
Australian state officials report biggest daily Covid-19 caseload this year
CNN
The Australian state of New South Wales recorded its biggest daily rise in Covid-19 infections this year, even as residents in several major cities across the country were released from snap lockdowns on Saturday.
Sydney, the New South Wales state capital and home to a fifth of Australia's population of 25 million, has been hit hardest in a flurry of outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant around the country over the past two weeks.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his executive powers to revoke a handful of orders put into place by his predecessor after the former mayor was federally indicted, including a directive that expanded the definition of antisemitism and another that barred city employees and agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel.

Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota
The Trump administration, for the second time in recent weeks, is using allegations of fraud to justify increased federal law enforcement actions in Minnesota, the state with the country’s largest Somali population.











