1. Parents found dead near vehicle with their three children safe inside.
A couple were found dead on the side of a Florida highway, with their three young sons sitting safely in a nearby 4WD.
Heather Kelsey, 30, and Daniel Kelsey, 32, were found unconscious outside the car by a passing Florida Highway Patrol officer, who had stopped after spotting the vehicle flashing its hazard lights on Saturday, the New York Post reports.
Both adults, of Ormond Beach, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigations did not initially point to “foul play” and police are waiting on the results of an autopsy, according to Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
The three young boys, ranging in age from 8 months to 4 years old were unharmed, according to police, but taken to hospital as a precaution.
2. Former judge, 83, drowns in Sydney pool.
An 83-year-old man became the 17th person to drown in NSW this holiday season after he was found unresponsive in a backyard pool in Sydney on Monday night.
Former judge, Richard Gee, who was targeted as part of the Family Law Court bombings in the 1980s, has been identified as the latest victim in spate of drownings in the state.
NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to a home in Belrose in northeast Sydney at about 10pm on Monday, but he died at the scene.
Mr Gee and his family survived an explosion at their home in 1984 – one of several attacks on Family Law Court judges that occurred in the early 1980s.
Police are investigating his death and will prepare a report for the coroner.