Alice Liddel 
Avian flu, or H5N1, is making headlines in the United States. The past few years have seen concerning signs of it spreading across the world – whether in chickens in Britain, sea lions in Peru, or Caspian seals in Russia. This time, it is has been confirmed in American cows, and the World Health Organization … Read more
Anthony Edwards (5) of the Minnesota Timberwolves reacts after a call in the first quarter Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Timberwolves vs. Phoenix Suns first round NBA playoffs series, game 2, Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn. Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via Getty Images The Phoenix Suns host the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game … Read more
The President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Festus Osifo, has said that the much-awaited new minimum wage may not be announced on 1 May.Mr Osifo said this while speaking with journalists on Friday in Abuja. ”The negotiation by the Tripartite Committee is still ongoing. If you remember, the TUC earlier submitted N447,000 … Read more
U.S. inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets’ expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until September. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Data for February was unrevised to show … Read more
When LA Metro’s staff announced that meeting the agency’s adopted goal of 100% zero-emission buses by 2030 was no longer achievable, three of the Los Angeles city-based Metro board members pushed back. Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian, L.A. City Council member Kate Yaroslavsky and Bass-appointee Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker joined together in … Read more
Over three days of testimony this week, Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan has spawned subplots inside and outside the courtroom. With a decision on one contempt motion pending, Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a hearing on Thursday for prosecutors to argue that Trump has committed more violations of the judge’s gag order against disparaging … Read more
Q. Dear Honk: There is a defunct railroad line that has been shut down for many years. It runs parallel to Bastanchury Road in Fullerton. The crossing gates have been removed, as well as all of the signs, except for one that states that the tracks are out of service. In spite of all this, … Read more
Elon Musk became the world’s richest man by evangelising about electric cars – and delivering them by the million. Yet in recent months his company, Tesla, has struggled to maintain its momentum: sales have dropped this year, and so has its share price. Those struggles have become emblematic of a broader reckoning facing the electric … Read more
The identity of a young woman who died at the scene of a suspicious house fire in Perth’s southern suburbs can be revealed as mother-of-four Erica Hay. Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances around Ms Hay’s death after she was found in a bedroom following a blaze at her Warnbro home. She died at the … Read more
NEW YORK (NewsNation) — A trio of Republican senators are targeting the three big food delivery services, writing a letter to Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub, demanding to know what steps they’re taking to stop migrants from reportedly filling in as food delivery workers. Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Indiana Sen. Mike Braun and North Carolina … Read more
