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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former North Carolina police officer was arrested in Florida after authorities said he planned a mass shooting at a New Orleans music festival.Christopher Gillum, 45, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was taken into custody around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday at a hotel in Destin, Florida, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said.Authorities said Gillum was wanted for making “terroristic threats” and was believed to be traveling to a festival in New Orleans to “conduct a mass shooting.”Investigators recovered a handgun and about 200 rounds of ammunition from his hotel room.8 CHILDREN DEAD IN…

Just months after celebrating a major donation,  Autism Okanagan is reeling after a devastating incident. “A gut punch,” is how Tammy Gilmour, the organization’s co-president, describes it.Back in November, the charity received the gift of a home from the Hall Family Foundation, to be used as it’s first-ever permanent location.“We are in the process of turning it into our ‘Home for Belonging,’ an inclusive space for people with neurodivergencies,” Phillips said.But over the weekend, thieves broke into the Lombardy Square home and looted it.“It was a real feeling of violation,” said Christy Phillips, Autism Okanagan’s executive director. “They didn’t even…

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Meta will lay off 8,000 workers while Microsoft is offering buyouts to 8,750 people, a first for the Windows maker.Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10 percent of its workforce, the company has said as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.On Thursday, the company said it was making the cuts for the sake of efficiency and to allow new investments in parts of its business, as first reported by Bloomberg, which also said the company will leave about 6,000 jobs unfilled.Recommended Stories…

President Trump said Thursday that he was weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines with the intent of reselling the struggling budget carrier after oil prices drop.The president confirmed his continued interest in offering Spirit a financial lifeline after a lawyer told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court that the airline was in advanced talks with the U.S. government on a financing deal that would allow Spirit to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. “They have some good aircraft and good assets, and when the prices of oil goes down, we’ll sell it for a profit,” Mr. Trump said, speaking at an unrelated Oval…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former private school teacher, who was nicknamed “Mr. Wonderful,” has been charged with three counts of rape involving two of his former students.Matthew Rutledge, 64, walked into Berkshire Superior Court in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Wednesday for his arraignment after Melissa Fares, 33, and Hilary Simon, 39, accused their teacher of abusing them when they were students at Miss Hall’s School. The abuse allegedly happened between 2000 and 2010. He pleaded not guilty.The allegations include claims Rutledge groomed and repeatedly abused students, according to statements released by the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office.”For…

Alberta is moving to scrap the twice-year ritual of changing clocks, with a bill now before the legislature that would see the province adopt permanent daylight time starting in November. Minister of Service Alberta, Dale Nally, who tabled the legislation, said the province is ready to act after decades of debate over the practice, which dates back more than a century in Canada.“We’re now done talking about it, and we’re taking action,” Nally said, calling the proposal “Alberta Time.”If passed, Albertans would no longer set their clocks back in the fall, ending a system first adopted more than 50 years…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Arizona Cardinals went with a true playmaker on offense, selecting Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love with the third overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.Many believed heading into the first round on Thursday night that Arizona was a perfect trade-down candidate, as teams might have paid a premium to land either Love, or someone else, they coveted.It possibly looked that way as the clock ticked closer to zero, but the Cardinals ended up putting their pick in, landing the consensus top running back in this 2026 class. Jeremiyah Love of…

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