August 24, 2026 — 5:15amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAEmergency department short-stay units will be expanded at six hospitals in Sydney and regional NSW, under a $130 million state government plan to help ease overcrowding and shorten wait times.An extra 22 spaces for patients requiring short-term observation and quick treatment will be delivered at emergency wards at St George, Campbelltown, Nepean, Maitland, John Hunter and Wyong hospitals in the next 12 months. Up to eight more spots will be added the following year.Emergency departments in NSW hospitals are under…

Tiffany Haddish is opening up about her ongoing sobriety journey. “Hey, I stopped drinking altogether when I realized how much bad stuff I was seeing connected to alcohol,” Haddish, 46, wrote via X on Saturday, August 22. “Sitting in court really opened my eyes. Case after case — domestic violence, child abuse, theft, fighting, Grape — alcohol kept showing up somewhere in the story. And I thought, ‘Damn, what would happen if I just never drank again?’ So I stopped.” Haddish was arrested in January 2022 in Georgia for driving under the influence, for which she pleaded earlier this month.…

President Donald Trump’s latest trade fight with Canada has a faraway force at its center: China. As Washington presses Ottawa to do more to prevent Chinese steel, aluminum and other goods from reaching the U.S. market through North American supply chains, Canada is pursuing renewed economic ties with Beijing, adding a fresh complication to already tense trade talks.At the heart of the fight is transshipment — routing goods through an intermediary country, sometimes after limited processing, before they reach their final market. U.S. officials fear steel and aluminum made in China or elsewhere could be processed in Canada or Mexico…

A teen former Long Island student who claims she was raped in a classroom by a popular art teacher is suing the school district for allegedly failing to protect her from the twisted “serial sex predator.” The ex-student was groomed by now-fired Bay Shore High School instructor John Kennedy, 53, starting last year when she was 17 years old — leading up to sick acts in which he forced her to masturbate him and perform oral sex, penetrated her with his fingers and performed oral sex on her in his classroom, court documents claim. “Kennedy was at all relevant times…

An unapologetically pro-America “freedom”-branded coffee shop may be opening up in the middle of San Francisco, often criticized as a symbol of lefty excess. Freedom Coffee may soon be opening up on Polk Street, according to building permits obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle. The website for Freedom Coffee does not list any information besides its bold, white, all-caps logo. A description describes the site as “bold, unapologetic, American. Brewed in the USA.” The permits list an address that used to be a Pilates gym. Business records list Katie Tolstedt as the CEO, chief financial officer plus secretary of Freedom…

Canadian businesses are bracing for more uncertainty as a new round of U.S. tariffs take effect following the collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Canadian goods came into force Saturday after negotiators failed to reach an agreement before the deadline.Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was “walking away from a bad deal,” and vowed to respond with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.For businesses caught in the middle of the trade war, attention is now turning to what the new tariffs will mean…

OpinionJames MassolaChief political commentatorAugust 21, 2026 — 5:00amAugust 21, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAnthony Albanese claimed a trio of policy wins this week, but it’s the longer-term pattern shifts under way within the Liberal Party and One Nation that are more significant.First, the Liberal Party returned to the role of a constructive opposition by negotiating with Labor; second, One Nation is also looking increasingly like a mainstream party, this week releasing a policy designed sensibly to break the booming tobacco black market.Looking up? Prime Minister Anthony…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! We firmly believe that if you love something, you should own multiple so you never have to go without it. Tracee Ellis Ross abides by the same rule when it comes to her beloved Asics Gel Kayano sneakers — she claims to own “about 14 different pairs.” The actress recently shared her (slightly unhinged) Asics obsession with The Strategist. Her love for the shoes runs deep; she began wearing the style in high school as a track and cross country…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Georgia man who pocketed $30 someone dropped on the floor inside a Walmart returned the cash after police publicly sought help identifying him, ending a case that drew ridicule from social media users who questioned why authorities were chasing a few lost bills.The Albany Police Department in Georgia posted a photo of the man and asked the public to help identify him after another shopper dropped the cash at a local Walmart.Police said the man picked up the $30 but did not turn it in to store employees.CONSTRUCTION WORKERS UNCOVER $10…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Nebraska Cornhuskers have found their starting quarterback: Nebraska has named quarterback Anthony Colandrea as its starter for Week 1 against Ohio, head coach Matt Rhule announced Saturday. Colandrea transferred to Nebraska after one season with UNLV and two with Virginia. Colandrea led the Rebels to a 10-4 overall and 6-2 Mountain West record and finished the year with 3,459 passing yards, 23 touchdowns and just nine interceptions. He also finished the year as Mountain West Player of the Year.  The Cornhuskers finished the year 7-6 overall and 4-5 in conference play. Now,…

WASHINGTON — What’s in a name? A politician named Dan Sullivan has chimed in on the bonkers Alaska Senate race saga over his namesakes, urging voters to back incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan over his foe, Dan Sullivan. Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan endorsed the incumbent senator in the highly competitive Alaska Senate race ahead of the primary last Tuesday while noting the head-scratching situation over his name. “As the OG Dan Sullivan, I urge Alaskans to vote for Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan. He’s been great for Alaska,” he posted on Facebook last Tuesday. The ex-mayor’s endorsement went viral days…

The Conservative Party of Canada is urging the federal government to release the full details of the proposed U.S. deal that prompted Canada to walk away from trade negotiations. Shuvaloy Majumdar, the party’s critic for Canada-U.S. relations, wrote to Dominic LeBlanc on Sunday asking for details while underscoring his party’s support in fighting for tariff-free trade.“I am requesting that your government release the full details of the proposed deal from which you chose to walk away on Friday evening,” Majumdar wrote. “If there was a draft text of any agreement that both governments have seen, please release it. The U.S.…

OpinionWaleed AlyColumnist, author and academicAugust 21, 2026 — 5:00amAugust 21, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThis week, the full parliamentary power of the Albanese government was on display. I’m not sure I can remember a week in which a government struck so many deals with the opposition’s help. On gambling advertising reform. On cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. On the so-called “widow tax” that fell out of its changes to negative gearing. Those negative gearing changes, by the way, were passed with the help of…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If you’re anything like Us, you’re curious as to what’s inside a celebrity’s medicine cabinet. What you’ll find in Rihanna‘s is a surprisingly low-effort way to smooth the look of fine lines: Peter Thomas Roth Peptide Skinjection Expression Line Hydra-Gel Patches. A source told Us the singer and beauty founder mogul was spotted wearing the fine line-smoothing eye patches. While most under-eye patches address puffiness or tired-looking eyes, the Peter Thomas Roth patches temporarily smooth and hydrate areas prone to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City officials are looking at ways to ease costs for independent grocers as taxpayers foot the bill for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store plan.The administration is eyeing tax breaks, incentives and zoning benefits to help private grocers manage costs as the city moves ahead with taxpayer-subsidized stores that will receive low- or no-cost real estate, city-funded buildouts and other subsidies.That could put taxpayers in a position of paying twice, once for the city-run stores and again for incentives that could be used to ease costs for private grocers operating…