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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Top Minnesota Democrats are demanding the federal government “pay for what they broke” following weeks of DHS’ immigration enforcement surge — a demand that comes after fraudsters stole as much as $18 billion from taxpayers who funded the state’s social services programs under their watch.Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey both made public overtures to the feds for reimbursement for usage of state and city resources and recouping of other alleged damages.”The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There [is] going to be…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A secondary inspection of a commercial truck has led to the seizure of more than 250 kilograms of methamphetamine at the Canada-U.S. border. The Canada Border Services Agency says it referred a commercial truck to secondary inspection at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry on Feb. 4. The vehicle was arriving from the U.S.A detector dog was brought in to assist. On examination of the trailer, border service officers detected 16 duffel bags containing suspected methamphetamine. The total weight of the narcotics was 266.4 kilograms, or more than 587 pounds, officials said.…

Back when Nick Riewoldt went so close to captaining a St Kilda AFL premiership, coach Ross Lyon rated only one teammate higher.”It’s a silver medal I’m happy to collect,” Riewoldt said of Lenny Hayes, the 2010 drawn grand final Norm Smith Medallist.The switch of Hayes from an assistant coach under Lyon to their new football department boss might be one of the most important changes in a massive off-season at Moorabbin.It means Hayes will be Lyon’s right-hand man and an important counterpoint to a man renowned as one of the AFL coaching mavericks.”There’s a bit of yin and yang about…

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (Feb 17) congratulated Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman following the “decisive victory” of his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the country’s general election last week.The BNP won the Feb 12 election in a landslide, securing a two-thirds majority in parliament.The son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and President Ziaur Rahman, Mr Rahman was sworn in as the prime minister on Tuesday.”I wish to convey my warmest congratulations on your decisive victory in the Bangladesh general elections on Feb 12, 2026,” said Mr Wong in a letter to Mr Rahman.”The strong…

In the mid-20th century, British colonial planners envisioned a single university college for all of West Africa, to be located in Ibadan, Nigeria. Nigeria’s larger population, political influence, and central location made it the natural choice. Smaller colonies, including the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana), were expected to rely on Nigeria to train administrators, scientists, and professionals.Ghana’s leaders, however, recognized the risk. A nation preparing for self-government could not depend on another territory to educate its future leaders. Against prevailing colonial assumptions, the Gold Coast pursued its own university, treating higher education not as a luxury but as a foundation for…

Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as Bangladesh’s 11th prime minister with his 49-member cabinet, five days after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to power in the first elections since a 2024 student-led uprising.Among the cabinet members are Nurul Haque Nur and Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki (popularly known as Zonayed Saki), first-time parliamentarians who were prominent in the uprising that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Nur, who was catapulted to prominence in the wake of the 2018 antijob-quota movement, and Saki, a popular left-leaning leader, are not from the BNP, which has returned to power after 20 years.Rahman, the…

 Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, is being remembered as “a role model for a generation” in the words of Marc Morial, the president of National Urban League, the civil rights organization that awarded Jackson a lifetime achievement award in 2018.”I’m remembering him as a role model for a generation of us who ran for office in the ’90s,” Morial told “CBS Mornings.” “His presidential campaigns of ’84 and ’88 were influential in how he conducted a campaign to really bring people who were locked out and left out, people who were not registered, but also because…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Savannah, Georgia elementary school teacher was killed Monday morning in a traffic collision after authorities say a man fleeing federal immigration officers crashed into her vehicle.The crash happened about 7:45 a.m. on Monday at a busy intersection, according to the Chatham County Police Department. Officers responding to the scene found two vehicles involved. Both drivers were transported to a hospital, where the female driver was pronounced dead. The male driver, identified as 38-year-old Oscar Vasquez Lopez, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools announced that the victim was Dr. Linda Davis, a…

Matt Shumer joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss his now viral article, “Something Big Is Happening.” He writes that AI’s “capability for massive disruption could be here by the end of this year.” Shumer explains why he wrote the article, and his message to concerned readers.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The annual rate of consumer inflation in Canada cooled slightly in January, according to the latest data, even as prices increased again — though at a slower pace  — for food and other essentials. The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.3 per cent last month compared with a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada. That’s down slightly from December’s reading of 2.4 per cent. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. CPI reports calculate the average rate at…