Increased federal spending in recent years has helped to improve U.S. ports, roads, parks, public transit and levees, according to a report released on Tuesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers. But that progress could stagnate if those investments, some of which were put on hold after President Trump took office in January, aren’t […]
Catherine Moore and Jake Liggett BBC News NI Getty The NI Audit Office report says the costs of tackling homelessness have soared Unprecedented demand for temporary accommodation is causing “potentially unsustainable financial pressure” for homelessness services in Northern Ireland, according to a report from the NI Audit Office. In 2023-2024, about 4,700 households were in […]
Andrew Rogers BBC Newsbeat BBC Max shared his recent gonorrhoea diagnosis online and wants to end some of the stigma around the STI Max was in the shower when he got a call few would want. “My phone is connected to a speaker in the shower. That goes off, and I’m like: ‘Oh no’,” he […]
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Oropouche virus, spread by biting midges and some mosquitoes, is on the list The UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health. Some are viruses with global pandemic potential – like Covid – while […]
When the Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano goes before Congress on Tuesday as President Trump’s pick to lead the Social Security Administration, he will confront questions about how he would run an agency suddenly in the grips of upheaval. In recent weeks, the billionaire Elon Musk has zeroed in on the agency, which is charged […]
One of President Trump’s former campaign managers, Chris LaCivita, on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast over its reporting on how much he was paid by the campaign. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, accuses The Daily Beast of creating “the false impression that […]
In her first briefing as White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt said she was “committed to telling the truth from this podium every single day.” Moments later she announced that the new administration had blocked a $50 million contract for condoms in Gaza. “That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money,” she said. It was […]
President Trump said on Monday that he would crack down on countries that bought Venezuela’s oil by imposing tariffs on goods those nations sent into the United States, claiming that Venezuela has “purposefully and deceitfully” sent criminals and murderers into America. In a post on Truth Social, the president said countries that purchased oil or […]
Steve Knibbs & Maisie Lillywhite BBC News, Gloucestershire Getty Images Lennox Clarke was convicted for supplying Class B drugs in 2012 A former boxer who fled to Ireland, Thailand and Mexico to avoid being arrested for supplying cocaine to a dealer in Cheltenham has been jailed. Lennox Clarke, 33, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, […]
The prime minister has said he is “deeply concerned” about the closure of Heathrow Airport as a result of a power cut caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC “there are questions” for bosses of the UK’s largest airport to answer over the 18-hour long closure on […]