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• China's dream of becoming a football superpower lies in tatters

  26-03-2025 23:47 via bbc.com
  
  China has failed to qualify for the last five World Cups - and once again, their chances look unlikely.
  
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• US court upholds block on deportation of some Venezuelans in blow to Trump

  26-03-2025 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Three-judge panel votes 2-1 to uphold original decision by James Boasberg, with Trump appointee dissentingA US appeals court has upheld a lower court’s temporary block on the Trump administration’s deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th-century law.The decision on Wednesday by the US circuit court of appeals for the DC circuit marks a defeat for Donald Trump, who argued that a judge’s two-week ban on deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act encr
  
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• Trump announces 25% tariffs on fully imported autos

  26-03-2025 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  Days before sweeping tariffs to the auto industry are set to kick in, President Trump announced a 25% import tax on all fully completed vehicles brought into the United States starting April 2nd. NBC News’ Christine Romans reports. 
  
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• Washington grapples with growing group chat fallout: From the Politics Desk

  26-03-2025 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  The fallout from a group chat in which Trump administration officials discussed sensitive military plans that inadvertently included a journalist continued to dominate Washington.
  
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• Hidden heart-shaped notes were found in Luigi Mangione's socks, prosecutors say

  26-03-2025 23:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lawyers for the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson gave him clothes for a hearing that included a hidden heart-shaped note touting his public support, prosecutors said Tuesday.
  
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• Trump floats tariff reduction if China agrees to TikTok deal

  26-03-2025 23:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening he might give China "a little reduction in tariffs" if its government approves a TikTok deal his administration brokered.
  
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• 'They invited me - now they're attacking me': Signal chat journalist speaks to BBC

  26-03-2025 23:28 via bbc.com
  
  Speaking to the BBC’s Sarah Smith, The Atlantic's editor discusses the fallout of publishing the full Signal chat exchange among top officials.
  
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• How a TikTok network spreading Spanish-language immigration misinformation gained traction

  26-03-2025 23:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nearly 40 Spanish-language TikTok accounts, several even posing as Telemundo and Univision, spread falsehoods and remained undetected for at least a month.
  
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• Family of woman strangled during overnight prison visit calls for suspending them

  26-03-2025 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The family of a woman who was strangled last year on an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison said Wednesday that such visits should be suspended until officials can figure out how to prevent similar tragedies.
  
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• N.J. police chief accused of turning department into 'Animal House'

  26-03-2025 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New Jersey police chief has been accused by five of his officers of turning the department into an "Animal House" rife with harassment against his employees, including incidents of him defecating on the office floor, spiking the office coffee pot with Adderall and Viagra, and jabbing one officer in the penis with a hypodermic needle.
  
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• 'Severance' star Dichen Lachman enjoys reading the wildest fan theories

  26-03-2025 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Warning: This article contains spoilers for the show “Severance.”
  
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• Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment

  26-03-2025 21:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Chinese researchers are reporting two new steps in the quest for pig-to-human organ transplants: a successful pig kidney transplant and an experiment with a pig liver.
  
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• Family calls for release of woman legally in U.S. for 50 years and now detained by ICE

  26-03-2025 20:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lewelyn Dixon, a University of Washington lab technician and green card holder, was recently detained by U.S.
  
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• Video shows arrest of Tufts University graduate student

  26-03-2025 20:55 via nbcnews.com
  Tufts University and a lawyer say Immigration and Customs Enforcement took Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national who was maintaining a valid F-1 student visa as a doctoral student, into custody. 
  
