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Australia’s rugby men suffered all weekend and their female counterparts were handed a lesson by their greatest rivals in Singapore as the disheartened sevens teams were left with much to do before next month’s world championships.The men’s outfit endured a wretched weekend at the world series league-ending Singapore Sevens, winning just one match of four.Meanwhile, the women, still the second-best team in the world, discovered the gulf between them and their New Zealand conquerors appears only to be getting wider.Despite Maddison Levi’s record-breaking weekend, in which she powered past 200 tries faster than any player before her and produced some…

Edward Countryman, a historian whose wide-ranging studies of the various groups — politicians, laborers, Native Americans and more — at work during the American Revolution helped usher in a more complex understanding of the nation’s founding, died on March 24 in Dallas. He was 80.His daughters, Karon Ornadel and Kirstein Powell, confirmed the death but did not say what the cause was or where in Dallas he died.Professor Countryman began his career in the 1970s as part of what was known as the neo-progressive school, which focused on the social and economic factors that drove historical change.Influenced by the British…

Ecco We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.In his new memoir, “Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs” (to be published April 22 by Ecco), chef José Andrés, founder of the humanitarian aid organization World Central Kitchen, offers life lessons and teachable moments about responsibility and commitment to a shared humanity. Read an excerpt below, and don’t miss Kelefa Sanneh’s interview with José Andrés on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 6!”Change the Recipe” by José Andrés Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now. Commit to What…

On a recent morning, I knocked on the front door of a handsome two-story home in Redwood City, Calif. Within seconds, the door was opened by a faceless robot dressed in a beige bodysuit that clung tight to its trim waist and long legs.This svelte humanoid greeted me with what seemed to be a Scandinavian accent, and I offered to shake hands. As our palms met, it said: “I have a firm grip.”When the home’s owner, a Norwegian engineer named Bernt Børnich, asked for some bottled water, the robot turned, walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator with one…

United and City play out a dull 0-0 draw in Kevin De Bruyne’s final Manchester derby.Manchester United and Manchester City have played out an anticlimactic 0-0 Premier League draw in a low-key derby that dealt a blow to City’s bid for Champions League qualification. Pep Guardiola’s team are fifth in the table on 52 points, one behind Chelsea, and United are languishing in 13th place on 38. With both sides struggling through difficult campaigns, neither created many clear-cut chances on Sunday, particularly in a drab first half at a sun-drenched Old Trafford. The game picked up after the interval, and…

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Commerce Secretary Howard LutnickSen. John Barrasso, Republican of WyomingSen. Maria Cantwell, Democrat of WashingtonRep. Don Bacon, Republican of NebraskaNATO Secretary General Mark RutteClick here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: President Trump vows to reshape global trade, and that sends stock markets reeling. Is it just short-term pain or a long-term problem?President Trump delivered on his campaign promises, putting 25 percent duties on foreign autos and 10 percent on imports from…

A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly conned a man out of thousands of dollars during a bogus tarot card reading and “spiritual cleansing.”According to an arrest report obtained by WTVJ, Carmen Valdez De Miguel, 67, was arrested on Monday and faces charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft and resisting an officer without violence.The alleged con began on March 11, when a man found a flyer on his car for a tarot card reading and called the number, according to the report.He spoke with a woman, the report read, and agreed to a tarot card reading session…

St Pauli have grabbed an 85th minute equaliser in the Bundesliga to dent Borussia Monchengladbach’s efforts to earn Champions League football next season.

The Israeli military has acknowledged flaws in its initial accounts of its troops’ involvement in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza who the United Nations said were all paramedics and rescue workers.The admission came on Saturday, the day after a video obtained by The New York Times appeared to contradict a key part of the military’s earlier version of events. While the military had said it fired on the vehicles after they “advanced suspiciously,” the video showed clearly marked ambulances and a fire truck.The episode has drawn international scrutiny and condemnation. After the blatant inconsistencies in…

If congressional Republicans go through with some of the deep Medicaid cuts they are considering, three states would be left in an especially tight bind.South Dakota, Missouri and Oklahoma have state constitutions requiring that they participate in Medicaid expansion, the part of Obamacare that expanded the health program for the poor to millions of adults.If Republicans choose to make the projected budget reductions by cutting into Medicaid expansion, the other 37 states (and D.C.) that participate in the expansion could stop covering working-class adults. Nine states have laws explicitly requiring them to stop Medicaid expansion or make significant changes if…