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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight Friday after Congress failed to reach a funding deal — and some lawmakers’ decision to attend an international gathering in Europe this weekend is drawing criticism from colleagues on both sides of the aisle.”It’s absurd, I hope the American people are paying attention,” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital.The deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by the end of the week came with a built-in complication: members of both chambers were scheduled to attend the annual Munich Security Conference,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! World Curling has addressed the cheating allegations that rocked Friday night’s round-robin game between Canada and Sweden, concluding that “no violations were recorded” during the umpires’ observations that followed the claims.Tensions flared when Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson accused Canada’s Marc Kennedy of double-touching the stone. Videos shared online appeared to show Kennedy touching the stone with an extended finger after he released the handle.  Sweden’s Rasmus Wranaa (L) reacts next to Canada’s Ben Hebert during the curling men’s round-robin between Canada and Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics at the Cortina Curling Olympic…

Police have said the teenage shooter who killed eight people and herself in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., had previously been apprehended under the Mental Health Act. In a Wednesday press conference, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said police had previously visited the home where Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, lived, and that she had been apprehended under the act on multiple occasions.Here’s what you need to know about the act.THE FRAMEWORKEach province has a mental health act, which is designed to outline a legal framework of what should happen when a person with a mental illness needs treatment and protection for themselves…

Analyses of samples taken from late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny indicate he was poisoned with a lethal toxin while imprisoned in Russia.

Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoA deadly exchange of drone strikes has killed one person in Ukraine and one in Russia and cast doubts on the prospects of a ceasefire before another round of negotiations to end the war next week.News of the deaths comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalled hurdles to reaching an agreement in Geneva as the conflict is about to enter its fifth year.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listZelenskyy told world leaders at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday while he hopes “substantive” progress will be reached during…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told CBS News immigration is an issue the country has “punted on for a very long time” amid the nation’s heated debate over federal enforcement.While he has publicly condemned the Trump administration’s immigration policies as a “cruel and reckless political agenda,” he told CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell that former President Joe Biden “did not have this right.””We needed to do more. That, I don’t think anyone can argue that we had the system worked out under President Biden – that immigration was worked out,” he said during a town hall, airing Sunday at 8…

In the world of big food, artificial intelligence is nothing new.McCormick, which owns brands including Frank’s RedHot, Cholula and Old Bay, has been using AI in flavor development for nearly a decade, with the company saying its development timelines have been cut by 20% to 25%, on average, by identifying promising flavor combinations and narrowing down which ideas are worth testing in physical prototypes. It’s a similar story at Unilever, where AI is deeply embedded across food research & development, with systems able to test thousands of recipes digitally in seconds and get to viable concepts with fewer physical trials. Unilever’s Knorr Fast & Flavourful Paste, as…

Heavy headlines and the dreariness of winter got Kacie Sinclair thinking of ways to brighten the days of the 19 elders who live at the Ochekwi Sipi Cree Nation Personal Care Home on Fisher River Cree Nation, an hour north of Winnipeg. The activity director saw a care home in the U.S. looking for Valentine’s Day greetings for residents and she thought, why not do the same?“With winter and it’s kind of isolated around this time and we just want to brighten everyone’s day with some Valentine’s cards and spread the love,” Sinclair told Global News on Jan 20.They put…

Progress around key crypto legislations in the US remains stuck in limbo, effectively capping price action as institutional capital remains on the sidelines.After a year of blistering gains that saw Bitcoin soar from under $70,000 to an all-time high of $126,000 in October, the flagship crypto has crashed to multi-month lows.Bitcoin’s rally last year was primarily fueled by President Trump’s return to office and a renewed political mandate to make the United States “the crypto capital of the world.”Subsequently, a string of pro-industry appointments and legislative efforts, including the GENIUS Act for stablecoins, initially buoyed sentiment. But market euphoria has…

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlphabet’s debt sale keeps getting bigger.The company is close to finalizing a global bond issuance in excess of $30 billion, according to two people familiar with the deal, an increase from the $20 billion it raised on Monday.On Tuesday morning, Alphabet went to the European market to raise roughly $11 billion in sterling and Swiss francs, said the people, who asked not to be named because the details are private. Bloomberg…