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The U.S. Coast Guard cannot pay its bills. The military branch – now 75 days into the longest shutdown in U.S. history – owes over $300 million in unpaid obligations. And with thousands of utility bills overdue, totaling $5.2 million, duty stations and military housing worldwide are facing service shutdowns. “It seems like a horror movie, but it’s actually happening. It’s almost unbelievable,” Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday told CBS News in an exclusive interview. “Suddenly, the lights go out” Undated photo: Station Channel Islands U.S. Coast Guard in California, was struck by water outages in April 2026 because of unpaid…

Artificial intelligence is no longer a speculative bet for Big Tech it is already driving growth across cloud, advertising and enterprise software.But the very scale of investment required to sustain that momentum is still emerging as the industry’s biggest fault line.Earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Amazon showed that AI is boosting revenues across the board. At the same time, those gains are being matched and in some cases overshadowed by an unprecedented surge in spending on data centres, chips and energy infrastructure.The result is a growing disconnect: companies are proving AI demand is real, but investors are still…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is pulling the plug on its LIV Golf funding.The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that, after weeks of speculation, LIV Golf will be telling its players by Thursday that the Saudis will no longer be funding the league founded by Greg Norman after this season.LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil all but confirmed earlier reports this month. Jon Rahm of Legion XIII celebrates after winning the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec April 19, 2026, in Mexico City.  (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)”The reality…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal authorities have recovered 15 stolen industrial drones capable of dispersing liquid chemicals, but a former Department of Homeland Security official warns the biggest question remains unanswered: were they stolen for a “quick buck,” or to “facilitate action against the homeland?”Fifteen Ceres Air C31 industrial spray drones were stolen from CAC International, a logistics and shipping company in Harrison, New Jersey, on March 24, according to The High Side Substack. The drones were recovered over a month later on April 27 in Dover, New Jersey.In an earlier statement to Fox News, the…

As the Ford government moves to allow more public alcohol consumption, after expanding beer and wine sales and lowering some taxes, one group is imploring the province to redirect a portion of revenue to education and prevention. The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network said it is worried about Ontario’s moves to enable more drinking, and wants to see a set portion of revenue from its sales go to education and care.“We are concerned about some of the recent policy changes in Ontario,” the group’s executive director, Kathy Unsworth, told Global News in an interview.“They are making alcohol more…

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WEIGHING TREATMENT CHOICESFor 53-year-old IT engineer Sankari Roy, the shift could be significant.After being diagnosed with high blood sugar, she considered weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. But at up to US$400 a month, the cost was prohibitive.Now, more affordable alternatives could provide her a new lifeline.“If I have like one or two doses, maybe it would help and I can see some quick benefit out of it,” she said, adding that she is weighing whether to begin treatment.But for Roy’s family, affordability is only part of the equation.Her son, Aarman, has reservations about the safety of these drugs.“You…

Freedom of the press around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, according to the leading Paris-based press freedom NGO, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders.Every year, RSF publishes a World Press Freedom Index used to compare the level of freedom enjoyed by journalists and media outlets in 180 countries. Its ranking uses a five-point scale to assess a country’s level of press freedom, ranging from “very serious” to “good”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFor the first time since RSF started producing the index in 2002, more than half…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rick Jackson, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful in Georgia, is facing heat from critics calling him a “fraud” and claiming he lied during a debate earlier this week when the candidate struggled to answer whether he has illegal aliens working for him.”I don’t know,” Jackson replied when his fellow Republican frontrunner in the race, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, asked him point-blank whether he has any illegal aliens working for him. Jackson explained he was not directly involved in the hiring process in question, but he also said on the debate stage that anyone making…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former mixed martial arts fighter who founded an anti-violence nonprofit with a specific focus on gun crime was convicted of murder in the shooting death of another man in Colorado earlier this week.A jury found Lumumba Sayers, 47, guilty of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and attempt to commit tampering with physical violence, according to a release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.Sayers will be sentenced on July 24. Sentencing guidelines in Colorado prescribe a 16-to-48-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. Mugshot of Lumumba Sayers after his arrest in connection…