Kath Murray gets the same reaction whenever she tells people what she does for a living: There’s an awkward silence, a sympathetic head tilt and the inevitable response of “that must be so hard.” “There’s never been a job where I’ve had so much laughter,” says Murray, a hospice nurse and palliative care educator based…
Thousands of children are facing long waits for vital wheelchairs as NHS rejections rise, and the UK’s only charity has been forced to stop taking new patients due to a surge in demand. Whizz Kids, the UK’s leading charity for specialist wheelchair services, has warned patients are facing a “national crisis” after unprecedented pressure on…
Beaches in contemporary times are dominated by litter. One estimate suggests that over 9.7 million litter items populate beaches across the world’s coastlines, a figure that may well be higher now that it’s been four years since the research. Beachgoers are constantly inundated with litter, a stark reality that not only ruins the lush, beautiful…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge fined telecommunications giant Optus 100 million Australian dollars ($66 million) Wednesday for unconscionable conduct selling services to hundreds of vulnerable customers including in Indigenous communities outside the range of its coverage. The subsidiary of Singapore government-owned Singtel is separately facing multimillion-dollar fines over its failure last week to…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to establish President Donald Trump’s presidential library in an iconic stretch of downtown Miami. Paving the way for the president’s post-administration historical archives is another way DeSantis and conservative lawmakers are vying to demonstrate their loyalty to Trump, who has shifted the center of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a New York federal judge Monday to sentence him early next month to no more than 14 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, meaning he’d go free almost immediately if the judge agreed. The lawyers made their arguments in…
Raise your hand if menopause symptoms took you by surprise. Or confused the heck out of you. Or you feel clueless about what’s headed your way. Cool, so most of us, right? That checks out: While 100% of midlife women experience menopause, a 2022 study published in the journal Women’s Health found that 60% of…
A popular brand has issued a nationwide recall of two types of its fish over contamination concerns. Haifa Smoked Fish, based in New York, is recalling its cold-smoked salmon and cold-smoked sea bass, according to a Wednesday press release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The recall was issued because the products may have…
Stocks surged to fresh record highs this past week as the Federal Reserve delivered its first rate cut of the year, fueling what some strategists describe as a short-term “honeymoon rally.” Optimism around easier financial conditions and the artificial intelligence boom has powered equities higher, defying September’s reputation as a weak month for stocks. Bank…
Although consumer sentiment appears to be at a sustained low in the United States — inflation spiked in August in tandem with rising jobless claims — the New York Times reported that sales of electric vehicles took off in a big way. In the current economic landscape, consumers remain cautious, curtailing their spending on both…