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Navy meets with USS Abraham Lincoln families over mental health worries
Navy leadership has reportedly met with the family members of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier over worries that the ongoing Middle East deployment will lead to worsening mental health and the risk of self-harm aboard the vessel. At an in-person meeting with an estimated 200 attendees on Thursday in San Diego, family…
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Bus driver, 25, shot dead outside Clapham pub in ‘case of mistaken identity’ is pictured: Suspect, 22, remains in hospital
A 25-year-old bus driver has been named after being fatally shot outside a pub in Clapham, south London. The incident is being treated as a suspected case of mistaken identity, highlighting continuing concerns about serious violence in the capital. Police have arrested a 22-year-old suspect, who remains in hospital. The shooting took place outside the…
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Romy Reiner Stars Opposite Sharon Lawrence and Matt Walsh in ‘Getting to That Age’ First Look
Romy Reiner will star in the short film *Getting to That Age*, alongside Carter Jenkins and Emmy-nominated actors Sharon Lawrence and Matt Walsh. Directed and written by Tristen Tarp, the film centres on an anxious only child whose engagement announcement is overshadowed when her parents reveal they are divorcing, exploring how personal milestones can collide…
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US veteran freed as Colombia quake death toll reaches 181
Astronomers await a partial solar eclipse, while Guy Sebastian settles his legal dispute and Wales face uncertainty after Craig Bellamy’s Burnley move collapses.
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Eli Lilly targets alleged black market sales of its experimental GLP-1 drug
Eli Lilly is suing six entities that it alleges are selling black market versions of its experimental weight-loss drug retatrutide. Lilly’s lawsuits target U.S. entities selling illegal retatrutide products, including compounding pharmacies, medical spas and online sellers that sell retatrutide as a weight-loss “hack.” Those entities falsely claim their drugs are for “research-use only” when…
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Date revealed for Walkley by-election
A by-election will take place next month after a Walkley councillor stepped down due to mental health
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‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat Light Up a Sweetly Stupid Stoner Comedy
‘The Wrong Girls’ is reviewed as a deliberately silly but unexpectedly warm stoner buddy comedy, led by Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat as inseparable, financially struggling Los Angeles friends Frankie and Molly. The review argues that its central appeal lies less in the conspiracy plot than in the pair’s joyful stupidity, affectionate friendship and commitment…
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WHO chief: US immunization changes ‘not aligned with decades of evidence’
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) criticized changes to the U.S.’s vaccine policy for children on Wednesday. “@WHO is concerned that recent changes to US immunization policy are not aligned with decades of evidence that show when children are most vulnerable to disease, when vaccines provide the strongest protection, how many doses are…
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FDA chief: Cyclospora ‘effectively removed from the market’
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is assuring Americans that they should feel confident eating fresh produce again, seeking to ease concerns over the nation’s food supply after a cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce spread across more than a dozen states. “We have the safest food supply in the world,” acting FDA Commissioner Kyle…