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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant from El Salvador wanted for alleged child rape and living near a school was arrested last week, a month after anti-ICE agitators blew an operation conducted by federal authorities to capture him, Fox News has learned. Video footage taken by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Feb. 12 in Boston, a sanctuary city, showed anti-ICE activists shouting obscenities to an agent recording them from inside a vehicle. At the time, ICE was attempting to take into custody Walter Roberto Vides-Ortez, who is wanted in his native El Salvador…

Calgary’s daily water use increased to a level deemed unsustainable for the first time since restrictions on water consumption were imposed last week. On Sunday, Calgary and surrounding communities used 504 million litres of water, ending a six-day streak of water use under the city-imposed daily threshold of 500 million litres.According to city officials, “a small uptick” was anticipated as Sundays typically see higher use.“We get it, and one day in the red does not undo the excellent work we all did through last week,” City of Calgary Infrastructure Services general manager Michael Thompson said Monday.“We still have three weeks…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rex Culpepper, a former Syracuse Orange quarterback, died this past weekend due to injuries suffered in a dirt bike accident in Georgia. He was 28. “Our Orange family mourns the loss of Rex Culpepper, who passed away this weekend at the age of 28,” the Syracuse football program said in a statement on X. “Rex lived his life with endless passion, having overcome cancer at the age of 20 while playing for the Orange. “Appearing in 30 games, Rex played football as fierce as he lived life. Our hearts are with the Culpepper family…

Chaotic weather, from surprising heat in California to the threat of storms rolling into the East Coast, has put over half the US population in the path of extreme conditions.More than 200 million people or some 58 per cent of the population, were under a weather alert on Monday, according to the National Weather Service and storms across the nation’s eastern half forced airlines to cancel more than 4500 flights, according to the online portal FlightAware.Many schools closed early in the mid-Atlantic states, where high winds were in the forecast.Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota while torrential rains…

Sri Lanka imports all of its oil and also buys coal for electricity generation.Fuel rationing began Sunday, limiting each motorist to 15 litres of petrol or diesel per week, while public transport was allocated up to 200 litres.Officials said the country’s petrol and diesel reserves would last nearly six weeks, but they warned that any disruption to fresh supplies could severely affect the island.Sri Lanka buys refined petroleum products from Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea, while crude oil for its Iran-built refinery is sourced from the Middle East.The government has warned that any escalation in fighting in the Middle East…

The 33-year-old Columbia University protester had been held in immigration detention centre for a year.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 16 Mar 202616 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoLeqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman detained in the United States after taking part in pro-Palestine demonstrations in 2024, has been released after a year in custody.The 33-year-old, who grew up in the occupied West Bank before moving to the US in 2016, was held at a detention facility in the state of Texas since March last year.“I don’t know what to say. I’m free! I’m free!…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Monday questioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fitness for higher office, citing his learning disability. Trump was speaking with reporters in the Oval Office when he talked about requiring identification to vote in elections and the resistance from Newsom and other Democratic elected officials. “That’s how crazy it’s gotten with a low IQ person, you know, because Gavin Newsom has admitted…that he has learning disabilities,” Trump said. “Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities. But not for my president…I think a president should not have learning disabilities.”GAVIN NEWSOM SPOX TELLS…

US stocks closed higher on Monday as investors returned to equities after several weeks of pressure linked to the escalating Iran conflict, while oil prices declined from recent highs.The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 387.94 points, or 0.83%, to close at 46,946.41. The S&P 500 rose 1.01% to 6,699.38, marking its strongest one-day gain in more than a month, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.22% to 22,374.18.The rebound followed three consecutive weekly declines for the S&P 500, which had closed at its lowest level of the year on Friday.Technology and artificial intelligence-linked stocks helped lead the rally. Meta Platforms climbed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities searching for missing retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William “Neil” McCasland are investigating a new development after hiking boots believed to belong to the missing general were discovered at his vacation home, officials said Monday.Investigators said they are still working to determine whether the boots are connected to McCasland’s disappearance, which has now stretched into a third week.During a Monday news conference, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said there have still been no confirmed sightings of the 68-year-old aerospace engineer, and the Silver Alert issued for him remains in effect.McCasland was…