Conor Murray and his Derry model wife Joanna have confirmed they are expecting their first child togetherConor Murray and his Derry model wife Joanna have confirmed they are expecting their first child togetherDerry model Joanna Cooper and her husband, Ireland rugby star Conor Murray, have announced they are expecting their first child together. The former Miss Universe who married scrum-half Murray last year in a wedding in Portugal took to her Instagram account to confirm the pair will be become “Mom and Dad”. The post, which was shared to both Joanna and Conor’s social media accounts, features the pair in…
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$9k in federal penalties address continued history of overtime violations since 2019 Employer: La Mojarra Loca Inc. 821 N. Lamb #14Las Vegas, NV 89110Investigation findings: A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found three La Mojarra Loca restaurant locations in Las Vegas did not pay required overtime rates for hours over 40 in a workweek, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employer wrongly classified employees as exempt for overtime pay and paid them a flat salary regardless of how many hours they worked. Back Wages Recovered: $75,729 in overtime wages for 33 employees $75,729 in liquidated damages for 33…
Leila Hudson treads carefully when discussing the Israel-Hamas war. As a Palestinian-American and the elected faculty chair at the University of Arizona, she says she has no choice. University policy forbids staff from using the college’s resources, including websites, computers and letterhead, to take a position on any ongoing public policy controversy, and it carries a mandate that staff who engage in political activity do so on their personal time. So when Hudson made a statement condemning the Hamas attacks of October 7 on behalf of the faculty Senate, she made clear that she was speaking for herself when she…
Hamas has also criticized the ICC’s decision to file for arrest warrants for its members. Where to now? The requests for warrants will now be assessed by the pre-trial chamber of the ICC. “Let us today be clear on one core issue: if we do not demonstrate our willingness to apply the law equally, if it is seen as being applied selectively, we will be creating the conditions for its collapse,” the ICC’s Khan said in his statement Monday. “In doing so, we will be loosening the remaining bonds that hold us together, the stabilising connections between all communities and…
Black voters are more confident in Biden than Trump when it comes to having the qualities needed to serve another term Voters cast their ballots at a polling place in downtown Chicago on April 2, 2019. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images) Pew Research Center has a long history of conducting surveys that examine the views of American voters. This analysis of Black voters’ views on political party affiliation, policy priorities and 2024 presidential candidates relies on data from four of these studies. The first of these studies was conducted among 5,140 adults from Jan. 16 to 21, 2024, on Pew…
A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group in April 2024: Does anyone with a child who is both gifted and disabled have any experience with New York City public schools? The parent received a seemingly helpful answer that laid out some characteristics of a specific school, beginning with the context that “I have a child who is also 2e,” meaning twice exceptional. On a Facebook group for swapping unwanted items near Boston, a user looking for specific items received an offer of a “gently used” Canon camera and an “almost-new portable air conditioning unit that I never…
Mr Speaker, Sir Brian Langstaff has today published the final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry. This is a day of shame for the British state. Today’s report shows a decades-long moral failure at the heart of our national life. From the National Health Service to the civil service, to ministers in successive governments… …at every level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust… …failed in the most harrowing and devastating way. They failed the victims and their families – and they failed this country. Sir Brian finds a “catalogue” of systemic, collective, and individual failures… …each…
International remittances surged by 650 per cent, from USD 128 billion to USD 831 billion between 2000 and 2022. Migrant remittances surpass foreign direct investment in boosting the GDP of developing nations. 281 million international migrants globally; number of those displaced hit a record high by the end of 2022 at 117 million. To access the World Migration Report 2024, visit the WMR website. Dhaka/Geneva, 7 May – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and…
Ask a bird lover if they have heard of the extinct giant moa or its ancient predator, Haast’s eagle, and the answer will likely be yes. The same can’t be said of New Zealand’s extinct, but equally unique, mergansers – a group of fish-eating ducks with a serrated bill. The only southern hemisphere representatives of this group are the critically endangered Brazilian merganser and those from the New Zealand region, which are now extinct. Unlike some of New Zealand’s other extinct birds, the biological heritage of our enigmatic mergansers is shrouded in mystery. But our new research on the extinct…
Victoria’s native forest logging industry ended on January 1 this year. The news was met with jubilation from conservationists. But did logging really end? Last week, an endangered southern greater glider was found dead next to an area logged to create fuel breaks along the Yarra Ranges National Park. The news triggered outrage. By itself, the death of one glider would be sad. But its death speaks to a larger problem. Three kinds of logging are continuing in Victoria’s forests, for fuel breaks, salvage logging after windstorms, and logging on private land. The first two are linked to the government’s…