NZ athlete on making history as a transgender woman

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was never seeking the attention that inevitably came with becoming the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympics. (Aug. 3)       

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NSW records 199 new local COVID-19 cases as premier aims for six million vaccines by September

Of the local cases reported on Tuesday, 88 are linked to a known case or cluster. The source of infection for 111 NSW cases is still under…

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Young Australians should be next priority in the vaccine rollout, key Doherty modelling shows

The modelling underpinning the plan to return Australia to normality has identified young Australians as “peak” spreaders of the COVID-19 that should be targeted for vaccination.

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Vaccine mandates & dorm food, the new college tour

NYU is starting in-person college tours again for the first time in 16 months. Normally questions about admissions dominate the conversation, but this year student tour guides…

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Margot Robbie, John Cena and more premiere ‘The Suicide Squad’

Margot Robbie, John Cena and more premiere ‘The Suicide Squad’       

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Scott Morrison labels Labor’s cash for jabs proposal a ‘vote of no confidence’ in Australians

The prime minister has rejected Labor’s call for $300 to go to every Australian who gets vaccinated by the end of the year.

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Queensland reports new COVID-19 case in Cairns as Brisbane outbreak swells to 47

Hours after announcing 16 new cases of the virus on Tuesday, another infection was recorded in Cairns. Authorities are trying to determine whether it is infectious or…

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Labor’s cash for jabs proposal labelled ‘insulting’ by the federal government

The federal government has shot down Labor’s call for $300 to go to every Australian who gets vaccinated by the end of the year.

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Taunts raise tension between McCarthy, Pelosi

Controversial comments are flying between two leaders of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. It’s emblematic of the rising tension between the…

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‘Please don’t move the virus’: Queensland records 16 new local COVID-19 cases as people urged to stay home

Queensland has recorded 16 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 with all linked to existing cases but some infectious in the community for up to six days.

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NSW records 199 new locally-acquired COVID-19 infections, with at least 50 infectious in community

Of the local cases reported on Tuesday, 88 are linked to a known case or cluster. The source of infection for 111 NSW cases is still under…

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Today in History for August 3rd

Highlights of this day in history: Christopher Columbus sets sail; Europe slides further into World War I; A Cold War case heats up Capitol Hill; Air traffic…

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Denver to require COVID-19 vaccine for area workers

Denver is requiring all city employees and private sector workers in high-risk settings to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 30. The move comes as virus infection…

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Victoria records four new local COVID-19 cases ahead of tightened ‘border bubble’ rules with NSW

Victoria has reported four new local COVID-19 cases, all linked to the state’s current outbreak and in isolation for their entire infectious period.

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Queensland records 16 new local COVID-19 cases linked to west Brisbane outbreak

Queensland has recorded 16 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases linked to the west Brisbane outbreak, taking the total number of cases in the cluster to 47.

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Poor education, abuse – even death: Feds investigate Indian boarding schools’ decades of failure

The Interior Department, under Deb Haaland, has launched an investigation into the historic abuses of the federal Indian boarding school system.       

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