Michigan cop charged with murder in Lyoya's death is fired
A Michigan police officer charged with murder after shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head has been fired, officials said Wednesday.
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South Australians are being urged to wear masks more often to help combat a looming spike in COVID-19 cases, which is expected to put more pressure on the state's already-stretched hospital system.But there will be no widespread mandates despite updated modelling confirming case numbers are likely to top 5000 a day within the next few weeks after the recent arrival of the latest Omicron strains.
A Victorian burger chain will offer staff a portion of profits in an effort to retain them during the cost of living crisis and tight labour market.About 10 per cent of the company's profits will go to employees who meet targets with their food presentation and quality of customer service, in what the chain calls an "industry-first" incentive scheme.
A man linked to a fatal people-smuggling operation in which hundreds of asylum seekers died at sea 21 years ago has been refused bail.Maythem Kamil Radhi is set to face trial in October for allegedly being part of a syndicate that put 421 people on an overcrowded and dilapidated vessel known as SIEV-X in 2001.
England wing Jonny May is set to miss Saturday's second Test against Australia as he continues his recovery from the episode of COVID that ruled him out of the series opener.Still reeling from the loss of Tom Curry for the rest of the tour due to concussion, England are resigned to being without May for their attempt to keep the series alive at Suncorp Stadium.
A Chinese community leader accused of planning foreign interference allegedly singled out former minister Alan Tudge because he believed he would one day be prime minister.Prosecutors allege Di Sanh Duong, 67, made a $37,000 donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2020 as a way to gain influence over the Australian government through Mr Tudge.
Brisbane Lions midfielder Hugh McCluggage is feeling nervous, and it's not the injuries to star duo Daniel Rich and Dayne Zorko that has him on edge.Rich and Zorko will miss Sunday's AFL clash with Essendon at the Gabba after picking up minor hamstring injuries in last week's 41-point win over the Western Bulldogs.
A couple parked outside their home for decades, until they received a $2100 fine for doing just that.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will go to a forum for Pacific nations in Fiji as Australia can't afford to "drop the ball", despite flooding ravaging NSW.Speaking from Perth on Tuesday afternoon after arriving in Australia following a week-long Europe trip, Mr Albanese confirmed he would still attend the meeting with his regional counterparts.
Unions are calling on the federal and NSW governments to support hundreds of workers at a Lismore ice-cream factory, saying job losses will have a profound effect on the flood-ravaged community.Norco, a century-old dairy co-operative owned by farmers, has warned it will have to stand down 240 workers from its ice-cream facility when government support runs out on July 15.
South Sydney have been dealt two fresh injury blows just one week after welcoming Latrell Mitchell back from an absence of almost three months.Considered a chance for State of Origin selection before the series began, centre Campbell Graham will now miss up to two months of football after sustaining a facial fracture in the win over Parramatta last week.
Australia's greater glider known for its death defying treetop leaps has gone from threatened to endangered in the space of six years.Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Tuesday pushed the southern and central glider, found along Australia's east coast, further up the list of concern.
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been passed fit to play in the second Test of their three-match series against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday.Sexton was taken off with a suspected concussion during their 42-19 defeat to the All Blacks in the series opener in Auckland last weekend, but Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt confirmed the 36-year-old will be available for selection.
Putting Australian native rice on the dinner table is a step closer after a successful harvest by researchers in the Northern Territory.A team from Charles Darwin University has been collecting rice from Wulna-Limilngan country on the Adelaide River and cultivating it in trials in the university's Casuarina campus nurseries.
Australian Olympic gold medallist Bronte Campbell has called on FINA to consult with the "unbelievably marginalised" transgender community in developing the open category proposed by its new gender inclusion policy.FINA last month became the first major sporting body to formally restrict the participation of transgender women in elite competitions.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says neither his department nor the Reserve Bank are forecasting a recession for Australia.A number of economists have suggested lower house prices, a drop-off in dwelling investment and a range of global pressures will bring the economy close to recession in 2023.
Fresh-faced Wallabies prop Angus Bell has raised the bar for the second Test against England, declaring only a domination of the visitors' set piece will do.The 21-year-old started in the 30-28 win in Perth, where Australia played for more than a half with 14 men after Darcy Swain's red card for headbutting.
An Ostrich's eye is five times bigger than a human's, so when Werribee Open Range Zoo resident Blinkie developed a mysterious infection, big machinery was needed.The female ostrich was taken to the University of Melbourne's U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital for a specialist CT scan capable of producing a three-dimensional image of the large eye.
West Australians have been urged not to fall for a mobile phone scam offering free COVID-19 PCR test kits.The scam sends texts advising people they are an Omicron close contact and need to order a test kit using the link provided.
For just one dollar, Ian Andrew Phillips bought the management rights to a Queensland resort.But Phillips ultimately paid a heavy price, losing "everything" after being jailed for taking almost $220,000 from a trust account over two years from 2017 in a bid to cover business expenses.