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Defending champion John Korir has shattered the Boston Marathon course record, riding a tailwind to outrun the strongest field in race history and win in two hours, one minute, 52 seconds — the fifth-fastest marathon of all time.Sharon Lokedi joined her fellow Kenyan as a back-to-back champion, winning the women’s race in 2:18:51.A year after joining his brother Wesley, the 2012 champion, as the only relatives to win the race, John Korir broke away from the pack as it headed into Heartbreak Hill in Newton and opened a 40-second lead.He beat the previous course record of 2:03:02 set by Geoffrey…

Hong Kong fire survivors return to Wang Fuk Court five months after a blaze killed 168 people. Thousands of displaced residents sifting through charred remains searching for belongings found little intact.Published On 20 Apr 202620 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Gold fell to a one-week low on Monday as energy prices surged on renewed tensions in the Middle East between the US and Iran. Gold prices, however, recovered some of the losses and were trading above $4,800 per ounce. Silver on COMEX also dropped more than 2%. Fears of a breakdown in the delicate ceasefire between the US and Iran caused oil prices to jump over 5%. This surge followed the US seizure of an Iranian cargo ship and the continued near-complete halt of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.Meanwhile, copper prices fell as uncertainty over the ceasefire between the US and…

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A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket carrying an AST SpaceMobile Bluebird 7 satellite launches from pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 19, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Paul Hennesy | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA failed satellite launch sent shares of AST SpaceMobile down sharply on Monday.The stock fell more than 7% after a rocket designed by Jeff Bezos’ space technology company Blue Origin placed the satellite in a lower-than-planned orbit on Sunday. AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite would have been the company’s eighth launched into low-earth orbit, the company said in a Sunday press release. It was launched…

Emily Saliers, one-half of the Atlanta folk duo the Indigo Girls, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with two incurable movement disorders that will forever change the way that she sings.Saliers and Amy Ray posted a video on Instagram on Friday in which the singer acknowledged that many of her fans have noticed “that my voice is not what it once was.”Saliers revealed that he had been diagnosed with cervical dystonia with torticollis, a rare neurological disorder in which the brain sends signals that cause involuntary muscle contractions in the neck.”It’s impossible for me to hold my head centrally…

Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia announced on Monday that his daughter Madison has died following a lengthy battle with juvenile diabetes and other health issues. She was 36.”We are heartbroken beyond words by the passing of our beloved daughter, Madison,” Warner and his wife, Lisa Collis, wrote in a statement shared on social media. “She filled our lives with love and laughter, and her absence leaves an immeasurable void.”The couple said they are “grateful for the loving support of friends and family during this difficult time” and asked for privacy as they “navigate this profound loss.”Warner has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! What’s better than a hard-fought win on the diamond? Putting one on your beloved’s finger, if you ask Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges.Hedges not only helped the Guardians defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 8-4, on Sunday – he got engaged to his girlfriend, Lexi Dickson, at Progressive Field.Hedges got down on one knee on the grass, as a message flashed across the Jumbotron at the stadium in Cleveland, while his teammates were watching. Dickson was shocked and emotional, eventually telling Hedges, “Yes!” before hearing cheers from those looking on. Austin Hedges and his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bartender who served the missing American woman in the Bahamas one day before she vanished revealed one detail that got his attention.A bartender at the Abaco Inn, identified as Ken, 38, told the New York Post that Brian and Lynette Hooker were at the hotel’s pool during the early evening hours of April 3 drinking rum and Cokes. One day later, the couple took a small dinghy from Hope Town to a different location on Elbow Cay where their boat was, according to local police.Brian Hooker told Bahamian officials that his…

Trace amounts of opioids, including fentanyl, antidepressants and other drugs have been found in freshwater fish in the Waterloo Region, a new study has found. The study, conducted by a team of University of Waterloo researchers, found several substances that affect the central nervous system in small fish living in rivers that receive urban wastewater.Mark Servos, a professor in the Department of Biology and Water Institute researcher, told Global News in an interview that questions had been posed by public health officials about whether these substances could be found.“So we asked, are these compounds that we can measure in the…