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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ving Rhames is “on his way home” after he was rushed to the hospital earlier Wednesday, his rep confirmed, according to a report.The 66-year-old “Mission: Impossible” star collapsed while eating at the Granville restaurant in North Hollywood, his manager Brad Kramer told Variety.”He sounded like everyday Ving and cracked a joke over the phone,” Kramer added.’CHARLIE’S ANGELS’ STAR CHERYL LADD OPENS UP FOR FIRST TIME ABOUT ‘AGGRESSIVE’ BREAST CANCER BATTLE Actor Ving Rhames attending the premiere of “The Uppercut” in January 2025. (Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images)Fox News Digital has reached out to his…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Romanian national who admitted to participating in a series of swatting calls and bomb threats targeting U.S. government officials — including members of Congress, Cabinet-level officials, federal judges and heads of federal law enforcement agencies — was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.Federal prosecutors asked a judge to impose a five-year sentence for Thomasz Szabo, 27, who pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy and threat charges.U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson presided over the case in Washington, D.C. Szabo, who used the online aliases “Plank,” “Jonah” and “Cypher,” pleaded guilty on…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette announced Wednesday a tax cut for 75,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help keep businesses competitive. On Wednesday, the province’s new premier said the tax relief comes amid economic stress the province and country have experienced since the U.S. tariffs and wars driving up energy costs.The tax rate for SMEs will drop to 2.2 per cent from 3.2 per cent on the first $500,000 of income. Fréchette said the affected business will be able to save up to nearly $630 million over five years. Get daily National…

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“NOT A GOOD LOOK”At Kuta beach, a popular tourist spot regularly inundated with plastic debris that washes ashore, rubbish bags are piled up waist-high in a parking lot.”You have many rats here at nighttime. The smell is not very good … it’s not a good look,” said Australian visitor Justin Butcher.Around 7 million tourists visited Bali last year, vastly outstripping the island’s native population of around 4.4 million, and contributing to Bali’s waste output.People caught dumping or burning rubbish risk up to three months’ jail time and a 50 million rupiah (nearly $3,000) fine, according to I Dewa Nyoman Rai…

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Oil prices soared more than 6 percent on worries about prolonged supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fears of a lengthy US siege of Iranian ports, settling at their highest levels in weeks.US crude settled up 6.95 percent at $106.88 per barrel on Wednesday, and Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 6.08 percent, or $6.77, at $118.03 after earlier touching its highest price since June 2022, the Reuters news agency reports.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBrent crude futures for June continued to rise on Thursday to $119.94 per barrel as of 00:57 GMT, and US…

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Former FBI Director James Comey made his first court appearance Wednesday after his indictment a day earlier for allegedly making threats against President Trump.He did not enter a plea on Wednesday. Federal Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick read the charges against Comey and denied the Justice Department’s attempts to set conditions of release. “I don’t think conditions on release are necessary in this case,” Fitzpatrick said, adding that “they weren’t necessary last time” Comey was indicted. Comey, in a blue suit and light blue dress shirt, was represented by Patrick Fitzgerald and Jessica Carmichael. He nodded as he was read his rights…

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Close-up of logo for Samsung on research building in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018.Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesSamsung Electronics reported an over eightfold increase in first-quarter operating profits on Thursday, hitting a new record and beating analysts’ estimates on the explosive growth of its chip business. Here are Samsung’s first-quarter results compared with LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate:Revenue: 133.9 trillion Korean won ($89.96 billion) vs. 132.69 trillion won expectedOperating profit: 57.2 trillion won vs. 55.28 trillion won expectedThe South Korean technology giant’s quarterly profit climbed…

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Brent crude has surged into the $121 area after an eight-day rally, and traders are treating the move less like a temporary spike and more like a supply shock.The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to normal traffic, with only a handful of vessels crossing in recent days and commercial transit is still constrained by the US-Iran deadlock.The International Energy Agency has already described the disruption as the largest oil supply shock in history, and that has shifted the market question from whether prices can stay elevated to how much higher they can go.Wall Street is no longer treating $150…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At just 22, Coco Gauff has already earned U.S. Open and French Open Grand Slam titles. But earlier this week, the American star exited the Madrid Open well before the final, falling short in her bid for another tournament victory.Linda Nosková defeated Gauff Monday in the Round of 16. After her Madrid Open run ended, Gauff said she faced backlash from “angry” gamblers upset their wagers did not pay off.”@ the angry gamblers saying racist things in my IG comments/dms hiding behind anonymous accounts,” Gauff said in a post to her TikTok account…

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