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Citing Trump’s Order, V.A. Halts Most Transgender Care

The Department of Veterans Affairs is phasing out gender-affirming medical treatments for veterans, including hormone treatment for patients newly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the V.A. announced on Monday. The V.A. will continue hormone treatment for veterans who currently receive it or were receiving it when they separated from the military. The rationale is that abrupt […]

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Tesco to raise wages by 5% but scrap Sunday bonus

Tesco will lift pay for its store staff by 5.2% but will scrap the extra pay for working on Sunday. The UK’s biggest supermarket chain said the hourly rate will go up by 43p to £12.45 from 30 March after reaching a deal with unions. It will raise pay again to £12.64 from the end […]

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‘Stranded astronauts’ Butch and Suni set to begin journey home

Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist NASA Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the ISS since June 2024 After an epic nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally getting ready to head home. Their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) was only supposed to last eight days, […]

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Former hospital bosses call for Thirlwall Inquiry to be suspended

Stewart Whittingham BBC News, Liverpool Andy Gill BBC North West Tonight Reporting fromLiverpool Town Hall Cheshire Police Lucy Letby killed babies while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital Lawyers for former bosses of the hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby murdered babies have asked for the public inquiry into the events surrounding her crimes […]

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Rick Pitino and the new kings of New York

NEW YORK — The night before the Big East championship game, Walter Berry, forever known around here as “The Truth,” shouldered through a crowded St. John’s locker room looking for RJ Luis. He needed to tell him something. Towering over reporters and guests of the program, he broke into a huddle of bodies around the […]

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