's budget may have blown out again, with a new cost reassessment putting the price tag at 22 billion dollars, up from an original estimate of just 2 billion when the project was announced in 2017.

There are big questions now about whether a full cost-benefit analysis will be made public, and what the latest figure means for Australian taxpayers and energy consumers.

Midterm elections are coming up in the United States, and they could seriously shake up Donald Trump's second term.

Republicans currently control both the House and the Senate, but polling is telling an interesting story about whether that's about to change.

What do the experts think is likely to happen, and what would it mean for the rest of Trump's presidency?

The Australian Federal Police has told a parliamentary inquiry that AI is speeding up the radicalisation of children.

Police say children as young as 11 are being radicalised, in some cases within days, and that they come from any background.

Experts say families should watch for children withdrawing from friends and keep conversations going, so what does that look like at home?

The  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released the first national data on hospitalisations linked to electronic bikes and scooters and it shows e-scooter hospitalisations have more than tripled since 2019.

Vodafone analysed millions of scam calls on its network during a one-year period, finding 98 per cent came from internet phone company Symbio.

Symbio is owned by Aussie Broadband who says stopping the scammers is very difficult.

Aussie Broadband has committed to working with Vodafone's owner TPG to reduce the volume of scam calls while Australia's Scams Prevention Framework is due to be introduced next year.

Over the past few months we've been hearing house prices are going down.

The latest figures from real estate platform Domain confirm that trend.

Youth deradicalisation experts, the AFP and ASIO are calling for a societal approach to tackling rising threats, as the AFP warned of a 'tsunami' of youth crime hitting the country, due to rapid online radicalisation.

Independent MP Helen Haines remains in a critical condition in the Alfred Hospital, and her husband says she has had both legs amputated after the alleged attack.

The man accused of the attack, Brendan Nugent, has appeared in the Wangaratta Magistrates Court, where no application for bail was made and he will remain in custody.

The motive for the attack is still unknown and the case returns to court on February 4, so what happens next?