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A Texas Democratic lawmaker is invoking a newly created state legislative rule to force a public hearing into the March 2025 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old U.S. citizen by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, CBS News has learned, a case raising further transparency and oversight questions about the officials enforcing President Trump’s deportation crackdown.The proposed hearing would examine the shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez in South Padre Island, Texas, on March 15, 2025. While his death was reported at the time, ICE’s involvement in the shooting was not disclosed until this week, over 11 months after the shooting.Democratic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Everyone got the matchup they wanted for the men’s hockey Olympic gold medal game.Sunday, the 46th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” will feature the United States against Canada, which is without a doubt the fiercest international rivalry in all of sports, going for all the marbles.Unfortunately for Americans, Canada has owned this rivalry since day one. This will be the eighth time the United States and Canada have played for Olympic gold, and the only time the Americans have won was back in 1960. They also faced off for gold in 1920,…

New Ipsos polling suggests Canada is more united today than it was seven years ago, despite louder political rhetoric around separatism, particularly in Alberta. The data, drawn from the same Confederation Stress Test survey that previously examined separatist voting intentions, indicates that several measures that were rated as high have eased since 2019.“We’ve been tracking this for a while.… National unity in Canada and how people are feeling about Confederation, whether their province is fairly treated,” said Jack Gregory, senior vice-president of Ipsos Public Affairs.“What we found when we looked at it this year was that some of these measures…

Police have linked a burnt-out stolen car to the kidnapping of 85-year-old Sydney man Chris Baghsarian, who was mistakenly targeted by criminals.

THE RISE OF ILLEGAL P2P LENDERS The rapid growth of the P2P industry in Indonesia does not go hand in hand with financial literacy, leaving many borrowers exposed, experts told CNA. “When access grows faster than understanding, consumers become vulnerable,” Etikah warned. “Many borrowers don’t fully understand interest rates, penalties or the long-term consequences of repeated borrowing.”These borrowers may underestimate how quickly small loans can snowball – especially when credit limits are automatically raised after each on-time repayment.“The screening is much faster, sometimes too fast,” said Eko from INDEF.“It reaches very young users and often doesn’t properly assess whether the borrower has the capacity…

Manchester City’s win cut Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to two points.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoNico O’Reilly’s first-half brace inspired Manchester City to a vital 2-1 victory over Newcastle United, which turned up the heat on Premier ⁠League leaders Arsenal.City took the lead on Saturday when O’Reilly slammed in a left-footed shot in the 14th minute before Lewis Hall levelled.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listO’Reilly headed in Erling Haaland’s cross to restore City’s lead ⁠in the 27th minute, and it proved to be the match-winner as Pep Guardiola’s side cut Arsenal’s lead to two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Saturday withdrew his endorsement of Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., accusing the congressman of lacking support for his tariff policies after Hurd publicly touted Congress’ constitutional authority over trade decisions.”Based on a lack of support, in particular for the unbelievably successful TARIFFS imposed on Foreign Countries and Companies which has made America Richer, Stronger, Bigger, and Better than ever before, I am hereby WITHDRAWING my Endorsement of RINO Congressman Jeff Hurd, of Colorado’s 3rd District, and fully Endorsing Highly Respected Patriot, Hope Scheppelman, to take his place in Congress,”…

Minister Solomon says the federal government is seeking answers from OpenAI and other artificial intelligence platforms following the deadly shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. “The horrifying tragedy in Tumbler Ridge has left families with unthinkable losses and shaken communities across Canada,” Solomon said in a statement on Saturday.“Like many Canadians, I am deeply disturbed by reports that concerning online activity from the suspect was not reported to law enforcement in a timely matter.”Recent statements from the company OpenAI confirmed that the shooter was flagged while using the platform ChatGPT last year.Solomon said Canadians expect online platforms, including OpenAI, to have…

Syrian-Palestinian filmmaker Abdallah Alkhatib has used his acceptance speech at the Berlinale awards ceremony to make a political statement.His film Chronicles From the Siege which tells the story of people trying to survive occupation, was named Best First Feature Film.Alkhatib accused the German government of being a partner in what he termed “the genocide in the Gaza Strip”.Israel denies committing genocide in the Gaza Strip – which is also the position of the German government – and speaks of self-defence following the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023.Alkhatib, who brought a Palestinian flag onto the stage, said that one day…

“NEKONOMICS”The economic impact from the animals is very real. Kansai University Professor Emeritus Katsuhiro Miyamoto, who publishes an annual report on “Nekonomics” (Neko means cat in Japanese), estimates it at nearly 3 trillion yen (US$19.5 billion) annually. I have always been a cat person, but when I arrived here nearly 25 years ago, Japan was firmly dog territory – home of the famed Hachiko, the loyal dog who waited in vain at Shibuya station for a decade hoping for his deceased master’s return. Pet stores devoted far more shelf space for dogs, and foreign-language coverage was fixated on “pampered pooches”, usually…