Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota announced Wednesday that he suffered a serious injury to his right hand and is potentially facing amputation of a finger.
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A besieged Nick Kyrgios has received empathetic support from Australian Davis Cup teammates but even his doubles partner is cautioning the hot-head to "keep it within the boundaries".Kyrgios is still awaiting his fate after confessing to spitting towards a "disrespectful" spectator during his drama-charged five-set first-round Wimbledon victory over British qualifier Paul Jubb on Tuesday.
Nathan Lyon has long called it bowling ugly.The art of learning to deliver on the sub-continent, which if Lyon can do as well as he did on Wednesday, will turn into a thing of beauty for Australia.
The alleged driver of a truck carrying dozens of migrants who died in the suffocating heat in Texas this week initially tried to pass himself off as a victim to escape authorities before he was arrested, US and Mexican officials say.The death toll in the incident rose to 53 as some migrants who had been trapped in the sweltering tractor-trailer, which as left in a desolated area near a highway in San Antonio, died in the hospital, local officials said.
After the failure of his eight-party government, Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced his retirement from politics.The 50-year-old will not run in the next election, Israeli media reported on Wednesday evening citing his spokesman.
The World Health Organisation says "sustained transmission" of monkeypox worldwide could result in the virus beginning to move into high-risk groups like pregnant women, immunocompromised people and children.The WHO said on Wednesday it is investigating reports of infected children, including two cases in the United Kingdom as well as following up reports in Spain and France.
Socceroo defender Bailey Wright will be paying in England's second-tier Championship next season after sign a two-year contract extension with newly promoted Sunderland.It will keep him at the club until summer 2024.
Fresh off the emotions of earning top billing at the AFLW draft, Montana Ham will juggle her year-12 studies in Melbourne with pre-season training in Sydney.The gun midfielder could have remained in Victoria but instead nominated for the NSW draft, allowing the Swans to swoop with their prized No.
Ambulance ramping is associated with preventable deaths and patients being taken to hospital again within 30 days of presenting to emergency departments, according to a Victorian study.A rise in ambulance offload delays across the country has prompted researchers to call for urgent action, to prevent dire consequences for patients.
A dysfunctional staff culture in the children's ward of a Tasmanian hospital created the "perfect storm" for a male nurse to take advantage and abuse kids.An inquiry into state government responses to child sexual abuse allegations in the public service is this week examining James Geoffrey Griffin.
For patients in remote communities suffering from the potentially fatal condition of sepsis, early diagnosis by a confident clinician can be key to survival.Managing patients with sepsis in remote Western Australia is the most recent challenge for Medical Director at the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Lorraine Anderson.
Radical climate group Blockade Australia are keeping quiet on their next protest action after their peaceful picnic in Sydney's inner west was targeted by police.The activist group spent Monday and Tuesday protesting in Sydney's CBD, causing major disruption and resulting in multiple arrests, but on Wednesday told its members to rest.
NSW schools are closed as teachers strike for the day, and take to the streets demanding higher salaries.Thousands of teachers are expected to descend on Sydney's CBD on Thursday, angry at a NSW budget that offered no more than a 3.
England winger Jack Nowell is keen to give Wallabies halfback Nic White a "few prods" when the former teammates confront each other during the upcoming three-Test series.White and Nowell struck up a friendship during their time together at English outfit Exeter and are planning to catch up ahead of Saturday night's series-opening Test in Perth.
Former Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg is getting his day in court over $410,000 in unpaid legal fees.A bankruptcy case lodged against former constituent and climate activist Michael Staindl is due to be heard in the Federal Court in Melbourne on Thursday,Mr Staindl in 2020 challenged then-deputy Liberal leader's eligibility to sit in parliament over section 44 of the Constitution.
It is unclear whether mental health support and services are adequately supplied to serving ADF personnel on deployment, a royal commission has been told.On the penultimate day of Townsville's block of hearings at the royal commission into defence and veteran suicide, the topic of critical incidents and support on deployment was analysed.
A new roadmap out of gridlock for the national electricity grid has been developed to fast-track projects that have been on the drawing board for years.Releasing the 30-year plan for the National Electricity Market (NEM) amid an energy crisis, the market operator on Thursday acknowledged the need for new investment has "gathered momentum" in recent months.
8 million Australians will enjoy a pay rise from July 1 following the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review, a decision Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Labor government fought for.Earlier this month, the independent commission awarded minimum wage earners a 5.
Indigenous children are being enrolled in preschool at a rate exceeding their non-Indigenous peers.7 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were enrolled in preschool programs for the year before school, the Productivity Commission confirmed in its Closing the Gap targets released on Thursday.
The first interest rate rise over a decade in May is expected to have taken the edge off borrowing by both households and businesses.The Reserve Bank of Australia will on Thursday release credit figures for May, data which calculates the accumulation of debt in different parts of the economy be it housing, business or personal finance.
Survivors of sexual assault and violence who have navigated Queensland's legal system will be given a voice as the women's safety and justice task force hands down its final report.The review, headed by former Court of Appeal president Margaret McMurdo, has received hundreds of submissions from victims, offenders, academics and community groups.