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• Rubio breaks silence on leaked Signal chat: 'Someone made a big mistake'

  26-03-2025 20:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for the first time, on Wednesday addressed the Signal-chat controversy and conceded that "someone made a big mistake" when a journalist from The Atlantic was added to a Signal text chain that included Washington’s top national security heads. "This thing was set up for purposes of coordinating," Rubio told reporters from Jamaica, noting the point of the text exchange carried out on the encrypted messaging application was purely so that officials knew ho
  
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• Netanyahu repeats threat to seize territory in Gaza as anti-Hamas protests continue

  26-03-2025 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostagesBenjamin Netanyahu has repeated Israeli threats to seize territory in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release the remaining Israeli hostages, as, for the second consecutive day, hundreds of Palestinians joined protests against the militant group and demanding the end of the war.The Israeli prime minister’s warning came a week after Israel resumed its military operation in the
  
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• Trump names pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa

  26-03-2025 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Leo Brent Bozell III, founder of a conservative media group, is president’s nomination amid rising diplomatic tensionsDonald Trump has nominated a conservative, pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa, at a time when the relationship between the two countries is at a nadir.Leo Brent Bozell III founded the Media Research Center – whose website states it is “a blog site designed to broadcast conservative values, culture, and politics [and] to expose liberal med
  
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• Brazilian ex-President Bolsonaro ordered to stand trial over alleged coup plan

  26-03-2025 19:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A panel of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, and they ordered the former leader to stand trial.All five justices ruled in favor of accepting the charges leveled by Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who accused Bolsonaro and 33 others of attempting a coup that included a plan to poison his successor, current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  
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• 'Rust' movie trailer released 4 years after cinematographer's on-set death

  26-03-2025 19:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alec Baldwin's movie "Rust," which was plagued by controversy in 2021 following the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, will be released in May.
  
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• Sudanese army surrounds Khartoum airport in battle for capital, military sources say

  26-03-2025 18:04 via foxnews.com
  
  The Sudanese army is encircling Khartoum airport, two military sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as it battles to oust its rival Rapid Support Forces from a last foothold in the capital, though the war looks far from over.The army seized the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum after fighting on Friday, an important symbolic advance after two years of a conflict that is splitting the massive country into rival zones of control.On Wednesday, the army said it had gained control of Tiba al-Has
  
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• Search 'ongoing' for 4 American soldiers missing from training area in Lithuania: NATO

  26-03-2025 17:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Search efforts remain underway for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania, leaving behind a sunken military vehicle, a NATO spokesperson clarified Wednesday, despite earlier claims that they were deceased.NATO said the search is "ongoing" and that the fate of the missing "is still unknown," according to a statement posted on X."This is still early news so we do not know the details," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters in Warsaw. "This is really terribl
  
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• 4 American soldiers missing from training area in Lithuania, US military says

  26-03-2025 17:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Four U.S. Army soldiers went missing from a training area in Lithuania near the border with Belarus, and a search is underway, the U.S. military said Wednesday.The soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training near Pabradė, a town north of the capital Vilnius, when they went missing, U.S. Army Europe and Africa public affairs in Wiesbaden, Germany, said in a statement. It was unclear when the soldiers, all from the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went missing.FOREIGN NATIONA
  
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• Trump admin declares the Atlantic's Signal article a 'hoax' after it drops 'war plans' rhetoric

  26-03-2025 17:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Trump administration officials say the Atlantic "conceded" that its article providing a firsthand account of a Signal group chat involving the nation's top national security leaders discussing an attack on terrorists in Yemen did not contain "war plans.""The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT 'war plans,'" White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X Wednesday morning. "This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin."Natio
  
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• NCAA faces calls to follow World Athletics, enact cheek-swab tests to compete in women's sports

  26-03-2025 17:41 via foxnews.com
  
  The NCAA on Tuesday faced calls to follow in the footsteps of World Athletics and enact gender tests for athletes who want to compete in women’s sports.World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said cheek-swab tests will be used for athletes who want to compete in the female category. He called the process "very straightforward" and keeping women's sports fair an issue that was "important" to him. He added that the tests are not invasive and was ready for any criticism that could come h
  
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• GREGG JARRETT: Trump is president but dangerous lawfare still raging against him

  26-03-2025 17:41 via foxnews.com
  
  "Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemy Act than has happened here."  Those somewhat snarky words were spoken Judge Patricia Millett of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals during a contentious hearing on Monday involving the deportation of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members from the United States.  Millett, an Obama-appointed judge, appears to have fully embraced a tired tactic of the Left —never miss an opportunity to use the word "Nazi" when discussing Donald Trump. 
  
