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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former San Jose State University volleyball star Brooke Slusser was temporarily banned from TikTok after posting several videos discussing her alleged experience sharing a team and apartment with a transgender teammate. Her account, which was “permanently banned” according to screenshots obtained by Fox News Digital, was later restored Tuesday after publication.Slusser provided screenshots to Fox News Digital showing the notification of her banishment and an unsuccessful appeal. The notifications cite violations of “community guidelines.” “We ask that all users follow our Community Guidelines to help us maintain a safe, respectful TikTok community,” the…

Bain Capital has started reaching out to potential buyers for its stake in Bridge Data Centers, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the private equity firm eyes exits amid rising demand for AI infrastructure. Citigroup and JPMorgan are running the sale process and have sent out preliminary marketing materials to investors to sell up to a 70% stake in BDC, according to the people, who asked not to be named as they were not authorized to discuss private deliberations. Bain invested in BDC in 2017. The size of its stake is not publicly known. Bain is also…

MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday (Mar 18) put the brakes on a public transportation fare hike announced just a day earlier, promising the country’s commuters free rides instead.The archipelago nation, which imports nearly all of its crude oil from the Middle East, has been scrambling to deal with eye-watering price increases triggered by the US-Israeli war with Iran.Since hostilities erupted, the Philippines has instituted a four-day workweek for civil servants, distributed cash handouts to tricycle drivers, and seen its sole refinery open discussions to buy Russian oil.On Tuesday, the country’s transportation regulator announced fare hikes across an array…

US stock futures edged higher on Wednesday as investors turned a bit optimistic with reducing oil prices ahead of the Federal Reserve rate decision today.Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up about 240 points, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also gained roughly 0.5% and 0.7%.This comes after a relatively steady Tuesday session, where the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq finished higher.5 things to know before Wall Street opens1. The looming Federal Reserve rate decision is all set to be the highlight of the day.Most expect the central bank to keep rates steady in…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, If the death of Esmaeil Khatib is confirmed, it would be the third major high-profile assassination of Iranian leaders in successive days.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Defence Minister Israel Katz says Israel has killed Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib. Tehran has not commented on or confirmed the attack.If the claim announced on Wednesday is confirmed, it would be the third assassination of high-ranking Iranian leaders in two days.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIranian security chief Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij paramilitary force, were killed in Israeli air strikes on Tuesday.…

Baton Rouge, La. — An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday.The law is among those pushed by Republicans, including President Trump, to incorporate religion in public schools. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas all have enacted similar laws requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms. And as such, each mandate has faced legal challenges that many expect to eventually be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Last year, seven Arkansas families of various religious and nonreligious backgrounds filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new law…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., ordered American flags be lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of three fallen service members who were stationed in Birmingham, Alabama, prior to their deaths in Iraq during the war with Iran.Officials confirmed six service members died Thursday in an incident involving a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, which was operating over western Iraq in support of Operation Epic Fury.Ivey said three of the six fallen military personnel served in the 99th Air Refueling Squadron of the 117th Air Refueling Wing located at Sumpter Smith Joint Air National Guard…

The BMW i3 is an electric counterpart to the 3 Series and a platform-mate to the Neue Klasse iX3, with new underpinnings and technology… and a very long range.

In January, Reuters reported that China granted preliminary approval to three of its largest tech companies – ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba – along with AI startup DeepSeek to import the chips, although the regulatory conditions for China’s approvals were still being finalised.The Chinese companies did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.Huang’s bullish comment on AI agent OpenClaw, which has experienced rapid adoption in China, helped propel some Chinese AI stocks to record highs on Wednesday.Shares in large-language model upstarts MiniMax and Zhipu AI surged more than 19 per cent each after Huang said OpenClaw was “definitely the next…

‘US and Israel have taken the vast majority of Iran’s ballistic missile capability’