The heartbroken family of a 91-year-old Victorian man who died during an alleged aggravated burglary have paid tribute. The heartbroken family of a 91-year-old Victorian man who died during an alleged aggravated burglary have paid tribute. Video: Family pay tribute to 91-year-old who died in alleged burglary Family pay tribute to 91-year-old who died in alleged burglary We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Brisbane Times Advertisement National The heartbroken family of a 91-year-old Victorian man who died during an alleged aggravated burglary have paid tribute. February 1, 2025 — 4.32pm ,…
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A medical transport jet carrying a pediatric patient and five others has slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames. A medical transport jet carrying a pediatric patient and five others has slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames. A medical transport jet carrying a child patient, her mother and four others slammed into a Philadelphia neighborhood and exploded in flames. The child had been treated in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home to Mexico, according to Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the plane’s operator. The flight’s final destination was Tijuana after a stop…
President Donald Trump has targeted the rights of transgender people in executive orders in his first two weeks back in office. President Donald Trump has targeted the rights of transgender people in executive orders in his first two weeks back in office. President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office. He has done it with strong language. In one executive order, he asserted “medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex.”…
A couple have narrowly escaped injury after a car ploughed into their south-western Sydney home. A couple have narrowly escaped injury after a car ploughed into their south-western Sydney home. Video: Couple’s narrow escape after car ploughs into Sydney home Couple’s narrow escape after car ploughs into Sydney home We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Brisbane Times Advertisement National A couple have narrowly escaped injury after a car ploughed into their south-western Sydney home. February 1, 2025 — 4.32pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save videos for…
A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, The Associated Press has found. The letter was meant to lend credibility to…
An emergency alert has been issued for Queensland as severe weather unleashes torrential rain and wide-spread flash flooding in the state’s north. An emergency alert has been issued for Queensland as severe weather unleashes torrential rain and wide-spread flash flooding in the state’s north. Video: Emergency alert for Queensland Emergency alert for Queensland We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Brisbane Times Advertisement National An emergency alert has been issued for Queensland as severe weather unleashes torrential rain and wide-spread flash flooding in the state’s north. February 1, 2025 — 4.33pm ,…
A child and five other people are feared dead after a Medivac jet plummeted into homes in Philadelphia. A child and five other people are feared dead after a Medivac jet plummeted into homes in Philadelphia. Video: Medical jet carrying child patient crashes in US Medical jet carrying child patient crashes in US We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Brisbane Times Advertisement A child and five other people are feared dead after a Medivac jet plummeted into homes in Philadelphia. February 1, 2025 — 4.33pm , register or subscribe to save…
The council has mostly blamed the surging cost of its $122 million Olympic pool revamp for its “weak” finances. It wants ratepayers to help foot the bill. The council has mostly blamed the surging cost of its $122 million Olympic pool revamp for its “weak” finances. It wants ratepayers to help foot the bill. National NSW Sydney councils By Megan Gorrey February 1, 2025 — 4.37pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Advertisement North Sydney residents are staring down the…
Balaji garnered national attention in October when he went public with accusations that his former employer, OpenAI, was flouting federal copyright laws with its blockbuster chatbot, ChatGPT. Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAi employee, in San Francisco, on Oct. 3, 2024. Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot. (Ulysses Ortega/The New York Times) SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji filed a lawsuit Friday claiming San Francisco officials have wrongly denied them access to reports detailing the police investigation of his late November death. Balaji’s mother and…
President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office. He has done it with strong language. In one executive order, he asserted “medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex.” That’s a dramatic reversal of the policies of former President Joe Biden’s administration — and of major medical organizations — that supported gender-affirming care. American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Sruti Swaminathan said that to be put into effect, provisions of the orders…
