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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Connecticut man accused of murdering his girlfriend months after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase had a separate pending domestic violence case in which another woman told police he strangled, threatened and assaulted her after meeting her on a dating app, court records show.Cole Theodore Werhan, 28, of Burlington, Connecticut, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in connection with the death of 26-year-old Janina Brooke Murphy, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, according to Connecticut State Police.Murphy, who went by Brooke, was found in March at the bottom of…

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Canada’s workforce is aging, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The data raises questions of whether Canada is seeing more emphasis on what some are already calling a “wisdom economy” rather than the “knowledge economy” of recent years — or whether the cost of living is forcing older workers to stay in their jobs for longer.Statistics Canada’s study released on Wednesday found that the number of firms with an average worker age over 40 rose from 26.2 per cent in 2001 to 42.3 per cent in 2022.In addition, the share of workers aged 55 and older in each firm…

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SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday (Jun 24) extended condolences to Timor-Leste over the death of its former President Francisco Guterres.Mr Guterres, who served as Timor-Leste’s sixth president, died on Sunday in a Malaysian hospital. He was 71.The former leader held office from 2017 to 2022, after decades of fighting for his country’s independence.In a letter to his Timor-Leste counterpart Jose Ramos-Horta, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam hailed Mr Guterres’ devotion to his country. “President Guterres devoted his life to Timor-Leste,” wrote Mr Tharman.“In the struggle for independence and later as president, he played a crucial role in strengthening Timor-Leste’s democratic institutions and…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joe Manganiello survived “multiple near-death experiences” over a seven-year battle with his health.In his upcoming memoir, “Bloodlines,” Manganiello detailed his experiences with a life-threatening medical scare, which led him “beyond medicine and into a remarkable, globe-spanning quest that revealed answers about his ancestry, inherited trauma and the deeper histories we carry,” according to Simon & Schuster.Manganiello, 49, endured a “cascade of autoimmune-related illnesses,” that impacted his skin, thyroid, eyes, lungs and digestive system.SINGER JEWEL REVEALS HOW SHOPLIFTING ADDICTION DURING HOMELESSNESS ALMOST DESTROYED HER Joe Manganiello fought for his life and endured a…

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Sen. Ron Wyden and 14 Democratic co-sponsors plan to introduce legislation today to cap consumers’ potential out-of-pocket costs in traditional Medicare, resurfacing a long-running debate over why the program doesn’t limit beneficiary spending.Even the bill’s backers say securing passage this year is a long shot. But the effort is one more opportunity for Democrats to highlight voters’ frustration about healthcare costs leading into the November election.Polls show Americans are very concerned about affordability, with a recent Gallup survey finding fewer than half of Americans say they can consistently afford healthcare.Wyden’s bill would focus on what many consider a critical pocketbook…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan lawmakers are investigating a childcare provider that received more than $1.1 million in taxpayer-funded childcare reimbursements despite allegations that it does not appear to operate at its listed address.The investigation centers on 1st Premier Learning Academy & Daycare in Clinton Township and was launched by the Michigan House Oversight Subcommittee on State & Local Public Assistance Programs.According to an investigative report, the facility received $1,121,641 in Child Development & Care (CDC) Program reimbursements between fiscal years 2023 and 2026, yet committee staff said repeated site visits found no evidence that children…

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Fremantle have axed Mason Cox in favour of Sean Darcy for Sunday’s AFL clash with Gold Coast in Perth, while Carlton will be without star defender Jacob Weitering for a third straight match.In other big round-16 selection news, the Eagles have lost Tim Kelly to a hamstring injury, Port have dropped Todd Marshall again, while Andrew McGrath and Darcy Parish are among the reinforcements at Essendon.Darcy started the season as the Dockers’ preferred ruck partner to Luke Jackson, before being grounded by concussion and calf issues.Cox, a premiership winner at Collingwood who moved to Fremantle at the end of last…

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Japan is one of the world’s most seismically active countries, sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.The archipelago, home to around 125 million people, typically experiences hundreds of jolts every year and accounts for about 18 per cent of the world’s earthquakes.The vast majority are mild, although the damage they cause varies according to their location and the depth below the Earth’s surface at which they strike.It is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake in 2011, which triggered a tsunami that killed or left missing…

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