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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than 30 years after an Illinois mother was found beaten to death in a rural field, authorities on Tuesday announced murder charges against a 70-year-old suspect in a cold case that investigators said never stopped haunting the community or the victim’s family.Albert L. Zigler, 70, of Caseyville, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 1993 killing of Randy Gail Sperino, 34.In 1993, Sperino was bludgeoned to death and her body was dumped in a field in unincorporated Granite City, Illinois. Albert Zigler is charged with first-degree murder in…

Albertans living with obesity who want to lose weight and keep it off long-term now have a new semi-surgical option that is minimally invasive and publicly funded. The procedure, called an endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), involves a patient’s stomach being stitched into a smaller size — but it’s all done from the inside of the body, via a person’s throat.The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton is the first in Alberta to offer ESG.During the approximately 90-minute process, the patient is put under general anaesthesia while the surgical team inserts a thin, flexible tube with a camera down the mouth to…

Bitwise Asset Management’s physically backed spot HYPE ETF early volume data show that the product launch is not a soft one. Does this reframe HYPE as a genuine cycle winner, or is the Bitwise ETF premium already priced in?Bitwise’s BHYP debuted on NYSE with a 0.34% sponsor fee, temporarily waived to 0% on the first $500M in AUM for the opening month. The firm manages approximately $11 billion in client assets. Within 48 hours of launch, the two US-listed HYPE ETFs recorded a 50% single-day volume surge on May 20 and $25.5M in net inflows, with $8.8M attributed to BHYP…

Signage at the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFederal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made $1.2 million off of bets using insider information on Polymarket.Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer at Google, used confidential information to place trades correctly betting that singer d4vd would be Google’s most searched person in 2025. Spagnuolo has been charged with money laundering, commodities fraud and wire fraud. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York,…

The family of a young Rockingham boy are hoping he’ll prove doctors wrong by walking and talking again after a devastating bus accident earlier this month.Phoenix Heazlewood was walking home from school with his siblings on May 8 when he walked in front of a bus and was hit by a car crossing Wilmott Drive in Cooloongup.The seven-year-old was rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital with multiple fractures throughout his body, and had surgeries to stop internal bleeding, and part of his skull removed to reduce pressure.Phoenix was placed in a coma to help his survival chances but an MRI revealed…

Share markets across Asia fell on Thursday after reports of fresh US military strikes on Iran and missile attacks linked to Kuwait unsettled investors and weakened optimism surrounding a possible peace agreement in the Middle East.Oil prices surged while Treasury yields climbed as investors reacted to escalating tensions and growing concerns over inflation ahead of key US economic data.The renewed hostilities added to the uncertainty surrounding peace negotiations after US President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian report suggesting a deal had been reached to resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.Oil prices rebound sharplyThe US military said it had carried…

new video loaded: U.S. Launches Fresh Strikes in Iran, Testing Fragile CeasefiretranscriptBacktranscriptU.S. Launches Fresh Strikes in Iran, Testing Fragile CeasefireThe U.S. conducted what a U.S. official said were self-defense strikes in southern Iran on Wednesday as Trump signaled readiness for a prolonged negotiation process.They’re negotiating on fumes. But we’ll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it. Maybe we don’t. They thought they were going to outwait me. You know, we’ll outwait him. He’s got the midterms. I don’t care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms.The U.S.…

Seattle residents build barricades to combat rising crime wave Fox News senior national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports on Seattle residents taking safety into their own hands, building homemade barricades from metal and dirt to block streets. This action comes amidst a surge in shootings, prostitution, and gang-related activities, with residents criticizing Democrat Mayor Katie Wilson and defunded police for a lack of effective response to the escalating crime wave in their community. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Seattle democratic socialist Mayor Katie Wilson is being mocked online over the “irony” of residents in the blue-run city…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California teacher was arrested after allegedly engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor, authorities said.The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit said it is investigating allegations involving inappropriate contact with a student at a school in Moreno Valley, California.The teacher, identified as Samantha J. Watson, 41, of Eastvale, was charged with sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration.Investigators said the alleged conduct occurred between 2017 and 2018.CALIFORNIA MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NABBED IN CHILD SEX STING Investigators allege Samantha J. Watson had inappropriate contact with…

Ground has already been broken on the south Edmonton site where the Camrose Casino announced years ago it was moving to — but now, a legal ruling has the facility’s future in question. In 2022, the casino applied to Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) to move from the rural community of Camrose into Edmonton and in 2024, that request was approved.A Court of King’s Bench judge, however, recently ruled a judicial review is allowed in the relocation of the casino to a plot of land along Parsons Road, between South Edmonton Common and the Summerside neighbourhood.Justice Nathan Whitling issued…