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NewsFeedMore than 2,000 people gathered for Islamic funeral prayers in San Diego for three men killed while confronting gunmen at the city’s largest mosque. Community members said the victims’ actions helped save lives during the assault.Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats unanimously rebelled against legislation Thursday directing the construction of a new women’s history museum on the National Mall.Democrats sought to defeat the bill after Republicans limited the institution to biological women and excluded transgender individuals. The measure came up short in a vote of 204-216 after a handful of conservative GOP lawmakers joined Democrats in tanking the legislation that would secure a site for the forthcoming Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the grounds of the Mall. The defecting Republicans objected to the measure over concerns about whether a women’s history museum…

Sydney won’t be dictated to by Geelong’s plans to tag Isaac Heeney or any of their other stars in their blockbuster top-four AFL clash.Irishman Oisin Mullin has completed successful shutdown jobs on the likes of Nick Daicos, Harry Sheezel and Marcus Bontempelli, while Mark O’Connor can also play a tagging role.The ladder-leading Swans are expecting similar treatment for in-form Heeney or Chad Warner from fourth-placed Geelong at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday, but livewire Tom Papley isn’t fazed.”You don’t want to be dictated to by them – most importantly play our way,” Papley said.”Isaac’s a fantastic player. Got no doubt at…

SEOUL: South Korea’s Interior Minister said his ministry would stop offering products from companies that “make light” of the country’s democratic history, after a public outcry over a Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.The coffee chain launched its “Tank Day” campaign on the same day as the anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju uprising, when the then-military government sent in troops and tanks to suppress mass rallies for democracy.”Conduct that makes light of that history or consumes it as commercial material is an issue that can never be taken lightly,” Yun Ho-jung…

The US dollar held close to a six-week high on Friday as resilient US economic data and uncertainty over US-Iran talks kept demand for the greenback intact.The dollar index traded at 99.24, little changed on the day and just below Thursday’s high of 99.515, the strongest level since April 7. The move extended a period of dollar strength driven by firmer Treasury yields, safe-haven demand and expectations that US interest rates may need to remain higher for longer.The euro slipped to $1.1613 from an opening level of $1.1683, leaving it under pressure after recent dollar gains. Sterling was little changed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Knicks didn’t need a historic comeback to take Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals from the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.Instead, it was a dominant victory in regulation, 109-93, as the Knicks take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series to Cleveland this weekend.There was no hangover for the Cavaliers to begin the game, as they owned a 27-24 lead at the end of the first quarter. But the Knicks found their way into the lead by halftime. Josh Hart of the New York Knicks dribbles the ball…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities in California are carrying out a homicide investigation after deputies say an elderly married couple was found dead in their home on Friday, May 15. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that 80-year-old Donald Whitaker and 79-year-old Karen Whitaker were found dead with “traumatic injuries” in their Bermuda Dunes, California, home.Fox News Digital spoke with Joy Meidecke, who has been a close friend to the Whitakers for more than a decade. Miedecke is the president of the East Valley Republican Women Patriots — which is how she became…

Last July, Edmonton police got a tip about ongoing cyber crimes, bilking people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Their contact was a network of ethical hackers, also known as scam baiters.Police say they spend countless hours trying to infiltrate scam centres, usually by initially pretending to be a victim themselves.Their goal is to get access to one of the scammers’ computers, their CCTV cameras and phone lines.“They can hear victims on the phone, they can see information going back and forth — they in turn provide that intelligence to us,” explained Const. Brian Mason with the Edmonton police…

Google’s Gemini Spark AI tool could be a game-changer for consumers wading into the world of agentic AI, according to technology experts.Google announced the new tool — the internet giant’s answer to OpenClaw, the autonomous AI agent being hyped by tech enthusiasts and developers — this week during a rollout of new AI features that Google said can complete tasks for users. “There is a paradigm shift happening right now where AI is going from a chat interface to actually being able to do things for you,” Clarence Lee, a tech entrepreneur and visiting lecturer at the Cornell SC Johnson College of…

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s remarks come as US President Donald Trump gives mixed signals on the sale.Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026A top United States military official has said Washington is pausing a $14bn arms sale to Taiwan to conserve munitions for its war on Iran.Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the update to lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Thursday, a week after the weapons sale took centre stage in talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Right now, we’re doing a pause in order…