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The newly launched consumer rebates for electric vehicles aim to help make the purchase more affordable — but how does the cost of powering one compare with a gas vehicle? Customers can now get up to $5,000 for a fully electric vehicle, and $2,500 for a plug-in hybrid for qualifying vehicles priced up to $50,000. That price limit doesn’t apply if the vehicle is made in Canada.The rebates can also be processed at the point of sale, like at a dealership, to reduce extra steps for the consumer.Ottawa kick-started the new incentive program on Feb. 16 as one of the…

Images of the next-generation Audi RS5 Sportback and Avant have emerged online ahead of their debut in the not-too-distant future.

One person remains missing after a heavy avalanche engulfed a group of skiers in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the US.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareLocal authorities say that at least eight people have been found dead following an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the deadliest incident of its kind in more than 40 years.Nevada County Sheriff Shannon Moon said on Wednesday that rescue crews have been hindered by difficult conditions during a powerful winter storm.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOne person remains missing.…

Regina Santos-Aviles, an aide to Rep. Tony Gonzales, wrote a text message to a colleague that she had an affair with the Republican congressman. Months later, Santos-Aviles, 35, died after allegedly setting herself on fire. “I had affair with our boss and I’m fine,” Santos-Aviles said in the text exchange, which was viewed by CBS News. The news was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News. Santos-Aviles died on Sept. 14, 2025, after she was found critically burned the night before near her home in Uvalde, according to the Uvalde Police Department. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eight skiers that went missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California have been found dead and one is still missing, authorities said Wednesday. Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said during a news conference that authorities have told the families the mission has moved from rescue to recovery.”They were on their way back to camp when the avalanche actually hit,” Moon said. “It took these search and rescue crews hours just to find those first few survivors that we’re talking.”AMERICAN SKIERS RESCUED AFTER GETTING LOST NEAR OLYMPIC VENUE IN THE ITALIAN ALPS…

The British Columbia First Nation that announced the discovery of 215 potential unmarked graves at a former residential school in 2021, catapulting the issue into public discourse, says there may never be consensus on what to do with the site. A statement from the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says possible future outcomes for the Kamloops Indian Residential School property include excavation or preserving its orchard as a sacred site, “a place of memory and healing.”The nation says its investigation is ongoing, with the findings so far pointing to several areas of focus, with “signatures that resemble burials” identified in…

Drone strikes in Sudan’s Kordofan region are killing civilians and disrupting aid as the war grinds on.

Meta Platforms ‘ pledge to spend billions of dollars on Nvidia chips is a much-needed shot in the arm for the AI semiconductor giant and its recently middling stock. Nvidia’s scorching multiyear rally had cooled off in recent months, as investor dollars moved into other buzzy corners of the chip market like memory and storage, and Google’s impressive AI models built on its in-house chips fanned competition concerns. But now, Meta’s commitment to Nvidia should remind the market of Nvidia’s technology advantages and its central role in the broader AI buildout. “Nvidia has been such a drag on this market…

Trump's "Board of Peace" is pledging five billion dollars to rebuild Gaza and thousands of foreign troops.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Even as City Hall describes parts of its spending plan as “actions of last resort,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani is steering millions into an expanding “racial equity” bureaucracy and six-figure diversity positions.To finance the $127 billion agenda, the plan carries steep trade-offs — higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations, a potential 9.5% property tax increase if state lawmakers decline to act and a 5,000-officer reduction in the New York City Police Department’s ranks.Mamdani’s budget is far from inconsequential. In a city of nearly 9 million people that represents the center of global…