Shiffrin takes last race of 2023 by huge 2.34sec margin for 93rd career win

In-form American wins World Cup slalom at Lienz on FridayGermany’s Duerr and Switzerland’s Gisin fill out podium Mikaela Shiffrin finished 2023 with an eye-catching performance even by her standards, winning a World Cup slalom race by a huge margin of 2.34 seconds on Friday for her 93rd career victory. The American posted the fastest times … Read more

Maine decision to bar Trump from ballot likely to go to US supreme court

Court faces pressure to rule on Maine and Colorado’s decisions preventing ex-president from appearing on presidential ballots Trump removal in Maine ‘opens Pandora’s box’, says DeSantis A decision by Maine’s secretary of state to prevent former president Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s presidential election ballot will now probably end up before the US … Read more

‘I feel like a criminal for quitting’: nurses in the US fight ‘stay or pay’ agreements

Filipino nurses for Ohio-based company say they have been forced to pay thousands in fees after signing training contracts Filipino nurses are calling for the US’s top labor watchdog to review controversial “stay or pay” training repayment agreement provisions that have left them facing lawsuits and thousands of dollars in fees after they quit their … Read more

‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival

A new film on the doctor is weak on the facts. But it marks a year in which we’ve turned to his theories to comprehend suffering – and to get treatment Against the background of the always-on sonic leak of the BBC and Hitler’s promise to annihilate the Jewry of Europe, a new film, Freud’s … Read more

Eight people taken to hospital as huge waves pound California coast

Six million people under coastal flood advisory and high surf warning as powerful storms sweep through region Unusually large waves are hitting California shores as powerful storms pass through the region, leaving at least eight people needing hospital treatment. Waves over 20ft high poured over seawalls and the tops of low cliffs along the Pacific … Read more

Texas police search for answers after pregnant teen and boyfriend shot dead

Police release video in investigation of deaths of Savannah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, whose bodies were found on Tuesday Texas police have released surveillance footage they hope will lead to answers in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman and her boyfriend. The couple were found shot in the head in a car … Read more