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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Wab Kinew greeted an enthusiastic crowd of students at Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School on Tuesday before announcing a plan to bring free transit for everyone under 18 to cities across Manitoba. “We’re going to work with them over the next few months to make sure when you come back to school in the fall, no one under 18 has to pay for transit at all,” said Kinew.It will start with a pilot project in Selkirk, where students aged 12 to 21 can ride for free throughout the summer with…

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SpaceX SPCX has overtaken Amazon to become the world’s fifth-most valuable publicly traded company, capping a remarkable rally that has followed the company’s record-breaking stock market debut.Shares of Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial intelligence company rose for a third consecutive session on Tuesday, lifting its market capitalization to approximately $2.66 trillion and narrowly surpassing Amazon’s market value of roughly $2.65 trillion. At one point during the trading session, SpaceX also briefly exceeded Microsoft’s valuation before surrendering some of those gains later in the day.The stock finished Tuesday at $201.80, up 4.8%, after reaching an intraday high of $225.64. Since pricing…

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Washington — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution on Iran as President Trump touts a framework agreement with Tehran to end the monthslong conflict.Senators rejected a motion to discharge the resolution out of committee in a 47 to 48 vote. Four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky — joined nearly all Democrats in favor. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to oppose. The vote comes as lawmakers are eager for more information about the terms of a U.S.-Iran deal that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two college students in California died after being swept into the Pacific Ocean by rising tides and powerful surf while apparently napping near a popular but perilous beach access point, according to authorities.The victims were identified as Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, both of Fremont, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office told local news outlets.Authorities said the two friends were believed to have been sleeping near the “Keyhole,” a natural archway used to access Yellow Bank Beach, on Wednesday afternoon when incoming tides caught them off guard and pulled them…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After originally being slated to spend the night in Los Angeles following its World Cup opener on Monday, the Iranian men’s soccer team was ordered to leave the country as soon as possible.Coach Amir Ghalenoei said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday night.Ghalenoei didn’t say who ordered the Iranians to leave earlier than planned. The team had expected to spend the night in…

Manitoba’s premier says climate change is leading the province to adjust its disaster support policies so that more people can qualify for aid. Wab Kinew said Tuesday that residents who could have but didn’t buy flood insurance can still qualify for disaster financial assistance, in a break from existing rules.“We’re not going to let the rules as posted on the website stand in the way of doing the right thing,” Kinew said at an event in Selkirk, Man.“The climate is changing, and our policy and emergency response has to change with it.”Parts of Manitoba got hit with torrential rain last…

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Kevin Warsh, nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, arrives for his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen building, April 21, 2026.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesWhen the Federal Reserve wraps up its policy meeting Wednesday, one important thing could be missing — a dot.The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee is set to release its quarterly update of where individual officials expect interest rates to head this year and through 2028 and beyond. Markets closely parse the grid, known more commonly as the “dot plot,” for information on how Fed…