Giorno: 12 Giugno 2023

North Carolina’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield allowed restructure

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law on Saturday a bill allowing the state’s leading health insurance provider to reorganize despite pleas from other executive officials to block the proposal. The new law, which passed the GOP-controlled General Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support, permits Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and a […]

Groovlei residents demand jobs, threaten to stop transition

Read More Energy mix: People living near Grootvlei use wood, coal and electricity as fuel. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Community members living around Eskom’s Grootvlei power plant are threatening protest action against the utility for excluding them from job opportunities at the plant. Residents have accused the utility of hiring external service providers and neglecting equally qualified […]

Talk of sanctions over stance on Russia reckless: presidency

Read More Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Sergei Chirikov/AFP) Suggestions that South Africa risks international sanctions over its stance towards Russia are reckless, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Monday. “We find this talk of sanctions as being purely alarmist and we find it to be quite undermining to South Africa’s sovereignty,and […]

Minister refuses to back Hancock Covid claim of ‘protective ring’ for care homes

Read More The care minister, Helen Whately, has declined to back Matt Hancock’s claim that the government threw a “protective ring around care homes” at the start of the pandemic. Whately worked under the former health secretary in the first 18 months of Covid, but she avoided endorsing her former boss’s assertion, which will be […]

Rep. Tim Burchett to Newsmax: Timing of Trump Indictment Very Suspect

It is very suspect timing for the Department of Justice to come out with the federal indictment against Donald Trump just as the heat was being turned up on allegations President Joe Biden and his son Hunter both took $5 million in bribes, Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said.

Publisher Fred Ryan Steps Down at The Washington Post

The media landscape continued its turnover Monday as the publisher of the The Washington Post is stepping down after nine years.

Senate launches probe into merger of Saudi-backed LIV Golf, PGA Tour

The Senate is launching an investigation into the controversial partnership between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Select Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman on Monday demanding records of communications, disputes and merger details dating back to October 2021, when LIV […]

Megan Fox Slams Robby Starbuck for Criticism Over Sons’ Clothes

Megan Fox has taken aim at former Congress candidate Robby Starbuck, who accused the star of forcing her sons to “wear girls’ clothes.”

Gallup Poll: More Say Birth Gender Should Dictate Sports Teams

The share of Americans who say that a person’s birth gender should determine for which sports teams they play has grown from 62% in 2021 to 69%, according to a new poll.

Nearly half the country supports Trump federal indictment, but believes politics were involved: poll

While nearly half of Americans support the second indictment of former President Donald Trump relating to his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office, many also believe it was politically motivated. On Thursday, Trump announced he was indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith on 37 federal counts relating to the unlawful retention of classified […]