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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, marking his first appearance at the annual event as commander in chief after skipping it throughout his first term.The decision puts Trump back at a Washington ritual long tied to his fraught relationship with the press and political establishment. His return also revives memories of the 2011 dinner, when then-President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers mocked him from the dais at a moment that later became a widely discussed part of Trump’s political story.”Donald Trump is here tonight,” Obama…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WWE Hall of Famer Booker T will return for Season 3 of “WWE Legends and Future Greats (LFG)” on Sunday as he and three others take pro wrestling prospects under their wings to turn them into the next superstar.”WWE LFG” changed the format for Season 3. This year, it’s every man or woman for themselves. Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, Kevin Owens and Nattie Neidhart will be the coaches helping each performer go through training and pushing them to be the best they could be.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard to intercept smuggling boats off the California coast, apprehending 60 people aboard three vessels.CBP’s Air and Marine Operations unit interdicted three separate vessels off the coast of Southern California from April 17-21, CBP said in an announcement Friday.On April 17, CBP’s San Diego Marine Unit crews interdicted a 24-foot boat near San Clemente Island. The boat had 13 people on board, including seven men, five women and a juvenile female. CBP brought the boat to Ballast Point Naval Base…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Gardiner Expressway is closed in both directions between the Humber River and Spadina Avenue this weekend for scheduled maintenance work. The closure began Friday at 11 p.m. and is expected to remain in place until approximately 5 a.m. Monday.City officials say crews are working around the clock on street lighting, traffic sensors, catch basin flushing and guardrail repairs. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. Crews also plan to start paving once weather conditions improve.The city says the…

More than 1000 firefighters in northern Japan are battling to contain two wildfires for a fourth straight day, as the blazes push closer to residential areas and forced more than 3000 residents to evacuate.The combined area affected amounts to the third largest recorded in Japan, where forest fires have intensified in recent years.The first fire broke out on Wednesday in a mountainous area and then a second nearby threatened residential districts in the town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture.Hilly terrain, dry weather and winds are hampering containment efforts, a fire department official told reporters.By Saturday, the fires had scorched about…

Food security in Africa could face major disruptions due to continuing uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz.The conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran is disrupting global fertiliser trade flows – and this stands to leave millions of African farmers without the ammonia, urea, phosphate, sulphur and other fertiliser inputs vital to growing more food in sub-Saharan Africa.Fertiliser shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz account, for example, for roughly one-quarter of global ammonia trade and more than a third of seaborne urea. Even the slightest perceived risk can drive up fertiliser prices, stall shipments and cause a seismic…

Little, Brown & Co. We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation” (Little, Brown & Co.), South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn, the ninth Black man to represent his state in the House of Representatives, writes of his predecessors who helped direct the course of America during and after Reconstruction. Read an excerpt below, and don’t miss Robert Costa’s interview with Congressman Clyburn on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 26! “The First Eight” by Jim Clyburn Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free…

Towel-wearing suspect arrested by SWAT team The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has located the remains of missing University of South Florida graduate student Zamil Limon, 27, and arrested Hisham Abugharbieh in connection with the disappearance of Limon and Nahida Bristy, 27. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The towel-wearing suspect who barricaded himself inside a home amid an intense SWAT standoff following the disappearance of two University of South Florida doctoral students was charged Saturday with two counts of murder. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, “is additionally facing two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon (premeditated) in…

One-hundred-year-old Roy Allen is set to make history next month by becoming the first centenarian to walk 5K for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Allen is walking to raise funds for several seniors’ organizations, including some that have helped his wife, Melba, who has dementia.“They’ve all helped with her care and I can do this to help them get going,” he told The Canadian Press.Allen, who turned 100 earlier this month, is fundraising for the Council on Aging of Ottawa, the Dementia Society, Perley Health and the Gloucester 50+ Centre.He has collected more than $2,300 for the organizations so far.Originally…

The Israeli military has restated its warning ​for residents ‌not to approach the Litani River area in southern Lebanon while ​it battles Hezbollah.