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MAHA eyes SNAP, school lunch restrictions for junk food Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss the Trump administration’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative, detailing new efforts to restrict ultra-processed foods in school lunches and limiting SNAP benefit purchases. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Atlanta-area police department issued a blunt notice to parents after officers claimed a child brought a vodka-based beverage to school — tucked beside Doritos in a packed lunch.The City of South Fulton Police Department sounded off about the incident in a now-viral Facebook post, warning parents to “CHECK. THE.…

At Fancy’s Cold Cuts and Cocktails in downtown Kelowna, B.C., the owner does not fancy the province’s latest move that will make doing business even more costly. “Crippling is a good word, just when you try and catch a breath in this industry,” said Mark Veriker.In the B.C. budget announced on Feb. 17 , the province unveiled plans to expand the seven per cent provincial sales tax (PST) to services many businesses rely on, including bookkeeping and accounting.The PST expansion also includes security services.“Expense, expense and more expense,” said Paula Quinn, executive director for the Downtown Kelowna Association (DKA).The added…

While many gold juniors have struggled to quickly capitalise on the soaring gold price, Auric Mining has taken a far more direct route – dig it up, process it, and count the ounces.That strategy is paying off in spades at the company’s Munda gold project near Widgiemooltha in Western Australia, where the latest gold pours from its second mining campaign have delivered results well ahead of expectations.Across three toll runs in campaign two so far this year, Auric has produced 4,819 ounces of gold, with a final outturn and gold-in-circuit still to be tallied.When added to the 2,718 ounces recovered…

TOP POLICY PRIORITY As demographic pressures mount, China is increasingly looking outward for expertise and investment to upgrade its healthcare system. Chinese officials have signalled that the country is prepared to further open up its healthcare sector to foreign investors, particularly in areas such as eldercare, rehabilitation and specialised medical services. “Both policymakers and investors are taken aback by such an explosive growth of the Chinese demographics,” said Liu Baocheng, director of the Center for International Business Ethics at Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics. “China now has a far (older) population than before. Therefore, it needs strategic adjustment to understand such a…

Associates of one of the passengers killed in the alleged raid attempt said he sought to overthrow Cuba’s government.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoCuban authorities have accused 10 men on a speedboat sailing from the United States of attempting to carry out a campaign of violence to destabilise the island’s government.Four of the 10 men on the boat were killed in a shootout with Cuban border agents this week.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOn Thursday, Cuban authorities confirmed that the six remaining crew members were receiving medical treatment for their injuries. At least one Cuban officer was also hurt…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Senate Republican warned Thursday that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s primary focus is shedding American blood as U.S.-Iran relations continue to simmer. “The Ayatollah not only thinks that I’m going to hell because I don’t agree with his religion — he wants to kill me,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on the Senate floor Thursday.”He wants to kill Americans and the Israelis and anybody who does not believe in his jihad and drink our blood out of a boot,” Kennedy continued. “And he’s acted on that, and that’s not acceptable.” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Russian citizen previously convicted of stowing away has allegedly done it again — this time sneaking onto a flight from Newark Liberty International Airport without a ticket, according to reports.Svetlana Dali is accused of bypassing security in Newark and boarding the flight to Milan on Wednesday, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter.The Associated Press reported that Dali, a U.S. resident, allegedly made it past the ticket agent and was not seen by the flight crew until the plane was in the air.Dali, who is in her late…

An escape room north of Montreal has just been named the best in the entire world. The Magnifico game at the Escaparium in Laval, Que., is an immersive experience, complete with multiple actors, intricate set designs and an emotional ending that regularly brings people to tears.It’s now taken home top international honours for the second year in a row.“The closest thing I could compare it to is a movie,” said Escaparium owner Jonathan Driscoll. “It’s everything you see in a movie. There’s special effects and timing, the actors need to time themselves with what’s happening to get that emotional hit.”There…

Austin Smotherman matched the best score of his career – a nine-under 62 – to take a one-stroke lead over Nico Echavarria at the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic.Smotherman became only the seventh player to shoot 62 or better at PGA National in this event.The others are Jake Knapp (59 in round 1, 2025), Australian Matt Jones (61 in round 1, 2021), Brian Harman (61 in round 2, 2012), Chris Kirk (62 in round 2, 2023), Brandon Hagy (62 in round 2, 2021) and Tiger Woods (62 in the final round, 2012).”It was a pretty easy round,” Smotherman said, “on a…

Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoA federal judge in the United States has ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information “approximately 42,695 times” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).In a decision issued on Thursday, US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found that the IRS had erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people, in apparent violation of the Internal Revenue Code.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe ruling cited IRS Code 6103, one of the strictest confidentiality laws in federal statute, which largely prohibits the disclosure of tax return information without consent.Kollar-Kotelly…