Danica Roem makes history as first openly trans state senator in Virginia

The Democratic candidate beat Bill Woolf for the job, campaigning on her successful track record as a state delegate.

source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/danica-roem-first-trans-state-senator-virginia-1.7024455?cmp=rss

Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to orbit the moon, dead at 95

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/frank-borman-obituary-1.7025033?cmp=rss

Australia offers to help South Pacific island residents escape rising seas

Australia on Friday offered the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms brought by climate change. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tuvalu-climate-change-migration-1.7024777?cmp=rss