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Barney Frank, an outspoken Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died.Jim Segel, Frank’s friend and former campaign manager, confirmed to CBS News that the 86-year-old died Tuesday. Frank had been in hospice care for congestive heart failure at his home in Ogunquit, Maine.”People should leave their legacies to other people to describe,” Frank once said.For those outside his inner circle of family and friends, the public legacy of the late congressman from Newton may be best described by the people he served from 1981 to 2013. Rep. Barney Frank at a hearing of the House Financial Services…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A lone female baker was inside the famous Georgetown Cupcake shop just blocks from the Potomac River when an unidentified man smashed the front window with a stolen beer keg around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, sending her scrambling away from shattered glass.Then he left.”She was absolutely terrified,” said Katherine Berman, who co-owns the shop with her sister, Sophie LaMontagne. “She still is. She is really shaken by this. It causes a lot of psychological damage to you.”SEND US A TIP HERE The Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying this…

The 2026 World Cup will feature over a dozen matches played in Canada this summer, and a new analysis estimates each game will cost $82 million of government funding. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released its analysis Wednesday of federal commitments and costs associated with co-hosting the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, and how much taxpayers will be on the hook for. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. It estimates a total cost of $1.1 billion, of which $473 million will come from the federal government,…

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US Representative Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary on Tuesday after one of the most expensive and politically charged congressional campaigns in modern United States history. For the Israel lobby and its allies, the result marked a decisive victory. US President Donald Trump deployed his political weight against Massie, endorsing his chosen challenger, Ed Gallrein, and turning a local race into a national confrontation. At the same time, pro-Israel organisations and billionaire donors, including Miriam Adelson, poured extraordinary sums into Kentucky to defeat a congressman whose offence was questioning military aid to Israel and challenging the expanding influence of pro-Israel…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans and their billions in income are streaming to Southern and Sun Belt states while several coastal counterparts suffer the losses of residents, wealth and, in turn, political influence, according to IRS migration data.The relocation patterns are increasingly reshaping population pockets in the U.S. and where economic and political power is concentrated ahead of the 2026 midterms. As residents and wealth continue flowing into fast-growing red states, the shifts influence housing markets, state economies, congressional clout and the balance of power.That shift is already playing out in many Republican-led states, and there…

Sexual Violence Prevention Month has many advocates in Saskatchewan raising awareness on the gaps in resources. According to Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan, the province has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in Canada. Prevention tactics across the province are shifting to focus on transforming cultural norms.“Residents of Saskatchewan are assaulting and abusing each other at a rate that is almost double the national average, and for those behaviours to change, there needs to be role models who are leading positive change and setting the standard for what behaviour looks like,” Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan community outreach…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! James Harden’s defensive liabilities came into focus in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 collapse against the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.The Cavaliers led by as many as 22 points before Jalen Brunson led the Knicks to a storming comeback victory, 115-104. Brunson had 38 points, including crucial buckets in the fourth quarter while Harden was guarding him. Harden put the Cavaliers ahead with a few seconds to play, while Brunson answered back to tie the game. Cleveland’s Sam Merrill had an opportunity to give Cleveland the game-winning basket at the end of…

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.Judith is one of the latest victims of Ebola as the country battles yet another outbreak, the seventeenth in just 50 years.“It is heartbreaking to lose my third child in the prime of her youth,” Patrick, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told Al Jazeera.“I sent her to school so that she could be educated and become a valuable member of society. Now, she…