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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California Democrat running for Congress in a newly redrawn Central Valley congressional district has campaigned on bringing transparency to his local school board — but during his tenure, the board he served on reportedly settled multiple sex-abuse cases behind closed doors. Randy Villegas, running to represent California’s newly redrawn 22nd Congressional District in the U.S. House following passage of the state’s Proposition 50, is a college professor and most recently a school board member who ran on bringing transparency to the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) in Central California. Meanwhile, on the website…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Sherren family is still grieving the loss of their son, Robbie, who died two years ago at the age of 40 following complications from a brain injury. Family members say Robbie was known for his kindness and generosity, values rooted deeply in his family.Lorraine Sherren, Robbie’s mother, says she’s an organ donor herself.“I donated one of my kidneys to Derk (Sherren, Robbie’s father) because he lost both of his kidneys,” Lorraine said. “So he’s here today because he’s walking around with one of my kidneys.” Get breaking National news Get breaking…

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger says.The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, nine of which have been confirmed.Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.The French passenger hospitalised in Paris has a severe form of the disease that has caused life-threatening lung and heart problems, said Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease…

A customer shops for produce at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesPrices in April rose at their fastest pace since May 2023. Traders on prediction market platforms think the peak in inflation isn’t here yet. While the headline annual inflation rate rose 3.8% last month, traders on Kalshi think it is near certain that price increases will rise above 4% in 2026, and give almost two-in-three odds that it goes above 4.5%.Traders also see an almost 40% chance that inflation will cross 5% this year. That hasn’t happened since February…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pro wrestler Vinny Pacifico has made a name for himself on the independent scene and the success has led him down roads he never thought possible.The Staten Island, New York, native started training in a pro wrestling ring when he was just 14 after telling his father he no longer wanted to play high school football. He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview it was chats with John Cena and Bryan Danielson (formerly known as Daniel Bryan) that convinced him he was on the right path.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal officials announced Tuesday that criminal charges have been brought against the Singaporean operator and an employee of the container ship that downed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge more than two years ago. The indictment, filed on April 8, names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, based in India, and technical superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, an Indian national, as defendants in the case. Both companies and Nair are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, willfully failing to immediately inform the U.S. Coast Guard of a known hazardous…

US president lauds Islamabad, but his Republican ally says he does not trust Pakistan to facilitate Iran diplomacy.Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Donald Trump has reasserted his support for Pakistan to serve as a mediator between Iran and the United States after Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the US president, disparaged Islamabad’s diplomacy.In remarks on Tuesday, the US president lauded Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its army chief Asim Munir, who helped negotiate a fragile ceasefire in Iran that came into effect last month.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTrump added he is not reconsidering…

Voters are going to the polls in Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday, with Democrats vying for the chance to run in an open seat in Nebraska that the party has long been eyeing.Republican Rep. Don Bacon is retiring in January, leaving a seat open in a district that has voted for Democrats in three of the last five presidential elections. Several Democrats are vying for the chance to take on presumptive Republican nominee Brinker Harding, a member of the Omaha City Council who is running unopposed in the GOP primary. Also in Nebraska, GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts faces a slew of…

Two motions to support small businesses passed unanimously at Halifax Regional Council, with the mayor and councillors saying they want to help owners thrive. Mayor Andy Fillmore introduced two motions: one asked for a staff report on reducing or eliminating fees for restaurant patios. The other motion asked for a report on setting up a feedback portal for businesses to identify red tape.“I’ve heard from businesses that because of the cost of the patio permit, they’re making the decision to not open the patio,” he said.“That means four or five jobs that aren’t being filled this summer — that means…

A push for fewer, more skilled migrants and a more robust migration system has been outlined in the 2026/27 federal budget.