39 h. ago Wimbledon's Centre Court schedule disrupted by medical emergency in the crowd and TWO player timeouts in the same set

TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: US No1 Taylor Fritz has already spent an inordinately long time on court after his first-round clash with called for the Wimbledon curfew on Monday night.

Sport

42 h. ago Grandparents accused of toddler’s murder were ‘horrible’, mother tells court

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died in August 2021.

Events

4 d. ago Parents accused of brutally murdering their premature baby in hospital 'went for cigarette as medics desperately tried to resuscitate child'

A young couple allegedly murdered two-week-old baby in a special care baby unit casually walked out for a cigarette, as medics tried to save him, a court heard today.

Society

5 d. ago Ons Jabeur breaks down in tears and leaves court during Wimbledon first round match

The Tunisian broke down during her match against Viktoriya Tomova, before leaving the court to receive medical treatment

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9 d. ago They are forced to travel 1,000 miles to get healthcare for their trans kid. But they still refuse to leave Tennessee

After the USA’s highest court backed states’ rights to block transgender under-18s from lifesaving medical treatments, one Tennessee mother tells Io Dodds why she and her family plan to stay and fight

Science

9 d. ago Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Medicaid patients who sought affordable care from one of two clinics in South Carolina will no longer be reimbursed

Events

9 d. ago Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood

Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid fundsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has paved the way for South Carolina to kick Planned Parenthood out of its Medicaid program over its status as an abortion provider, a decision that could embolden red states across the country to effectively “defund” the reproductive healthcare organization.The case, Medina v Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, centers around a 2018 executive order from South Carolina’s governor, Henry McMaster, that blocked clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. “Payment of taxpayer funds to abortion clinics, for any purpose, results in the subsidy of abortion and the denial of the right to life,” McMaster said at the time, even though the reimbursements could not be used for abortions. Abortions are also now banned in South Carolina after six weeks of pregnancy.More details soon Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the organization, the country’s largest abortion provider

Events

2 w. ago Government says Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought 'biological materials'

Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought “biological materials” into the U.S. Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist conducting cancer research for Harvard Medical School, appeared in Massachusetts federal court Wednesday for a probable cause hearing, where government and defense attorneys argued over whether she brought “biological materials” into the U.S. She was returning from a vacation from France in February when she was...

Politics

2 w. ago Grandparents took toddler to Tesco instead of doctor after he collapsed

A murder trial was told Ethan Ives Griffiths' grandparents and mother had been 'grossly neglectful' in their care

Society

2 w. ago R Kelly rushed to hospital after overdosing in prison, lawyers say

Convicted sex trafficker had been placed in solitary and given medication by prison staff, court filing allegesLawyers for R Kelly say in new court documents that the convicted sex trafficker and singer was recently rushed to hospital after medically overdosing in prison.The 58-year-old reportedly collapsed Friday at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina, which specializes in housing sex offenders, and was transported to Duke University hospital. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago US abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered

Politics

2 w. ago Toddler allegedly murdered by grandparents had 40 injuries like a car crash victim

Murder trial told Ethan Ives-Griffiths's injuries were the kind seen in a high-speed road crash or fall from a great height of up to five storeys

Events

3 w. ago Emma Raducanu pulls out of Berlin Open with ‘lingering’ back problem

British No 1 loses Wimbledon seeding as a resultShe is confident of playing at Eastbourne later in JuneEmma Raducanu will miss next week’s Berlin Tennis Open as she continues to manage a back problem. The 22-year-old has been struggling with the issue since competing in Strasbourg last month before the French Open and took an off-court medical timeout during her quarter-final loss to Zheng Qinwen at Queen’s Club on Friday.Speaking afterwards, Raducanu said: “It’s been lingering for the last few weeks, and I have had back issues before. I think it’s just a vulnerability of mine. I know I need to take good care of it. I’m not overly concerned that it’s something serious, but I know it’s something that’s very annoying and needs proper and careful management.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Emma Raducanu not ‘overly concerned’ about ongoing back issue after Queen’s exit

Raducanu required an off-court medical time out before the second set.

Politics

3 w. ago Grandparents 'beat toddler to death' while child's mum was on her phone upstairs

Ethan Ives-Griffiths tragically died after sustaining horror injuries inside the home of his grandparents who deny murdering their two-year-old grandson.

Society

3 w. ago Toddler 'beaten to death by grandparents' while mum was upstairs on her phone

Two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths tragically died after he sustained horrific injuries inside his grandparents' home. Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, deny murdering their grandson

Society

3 w. ago Medics tell court how toddler allegedly murdered by grandparents was injured

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was desperately ill when he arrived at hospital and doctors operated with little hope of saving him

Events

3 w. ago Final days of little boy with 'killer grandparents' before they 'murdered him while his mother was upstairs' is shown to jury

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was last caught on camera with his grandparents at Broughton Retail Park on August 13, 2021, just days before he collapsed and died.

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3 w. ago Boy, two, was placed on the child protection register month before 'he was murdered by his grandparents while his mother was upstairs', court hears

Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, are on trial accused of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child - which they deny.

Society