Australia’s social media ban leaves 15-year-old worried he’ll lose touch with friends

Australia’s social media ban leaves 15-year-old worried he’ll lose touch with friends

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep farm, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his far-flung circle of friends once Australia’s world-first social media ban goes into effect Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wudinna, a community of just over 1,000 in the … Read more

Man keeps rock for years, hoping it’s gold. It turned out to be much more valuable.

Man keeps rock for years, hoping it’s gold. It turned out to be much more valuable.

In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish stone resting in some yellow clay. He took it home and tried everything to open it, certain that there was a nugget of gold inside … Read more