Long-sought collective bargaining agreement sealed after multiple franchise exits and with World Cups looming Leaders on both sides of the ball hailed a new collective bargaining agreement between Major League Rugby and its players, the union chief welcoming “a new standard” for US professional men’s rugby after a traumatic off-season in which four teams exited … Read more
Logan Hayes jumped into pond to save Sheldy Apollon after she pulled over and accidentally drove into water A passerby jumped into a frigid Florida pond to save a pregnant woman from her sinking car recently – giving her the opportunity to safely birth her baby hours later, according to authorities and those at the … Read more
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why Last week, we learned of the decision of the Texas A&M University board of regents to end women’s and gender studies programs as well as the teaching of “divisive concepts” such as race. A&M was … Read more
Agency says application rejected due to lack of ‘adequate and well controlled’ trial, but experts say ‘they’re just coming up with reasons’ A senior US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official says Moderna’s clinical trial on a new, potentially more effective flu vaccine was a “brazen failure” and that the FDA is now calling it … Read more
Bad boy Heathcliff is described as ethnically ambiguous and ‘dark’ in the novel, yet is played by a pretty straightforward white Australian Elordi Tired of movies for kids? Superhero capes and flatulent animated squirrels? Me too. Fortunately, you and I are in luck. This weekend brings the wide release of Saltburn director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation … Read more
Obama says rollback will make Americans ‘less safe’. Plus, Thundercat on funk and being fired by Snoop (possibly) Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Donald Trump has revoked the scientific finding that allows the federal government to regulate climate-heating pollution, in a move described as a gift to … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security is on the verge of a shutdown after lawmakers failed to agree to reforms around President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program. It comes as the administration announced plans to drawback its ICE surge in Minnesota. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
The Colombian icon joined the MLS side in a short-term deal with an eye toward fitness for the 2026 World Cup Two weeks ago, few could’ve expected that the most notable international acquisition of the MLS offseason would be made by Minnesota United. The team’s marquee import until last week was Finland striker Teemu Pukki, … Read more
Former secretary of state condemns to decision revoke ruling that underpins ability to limit climate-heating pollution Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that any decision to narrow the scope of US metals tariffs would be made by president Trump. Bessent, asked on CNBC about a Financial Times report that Trump is planning to roll … Read more
Army in turmoil after Xi Jinping placed top general under investigation for suspected corruption last month The CIA (the US’s Central Intelligence Agency) has published a Mandarin-language recruitment video aimed at Chinese soldiers, in an apparent attempt to capitalise on the recent instability in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) after a series of high-level purges. … Read more
