Abortion rights proposal moves a step closer to Ohio ballot
Backers of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures they’d need to put the issue on the ballot this November.
Gary Glitter returned to custody after ‘breaching licence conditions’
The 78-year-old, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, was freed in February after being jailed in 2015 for abusing three schoolgirls.
Rubbish piles up in streets of Paris as France’s pension battle enters final stretch
A protracted strike by rubbish collectors has added a new twist to France’s festering dispute over pension reform as the battle over President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular reform enters a make-or-break week with tonnes of uncollected garbage pil…
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
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…