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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police arrested an illegal immigrant in Florida on charges of arson and felony criminal mischief, Florida police announced Sunday.Authorities say Marcelino Gillen-Hernandez attempted to start two fires on a property in Wahneta, Florida. Authorities first received reports from the property’s owner, who said she was able to extinguish the latest blaze with a garden hose after she saw it glowing under a mobile home on the property.She told police that Hernandez admitted to her that he had started both fires, one earlier in January and another this weekend. Hernandez said he had…

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BEIJING: A court in China said on Monday (Feb 2) it had sentenced a former justice minister to life in prison after finding him guilty of accepting bribes totalling almost US$20 million over more than a decade.Tang Yijun, 64, was China’s justice minister from 2020 to 2023 and held various other positions during his career, including governor of Liaoning province and head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the city of Ningbo.President Xi Jinping has waged a sweeping anti-corruption purge since coming to power in 2012, a crackdown that critics say allows him to eliminate potential political rivals.Tang abused…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With the new film “MELANIA” posting the best opening weekend for a documentary in over a decade, the first lady revealed the challenges of making the film as well as details about her role as she returned to the White House after President Donald Trump’s inauguration as 47th president. Mrs. Trump hosted a premiere at the Trump Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening for the media and invited guests.Fox News Digital spoke with the first lady at the event, asking about details of the film-making process.’MELANIA’ WORLD PREMIERE: PRESIDENT TRUMP, FIRST…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants who was shot on Tuesday by federal agents is a repeat offender once convicted of a similar crime, records show.Officials said the individual, identified as Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, was recognized by law enforcement as being possibly related to a possible human trafficking incident around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday near the town of Arivaca, Arizona, which is just miles from the southern border with Mexico. Officials said everyone in the vehicle fled on foot. Schlegel previously was convicted in a $40,000 human smuggling operation.A few…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s Groundhog Day across Canada. Will it be an early spring or six more weeks of winter? Wiarton Willie, in Bruce County, Ont., appeared on stage on Monday to make his prediction. According to the folklore tradition, if a groundhog sees their shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; if they don’t, it will be an early spring.“Wake up Willie,” the announcers and crowd chanted, as Willie was brought out on stage.“It’s an early spring,” the announcer said.Quebec’s Fred La Marmotte‘s prediction was also in line with Willie’s. Get breaking…

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Pakistan’s decision to boycott their T20 World Cup game against India has been termed a political move, with cricketers and politicians in both countries and around the world urging the International Cricket Council (ICC) to resolve the dispute.The Pakistani government on Sunday issued a statement saying its men’s cricket team will participate in the global tournament but will not take the field in the match against archrivals India on February 15.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn a swift response, the ICC was critical of Pakistan’s move of “selective participation” and asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to consider…

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  6m ago House Homeland Security Committee Democrats urge colleagues to oppose funding package House Homeland Security Committee Democrats, led by Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, sent a letter to their Democratic colleagues on Sunday urging them to vote against the government funding package that includes a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security. “Democrats must act now to demand real changes that protect our communities before Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) receive another dollar in funding,” the Democrats wrote in the letter. “This is what our constituents elected us to do…

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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Oracle — The software giant traded more than 3% higher, reversing an earlier decline. Oracle on Sunday announced a plan to raise up to $50 billion to increase AI capacity for its customers. A TD Cowen analyst also predicted the firm would consider layoffs ease free up cash flow pressures. Nvidia — The stock edged down 1% after a Wall Street Journal reported said the company’s $100 billion OpenAI investment had stalled. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said a “huge investment” is still planned, however. Rare earths companies – U.S. President Donald…

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