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• Trump shreds 'lowlife' Jasmine Crockett after congresswoman mocked Greg Abbott as ‘Governor Hot Wheels’

  26-03-2025 17:37 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump unloaded on Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett Wednesday over her recent slam of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for using a wheelchair, calling her a "lowlife."During an interview with conservative radio host Vince Coglianese on Wednesday, Trump reacted to Crockett’s insult of the wheelchair-bound governor as "Governor Hot Wheels" this week, which led to sharp bipartisan criticism of the far-left congresswoman."But she’s a lowlife, and she’s a very low-IQ per
  
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• Cutting the 'green tape': Conservation group offers top 10 ways for Dept of Interior to streamline

  26-03-2025 17:32 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A leading conservation group that champions collaboration over regulation is releasing its top 10 recommendations for the Department of the Interior to cut so-called "green tape" – as opposed to "red tape" – which seeks to streamline the agency's work.The Montana-based Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a nonpartisan leader in "market solutions" for conservation, will seek to triple the rate of endangered species’ recovery, double fee revenues for natio
  
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• ‘It was revenge for our movie’: Oscar winner says soldiers helped settlers attack him in West Bank

  26-03-2025 17:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Hamdan Ballal says Israeli soldiers beat him with their rifle butts and threatened to kill himThe Oscar-winning Palestinian film director Hamdan Ballal has said that Israeli settlers who attacked him were aided by two Israeli soldiers, who beat him with the butt of their rifles outside his home and threatened to kill him.In an interview with the Guardian, Ballal, one of the four directors of the film No Other Land, which documents the destruction of villages in the West Bank and won best documen
  
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• Republican bills put taxpayer-funded junk food on the chopping block

  26-03-2025 17:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Multiple Republican lawmakers are pushing proposals to ban the purchase of unhealthy foods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is meant to help low-income families.Sugary sodas are in the crosshairs in three separate proposals, though two of the bills would go further by also banning purchases of other junk foods.Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, introduced the Funding Is Zero for Zero Nutrition Options (FIZZ-NO) Act of 2025, which would block purchases of sodas with SNAP
  
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• Florida Republicans open door to firing squads, lethal gas as they push death penalty expansion

  26-03-2025 17:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A bill filed in the Florida state Senate would expand the methods by which death row inmates could be executed. Senate Bill 1604, introduced by state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, aims to protect Florida's status as a death penalty state if certain execution methods like electrocution or legal injection are made unconstitutional by the Supreme Court or the Florida Supreme Court, or if lethal injection drugs are unable to be obtained in the future.There is currently a shortage of pento
  
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• Veteran Dem senator demands Hegseth resign over Signal chat leak

  26-03-2025 17:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is calling on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over the Houthi strikes group chat controversy.Kelly, a former astronaut and United States Navy pilot who served in combat, has been a vocal critic of Hegseth, including during the confirmation process."Two months ago, on the day of Secretary Hegseth’s confirmation vote, I asked my colleagues if it was worth the risk to our servicemembers and our national security to confirm the most unprepared nominee for thi
  
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• DAVID MARCUS: It’s all aid, no wokeness in Trump’s West Virginia flood response

  26-03-2025 17:15 via foxnews.com
  
  The devastating flooding in West Virginia on Feb. 15 that took two lives and caused upwards of $40 million in damage has been an early test of the Trump administration’s disaster response, and despite complaints that Trump is "gutting the government," so far, it has been a smooth success.In part, this success is owing to the administration’s laser focus on providing aid, without the moralizing and social justice sentiments that marred recent disaster relief efforts under the watch of
  
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• NATO leader warns Putin against attacking Poland, says retaliation would be 'devastating'

