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Prosecutor calls for leftist candidate to be jailed for five years and four months over false financial disclosures.Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Peru’s public prosecutor’s office has accused leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of financial crimes, calling for him to be imprisoned for five years and four months.The charges, unsealed on Tuesday, came hours after electoral authorities confirmed Sanchez was on track to advance to the country’s presidential run-off, scheduled for June 7.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAccording to the El Comercio newspaper, prosecutors allege that Sanchez, who is the candidate of the Juntos por el Peru…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska is a big step closer to winning re-election as governor of the red-leaning Great Plains state.Pillen easily topped five challengers in Nebraska’s GOP gubernatorial primary to win his party’s 2026 nomination, the Associated Press reports.DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is seen inside the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 18, 2024. (Getty Images)The governor, a practicing veterinarian and chair of Pillen Family Farms who also…

Cindy Burbank, a retired pharmacy technician who has said she is serving as a spoiler to clear a path for an independent candidate, won the Democratic primary race for Senate in Nebraska, according to The Associated Press.Ms. Burbank is expected to later drop out of the race.The unusual nature of the contest reflects the struggling Democratic brand in deep-red Nebraska, where many Democrats believe the best hope of ousting the Republican incumbent, Senator Pete Ricketts, is Dan Osborn, a former labor leader who is running as an independent.They had hoped to keep their primary vacant, paving the way for a…

As call volumes rise across Saskatchewan, paramedics say the province is still struggling to recruit and retain enough EMS workers. The issue a hot topic at a paramedic conference in Saskatoon Tuesday, where workers say some areas have seen call volumes climb as much as 15 per cent year-over-year, with staffing unable to keep up.“It’s put a lot more time on the paramedics. We’re burning out a lot of our paramedics. Unfortunately, we’re having a hard time recruiting,” said Steven Skoworodko, Past President of Paramedic Services Chiefs of Saskatchewan.“The provincial government has put things like bursaries in to attract new…

Accountability Is Megan Rapinoe is back at it again, defending Angel Reese’s decision to duck the media and “protect her peace.” Dan Dakich isn’t buying it. Since when is skipping out on the job “taking power back”? Dan breaks down why the modern sports culture of “all empowerment, no accountability” is a disease that’s actually hurting the growth of women’s sports. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jason Collins, a longtime NBA role player who became widely known in 2013 as the first openly gay active player in a major American sports league, died Tuesday at age 47.Collins…

Adam Scott is being lauded for his “amazing” longevity as he prepares to tee up for a Bradman-like 99th consecutive major golf championship.Only the legendary Jack Nicklaus, who contested 146 successive majors between 1962 and 1998, can better Scott’s feat as the 45-year-old headlines a six-strong Australian challenge at this week’s PGA Championship in Pennsylvania.The 2013 Masters champion will bring up the magical 100-straight-majors milestone at next month’s US Open after booking his ticket to Shinnecock Hills with a fourth-placed finish at the Cadillac Championship 10 days ago.Putting Scott’s record into perspective, fellow former world No.1 Jordan Spieth is second…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 2,883 people and injured 8,787 since March 2, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says.Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Companies hired by the state of Florida to operate the Alligator Alcatraz detention center were notified Tuesday afternoon that the facility is being shut down, with the remaining 1,400 detainees expected to be removed in the coming weeks, four sources familiar with the announcement told CBS News Miami. The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion. “They said the last detainee will leave in June,” one source said.The decision to close the facility has been speculated about for the past week, with Gov. Ron DeSantis saying he expected it to close…

The number Mark Zuckerberg Meta AI predicts on Bitcoin price prediction by end-2026 is not $100,000. It is not $150,000 either. It is $250,000. And the logic behind it is cleaner than most people expect from a social media company’s AI.Meta’s model does not rely on a single catalyst. It stacks 4, all moving simultaneously. The post-halving supply crunch is already in effect, reducing new BTC issuance at the exact moment spot ETF inflows are pulling coins off exchanges at scale.Layer corporate treasury adoption, 401k integration, and sovereign wealth fund positioning on top of that, and you have a demand…

David Einhorn laid out a bullish case for a group of out-of-favor companies at the Sohn Investment Conference on Tuesday, betting that operational turnarounds and artificial intelligence adoption could drive sharp a rebound in overlooked stocks. “We’re finding interesting investments where management is repositioning businesses towards more durable, more disciplined, more generative growth,” Einhorn said. “The value creation question is whether management can convert the strategic change into better visibility, better margins and eventually a better multiple.” The Greenlight Capital founder pitched five investment ideas in New York, focusing on companies he said are in a transitional period with catalysts…