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For decades, California lawmakers requested state audits, Californians have paid for those audits, and the State Auditor provided detailed recommendations on how to fix waste, fraud, and oversight failures across state government. In most cases, CBS News California found lawmakers did not act on those recommendations. CLICK TO EXPLORE: California Lawmaker Audit Accountability Tracker When they did act, former majority party leaders quietly killed dozens of audit-backed bills in committee. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed at least a dozen more. A CBS News California investigation found lawmakers failed to enact roughly three out of every four state audit recommendations directed at the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida police arrested an agitator outside President Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course this weekend.Police say the man, identified as Paul Messer, was engaging with anti-Trump protesters across from the golf club on Sunday when he got into a verbal dispute with another protester and struck her multiple times in the upper chest and neck with a metal flagpole, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.The woman stumbled backward and had visible redness on the right side of her neck. Messer was taken into custody and transported to the Palm Beach…

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted February 16, 2026 12:37 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s immigration department says it still expects Ukrainians who fled the war with Russia to return to their home country once the conflict ends. That’s in spite of comments from Immigration Minister Lena Diab, who recently acknowledged that many Ukrainians who came to Canada on temporary visas are here to stay.Nearly 300,000 people came to Canada through an emergency work and study visa program that was launched after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four…

A decade after Dennis Cometti hung up the headset at Channel 7 the legendary sports commentator will be celebrated through an in-depth special documentary Centimetre Perfect to be aired later this year.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Diego Nacasio, 43, works full time as a salesman at a large hardware store in Florencio Varela, a city in the greater Buenos Aires area. He says he doesn’t need a calendar to know what day of the month it is. By the time his salary and that of his wife, who also works full time in a shop, run out, it is around the 15th.From then on, they look for extra jobs, find things to sell, use their credit cards, and get small loans to pay for basics, including food, until the next paycheques arrive.“I have…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A growing number of U.S. states have introduced legislation that would make it a felony for protesters to disrupt church services or other places of worship, in an apparent effort to head off anti-ICE demonstrations like those that unfolded weeks earlier in Minnesota.In Ohio, two GOP lawmakers introduced a new bill, HB 662, that would reclassify interfering with religious services from a first-degree misdemeanor to a fifth-degree felony. The authors of the legislation, Republican Reps. Tex Fischer and Johnathan Newman, pointed to the recent Minnesota unrest as the driver behind their new…

Apple Podcasts on App Store displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesApple on Monday announced that it will bring a new integrated video podcast experience to Apple Podcasts this spring.The move comes as video viewership continues to reshape podcasting. About 37% of people over age 12 watch video podcasts monthly, according to Edison Research.The update brings Apple Podcasts more in-line with its competitors Spotify, YouTube and now Netflix, which have increasingly leaned into video podcasting.”Twenty years ago,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TUCSON, Ariz. — As the Nancy Guthrie case enters week three, investigators and the public are awaiting potentially pivotal DNA results tied to a glove recovered near the scene.But according to retired FBI agent Jason Pack, even a major forensic development may not be the silver bullet many are expecting.”From the perspective of an agent who’s sat in that war room waiting on lab results, DNA is one of the most powerful tools we have, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood by the public,” Pack told Fox News Digital.When investigators…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 16, 2026 1:27 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A public inquiry has concluded that Quebec’s automobile insurance board lied to the provincial government to conceal exploding costs in the creation of the agency’s online platform. The inquiry overseen by Judge Denis Gallant says officials at the auto board undertook a “conscious effort” to mislead the public about the total costs of the project. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. However,…

Gen Z is leading a new wave of city dwellers eyeing a move to the regions, with almost half considering swapping skyscrapers for the great outdoors.Australians aged 18 to 29 have overtaken millennials (aged 30 to 45) as the cohort most eager to leave the city for the regions, with 49 per cent considering the move, Regional Australia Institute research shows.More than 5.3 million Australians – about 37 per cent of metropolitan residents – say they would consider making the shift.For generation Z, the financial pull is particularly strong, with more than half (52 per cent) citing cheaper living costs…