Buttigieg’s husband sends Pence a photo of his hospitalised baby in angry response to ‘maternity leave’ joke
The White House has called for former vice president to apologise for what it called a ‘homophobic’ joke
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VA Asks for Historic $4.1 Billion for Construction as Agency Weighs Closing Some Aging Medical Facilities
After the Senate scuttled the department’s recommendations on medical facility upgrades and closures, the VA launched a new assessment effort that has not yet been completed.
Georgia’s president tours Europe, US to strengthen ties after a week of protests
Georgia’s president met French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and EU chief Charles Michel in Brussels on Monday to drum up international support for the country amid mounting tensions with Russia. The visits come after after lawmakers were forced …
BoM shifts to El Niño watch after La Niña officially declared over – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Penny Wong hits back at China’s claim Aukus nuclear submarines will fuel an arms raceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDaniel Hurst is out of the Aukus lockup – here is his first take.The m…
Dick Fosbury, Olympic champion who changed high jump forever, dies aged 76
Oregon athlete who invented the Fosbury Flop won gold in Mexico City in 1968The American Olympic champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the high jump with a technique that became known as the Fosbury Flop, has died. He was 76.His former agent, Ray S…
How insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for older patients’ treatment (STAT)
STAT:
How insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for older patients’ treatment — An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances…
Moldova Fears ‘Hybrid Warfare Generated by Russia’ — Defense Minister
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US hate crimes increased nearly 12 percent in 2021, FBI says
Nearly 65 percent of the hate crimes were based on race and ethnicity, a report by the US security service says.
Flood problems grow as new storm heads toward California
A levee break on a storm-swollen river in California’s central coast has quadrupled in size, complicating repair efforts Monday and spilling floodwaters into farmland and agricultural communities — even as yet another atmospheric river took aim at the…