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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gov. Gavin Newsom is rolling out a taxpayer-backed freebie for new parents, promising hundreds of diapers for every baby born in California under a new statewide program.The Democrat announced Friday that the state will partner with nonprofit Baby2Baby to hand out 400 free diapers to families leaving participating hospitals, starting this summer. The initiative, dubbed “Golden State Start,” is being billed as a first-in-the-nation effort to ease the high cost of raising a child.”Every baby born in California deserves a healthy start in life,” Newsom said in a statement, touting the plan…

Gold prices were headed for a weekly rise following a stronger-than-expected jobs report in the US.Oil prices recovered from Thursday’s sharp losses to trade in the green as uncertainty remained regarding the US and Iran peace negotiations. Gold set for weekly riseGold prices rose further on Friday and were set for a weekly gain. The yellow metal extended gains following a stronger-than-expected US jobs report. Additionally, reduced concerns over inflation and high interest rates, fueled by optimism about a possible resolution to the Iran conflict, also contributed to the rise in prices.The US labor market demonstrated continued resilience in April, as data…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four more women, including a former colleague, have accused former NFL player and ESPN analyst Marcellus Wiley of sexual assault.Wiley was first accused in November 2023 but immediately called those allegations “BS.” Two more women then came forward with new allegations in March of last year.But new allegations were filed in court last month, including from a former ESPN production assistant who said Wiley tricked the employee into thinking they were having a work meeting in order for her to go into his hotel room in 2009. Marcellus Wiley of the Dallas Cowboys…

By Eli Ridder The Canadian Press Posted May 8, 2026 4:49 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A popular potato chip maker in New Brunswick says it is continuing efforts to limit its facility’s impact on nearby residents. The Covered Bridge Potato Chip company says it started taking steps last year that included setting up a large fence, planting trees and adding sound-deadening measures.The company’s president Brook Dickinson said in a statement Friday it would complete any outstanding tasks in the plan for its Woodstock, N.B., facility in the coming weeks and that it…

Police are urgently searching for a 12-year-old girl who has not been seen for three days.Ava-Grace Holdsworth, who also goes by the name Ash, vanished from her family home on Teneriffe Place in Mirrabooka about 8pm on Wednesday.The school girl has now been missing for more than 60 hours, prompting police to issue a public plea for help to track her down.Ava-Grace is described as being about 145cm tall with a medium build.She is likely to be easily identified by her distinctive hair, which is styled in a green and blue bob.Camera IconShe is likely to be easily identified by…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 4, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe S&P 500 brushed off Thursday headlines about the U.S. and Iran trading blows in the Strait of Hormuz and continued marching higher in Friday trading, crossing 7,400 for the first time. Prediction market traders think there’s more fuel left in the tank.While the benchmark is already up more than 16% from its March 30 lows, traders on Kalshi think the broad index has a 59% chance of breaching 8,000 this year. That’s…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday (May 9) reaffirmed his country’s commitment to its mutual defence treaty with Russia, in a message to President Vladimir Putin congratulating Russia on the anniversary of the ​defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.Kim reiterated North Korea’s position to “give top priority” to its partnership with Russia and its commitment to “the implementation of the obligations of the inter-state treaty,” according to North Korean state media KCNA.Russia and North Korea in 2024 ‌signed a “Comprehensive ⁠Strategic Partnership Treaty” during a visit to Pyongyang by Putin. The pact includes a mutual…

So in the early days of the war between the U.S., Israel and Iran, my colleagues and I started seeing a lot of these videos that were filmed on U.S. military bases and also foreign bases, where the U.S. operates in the Gulf and the Middle East. And they showed a number of Iranian, usually drone strikes, on key infrastructure. And then not too long after that, we started seeing a stream of Iranian satellite imagery that came out of Iranian state media that were then filtering down through social media. And these images claim to show very massive swaths…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two alleged narco-terrorists, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).”On May 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM said in a post on X.”Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the post continued. “Two male narco-terrorists were…

Republicans in Alabama approved plans Friday for new primary elections if courts allow a set of GOP-drawn House districts to be used in the midterms, a move that could eliminate one of the state’s two Democratic seats.The legislation, which was passed by lawmakers this week and quickly signed into law by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday, is part of an effort by Republicans in multiple southern states to respond to last week’s Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court ruling, which weakened the Voting Rights Act. The new Alabama law would effectively set aside the state’s May 19 primary results for…