NT and ACT Stolen Generations survivors set for redress payments under new $379 million reparations scheme
The announcement is part of a wider $1 billion package aimed at helping achieve Closing the Gap outcomes.
Read moreArmy unveils memorial for Black soldier lynched at Georgia military base 80 years ago
Pvt. Felix Hall was last seen alive in an all-white neighborhood in February 1941. He was found hanging from a tree on a segregated military base.
Read moreTake a look at Barbie’s one-of-a-kind dolls honoring women ‘heroes of the pandemic’
Mattel is honoring six women at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 with their own one-of-a-kind dolls made in their likeness.
Read moreSimone Biles’ legacy at the 2021 Olympics, Spirit Airlines’ flight cancellations: 5 Things podcast
How will we remember Simone Biles at these Olympics? NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces impeachment, passengers are stranded amid airline cancellations: 5 Things podcast
Read moreAs hurricane season enters its peak, NOAA’s updated forecast calls for even more storms: 21 named systems
The federal government continues to expect another active Atlantic hurricane season in 2021: As many as 10 hurricanes forming.
Read moreControversial abortion ordinance causes split between Michigan council
Hillsdale, Mich., is one of many cities taking steps to outlaw abortion with language written by Texas anti-abortion advocate.
Read more‘Hard days ahead’: Red flag warnings prompt more wildfire fears; Dixie Fire jumps perimeter lines
The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings across parts of Oregon, Nevada and California on Wednesday as dozens of wildfires burned.
Read moreMcFarland Fire grows rapidly in Northern California forest
Evacuation warnings were issued as the McFarland Fire in California’s Shasta and Trinity counties reached 15,925 acres as of Tuesday, August 3. Credit: Tech Sgt Kurt Riskey,…
Read moreAustralia’s Peter Bol just misses out on Olympic medal, finishing fourth in 800m final
The 27-year-old may have come fourth in the 800m final, but he won the hearts and admiration of people across Australia.
Read moreThe delta variant is ‘ripping through the unvaccinated’ and crowding hospitals in Florida, Texas
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths were up in nearly all 50 states last week, fronted by Florida and Texas, according to CDC data.
Read moreQAnon followers distance themselves from the movement’s most bizarre conspiracy theories as they rebrand
Since Trump’s defeat and the Jan. 6 insurrection, the QAnon movement is trying to revise its history and has embraced other conspiracy theories.
Read moreSchools implement mask mandates even as some states impose bans; US reports one case every second: Live COVID-19 updates
The number of Americans who are not at all likely to get the vaccine has declined to 15%, down from 20% two months ago. Live COVID news….
Read moreHow do I get into national parks for free? Just show up on these two days in August
All National Park Service sites are free to enter a few times each year. Two of those days are in August.
Read moreVictoria records one new COVID-19 case after initially celebrating a donut day
The Department of Health on Wednesday afternoon said it was investigating a confirmed case and would provide more information shortly.
Read moreCicadas may be gone, but here come itch mites causing mysterious bites in the DC region
Residents of the Washington, D.C. area have noticed unfamiliar bites, itching and welts, believed to be from itch mites that feed on cicada eggs.
Read moreVictoria records no new local COVID-19 cases for the first time in over three weeks
Victoria has recorded its first COVID-19 clean sheet in more than three weeks, with no local cases detected in the past 24 hours.
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