Both Beege and I have been writing about this problem for a few years. In my case, I think my first post about problems with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train system was back in 2018. But post-pandemic the problem really went into overdrive. Prior to the pandemic about 70% of the funding for...
The state of Oklahoma may not direct public state funding to what was set to be the nation’s first religious charter school after the US Supreme Court deadlocked over the case. The justices were evenly split, voting 4-4 in a ruling on Thursday. The tie affirms a lower ruling from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,...
During the COVID pandemic, public health officials were obsessed with presenting a united front and a grossly oversimplified message regarding anything pandemic-related. Is masking up a good or bad idea? There was little to no data that it was a good idea, but once the idea was pushed out there, everybody fell in line. That...
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a portion of the GOP budget package this week that would open vast swaths of public lands to private oil and gas extraction, logging, and coal and mineral mining while fast-tracking permits and slashing oversight of proposed fossil fuel projects. If signed into law, the bill would require the...
Speaking from the Vatican balcony just after being unveiled as the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to his predecessor and called for unity. Robert Prevost, 69, was chosen following a two-day conclave in Vatican City, and is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. “Help us, and help each other, build bridges,”...
The FDA has rehired at least some workers tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities, two employees said. The recall reverses firings carried out roughly a month ago by the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the agency. Workers who process records about medical device and tobacco regulation under...
Getty Images Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with “biased and partisan news coverage” US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) to be blocked. On Thursday evening, Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with “biased...
This story was originally published by The New Lede. Moves by the Trump administration to draw up a new regulatory framework for types of toxic chemicals has sparked suspicion among health advocates who fear the changes will protect polluters but not public health. The concerns come after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin...
BBC Brian Smyth said Belfast City Council workers are lifting hundreds of used needles each month A proposed trial to install a waste needle bin in Belfast city centre is not a “silver bullet” but one step to dealing with drugs issues in the city, a councillor has said. Brian Smyth was speaking ahead of...
Promoters Frank Warren and Alex Krassyuk sat on the top table for around half an hour, patiently waiting for the fighters. An energetic Dubois – wearing an understated tracksuit – eventually jogged on to the stage and saluted Warren. Showman Usyk high-fived his team, bowed to around 50 or so members of the media and...
Getty Images The government ended a wave of public sector strikes last summer when it accepted, in full, the recommendations of independent public sector pay review bodies to increase the pay of teachers, nurses and others. But ministers might be facing another headache over pay and the possibility of a fresh threat of strikes from...
Over the last couple of weeks, even as tariffs have wreaked havoc on markets around the world, President Donald Trump and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have repeatedly teased the notion of slapping hefty tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals. Lutnick has said these are likely to be introduced before the summer. Trump’s rationale for placing tariffs...
More details on the judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks – which saw three people stabbed to death – have been announced in Parliament. Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocane in the city on 13 June 2023. The deaths have prompted widespread criticism from the victims’ families over...
Pope Francis’s last public appearance was for an Easter Sunday blessing at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square. It had been unknown at the time if the pontiff would join the service following his discharge from hospital last month, after five weeks of treatment for an infection that led to double pneumonia. He has died at...
The Biden administration supervised the largest repeal in social benefits in U.S. history upon declaring the COVID-19 pandemic over. The Trump administration appears to be surpassing that feat, rapidly winding down the project called the United States. The fallout includes the health of the American people. In recent weeks, we’ve seen billions slashed from state...