Kristian Doolittle: Perth Wildcats import signs bumper three-year deal to stay at NBL club

Perth Wildcats import Kristian Doolittle has signed a bumper three-year deal to stay at the club. Just weeks after he told The West Australian’s Dribble Podcast he would sign the longest deal possible, the American has signed on until the end of 2028. The forward averaged 15.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists during his … Read more

WA Health Department issues warning over increase in cases of gastro bug Cryptosporidiosis

WA Health has issued a major health warning after cases of a highly infectious stomach bug linked to swimming pools and water parks flooded authorities at a rate of 70 a week last month. Cryptosporidiosis cases have skyrocketed in the first two months of this year, with a “significant increase” reported in February, concentrated mainly … Read more

In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own

Makoto Watanabe has never forgotten the day when his previous employer, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers, retreated from its biggest investigative scoop about the Fukushima nuclear disaster: that workers had fled the plant against orders from the plant’s manager. It was 11 years ago, and the Asahi Shimbun had come under fire from other media … Read more

2nd judge orders Trump admin to rehire probationary workers let go in mass firings

A second judge late Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary workers who were let go in mass firings across multiple agencies.   In Baltimore, U.S. District Judge James Bredar, an Obama appointee, found that the administration ignored laws set out for large-scale layoffs. Bredar ordered the firings halted for at least two weeks … Read more