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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A manhunt has been launched after eight inmates — three of whom are facing murder charges — escaped Friday morning from a northeast Louisiana jail.Louisiana State Police confirmed the group of men, all considered “violent offenders,” were reported missing from the Riverbend Detention Center at 1:20 a.m. local time.Five inmates remain unaccounted for, including: Destin Brogan, 22; Kelin Looney, 21; Krisean Salinas, 21; Kevin Slaughter, 25; and Koplelon Vicknair, 19.The three inmates who were captured after the escape were identified as Hugo Molino, 27; Trenton Taplin, 29; and Savon Wheeler, 31. Five…

There were two anti-ICE protests planned in Vancouver on Friday, but one turned into a celebration. Two B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.However, one protest was scrapped after Jim Pattison Developments confirmed on Friday morning that it will not be moving forward with its sale of a warehouse in Ashland, Va, to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.“In moments like these, it shines a bright light on corporate ties between Canada and (U.S. President Donald) Trump’s administration,” Emily Lowen, the leader of the BC Green Party, said.“And I…

Nearly 90 people have died in the bitter cold from Texas to New Jersey as tens of thousands of people in the US approach their sixth day without electricity.

Canada, America’s northern neighbour, also struck a pointed note – with Prime Minister Carney winning a standing ovation for his frank assessment of a “rupture” in the US-led, rules-based global order.Addressing political and financial elites at the forum, Carney said middle powers like Canada, which had prospered through the era of an “American hegemon”, needed to realise that a new reality had set in, and that “compliance” would not shelter them from major power aggression.From Beijing’s vantage point, the visits by leaders from the West are part of a calibrated strategy rather than a reflex to external pressure, analysts said.From…

Dovish. Judicious. A chameleon.Those are just some of the terms being used to describe Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIf confirmed by the US Senate, Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, will replace Jerome Powell after his term ends in May. Trump announced Warsh as his nominee on Friday.“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump…

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told CBS News she will one day be president as she pressed for a transition to electoral democracy after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s ouster.”I will be president when the time comes,” she told “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan. “But it doesn’t matter. That should be decided in elections by the Venezuelan people.”Machado was banned from running against Maduro in Venezuela’s last elections in 2024, but she threw her support behind former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia. The U.S. and much of the international community recognized González Urrutia as the election’s legitimate winner, but Maduro…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bodycam footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed Olympic gold medal sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson “begging” an officer not to arrest her after she was caught driving recklessly.Sgt. Gerald McDaniels, driving in the center lane, spotted the Olympian flashing her brights at the car in front of her and announced that Richardson’s Aston Martin topped 104 mph on State Road 429 near Stoneybrook Parkway in Winter Garden, Florida. The officer reached speeds of at least 110 mph in order to catch up.”I would wipe that smile off your face,” the sergeant told Richardson…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Florida woman who posed as a teenager to sexually abuse five middle school boys is “mentally defective” and is the real victim of the sex crimes, her father said. Alyssa Ann Zinger, 25, dealt with various mental disorders, including ADHD, ADD, OCD, Tourette’s syndrome and anorexia, while growing up in a “good Christian home” in suburban Tampa, her father, Josh Zinger, told the California Post. “She had a lot of problems growing up. Our daughter has been to 10 to 12 psychologists and psychiatrists throughout her life,” Zinger said. FLORIDA INFLUENCER, 41, ACCUSED OF…

Newly unsealed court documents are shedding light on what police allege was an anti-government militia plot to violently seize land in the Quebec City region, involving four men with ties to the Canadian Armed Forces. The records, released after Global News and other media organizations went to court, outline the alleged scope of the plan and reveal the existence of a police informant embedded in the group.According to the documents, Master Cpl. Marc-Aurèle Chabot is accused of being the ringleader of the alleged cell. Investigators allege he believed society was on the brink of collapse and planned to take over…

Financial markets took President Donald Trump ‘s pick of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair largely in stride, a sign investors see the former Fed governor as a credible steward of monetary policy despite expectations he may push for lower rates. Treasury yields were little changed on Friday immediately following the announcement, a sign investors saw little risk to inflation or the Fed’s independence. The dollar edged higher against major peers, while losses in stocks were contained , suggesting relief that Trump’s pick was viewed as a steady hand rather than a political pawn. Gold and silver prices…