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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States men’s national team opened its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign with a commanding 4-1 rout of Paraguay behind two goals from Folarin Balogun, and after taking care of Australia, the team has one match left in the group stage against Turkey on Thursday night.The Americans took care of Australia last week 2-0 to keep their strong start rolling. The victory clinched a knockout-round berth for Team USA. The USMNT will look to carry its momentum into their match against Turkey as the Stars and Stripes return to Los Angeles…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 12-year-old American boy is in stable condition after suffering a shark attack in the Bahamas on Tuesday, the Royal Bahamas Police Force told multiple media outlets.The boy was vacationing in the Exuma Cays when the shark attacked him, the New York Post reported.The boy was swimming off the coast of the Staniel Cay island when the assault occurred, according to the Post.Authorities did not provide details on the species of shark.AMERICAN TOURIST ATTACKED BY SHARK IN VACATION HOT SPOT Exuma, a district in The Bahamas consisting of over 365 islands and…

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that developers did not “directly” ask him to pursue a federal-provincial government plan to buy empty condominiums and turn them into affordable housing in British Columbia, adding the initiative was not pursued with the industry in mind. The proposed program has faced criticism from opposition parties and housing experts, some of whom have said it amounts to a “bailout” for condo developers struggling to sell units, particularly in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.“No developer asked for this from me directly,” Carney told reporters during a press conference in Ottawa when asked if the development…

Harvey Weinstein has avoided a fourth trial on a New York rape charge after his accuser said she could not endure testifying again, leading prosecutors to drop the Me Too era case.The movie mogul still stands convicted of another sexual felony in New York and others in California, and he remains behind bars.But the New York rape charge had remained unresolved after an overturned conviction followed by two hung juries.The judge formally dismissed the charge on Thursday.Weinstein had a neutral expression as court officers led him out of court in his wheelchair.WA’s biggest courts and crime stories to your inboxSign-up…

The court’s three liberal justices dissented, saying the ruling ‘circumvents’ US law by allowing agents to prevent asylum seekers from making a claim.The United States Supreme Court has ruled that government officials can turn away asylum seekers at the southern border with Mexico if they have not yet set foot on US soil.The ruling on Thursday clears the way for the administration of President Donald Trump to revive a controversial policy known as “metering”, in which immigration agents physically block those seeking asylum from crossing the border.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listRights groups have argued that the practice…

Washington — GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Wednesday dropped his support for a Democrat-led effort to restrict President Trump’s war powers in Iran after receiving a briefing at the White House — a briefing he said he secured with a note slipped to the president’s envoy to the Middle East following a heated exchange with Mr. Trump behind closed doors.  “In one sense, I actually accomplished the mission of what I needed to do,” Cassidy said in an interview Thursday for “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Cassidy and the president sparred at a testy Senate Republican lunch meeting…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Marshals arrested former youth pastor David Vander Meer on Monday after prosecutors charged him with murder and insurance fraud connected to his wife Bernadette Vander Meer’s 2006 death in Zion National Park.Investigators had originally closed the case but relaunched it last year after Barry Diamond, a senior pastor at a church where Vander Meer had worked, allegedly expressed he didn’t believe the death was an accident, according to the probable cause affidavit.”At the time, due to a lack of evidence, and limited investigation, Bernadette Vander Meer’s fall was ruled an accident…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says that a press conference will be held on Friday regarding 24 Sussex Drive, the derelict official residence of Canada’s prime ministers. Carney was asked about the future of 24 Sussex at a news conference on Thursday and what he would like to see happen to the residence — the walls, attic and basement of which were found to be full of rodent carcasses and feces, according to a 2022 federal report.That report also found water damage, flaking walls, rusting pipes and electrical issues also make the property a…

For the United States’ 250th birthday, Sunday Morning asked dozens of notable Americans, from Jason Alexander and Ken Burns to Misty Copeland, what they considered to be our country’s essential songs. This is the Essential American Songbook: 90 contributors and 250 songs. Here’s a sample.

Penrith’s Dane Sweeny has won a see-saw five-set clash in searing heat to become the only Australian to successfully battle through qualifying at Wimbledon.