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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has avoided a runoff and will be the Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, CBS News projects.Bottoms, who previously served as mayor of Atlanta and later as a senior adviser in the Biden administration, is projected to receive more than 50% of the vote, securing her the nomination.The former mayor, the only Black woman running in the race, focused her campaign heavily on voting rights, healthcare access, economic equity and defending Democratic gains in Georgia following years of intense political competition in the battleground state.She came into the race as the favorite with strong name…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal immigration officials blasted California’s sanctuary policies Tuesday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested an illegal immigrant accused of critically injuring a 4-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash.Aman Kumar, an Indian national living in the U.S. illegally, was arrested by ICE on May 13 after previously being released from local custody.According to the Fresno Sheriff’s Department, Kumar was initially arrested last month after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run crash. He was charged with felony hit-and-run causing death or injury.Police said Kumar was driving a vehicle that struck a…

From any distance between six to 10 km a day, Monique Trudeau and her trusty pup Storm are pounding the pavement somewhere around her southeast Calgary neighbourhood of Copperfield. But she says that stroll has produced a disappointing sight over the past couple of weeks.“There’s geese that have babies in (that pond) every year, there’s ducks,” she says. “It’s just really sad for the wildlife.”Those ponds have become inundated with trash from the nearby Shepard landfill facility on 130th Avenue SE, particularly after a major wind event on Apr. 24.On that day, thousands of pieces of trash could be seeing…

Foreign investors will be further scared off Australian mining and energy — pushing up power prices and crippling the nascent critical minerals industry — after last week’s budget confirmed a change to the definition of what they’re selling when they cash out of projects.Both sectors have been thrown into disarray by retrospective change, which increases the tax rate from nothing to 30 per cent and could cover all sales for the past 20 years.They’re warning it creates immense sovereign risk and makes Australia’s tax rates uncompetitive in an environment where it’s already difficult to attract much-needed capital.Chamber of Minerals and…

The British Pound weakened against its major peers during the European trading session on Wednesday after the United Kingdom released softer-than-expected April inflation data.Sterling fell to near 1.3375 as investors reacted to signs that inflationary pressures in the UK cooled faster than anticipated. The weaker inflation data strengthened market expectations that the Bank of England could move closer towards cutting interest rates in the near term.UK inflation slows faster than forecastData released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.8% year-on-year in April. The reading came in below market expectations of…

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto announced on Wednesday (May 20) a fiscal deficit target range of 1.8 per cent to 2.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) for next year, with the aim of achieving economic growth as high as 6.5 per cent.In a rare address to parliament, Prabowo also stressed the importance of ensuring Indonesia’s vast natural resources bring benefit to its 280 million people, adding they were enough to provide welfare for all if properly managed.”I’m sure every patriot will support this – the earth, water, and all the resources within must be enjoyed by all Indonesians,”…

By Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 20 May 202620 May 2026Burt Jones and Rick Jackson have advanced to a run-off in Georgia’s Republican primary for governor, extending a bruising fight over who will represent the party in November’s midterm election.Jones, Georgia’s lieutenant governor, and Jackson, a healthcare billionaire, will face each other again in the June 16 run-off after neither secured enough support to win the nomination outright following voting on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe winner will seek to replace Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who is barred by term limits from running…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Philadelphia’s Chris Rabb, a far-left state lawmaker backed by the “Squad,” won the crowded and at-times-heated Democratic primary contest for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District.The district — rated the most Democratic in the nation — includes much of Center City, all of North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia, and is one of the few Black-majority districts in the country, with Tuesday night’s results essentially foreshadowing November’s likely outcome.Rabb, whose district includes Mount Airy and West Oak Lane, celebrated endorsements from progressive figures, including members of the “Squad.”SOROS-BACKED PHILADELPHIA DA SURVIVES PRIMARY CHALLENGE, BUT POTENTIAL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graphic Content Warning: This article includes police body-camera footage from the aftermath of a school shooting.Former Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner testified Tuesday that the 6-year-old student who shot her inside a first-grade classroom had been acting “defiant” and displaying troubling behavior in the days and hours leading up to the attack.”I saw this student looking at me,” she testified. “I looked over, the gun was pointed right at me, and then I was shot.”Zwerner took the stand in Newport News during the criminal trial of former Richneck Elementary School assistant principal Ebony…

Canada’s agriculture minister says he had a good conversation with a group of Saskatchewan agriculture stakeholders Tuesday, as he continues consultation with stakeholders from across the country on the government’s framework for future agriculture policies. Minister Heath MacDonald says sitting down with industry leaders, including directors of research councils, producer associations and university deans, presents an opportunity on the research side of future policymaking.“The message that I received in there was that we need more collaboration between the federal, provincial, private sector and public. And it goes everywhere from investment to streamlining and data,” MacDonald told reporters Tuesday following the…