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Lawmakers confront midterm upheaval, big to-do list as Congress returns for lame-duck session

Congress returns Monday to grapple with midterm election fallout and decide what, if any, legislation on a long to-do list can pass in the final weeks of the Republican majorities.

Lending and Confidence Numbers to Show Rate Rise Impact

Home loan figures, business sentiment and a speech by the Reserve Bank’s chief economist loom, as the latest interest rate rise fallout continues. The RBA’s decision to lift the cash rate to an 18-year high on Tuesday was the latest blow to households struggling to service mortgages and shoulder the rising cost of living. And [...]

Bring-Your-Own Tech Ditched in Fresh School Crackdown

A state government is forging ahead with its pen-and-paper revolution as it winds back a key digital learning policy. The NSW government will no longer require public primary school students to bring their own devices to school, leaders announced on Sunday. Premier Chris Minns said children were “spending too much time staring at screens both inside and outside class.” “These changes mean they’ll be spending more time reading books, writing and learning the basics and parents won’t have to shell out for expensive devices,” he said. The state previously announced new screen-use guidelines for public schools that will become mandatory by 2028.

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Environmentalists criticize choice of Earthshot prize venue owned by fossil fuel firm

Mumbai facility is part of Reliance Industries, owner of world’s biggest oil refinery and funder of controversial mega-zoo

Willie Nelson: ‘I drank too much, I smoked too much. I took too many pills’

The legendary country singer says he did everything wrong. Yet now, at 93, he’s music’s last man standing. What’s the secret of his longevity?

Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?

As AI exposes flaws in IT systems and geopolitics plays out on the cyber frontline, some experts say the events of recent weeks could soon be a common occurence

Should we move back closer to family before our daughter starts school?

You haven’t formed strong friendships since relocating, but that takes time and returning home will have its own costs – not all of them financial

Stay sharp, get used to loss

Longevity is a blessing and also a burden. A blessing because you get to hang around to see your grandkids and maybe even your great-grandkids. But a burden because every day it seems like another friend has passed. Grieving becomes a full-time job. The last man standing can be lonely. Loss is something you don’t get over. That idea hit me hard when a friend’s wife died and he came to me for comfort. He saw me as a guy who might understand. The thing I know most, I told him, especially after my son Billy died in 1991, aged 33, is that you don’t get over it, but you will get through it. Best I can do is write a song.

Donald Trump’s power is on the wane. What next for Russia, Israel – and the rest of us?

With the global tide turning against him, the US president’s lame duck status could still aggravate old tensions and spark new explosions

Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame silence doubters by knocking off top-ranked Miami, solidifying their CFP ranking

The Miami Hurricanes mounted a dramatic comeback without Malachi Toney, but Notre Dame held on in a thriller with college football playoff stakes.

Three teens, adult charged with murder after woman finds her teenage son dead in abandoned home

Austin Payne's mother tracked his cellphone to an abandoned Albany, Georgia, residence after the 15-year-old called to say he had been shot.