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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., ordered American flags be lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of three fallen service members who were stationed in Birmingham, Alabama, prior to their deaths in Iraq during the war with Iran.Officials confirmed six service members died Thursday in an incident involving a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, which was operating over western Iraq in support of Operation Epic Fury.Ivey said three of the six fallen military personnel served in the 99th Air Refueling Squadron of the 117th Air Refueling Wing located at Sumpter Smith Joint Air National Guard…

Four people are facing a total of 20 charges following a traffic stop that led to the seizure of weapons, drugs and counterfeit currency, according to Saskatoon police. Officers conducted a traffic stop shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Sunday in the 1200 block of Avenue G North. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. Four occupants — three women aged 29, 32 and 39, and a 23-year-old man — were arrested following further investigation, police said in a statement. More on Crime More videos Authorities say they…

Bulldozers are digging pits in a cemetery in Kabul in order to bury the hundreds allegedly killed in a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation hospital.

TOKYO: Singapore and Japan announced on Wednesday (Mar 18) the upgrading of bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership, with expanded cooperation across five areas.The upgrade in ties was announced by Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.Mr Wong is making his first visit to Japan as prime minister. He met Ms Takaichi during the visit and she hosted him to a working dinner.Welcoming Mr Wong, Ms Takaichi expressed hopes that both countries’ ties will deepen through diverse exchanges and programmes this year.  “Our two nations, as like-minded countries, have together defended and promoted rules-based free and…

Senegal were stripped of the AFCON title following an appeals board review by CAF into a mid-final protest by its players.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Senegal’s government has called for an “independent international investigation” into corruption following the decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to strip the country of its Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title and award it to Morocco.CAF’s decision came following a review via their appeals board into a chaotic final two months ago.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe ruling said that Senegal is “declared to have forfeited” the final, a 1-0…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new state audit investigating the massive fraud scandal in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota revealed that the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS) failed for years to properly investigate Medicaid kickback allegations while incorrectly claiming that they did not have the authority to do so. The Office of the Legislative Auditor report released on Tuesday, titled “Department of Human Services Investigations of Alleged Kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention Program,” found that DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has long possessed the legal authority to pursue kickback cases independently, contradicting the…

US stock opened lower on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data and rising oil prices dampened investor sentiment ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision.Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 169 points, or 0.36%, while S&P 500 fell 0.31% and Nasdaq 100 declined roughly 0.26%. The cautious tone followed a stronger-than-expected reading on wholesale inflation, which raised concerns that interest rates could remain higher for longer.Inflation surprise dims rate cut expectationsData from the Labor Department showed the Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.7% in February, well above expectations of a 0.3% increase. On an annual basis, producer prices climbed 3.4%, exceeding…

As Ebuka Okorie of Stanford University prepared to shoot a free throw at a recent postseason college basketball game, a hush fell over the crowd. And then a lonely voice pierced the silence with an instantly recognizable lyric.“AND I DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE ME,” a drum major in the University of Pittsburgh’s band screamed, “’CAUSE I DON’T THINK THAT THEY’D UNDERSTAND.”The moment, audible on the national broadcast of the game, created an internet sensation. And it was yet another moment where “Iris,” the anthemic 1998 ballad by the Goo Goo Dolls, showed itself to be culturally resonant once…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA’s dramatic victory over the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Sunday night smashed viewership records, FOX Sports said Tuesday.The game drew 7,369,000 viewers on FS1 and FOX Deportes, becoming the most-watched WBC telecast ever on any network. The semifinal matchup went head-to-head against the Academy Awards, which drew 17.9 million viewers but was down 9% from 2025 and drew the fewest number of viewers since 2022. United States’ Gunnar Henderson gestures to his teammates after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a World Baseball…

Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief executive officer of Micron Technology Inc., during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Micron Technology Inc. semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. Heather Ainsworth | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicron saw its stock triple in 2025, and it’s up nearly 62% so far in 2026, as heavy demand for memory-rich Nvidia artificial intelligence chips leads to shortages. The memory crunch that’s boosted Micron has been bad news for many of its tech peers, which are dealing with higher prices as they try to secure critical components. Among the 10…