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Logies 2024 red carpet: Tony Armstrong, Robert Irwin, Andy Lee, Asher Keddie, Julia Morris, Lisa McCune, Myf Warhurst, Sonia Kruger, Ray Meagher and more of the best looks
4 months, 1 week ago

Logies 2024 red carpet: Tony Armstrong, Robert Irwin, Andy Lee, Asher Keddie, Julia Morris, Lisa McCune, Myf Warhurst, Sonia Kruger, Ray Meagher and more of the best looks

ABC  

The red carpet has been rolled out and the biggest names in Australian television are arriving for this year's Logie Awards at The Star in Sydney. Here are some of the looks we've seen so far: The Gold Logie nominees Tony Armstrong Gold Logie nominees Robert Irwin and Julia Morris Sonia Kruger Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding Vincent Fantauzzo and …

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Older men die by suicide at steep rates. Here’s how the VA is trying to change that
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Older men die by suicide at steep rates. Here’s how the VA is trying to change that

LA Times  

Ray Emmons, 76, left, plays pingpong with Conrad Amers, 71. The problem is “not new but it is overlooked — regularly overlooked,” said Thomas Joiner, a Florida State University psychologist who studies suicide and has written about the mental health of older men. Despite the troubling pattern, “we don’t screen for suicide risk very well, and we especially don’t do …

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Broken chargers, lax oversight: How California’s troubled EV charging stations threaten emission goals
11 months ago

Broken chargers, lax oversight: How California’s troubled EV charging stations threaten emission goals

LA Times  

Doug McCune of Oakland was set to buy an electric car, a Mustang Mach-E. “I couldn’t count on finding a charger that’s functional or that doesn’t have a line of cars waiting because only one of four chargers is working,” McCune said. The energy commission “lacks sufficient data on EV charging reliability to assess the reliability of the state’s charging …

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Culture war fight finds mixed success in school board races
3 years, 1 month ago

Culture war fight finds mixed success in school board races

Associated Press  

MISSION, Kan. — School board candidates opposing mask mandates and lessons about racism in U.S. history won in red states and some politically divided districts but often came up short in their bids to shape policy for school districts over the newest culture war issue. “But overall nationwide they didn’t win that much.” In Connecticut, a slate of five candidates …

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Education fight a winning message in Va., but not everywhere
3 years, 1 month ago

Education fight a winning message in Va., but not everywhere

Associated Press  

MISSION, Kan. — Several high-profile school board candidates who fought COVID-19 restrictions and anti-racism classes lost their election bids Tuesday, while the Republican candidate for Virginia governor won after making education a key part of his campaign. “Parents are engaged and are seeking elected officials at all levels of government who respect their right to direct the education, upbringing and …

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