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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, New York City has set aside $500,000 to fund community discussions on reparations and other forms of assistance for Black New Yorkers as a major budget deficit looms, internal communications show.An internal message, dated January, detailed how more than two dozen groups would be given tens of thousands of dollars each to participate in “conversations to discuss the development of a Reparations study” and to gather “input on the early development of the citywide Truth, Healing and Reconciliation plan.” Funding, according to the document, “allows for each community member…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A beloved crossing guard was struck and killed by an allegedly impaired driver while helping children cross the street in her Louisiana parish Thursday, authorities said in an announcement.Katy Wells, who had served the Livingston Parish community for over 40 years, died after being struck by 64-year-old driver Darren Goudeau, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office.She was helping children cross the street at approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday when Goudeau, traveling north on Highway 16, struck and killed her, the sheriff’s office said.”What a tragic loss. She is such a well-known person…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Michael” was a blockbuster with a carefully drawn line.The film, a global box-office hit, ends with Michael Jackson’s 1988 “Bad” Tour performance at Wembley Stadium and does not cover later controversies in his life.The big-budget film, which faced production mishaps, brought in $97 million in the U.S. and $120.4 million overseas. The $217.4 million global opening shattered the record for a music biopic debut. However, critics slammed the film for glossing over some of the less convenient aspects of Jackson’s life. It scored 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences were far more…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Before Royce Keys was picking apart opponents in WWE, he was wrestling and working with future stars on the independent scene in the Bay Area.Keys performed for West Coast Pro along with fellow WWE star Jacob Fatu before each of them took gigantic strides into becoming the superstars fans cheer for today. West Coast Pro owner Scott Bregante detailed the company’s rise and impact on the industry in an interview with Fox News Digital before its shows took place during WrestleMania week last month.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME…

Tom De Koning and Jack Silvagni had the last laugh against their former club as St Kilda improved their finals prospects and heaped more pain on Carlton in a 39-point win.The Saints took complete control in a dominant eight-goal third quarter, powering away to a 16.12 (108) to 9.15 (69) victory at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night.High-profile recruits De Koning and Silvagni were jeered by Blues fans throughout their first encounter since the pair accepted big-money offers to leave in the off-season.But De Koning stood tall and took strong marks to set up his two goals, while Silvagni played his…

But Hanoi aims to stay on good terms with all global powers through its traditional “bamboo diplomacy” approach, while Tokyo has seen its already frosty relations with Beijing deteriorate markedly in recent months. Takaichi drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing in November when she suggested that close US ally Japan might intervene militarily to thwart any Chinese attempt to take Taiwan.China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out using force to annex it, summoned Japan’s ambassador, warned Chinese citizens against visiting Japan and imposed trade restrictions.Beijing has also slammed Takaichi’s calls for a “free and…

United States President Donald Trump says the US Navy is acting “like pirates” as he described an operation about seizing a ship amid the blockade of Iranian ports.“We … land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business,” Trump said at a rally in Florida on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We’re like pirates,” he added to cheers from the crowd. “We’re sort of like pirates. But we’re not playing games.”After the US and Israel attacked Iran on February ‌28, ⁠Tehran retaliated…

Over 50,000 U.S. military personnel remain deployed across the Middle East and a naval blockade is crippling the Iranian economy. But in a letter Friday, President Trump told lawmakers that “the hostilities that began” in late February “have terminated.” Ed O’Keefe has more.

Elon Musk arrives to court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on April 30, 2026 in Oakland, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty ImagesA week into the Musk v. Altman trial, which features two towering figures in the tech industry facing off in a case that could have major implications for OpenAI, the plaintiff has made his central message clear to the jury. “You can’t just steal a charity,” Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said repeatedly during his time on the stand at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California. Musk’s testimony was the centerpiece of the trial’s first week. It comes…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After a Pennsylvania State Police SWAT team stormed her home in the Poconos in December 2022, Maryann Kohberger told investigators she believed they’d made a “really, really bad mistake” and that her suspected murderer son was an “angel.”They had just arrested Bryan Kohberger, who was accused of stabbing four University of Idaho undergrads in Moscow, Idaho. Three were still asleep when they were attacked.”He’s my angel,” Maryann Kohberger told three FBI agents, according to a partial transcript of her interview revealed in Christopher Whitcomb’s new book, “Broken Plea.”She spoke with them voluntarily…