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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 24, 2026 2:18 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The New Brunswick government is looking for a company to reopen a mine that used to be one of North America’s largest producers of the critical mineral antimony. The government says the former Lake George mine, about 30 kilometres southwest of Fredericton, operated intermittently from 1876 to 1996.The shiny grey metal is mainly used as a flame retardant, but it is also used in solar panels, lead-acid batteries and more recently in infrared missiles, nuclear weapons and…

Digital asset heavyweights Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and Circle (NYSE: CRCL) are facing an intense wave of selling pressure this Tuesday as a regulatory storm brews in Washington.The sudden downturn reflects growing investor anxiety over a potential legislative shift that could fundamentally alter how stablecoins – the very “glue” of the crypto economy – are managed and monetized.Year-to-date, COIN and CRCL have followed sharply divergent trajectories, with the former down over 25% currently while the latter remains up some 100% versus its year-to-date low.Why did crypto stocks crash on Tuesday?Today’s rout is mostly driven by a bipartisan legislative proposal aimed at…

Teachers are preparing for another strike unless a state government offers a better pay deal, warning of further disruption ahead.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is facing murder charges after allegedly gunning down a man in Maryland this week. Twenty-seven-year-old Dayton Webber, of La Plata, allegedly shot and killed a passenger in his vehicle following an argument on the evening of Sunday, March 22, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. Two individuals flagged down La Plata police officers around 10:25 p.m., telling officers they were passengers riding in the backseat of Webber’s vehicle, authorities said. The witnesses said Webber fatally shot the front-seat passenger, identified as 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells, twice in…

Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger looks at President Trump’s trouble handling retaliatory attacks by Iran that have largely choked off the Strait of Hormuz.By David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Laura Salaberry, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Whitney ShefteMarch 24, 2026

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scottie Scheffler has proven he’s human over the last couple of weeks, but perhaps there may be a reason for it.With a couple of tune-ups in Scheffler’s home state of Texas before heading to Augusta National in April, one of those is no longer on his schedule.The PGA Tour announced Wednesday that Scheffler withdrew from the Texas Children’s Houston Open and was replaced by Matt Kuchar.  Scottie Scheffler reacts to his tee shot off the 16th hole during The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on Saturday, March…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is spotlighting a local church in an ad seeking to win over voters – but the congregation says it wants nothing to do with his campaign.Sullivan Harbor Baptist Church, located in Platner’s hometown, appears in a 30-second spot the Platner campaign rolled out earlier in March. The video, titled “The Veteran Who Came Home,” features military veterans endorsing Platner’s campaign and is interspersed with shots of the American flag and the white clapboard church.”We as Sullivan Harbor Baptist Church do not endorse this or any candidate,”…

Rising fuel costs stemming from the Iran war are starting to impact small and medium-sized businesses in Canada, according to the latest survey findings, which suggests their optimism has plummeted. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business released its Business Barometer report for March, which showed that higher overall costs for businesses were one of the main reasons for a drop in optimism.Fuel costs, specifically, saw the largest monthly jump among the options survey respondents could select for what was contributing to their overall cost pressures at 50 per cent, which was up by 14 percentage points.“Small business owners are faced…

Australian prosecco makers are among those cheering a landmark free trade deal with the European Union, but farmers have slammed it as inadequate.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An extensive audit revealed a California school district allegedly issued diplomas to students in China in addition to potentially “unlawful financial practices associated with the district’s international program.”The Val Verde Unified School District (VVUSD) in Riverside, California, was audited by the county’s superintendent of schools in a more than 1,000-page review that alleges the VVUSD gave unauthorized diplomas to nonresident, Chinese students at the district’s “sister school,” Pegasus California School, in Qingdao, China.”Our audit, commissioned by Dr. Gomez, raises serious concerns about academic integrity, taxpayer fraud, and may even implicate national security,”…