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US stocks closed red on Friday, despite showing some recovery and optimism after the opening bell.The benchmark S&P 500 index slipped 0.61%, leaving it about 5% below its most recent peak.Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.93%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 119 points, or 0.25%.Rising oil prices tied to geopolitical tensions have weighed on market sentiment, keeping investors cautious.Volume picked up late as bargain hunters nibbled after Thursday’s bloodbath, but traders kept one eye on crude’s volatile swing and President Trump’s stark reminder that the Iran conflict shows no signs of abating.Utilities lead S&P 500 gainsSix of the…

Trump endorses boxer Jake Paul for potential political run President Donald Trump welcomed boxer Jake Paul to the stage during a speech at a packaging plant in Boone County, Kentucky, and says Paul has his ‘complete and total’ endorsement if he decides to run for office. (The White House) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Popular YouTuber-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul indicated he is planning to run for office in a recent sit-down interview with President Donald Trump. During an interview posted to Paul’s YouTube channel Friday, Trump asked him if he would run for office. The president endorsed Paul…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 12-year-old girl tragically died Sunday following a vicious fight that erupted when a group of students got off a school bus in an Atlanta suburb.Footage shared by the family, which has since gone viral on social media, captured the violent incident unfolding Thursday in Villa Rica. The victim involved was identified by her family as Jada West, who reportedly had been bullied since transferring to the school.In the video, a group of young teens appeared to be in a verbal dispute before a physical altercation quickly escalated between two girls. During…

Online sports betting is emerging as a growing digital distraction among adolescents, particularly teenage boys, experts warn. The multi-billion-dollar industry is expanding rapidly as betting platforms become increasingly accessible through smartphone apps. Online gambling is expected to generate US$8.7 billion by 2030, up from US$3.9 billion in 2024, according to data compiled by Grand View Research, with sports betting registering the fastest growth.“You can just turn on your phone and then all of a sudden you can be betting hundreds of dollars,” student Alex Bergman from Montreal’s Dawson College told Global News on Thursday.Another student at the college, who asked…

Melbourne Victory have revitalised their A-League Women finals hopes with a much-needed 1-0 win over Western Sydney, while Wellington remain in the premiership race after beating Brisbane 3-0.Jeff Hopkins’ Victory side, typically among the main contenders for silverware, are locked in a scrap for a top-six berth and realistically needed to finish their season with three wins to make finals.Holly Furphy’s goal in the 57th minute proved enough for Victory to tick off the first of those three wins, while officially ending 10th-placed Western Sydney’s own finals hopes.Fifth-placed Victory (25 points) trail Melbourne City (30), Adelaide United (29), Wellington (28)…

BANGKOK: Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn is to open parliament on Saturday (Mar 14), as last month’s general election result faces court scrutiny over barcodes on the ballots that may have violated the law.The barcodes might undermine the secrecy of the ballot, said the country’s Office of the Ombudsman, which petitioned the Constitutional Court to consider the case.Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai Party won a clear victory in the Feb 8 election, but the ombudsman said late on Friday that there had been 21 complaints from the public that barcodes and QR codes on the ballots could potentially be used to…

Below ground, men were gathering at the hollowed-out area at a depth of about 1,300 metres in Shaft 11.Patrick had made his way there in November, having heard there might be food, as the men around him in Shaft 10 tried to survive on salt and toothpaste mixed with water collected at the bottom of the rock face. On his way to the passage, he had seen a body hanging from the shadowed mass of steel girders above him. The man had fallen from the upper levels while trying to escape.As he half-crawled, half-staggered along the passage, he felt he…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Vice President JD Vance hinted California may be targeted next with major fraud investigations and revealed that fraud discovered in the Minneapolis area has “probably been $19 billion at least” since the administration began investigating in the Twin Cities.  In January, Vance announced an interagency task force within the Department of Justice that specifically targets fraud, and reports suggest the vice president will soon lead a new task force established through a Trump executive order. “We know there’s a lot of fraud in California, and we’re trying to get to…

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLess than six weeks after Elon Musk merged SpaceX and xAI in a deal he valued at $1.25 trillion, the world’s richest person is acknowledging that his artificial intelligence startup “was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up.”Musk took to X, which is now owned by SpaceX, to make the comment after a number of xAI’s co-founders recently hit the exits. The most…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A day after a man opened fire at Old Dominion University in Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others, a Virginia man has been charged with illegally providing the gun used.Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, was disarmed and shot dead by ROTC students at the university on Thursday after he fired on a classroom there, killing ROTC instructor Lt. Col. Brandon Shah.On Friday, Kenya Chapman was charged with making false statements related to selling a weapon to a convicted felon, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Fox News.Chapman stole the .22-caliber gun…