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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…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite losing a similar argument in federal court at the end of January, accused CEO assassin Luigi Mangione’s defense team is again vying to have damning evidence from his backpack suppressed in a New York state court.Prosecutors have said police recovered the suspected murder weapon and a manifesto railing against the health insurance industry in the bag, and they’ve defended the search as proper.Mangione, 27, is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, on Dec. 4, 2024 — allegedly shooting him in the back outside a Manhattan hotel slated to host…

Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has stoked fears of the gravest disruption to global oil supply in history, as the Middle East conflict stretches into its third week.

The soldiers, identified by their initials NDP, SL, BHW and ES, will be held at a maximum security facility in Jakarta, he said.Separately, Jakarta police released CCTV recordings on Wednesday showing the faces of two people suspected of attacking Andrie.They had the initials BHC and MAK, police official Iman Imanuddin said. Their links to the four soldiers are unclear.On Monday, police said analysis of CCTV footage showed four suspects on two scooters had followed Andrie before the attack.Lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to form a special committee to oversee the handling of the case, according to member of parliament Habiburokhman, who…

Global sports leaders ‌reached consensus on a new set of eligibility criteria for transgender athletes in February.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026More than 80 human ⁠rights and sport advocacy groups ⁠have called on the International Olympic Committee to abandon reported plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female athletes and impose a blanket ban on transgender and intersex competitors.A joint statement by the Sport & ⁠Rights Alliance (SRA), ILGA World, Humans of Sport and dozens of other groups warned that the measures that will reportedly be recommended by the IOC’s Protection of the Female Category Working Group would…