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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Arizona girl whose 1994 disappearance was long treated as a possible abduction was found alive more than three decades later, and investigators now say she left voluntarily.The Gila County Sheriff’s Office confirmed this week that Christina “Tina” Marie Plante, who vanished from Star Valley at age 13, has been located alive at 44, bringing a decades-old case to a close.But new details shared by a lead investigator are shifting the narrative behind her disappearance.Capt. Jamie Garrett, a cold case investigator who ultimately identified and contacted Plante, said she was surprised to…

Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre has opened up a four-shot lead at the midway point of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course.

Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, attends the Milken Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersBillionaire investor Bill Ackman said the current market dislocation has created one of the most attractive entry points for high-quality companies in years, urging investors to look past macro fears and lean into what he sees as deeply discounted opportunities.”Some of the highest quality businesses in the world are trading at extremely cheap prices,” Ackman wrote in a post on X late Sunday. “One of the best times in a long time to buy…

KABUL: Eight people were killed and one child was injured on Friday (Apr 3) when a house collapsed in Kabul following an earthquake in Afghanistan, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority said.An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 177 km (110 miles), GFZ said.  Strong tremors were felt in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, Kabul in Afghanistan and the Indian capital New Delhi, according to Reuters witnesses.Afghanistan, hemmed in by rugged mountains, is prone to a range of natural disasters. Its earthquakes are the most…

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President Trump on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay “each and every employee” of the agency, which has faced an almost two-month-long shutdown due to a congressional impasse, leaving thousands without paychecks.The president’s memo directs DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to “use funds that have a reasonable and logical nexus to the functions of DHS.” It does not list out the specific funding sources that DHS plans to tap, or the exact legal justification for moving those funds around.”This callous treatment of DHS employees must…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sweeping federal takedown in Los Angeles has exposed what prosecutors say is a brazen, multimillion-dollar scheme that turned end-of-life care into a cash grab, allegedly using people who weren’t even dying to rip off taxpayers out of more than $50 million.Eight defendants, including nurses, a chiropractor and a purported psychologist, were arrested in a crackdown targeting sham hospice operations and fraudulent medical billing schemes, according to the Justice Department.At the center of the case, hospice companies are accused of signing up healthy patients, paying kickbacks and pocketing millions from Medicare for…

Global travel patterns are undergoing a swift recalibration as the escalating conflict in the Middle East disrupts flight routes, dampens consumer confidence, and forces holidaymakers to rethink their plans.Travel companies across Europe are reporting cancellations, weaker demand in affected regions, and a noticeable pivot toward alternative destinations, even as overall appetite for travel remains resilient.Booking disruptions hit operatorsBritish online travel agent Lastminute.com said on Thursday the conflict has affected around 17,000 bookings, reflecting the immediate impact of airspace closures and flight disruptions across key Gulf transit hubs. The company, which offers packages to destinations such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi,…

Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen has assured Australians the nation won’t run out of fuel, at least not in the next 39 days — but he urged Aussies not to buy more fuel than they needed this Easter long weekend.Mr Bowen, speaking in Sydney, said Australia had 39 days worth of petrol in supplies (1.7 billion litres), 29 days worth of diesel (2.6 billion litres) and 30 days worth of jet fuel (847 million litres).“Fuel is going out the door to service stations and farmers and fuel is coming in the door at Australia’s import terminals and our refineries are…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The leaders of college sports’ most powerful conferences quickly aligned behind President Donald Trump’s latest executive order.Commissioners from the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 all released statements on social media Friday evening unanimously thanking Trump for his executive action. Trump’s EO directs federal agencies to potentially restrict funding for schools violating new, tighter rules on player transfers (limited to one) and eligibility (maximum five years), while curbing pay-for-play booster collectives and protecting women’s and Olympic sports funding.The conferences struck a consistent tone of appreciation for federal involvement, coupled with a renewed…