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The Alberta government introduced legislation Thursday to ensure children won’t be able to access sexually graphic images in books at public libraries. Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams stressed at a news conference that the government isn’t banning books. He held up a page of a graphic novel with a sexually explicit example of the images they seek to restrict.“We will require that they are put behind a counter in a place that children cannot find them while wandering these libraries,” Williams said after tabling the bill.“When a family walks into a public library, they should feel confident that appropriate safeguards…

US stocks closed slightly mixed on Thursday after paring deeper losses, as diplomatic signals from the Middle East helped calm markets rattled earlier by President Donald Trump’s threats of tougher action against Iran ahead of the long holiday weekend.Investor sentiment steadied in the afternoon after Iran’s foreign ministry said it was drafting a protocol with Oman to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, while Britain noted that dozens of countries were discussing ways to end the crisis. These developments eased worries about prolonged disruption to global oil flows.Oil prices surge as geopolitical risks persistStocks opened lower amid rising oil…

US sprint star Christian Coleman wants the athletics world to relish Australian sensation Gout Gout’s career rather than draw unfair parallels with Usain Bolt.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The conversation among police after Tiger Woods crashed a car while allegedly under the influence has been released.The 911 audio reveals that police claimed the witness who originally called to report the crash was from Sirius XM.”I have a caller on the line reporting from Sirius XM reporting a vehicle accident,” a sheriff’s office representative said.Someone else later adds, “I have Sirius XM on the line advising that a black Range Rover appears to be involved in (the) collision.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Tiger Woods was arrested on a…

Ten Muslim civil rights groups have issued a joint letter denouncing the arrest of a Palestinian American community leader in Wisconsin, Salah Sarsour.The president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and a vocal Palestinian advocate, Sarsour was reportedly pulled over by 10 federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while driving on March 30.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe joint letter explains that Sarsour was transferred to a detention facility in Illinois, then to Indiana, leaving his family “scrambling to determine his whereabouts”.A lawful permanent resident, he had lived in the US for 32 years, according to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A jealous ex-boyfriend allegedly plotted a horrifying acid attack that left a young New York college student burned and disfigured — then mocked her injuries afterward, prosecutors say.Shaquille Coke, 31, pleaded not guilty at his March 24 arraignment in Nassau County court on charges including first-degree assault in connection with the 2021 attack on a 21-year-old woman outside her Elmont home. He was arrested in Brooklyn by Nassau County police.Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly described Coke as a “jealous, possessive, and jilted former boyfriend” who allegedly orchestrated the brutal assault after…

A former FBI agent who was prosecuted for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later hired by the Trump-era Justice Department has left his government post, he announced Thursday.In a post on X, Jared Wise said he came to the Justice Department hoping to expose alleged abuses by prosecutors and agents who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, but he now believes it’s not possible to complete that mission from his role at the department.”I returned to Washington to fully expose the abuses by the FBI and DOJ against J6 defendants, but it…

The Conservative critic for Indigenous Services is adding his voice to calls for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize to Grassy Narrows First Nation after he said he could “outlast” a protester raising concerns about mercury poisoning in her community. Conservative MP Billy Morin told The Canadian Press Carney “laughs at First Nations’ frustrations over the Liberals failing to keep their promises,” and that his remark was more arrogant than a similar quip former prime minister Justin Trudeau made to a Grassy Narrows demonstrator in 2019.Chrissy Isaacs, a Grassy Narrows First Nation woman suffering from mercury poisoning, was in Toronto on Monday…

The NASA Artemis II mission started to leave Earth’s orbit on Thursday, a critical milestone of the flight. Astronauts are officially headed to the moon for the first time since 1972.At 7.49pm Eastern time (Friday, 10.49am AEDT), the Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for 5 minutes and 50 seconds, accelerating with 6,000 pounds of thrust and committing the crew of three NASA astronauts and one Canadian crew member on a path that would take them around the moon four days from now without landing.Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen spent the first day of the mission…

From the beginning, the sisters were clear: They would not rely on cultural motifs to signal Indonesian identity.“We chose to define our Indonesian identity not through motifs, but through craftsmanship,” said Peggy. “From the start, we aspire to be a brand that is not defined by border. We wanted to speak to women regardless of where they are.”That global mindset shaped early business decisions. According to Lydia, the brand’s managing director, they intentionally focused outward, launching their webstore, reaching out to international press, established a PR partnership in Los Angeles and entered global competitions.“This built our credibility outside of Indonesia early…