Jack Taylor 
Embattled Nine Entertainment chairman Peter Costello has resigned suddenly, two days after being involved in an altercation with a journalist. The ASX-listed media group said on Sunday he had been succeeded by his deputy Catherine West. His resignation came after a long meeting of the Nine Entertainment (NEC) board on Friday night. Know the news … Read more
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has tentatively agreed to testify before Congress after his office secured a historic guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan sent a letter asking for Bragg’s testimony May 31, the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying … Read more
The federal government is investing $110.4 million in an anti-racism and discrimination strategy, Canada’s minister of diversity, inclusion and persons with disabilities Kamal Khera announced Saturday. Khera said at a press conference the funds will support “hundreds” of projects and change the lives of “thousands” of Canadians. “The strategy incorporates the voices and lived experiences … Read more
A federal court has rejected a bid by two First Nations and salmon farm operators to review Ottawa’s decision to not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in the waters off British Columbia. The written ruling from Judge Paul Favel says former fisheries minister Joyce Murray’s February 2023 decision not to renew the … Read more
A state judge has ordered graduate student workers at the University of California to temporarily stop their strike at six campuses across the system, delivering a win to UC regents in their legal effort to force strikers back to work. Both the university system and the academic workers’ union, United Auto Workers Local 4811, said … Read more
People wait in in a queue to enter CityMD, a health clinic that offers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on the Upper West Side as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens-backed CityMD will pay $12.04 million to settle Covid fraud allegations … Read more
PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden is being feted by French President Emmanuel Macron with a state visit Saturday as the two allies aim to show off their partnership on global security issues and move past trade tensions. Biden and Macron attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday and met separately the … Read more
Since former President Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts last week, he and his allies have had revenge on their mind. Less than an hour after the verdict came in, Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) posted on X that it was “Time for Red State AGs and DAs to get busy.” On Tuesday, Trump told Newsmax … Read more
President Joe Biden on Sunday is set to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, the burial place for 1,800 U.S. Marines, whom Donald Trump famously called “suckers” and “losers” and had refused to honor with a visit in 2018 because it had been raining. Trump, president at the time, had been scheduled to visit the cemetery … Read more
HIGH FALLS, N.Y. — The last time Emily Abramson saw Andy Neiman, he was in the waiting area of a hospital emergency department. She knew her brother was in trouble. But she figured he’d be safe. It was before dawn on May 21, 2021, just a few hours after Emily had found Andy confused, agitated … Read more
