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A top Republican in Virginia has apologized for misgendering a state senate Democrat in a row that caused legislative activity in the chamber to be temporarily suspended.“We are all equal under the law. And so I apologize, I apologize, I apologize, and I would hope that everyone would understand there is no intent to offend but that we would also give each other the ability to forgive each other,” the lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, said in an address to the state senate on Monday.It all started when Danica Roem, 39, a state senator from Prince William county and the US’s…

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Six midwives, including three midwifery students, and three patients sued the state of Hawaii on Tuesday after the government last year prohibited birth workers without a specific midwifery license from providing maternal healthcare.The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday by the Center for Reproductive Rights, claims that state lawmakers have criminalized Indigenous birthing customs and hollowed out medical care for pregnant women and families across Hawaii.Ki’i Kaho‘ohanohano, a Native Hawaiian midwife, was forced to end her two-decade career as a maternal care provider on 1 July 2023. That month, the state required all birth workers, even Native Hawaiian medicine experts like Kaho‘ohanohano,…

Christian Horner could learn the results of an investigation into his conduct as Red Bull Racing team principal as early as Wednesday, before the car heads to Bahrain for the opening race of the new Formula One season.The independent investigation, which began after a female employee made a misconduct complaint, has been ongoing since it was launched by Red Bull Racing’s parent company in Austria in early February. Horner has categorically denied any wrongdoing and vigorously defended himself in interviews during the investigation.While no timetable has been formally set for the conclusion of the investigation, The Guardian understands a report…

An Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel.Yuval Abraham, 29, was on Saturday awarded the Berlinale’s best documentary award for No Other Land, which charts the eradication of Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.Abraham’s acceptance speech, in which he decried a “situation of apartheid” and called for a ceasefire in Gaza, was one of several moments during…

A pilot in uniform who set himself on fire to protest the U.S. role in Israel’s military strike in Gaza was an anarchist who was raised in a strict religious sect and has ties to a Canadian school , the school “controls, intimidates and humiliates” students, it was reported on Tuesday.Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty U.S. Air Force senior airman from San Antonio, Texas, doused himself in flammable liquid and set himself on fire Sunday outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., and died hours later at a hospital.The 25-year-old Bushnell broadcast the self-immolation event live on the social media platform…

The multimillionaire chief executive officer of the US food processing giant Kellogg’s has drawn scorn from some quarters after recently suggesting that families with strained finances could cope by eating “cereal for dinner”.Gary Pilnick was speaking live on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on 21 February when he delivered the remarks in question, which some have compared to the “let them eat cake” phrase frequently attributed without evidence to Marie Antoinette before her execution during the French Revolution.“The cereal category has always been quite affordable, and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure,” Pilnick said…

Israeli and Hamas officials have played down Joe Biden’s expressed hope that a ceasefire in the Gaza war is imminent, raising questions about whether a temporary truce can be implemented before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in two weeks.The Palestinian Islamist movement has not officially received a new ceasefire proposal since indirect talks in Paris last week brokered by the United States, Egypt and Qatar, Bassem Naim, the head of Hamas’s political wing in Gaza, said via WhatsApp on Tuesday.He said the U.S. leader’s suggestion late Monday that a temporary truce could be implemented as soon…

Police have seized 72 firearms from the home of French screen legend Alain Delon, who doesn’t have a permit for any of them, prosecutors said on Tuesday.Officers also found more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition and a shooting range in the actor’s rural home in Douchy-Montcorbon, 84 miles (135km) south of Paris.Delon, 88, “has no authorisation that would allow him to own a firearm”, said local prosecutor Jean-Cédric Gaux.The star played gun-toting gangsters in several of his most famous films, including Borsalino and is credited with creating the Hollywood trope of the mysterious cerebral hitman in the 1967 film The…

Constitution Hill enjoyed an impressive run of success in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday after Nick Henderson, the unbeaten hurdler, suffered a poor pre-race performance at Cheltenham at Kempton. Before long, it was discovered that there was mucus in the lungs, so Constitution Hill’s chances of continuing last year’s impressive success in the Champion Hurdle appeared to be in jeopardy.Constitution Hill was widely favored at 1-4 in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday morning, but bookmakers immediately suspended betting on the race, which takes place on March 12, as news of the show jumping event broke. Featured event on the opening…