Lax rules and rise in for-profit childcare allow predators to abuse children, NSW inquiry finds
Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system ‘failing too many children, families and educators’Systemic weaknesses in New South Wales’...
Firm finds LA county officials did not discriminate in response to Eaton fire
Altadena group pans report as ‘pages of deflection’ and cites reliance on ‘department insiders’ rather than residentsLos Angeles county fire officials...
Scrapping 86,000 new car parking spaces could save $5.2bn and drive down rents, Grattan report finds
About 40% of parking spaces under apartments in Australia sit empty, yet strict planning rules mean more unwanted spots continue to be builtGet our br...
Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds
Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, Congress failed to make a d...
Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds
Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid itOne in three university students thi...
Australia’s social media ban preventing teens from accessing the news, research finds
Half of the teens who have been blocked say they are seeing less news than before – but they are not necessarily going back to traditional sourcesGet ...
Rural Britain is becoming ‘food desert’ for lower-income families, study finds
Closure of local shops and poor public transport leaves households struggling to access healthy and affordable food‘Absolutely beautiful’ but no shops...
Rising prices are Britons’ biggest money worry as inflation stays high, survey finds
Households ‘increasingly gloomy’ about finances amid fears of interest rate rises due to higher fuel pricesBusiness live – latest updatesRising prices...
Two-thirds of NHS nurses believe lack of staff is putting patients at risk, survey finds
Union to urge ministers to bring in mandatory minimum staffing, as ageing population increases demand for careAlmost two-thirds of nurses believe ther...
A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds
‘Polyclass’ of 6 million people consider themselves to belong to more than one social category, researchers sayMore than a third of Britons say they h...
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Pentagon quietly shut legally required program to prevent civilian deaths by military, watchdog finds
Trump administration accused of cutting military’s civilian harm program in light of US strike on girls school in IranThe Pentagon has quietly dismant...
US teens getting less sleep than ever, new report finds
Homework, social pressure and jobs still keep teens up but now screen time and social media rob their sleepA new study from the University of Minnesot...
Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds
Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperformChief executives who...
China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds
A confidential assessment, circulating as President Donald Trump begins his highly anticipated trip to Beijing, shows shifts in several key areas of c...
Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds
Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the ...
Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds
Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public servicesN...
Israeli Report Finds That Sexual Violence by Hamas Was Widespread
A two-year investigation by a team of researchers in Israel concluded that sexual violence by Hamas and its allies was widespread during and after the...
About 7 million kids live in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, a study finds
The new study in JAMA Network Open also finds that more parents leave their guns loaded and unlocked when they have teenagers, despite the fact that s...
New poll finds a majority of Americans unsure if attempts on Trump's life were real
When given the options of "true," "false" or "not sure," and asked whether each of the incidents "was staged," a majority of respondents said they tho...
UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds
PwC survey reports fast fall in consumer confidence with people worried about Iran war’s impact on economy and personal financesBritish households are...
‘A sobering indictment’: 14 homeless people die a year in public parks or countryside in Australia, analysis finds
‘In just a few weeks homelessness has killed a baby, a young mother and a student,’ head of advocacy group says, calling for more investment in upcomi...
Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds
Exclusive: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is preferred choice of new leader for 42% of those surveyedFull results from England, Scotland and...
Sexual harassment more than twice as prevalent at England’s top universities, analysis finds
Harassment reported by 35% of students at ‘high tariff’ institutions compared with 17% at those with lowest entry gradesStudents at England’s leading ...
New Hungarian PM’s voters want action on climate and LGBTQ+ rights, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters remain split on issues critical to EU, such as support for Ukraine and dependence on Russian energyMore than three-quarters of Hunga...
UCLA medical school illegally used race in admissions, justice department finds
School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal lawsThe US Department of Justice found o...
TikTok’s algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds
Researchers found that TikTok’s For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in New York, Texas and GeorgiaA study published Wednesday in the jour...
