U.S. President Joe Biden raised concerns about air strikes in the conflict in northern Ethiopia and about human rights issues during a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, the White House said.

Over the weekend, Thomas competed in Penn University’s Ivy League meet with Yale and Dartmouth. From a purely swimming standpoint, Thomas had a productive meet, winning 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle events. But in the 100-yard freestyle, Thomas was soundly defeated by Yale’s Iszac Henig, another transgender athlete. The difference between Henig and Thomas is that Henig is a biological woman who has not yet completed the “transition” to a male body.

On Friday, Canada passed a law that has already been codified in several other Western nations in some or another which bans conversion therapy.

World tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic was back in practice hours after winning a court challenge to remain in Australia on Monday, thanking the judge who released him from immigration detention and saying he remained focused on his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam win in Melbourne.

Dominick Black, the man charged with buying Kyle Rittenhouse the gun used in the Kenosha shootings, has taken a plea deal as a means to avoid any possible jail time.

Data for 2021 now confirms that last year was the deadliest on record for those serving as U.S. police officers. 

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Monday that his country had weathered an attempted coup d’etat coordinated by what he called “a single center” after the most violent unrest since the Soviet collapse.