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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A critical alleged deadline has passed in the case of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC’s “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie, who remains missing after more than a week. Alleged captors set a Monday night at 5:00 p.m. deadline for a $6 million ransom to paid. That hour has now passed, with no indication that a ransom was paid.The supposed captors have been communicating with the Guthrie family through the media since last Monday afternoon, and are reportedly seeking a $6 million Bitcoin transfer. It remains unclear whether the $6 million will lead to…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size WestJet will suspend three routes from Vancouver to the United States this summer due to a “notable decline in transborder travel demand throughout 2025,” the organization said. The company will suspend service between Vancouver and Boston, Vancouver and San Francisco and Vancouver and San Diego, starting in April, as part of their summer schedule.“We made timely decisions to modify our network to stay aligned with where Canadians want to go, reducing our full-year transborder flying by close to 10 per cent, with a 15 per cent reduction in what were historically peak…

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“ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS”China has long offered Taiwan a Hong Kong-style “one country, two systems” model of autonomy, though no major Taiwanese political party supports that.Taiwan’s government says Beijing’s rule in the former British colony has only brought repression, with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday citing the sentencing of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison the previous day.”Jimmy Lai’s sentencing exposes the Hong Kong national security law for what it is – a tool of political persecution under China’s ‘one country, two systems’ that tramples human rights & freedom of press,” Lai wrote on X.There…

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Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times You couldn’t ask for a better backdrop.The 2026 Winter Games in Italy — spread out across four locations — are set against breathtaking views of the Dolomites and the Alps, with clear blue skies and snow-topped peaks. The foregrounds of these images can be equally stunning: bundled-up athletes jumping, spinning, flipping and, yes, sometimes crashing to the pure white powder below.Our photographers will also take you indoors, where artistry (figure skating) meets aggression (hockey) meets whatever adjective you’d like to use to describe curling. These are what will become the lasting, iconic images of the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The House of Representatives’ top Democrat claimed Republicans’ election security bill was tantamount to “voter suppression” on Monday.House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., criticized the House GOP-led SAVE America Act during his weekly press conference ahead of an expected vote on the bill coming as early as Wednesday.”Republicans have adopted voter suppression as an electoral strategy. That’s what the so-called SAVE Act is all about,” Jeffries said.He said the bill getting a vote this week is “worse than” a previous iteration simply called the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which passed…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A potential groundbreaking decision was made in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Monday that could change NCAA eligibility forever.A judge denied Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would allow him to continue playing basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide after he returned despite declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft.So, after just five games, Bediako’s season is over, per AL.com’s Nick Kelly.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXBUSINESS.COM Charles Bediako of the Alabama Crimson Tide waits to enter his first collegiate game in two years during the first half against the Tennessee…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Minnesota woman who defrauded the federal government out of more than $325,000 in federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits was sentenced last week to a year in prison. Latasha Thomas, 39, was convicted on one count of mail fraud and will owe restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen on Friday.Latasha Thomas conspired with her daughter, Ambrosia Thomas, and another relative, Cynthia Thomas, over two years to unlawfully acquire Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which are issued by the state government to qualifying applicants and…

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A proposed uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan has the support of several Indigenous communities as it enters the final stage of seeking federal approval. Canadian mining company NexGen Energy Ltd. presented its Rook I development project and heard from several key Indigenous stakeholders in Saskatoon on Monday, the first day of the second part of its hearing before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).The proposed mine is located in the southwestern Athabasca Basin, around 150 km north of La Loche, Sask.NexGen has identified four Indigenous nations in and around the proposed mine area that have signed impact benefit agreements with…

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An alternative massage therapist raved about on the Kyle and Jackie O Show has been sentenced for sexually abusing a female patient in his personal studio.Steven Goldberg, 69, raped the woman and touched her breasts without her consent during a two-hour session at his home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.His 32-year-old victim attended the session in October 2023 with high hopes after hearing about Goldberg’s “magical” lomi lomi massages on the radio show.In her glowing testimonial, KIIS host Jackie O said on air: “It was something else, oh my god”.There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Jackie…

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