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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NASCAR world was stunned on Thursday when Kyle Busch, one of the sport’s all-time greats, died suddenly at the age of 41.Busch, 41, was hospitalized Thursday because of an undisclosed but “severe illness,” according to a statement put out by the Busch family. NASCAR, the Busch family and Richard Childress Racing announced the death Thursday evening, but did not offer a cause of death.When news of Busch’s death broke, fellow NASCAR drivers mourned their lost competitor. Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 Zone Watermelon x Circle K Chevrolet, is introduced before…

Federal drug raid in Los Angeles targets open-air drug market in MacArthur Park Fox News correspondent Matt Finn reports live from Los Angeles on a massive federal drug raid in MacArthur Park, a notorious open-air drug market controlled by gangs. Agents seized 40 pounds of fentanyl, enough for 190,000 fatal doses, valued at $8-10 million. U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli criticizes California’s failed drug policies after the operation. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California man who claimed to work for a taxpayer-funded nonprofit that, according to court documents, distributed needles to…

Chinese multinational technology company, Lenovo logo seen in Shenzhen. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesShares of Lenovo surged 19.32% on Friday, after the personal computer and electronics giant posted strong revenue growth powered by its growing artificial intelligence business. Group revenue for the March quarter reached $21.6 billion, up 27% year-on-year — the highest growth rate in five years for the Hong Kong–based Chinese multinational company. Net income grew by nearly a factor of six to reach $521 million. Full-year results reached a record. The standout performer was AI-related revenue, which…

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional (PN) said it will contest all 56 seats at Johor’s next state election, setting the stage for a potential three-cornered fight with Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH).Johor PN chairman Sahruddin Jamal said on Thursday (May 21) the coalition – whose main parties are Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) – is preparing its list of candidates and stressed PN’s strength in the southern state should not be underestimated.In Johor’s last state election in 2022, PN also contested all seats and won three. Johor’s next state election is…

Ethereum price is being pinned at $2,100 in a deceptively quiet tape for a network making one of its most significant architectural pivots in years. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a technically dense post outlining three near-term privacy upgrades designed to pull private transactions out of the shadows of third-party workarounds and embed them directly into the protocol. Until now, privacy on Ethereum has been a bolt-on.Buterin’s roadmap targets three specific initiatives: Account Abstraction (AA) with FOCIL, Keyed Nonces, and Access Layer Work. FOCIL, or fork-choice enforced inclusion lists, makes transaction censorship structurally harder by requiring block builders to include…

SUZHOU, China — Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative, opened the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers’ meeting on Friday with a call for regional economies to “send a strong message to the world” in support of cooperation. Li said he was chairing the opening meeting in place of China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, who had “urgent official business,” according to a CNBC translation of his remarks in Chinese.China’s Commerce Ministry and APEC did not immediately respond to CNBC requests for comment.Li is a full minister in his role as the trade representative, and also serves as China’s vice commerce minister.The…

EXPLAINERUS and Iran continue mediated talks, exchanging draft proposals aimed at reaching a formal agreement.Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026Iran and the United States are continuing mediated talks aimed at ending the conflict, with Iranian media reporting that both sides are exchanging messages and draft proposals to establish a formal framework for an agreement.Al Jazeera’s correspondent Almigdad Alruhaid reported from Tehran that Pakistani officials were engaged in “intense mediation activity” between the two countries.The diplomatic push comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there were “some good signs” for a possible breakthrough. However, US President Donald Trump…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As federal authorities continue to crack down on welfare fraud, the latest Fox News survey finds voters are concerned about program abuse, but still also want to protect access for legitimate recipients. The survey was conducted before the Department of Justice announced charges against 15 defendants on Thursday in the ongoing Minnesota welfare fraud investigations, one of multiple inquiries into welfare abuse across the country.A majority of registered voters, 71%, believe fraud in government welfare and social service programs is extremely or very common, and nearly half, 45%, think it has increased over…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than three decades after Kentucky woman Anna Lee Manning disappeared, authorities have arrested her husband and his mother in connection with what investigators now believe was her murder.Anthony Blaine Manning, 59, of Harrodsburg, was indicted May 18 on charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to Boyle County court records and the Boyle County Sheriff’s Office.His mother, Barbara Ann Manning, 76, was also indicted on charges of complicity to murder, complicity to tampering with physical evidence and complicity to abuse a corpse.Jail records show both…