  26-03-2025 17:14 via foxnews.com
  
  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia on Wednesday that the alliance would always stand by Poland or any other member and that its reaction to an attack would be "devastating."Rutte spoke during a visit to Warsaw, the Polish capital, in brief comments made alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk said it was important to be prepared for any outcome of talks between Russia and the United States aimed at ending t he 3-year-old war in Ukraine.NATO members along the eastern flank
  
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• Ratcliffe says new Signal texts show he 'did not transmit classified information'

  26-03-2025 17:13 via foxnews.com
  
  CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the Signal chat texts published by The Atlantic Wednesday revealing the so-called "attack plans" targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels prove he "did not transmit classified information." Ratcliffe, speaking during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, told lawmakers "With regard to that article, I also would appreciate the opportunity to relay the fact that yesterday I spent four hours answering questions from senators as a result of t
  
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• UConn star Paige Bueckers buys 1,500 tickets for fans as thank you in farewell game: 'A dream to play here'

  26-03-2025 17:07 via foxnews.com
  
  UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers wanted to thank her supporters one final time before playing her final collegiate game at Gampel Pavilion. Bueckers matched her career-high of 34 points to help the Huskies advance to their 31st Sweet 16 appearance with a blowout win over South Dakota State in the women’s NCAA Tournament on Monday. The fifth-year senior received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd as she came off the court just minutes before the end of her final ho
  
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• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene scolds NPR CEO over personal views during fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing

  26-03-2025 17:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., scolded NPR CEO Katherine Maher over her past statements during Wednesday’s fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing on alleged biased content on public media. After opening statements, Greene blasted Maher, who testified along with PBS CEO Paula Kerger and two other witnesses, for her previous job of overseeing Wikipedia, saying it’s a "platform that doesn’t tell the truth." Greene then read personal statements that Maher previously made on
  
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• Amazon Big Spring Sale: Prepare for the patio season with these accessories

  26-03-2025 17:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Patio season is almost here, and Amazon wants to celebrate during their Big Spring Sale! During the sale, much of Amazon’s patio inventory is on sale, giving you plenty of time to upgrade your outdoor space.Amazon has all different types of patio items, from outdoor furniture to gardening accessories, gazebos and lighting options. No matter what you need to create an outdoor oasis, Amazon likely has it.Make sure all these items are delivered ASAP by signing up for a Prime membership. The b
  
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• DOJ investigating Rhode Island schools over loan forgiveness program only for 'educators of color'

  26-03-2025 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into a Rhode Island school district to determine whether its student loan forgiveness program for teachers discriminates against White applicants.In a March 21 letter sent to Providence Public School District (PPSD) and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), the Justice Department's Civil Rights Office announced an investigation into whether the district and education office's employment practices — specifically a
  
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• Denise Richards lets husband control OnlyFans content, says site helps her land more 'sexy' acting roles

  26-03-2025 16:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Denise Richards’ husband plays a key role in the behind-the-scenes work of her OnlyFans page.During the latest episode of her reality show, "Denise Richards & Her Wild Things," the OnlyFans model revealed how her account has revitalized her acting career, with the help of her husband, Aaron Phypers."I will say that I'm in the top 1% of creators on OnlyFans, so I am very grateful," she said, via People. "It's very empowering, especially for someone my age, that people still want to see
  
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• Disabled Tesla owner targeted in vandalism, says anti-Musk protesters are just 'hurting families'

  26-03-2025 16:51 via foxnews.com
  
  Reports of vandalism and violence against Tesla owners continue to rise, with more victims coming forward to share their experiences with vandals lashing out in apparent anger at the company's CEO, Elon Musk. Abigail Gill, a Tesla owner from Wichita, Kansas, was out to dinner when a man repeatedly walked past her table, wearing distinctive pajama bottoms. When she and her family returned to their car, they found deep scratches all over it. Footage captured by the vehicle showed the suspect
  
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• Judge fighting Trump over El Salvador deportations assigned to lawsuit over Signal chat leak

  26-03-2025 16:40 via foxnews.com
  
  A new lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's administration over leaked Pentagon plans in a Signal chat has been assigned to Judge James Boasberg, the same judge who ordered a halt to the administration's deportation efforts.The government watchdog group American Oversight filed the lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others violated federal records laws by discussing Houthi attack plans in a Signal groupchat. The contest has now been randomly assigned to B
  
