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Australian admits to killing gay L.A. man in 1988

Steve Johnson, right, with his sisters, Terry, left, and Rebecca and his wife Rosemarie, second right, arrive at the Supreme Court in Sydney on May 2, 2022, for a sentencing hearing in the murder of Scott Johnson, Steve, Terry and Rebecca's brother. An Australian pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, to the manslaughter of an American Scott Johnson, who fell to his death 35 years ago from a Sydney cliff top that was known as a gay meeting place. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

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Aussie actress reported missing arrested in L.A.

Laura McCulloch is seen in a photo released by the Santa Monica Police Department on Aug. 16, 2022.

Visitors return to Australia as travel restrictions ease

Passengers are welcomed as they arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. International tourists and business travelers began arriving in Australia with few restrictions for the first time in almost two years after the government lifted some of the most draconian pandemic measures of any democracy in the world. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

Tennis star Djokovic’s visa reinstated by Australian judge

Serbia's Novak Djokovic, right, stands with Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley for a trophy photo shoot following his win the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Feb 22, 2021. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic was denied entry at the Melbourne airport late Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022, after border officials canceled his visa for failing to meet its entry requirement that all non-citizens be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

World’s top male tennis player turned away at Australian …

Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Russia's Daniil Medvedev in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Djokovic has had his visa canceled and been denied entry to Australia, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 and is set to be removed from the country after spending the night at the Melbourne airport as officials refused to let him enter the country for the Australian Open after an apparent visa mix-up.(AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

5 children die after wind lifts bouncy castle 33 feet …

Emergency services personnel work the scene of a deadly incident involved with a bouncy castle at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Multiple children have died and others are in critical condition after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 meters (33 feet) into the air by a gust of wind at a junior school on the island state of Tasmania on Thursday. (Grant Wells/AAP Image via AP)

New Australian plant could produce 100 million vaccines …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, looks at a hazard suit during a tour at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Andrew Henshaw/AAP Image via AP)

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Australian border reopens for first time in 20 months

A woman, right, is embraced by. a loved one after arriving on a flight from Los Angeles at Sydney Airport as Australia open its borders for the first time in 19 months in Sydney, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. International travel will be initially restricted to Sydney's airport because New South Wales has the highest vaccination rate of any state. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia not welcoming foreign tourists until at …

In this April 19, 2021, file photo a passenger travels through Sydney Airport, in Sydney, Australia. International tourists won't be welcomed back to Australia until next year, with the return of skilled migrants and students given higher priority, the prime minister said on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

3-year-old boy with autism survives 3 nights alone …

Three-year-old AJ Elfalak is carried by a paramedic into an ambulance after he is found alive on the family property near Putty, north west of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AJ was found sitting in a creek and cupping water in his hands to drink three days after he was lost in rugged Australian woodland. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

‘We’re going home with a medal’: U.S. women earn …

United States' Megan Rapinoe celebrates with teammates scoring her side's 2nd goal against Australia in the women's bronze medal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Kashima, Japon. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

US-Australia men’s basketball exhibition game canceled …

Bradley Beal shoots during practice for USA Basketball on July 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Mice plague prompts evacuation of prison in Australia

In this May 19, 2021, file photo, mice scurry around stored grain on a farm near Tottenham, Australia. A mouse plague that has ravaged vast swathes of eastern Australia has forced the evacuation of a prison while authorities repair gnawed electrical wiring and clear dead and decaying mice from wall cavities and ceilings, Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin said on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

800 arrested after FBI-run messaging app tricks organized …

This May 2021 image from an affidavit for a search warrant, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, shows cocaine that had been transported in hollowed-out pineapples from Costa Rica to Spain. Law enforcement agencies learned about the shipment as part of a global sting operation unveiled Tuesday, June 8, 2021, that intercepted text messages criminals thought were secure. Authorities they said dealt an “unprecedented blow” to organized crime in countries around the world. (Department of Justice via AP)