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Wednesday briefing: Day of justice for George Floyd Warren Murray Top story: Wave of relief in Minneapolis at Chauvin verdict © Photograph: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Charles McMillan and Genevieve Hansen, witnesses who testified in the trial, embrace after the verdict was read. Hello, Warren Murray with news of justice served. Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder for killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, a crime that prompted waves ...

Last modified on Wed 21 Apr 2021 17.04 EDT Good morning. Covid-19 dominates the headlines both domestically and internationally this Thursday, while in the United States the outpouring of emotion continues following the Derek Chauvin murder conviction. Health experts have backed a proposal by hardware company Bunnings to set up vaccination hubs in store carparks, in a bid to assist the federal government’s vaccine rollout. Epidemiologist Hassan Vally says mass vaccination centres could help �...

GLASSES were raised at an historic Amblecote pub which was finally able to welcome back customers after lockdown and almost closing for good when it…

Final link in walkway along Sydney Harbour foreshore opens at Barangaroo We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A missing link in an 11-kilometre walkway which follows the curves of Sydney Harbour’s foreshore from Woolloomooloo to the Anzac Bridge has opened, giving access to a part of the city locked away from the public for two centuries. The last 300-metre stretch of the walkway at Barangaroo, on the western edge...

We know that heart disease and cancer are the two biggest killers, followed by stroke. We are quite accustomed to seeing ads telling us the dangers of smoking cigarettes. We hear gurus and diet experts tell us every day the importance of building good diet and exercise habits. Many people have stopped smoking, try to eat more healthfully, and exercise regularly--or at the very least know they need to do so. But theres another root cause of these killers that we dont often talk about--inactivity...

Government Executive email We’re still thinking about pandemic data in the wrong ways. A few minutes before midnight on March 4, 2020, the two of us emailed every U.S. state and the District of Columbia with a simple question: How many people have been tested in your state, total, for the coronavirus? By then, about 150 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States, and 11 had died of the disease. Yet the CDC had stopped publicly reporting the number of Americans tested...

From the City Club of Eugene: Not since the War of 1812 has there been an attack on the US Capitol. The long record of Capitol security was broken on January 6, 2021, and this time the assault was not done by a foreign army, but by U.S. citizens. The January attack on the Capitol will have consequences as yet unknown for the country and the Republican Party. A special commission will investigate the causes of the riot and propose some form of corrective action. How much future threat will be p...

Why the Pandemic Experts Failed Robinson Meyer A few minutes before midnight on March 4, 2020, the two of us emailed every U.S. state and the District of Columbia with a simple question: How many people have been tested in your state, total, for the coronavirus? By then, about 150 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States, and 11 had died of the disease. Yet the CDC had stopped publicly reporting the number of Americans tested for the virus. Without that piece...

Through tumultuous waters and sweeping vistas, Peter Walker and his students take their audience on a ride up-and-down stream in the new docuseries “Rio Grande Serenade” to help tell the epic tales of high desert life, culture, survival, and wildlife along the Rio Grande. The docuseries is the product of the Digital Media Arts (DMA) program at The University of New Mexico Taos Branch. Walker, who is the DMA program coordinator, said the series will include four episodes; episode one, “Riv...

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