Caes Gruesbeck was killed earlier this month from blunt-force trauma while clearing a conveyor belt at an Indiana facilityUS regulators have launched an investigation into the death of a 20-year-old worker at an Amazon warehouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Caes Gruesbeck was killed on 9 May while working during his shift at the FWA4 warehouse. Gruesbeck was trying to fix a jam on an overhead conveyor when his head was struck. An Allen County coroner report ruled the fatality was caused by blunt-force...
FIP is typically a fatal illness for felines. There is a treatment – but it’s nearly impossible to obtain in the USI don’t need an alarm. Instead, I wake to the sound of a tiny body smashing into various pieces of furniture. Snoots is a hunter, a howler and the craziest cat I’ve ever known. He’s a dog chaser, a wall scaler, and not a moment goes by when he doesn’t have something to say.We all have our routines, and our animals weave themselves into them. Every day at 5am, Snoots kicks off the...
Governor optimistic over economic recovery but concedes Bank has ‘lessons to learn’ after forecast errorsFrom CPI to stagflation: how the UK tracks price rises and what key inflation terms meanThe Bank of England governor has insisted that inflation has “turned the corner”, despite the UK being hit with the fastest annual growth in food prices since the 1970s amid the cost of living crisis.Andrew Bailey said annual inflation was on track to fall sharply in the face of a recent drop in wholesale...
Chris Neill suspects that young people don’t feel the world is a safe enough place to bring a child intoPolly Toynbee’s challenge to the theory presented by the MP Miriam Cates at the National Conservatism conference, that a low UK birthrate is an outcome of “cultural Marxism”, is fair enough as far as it goes (The great British baby drought has a simple cause. And it’s not ‘cultural Marxism’, 18 May). Ms Toynbee is surely right to point to the withdrawal of practical state support and nurturing...
The fashion for portraying parenting in terms of chore load is reductive, says Yvonne WilliamsRhiannon Lucy Cosslett rightly recognises that there is a significant change going on in terms of sharing the upbringing of children (Can we call time on the ‘doesband’ doing ‘daddy day care’? Fathers are way past that, 19 May). Yet I feel my – and my husband’s – hackles rising. We made the decision to share responsibilities as much as possible. We never saw his role as a “doesband” (how...
Thomas beaten to line by Almeida, who is now second in GCPrimoz Roglic loses time in third, Armirail drops to seventhGeraint Thomas reclaimed the Giro d’Italia pink jersey and sent a message to his main rival for the overall title, Primoz Roglic, with a commanding performance on the final climb of stage 16 on Tuesday.The Ineos Grenadiers rider pulled away on the day’s final climb to Monte Bondone with João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), opening up a gap to Jumbo Visma’s Roglic. It was Almeida who...
Baseball team apologize to Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence after removing group from event amid conservative oppositionThe Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a well-known San Francisco order of queer and trans “nuns” that has existed since the 1970s, are once again welcome at the team’s annual Pride Night.Last week, the baseball team rescinded the group’s invitation for the group amid opposition from conservative Catholics. The group, which does charitable...
The data over five years puts spotlight on underfunded hospitals where abuse can often easily be hidden, say expertsKaren (not her real name) was in her bedroom on a psychiatric ward when a male nurse sexually assaulted her. It was during the pandemic and she had been sectioned for her own safety following a long history of mental ill health.“I was in my pyjamas, sat at my desk, and he exposed himself and masturbated in front of me,” she says. “I screamed and threw a chair between us. I probably...
Dr Vivek Murthy calls on tech companies and policymakers to take ‘immediate action’ to protect children’s mental health Social media use by children and teenagers can pose a “profound risk of harm” to their mental health and wellbeing, the US surgeon general is warning.In a new advisory released on Tuesday, Dr Vivek Murthy calls on tech companies, policymakers and parents to take “immediate action to protect kids now”. He says that in the absence of robust independent research it is impossible...
Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzanne Wrack, Chris Paouros and England legend Kelly Smith as they look ahead to a tantalising final weekendIn today’s pod: the WSL is going down to the last day of the season, as Manchester United’s dramatic late winner forced Chelsea to wait for a title party. Many have already waved a sad goodbye to their opponents this weekend, the bottom club Reading, but anything is possible. Whatever happens, the place to be is the Madejski Stadium on Saturday.The panel talk...
Exclusive: Study sparks calls for academic journals to consider penalties for inadequate declarationsResearchers with links to tobacco and vaping industries are failing to disclose their potential conflicts of interest in work published in respected academic journals, prompting calls for journals to tighten their policies and consider penalties for inadequate declarations.Research published in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health on Thursday analysed how often authors who...
Pearce and co-director Jeffrey Walker speak the chilling inspiration behind the Disney+ series and protecting the show’s young actors from traumatic momentsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAs soon as he put down the script, Jeffrey Walker knew he wanted to work on the Disney+ series The Clearing. “It was one of those reads that you just couldn’t stop thinking about,” the show’s co-director says. “It affected me emotionally and psychologically.”This might ring as hyperbole if it wasn’t...