In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a program for underrepresented students, emphasizing “belonging” for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from historically Black colleges had to be abruptly canceled. And around the U.S., colleges are assessing program names and titles that could run afoul of a Trump administration crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. New White House orders ban DEI policies in programs that receive federal money. Across higher education, institutions rely on federal funding for research grants, projects and contract work. As they figure out how to adapt, some schools are staying quiet…
Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day of the year and the spring equinox has ancient roots in European agricultural life. Punxsutawney Phil is far from the only groundhog whose human handlers make annual announcements about whether they’ve seen their own shadows and are predicting six more weeks of winter or an early spring. The date not only divides the calendar between the winter solstice and the spring equinox — it’s also a time of year that figures in the…
A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels. With less than 10% of the world’s plastics being recycled, Petgas’ idea is that rather than letting discarded plastic become waste, it can become productive again as fuel. Petgas developed a machine in the port city of Boca del Rio that uses pyrolysis, a thermodynamic process that heats plastics in the absence of oxygen, breaking it down to produce gasoline, diesel, kerosene, paraffin and coke. Carlos Parraguirre Díaz, chief technology officer at…
CAIRO – Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the US rescind President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it a “grave” development that puts Washington on the same side as “occupation” and the violation of international law. CAIRO – Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the US rescind President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it a “grave” development that puts Washington on the same side as “occupation” and the violation of international law. CAIRO – Arab foreign ministers on Sunday demanded that the US rescind President Donald Trump’s decision to…
NEW YORK — The New York Mets signed infielder Nick Madrigal to a one-year contract Friday. Madrigal hit .221 with 10 RBIs in 51 games for the Chicago Cubs last year. The team nontendered him in November. The 27-year-old Madrigal will compete for a spot on New York’s bench in spring training. He has made big-league starts at second and third base. Infielder Luis De Los Santos was designated for assignment to make room for Madrigal on the team’s roster. The Chicago White Sox selected the 5-foot-8 Madrigal with the No. 4 pick in the 2018 amateur draft out of…
Rwanda-backed rebels were quickly expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region’s major city, the U.N. said Friday, also expressing concerns over executions it learned were carried out by the rebels following a major escalation of their yearslong rebellion. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the World Health Organization and its partners conducted an assessment with Congo’s government between Jan. 26-30 “and report that 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured” in Goma and the vicinity. “These numbers are expected to rise as more information becomes available,” he said. The rebels were now about 60 kilometers (37…
A former Fox Sports reporter and anchor filed a lawsuit Friday against the network and top executive Charlie Dixon, saying he sexually assaulted her after coaxing her up to his hotel room to discuss Super Bowl plans in 2016 and was later pushed out of her job for fighting back. Julie Stewart-Binks said in her complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, that she was inspired to speak up after a former hairstylist for Fox Sports filed a lawsuit on Jan. 5 saying a former host had made repeated unwanted sexual advances toward her and that Dixon had groped…
A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans. Judge John McConnell sided with nearly two dozen states that requested an emergency order preventing most federal agencies from halting funding. Another judge in Washington halted the plan earlier this week minutes before it was set to go into effect, but her short-term order is only in place until Monday unless she decides to extend it. McConnell ordered the federal government not to “pause, freeze, impede, block,…
South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal injection drugs. Marion Bowman Jr. was executed at 6:27 p.m. Bowman, 44, was convicted of murder in the shooting death of a friend whose burned body was found in the trunk of a car. Bowman maintained his innocence since his arrest and started his final statement with “I did not kill Kandee Martin.” His lawyers said he was convicted on the word of several friends and relatives who received deals…
In a stretch of questioning crucial to the defense of A$AP Rocky, his lawyer on Friday challenged the account of his accuser, who said he suffered a hand injury when the hip-hop performer fired a gun at him in 2021. Superstar singer Rihanna, Rocky’s partner and the mother of their two children, watched from the audience as the man who goes by A$AP Relli, a former friend of Rocky, underwent a second day of cross-examination at the Los Angeles trial that left him visibly frustrated and at times angry. She slipped into court for a third day about 30 minutes…