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• 4 U.S. Army soldiers go missing in Lithuania during training exercise

  26-03-2025 16:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four U.S. soldiers went missing during tactical training in Lithuania, not far from its border with Belarus, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• 'Removing the shackles': Major proposal could lower gas prices in this state

  26-03-2025 16:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A legislative proposal in Arizona hopes to lower gas prices amid a recent appeal to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.Currently, federal ozone attainment standards have prompted parts of the state, especially heavily populated Maricopa County, to use a "boutique" blend of gasoline since 1997, and it is the only place in the country that has done so. The legislative proposal would make it state law for other types of gasoline blends to be used aside from the specific w
  
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• Axios journalist says most voters not focused on Trump admin’s group chat leak, more concerned with economy

  26-03-2025 16:30 via foxnews.com
  
  One journalist from Axios threw cold water on the controversy over the leak of the Trump administration’s plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen.During a CNN panel Wednesday morning, Axios senior contributor Margaret Talev admitted that most American voters aren’t too concerned about the group chat between senior Trump officials leaking and are more focused on economic issues."Voters are thinking about the economy. Voters are thinking about their jobs. I don‘t think at this mom
  
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• Investigation focus in death of ex-Yankees star's son shifts to possible food poisoning

  26-03-2025 16:25 via foxnews.com
  
  The focus of the investigation into the cause of death of former New York Yankees star Brett Gardner’s son in Costa Rica shifted to possible food poisoning, a judicial official told Fox News on Wednesday.Miller Gardner, 14, died while on vacation with his family in the Central American country on March 21. The Gardner family released a statement through the Yankees on Sunday announcing their tragic loss on Sunday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMarisel Rodriguez Solis, th
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Biden admin 'ghost gun' regulation

  26-03-2025 16:20 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Biden administration's regulation of so-called "ghost guns," by a 7-2 vote.Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.At issue was whether the devices meet the federal definition of a "firearm" and "frame and receiver," and whether the Bureau of Alcohol,
  
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• Prince Harry 'in shock' as he quits African charity amid foundation's mounting legal issues

  26-03-2025 16:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Prince Harry is parting ways with Sentebale, an African charity he co-founded in honor of his mother, Princess Diana, nearly two decades ago. On Monday, the Duke of Sussex, his co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and fellow trustees resigned amid tensions with Dr. Sophie Chandauka, the chair of the charity’s board."Nearly 20 years ago, we founded Sentebale in honour of our mothers. Sentebale means ‘forget-me-not’ in Sesotho, the local language of Lesotho, and it’s wh
  
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• Former NFL player LeShon Johnson charged in FBI's largest dog fighting bust, 190 animals seized: indictment

  26-03-2025 16:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Former NFL running back LeShon Eugene Johnson has been indicted on 21 charges in a massive federal dog fighting bust that led to the recovery of 190 pit bulls, according to the Justice Department.Federal authorities said they believe it's their largest seizure of fighting dogs from a single individual in U.S. history.Johnson, a 54-year-old from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, is accused of operating a large-scale breeding and trafficking operation known as "Mal Kant Kennels" as well as raising fighting
  
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• Netanyahu repeats threat to seize parts of Gaza if Hamas does not release hostages – as it happened

  26-03-2025 15:58 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage hereHere are some of the latest images coming in via the newswires:The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 830 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on 18 March, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading...
  
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• BBC’s Jeremy Bowen accuses Israel of blocking journalists from Gaza

  26-03-2025 15:58 via theguardian.com
  
  BBC’s international editor says lack of access is ‘because there’s stuff they don’t want us to see’Middle East crisis – live updatesJeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, has accused the Israeli government of blocking journalists from Gaza because of scenes “they don’t want us to see”.Bowen said that in the last 18 months, he had been granted only half a day with the Israeli army within Gaza. He said that the lack of access was p
  
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