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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WNBA legend Sue Bird and former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe announced they have broken up after 10 years.The couple, who got engaged in 2020 but never married, delivered the stunning news in a statement on social media on Friday.”There really is no smooth or easy way to share this news. After a lot of thought, we’ve made the decision to separate as a couple,” their joint statement read. Megan Rapinoe (L) and Sue Bird (R) attend Michael Rubin’s Fanatics Super Bowl party at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of…

President Trump has been lobbing insults at Pope Leo XIV in response to his criticisms of the war in Iran and appeals for peace, marking an unusually pronounced rupture between the leaders of the world’s most powerful country and the world’s largest Christian denomination. But Leo criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts both before and after he was elected leader of the Catholic Church. He told reporters in November that the treatment of immigrants is “extremely disrespectful,” echoing the views of his predecessor, Pope Francis.Operation Epic Fury, which began on Feb. 28 with joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran,…

Kevin Weil, chief product officer of OpenAI, speaks during the Hill & Valley forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThree OpenAI executives announced their departures from the company on Friday, the latest in a series of leadership shakeups at the artificial intelligence startup. Bill Peebles, who led OpenAI’s defunct short-form video app Sora, and Kevin Weil, the vice president of OpenAI for Science, shared the news about their exits in separate posts on X on Friday. An OpenAI spokesperson said the company is decentralizing OpenAI for…

The 26-year-old man has been charged with drink driving in an incident that resulted in a vehicle rollover.

SYDNEY: Japan agreed on Saturday (Apr 18) on a deal to provide Australia’s navy with the first of almost a dozen stealth frigates, part of a wider military build up by Canberra aimed at boosting its long-range firepower to deter China.Under the deal announced last year and billed as one of Japan’s biggest defence export deals since World War II, Australia will pay AU$10 billion (US$6 billion) over the next 10 years to acquire the fleet of stealth frigates.Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attended the signing of the contract to deliver the first three of the ships, Australia’s defence ministry…

NewsFeedTransit fares from New York to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for World Cup matches will rise to $150, with officials citing costs not covered by FIFA, drawing criticism as other host cities kept prices lower for years.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Polygon is drawing renewed attention in the crypto market after introducing a new liquid staking token, sPOL, a move that is already influencing both price action and liquidity dynamics.The staking token, which allows users to stake while maintaining access to their capital, has effectively unlocked roughly $330 million previously tied up in staking.sPOL unlock reshapes liquidity dynamicsThe launch of sPOL marks a shift in how staking works within the Polygon ecosystem.Traditionally, staking required users to lock up their tokens, removing them from active circulation in decentralised finance.But with sPOL, users receive a liquid representation of their staked assets, which can…

Students across the U.S. protested immigration enforcement, causing some districts to close for the day in light of the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Petti in Minneapolis. Student coalitions held a “National Shutdown” on Jan. 30 and continued to protest through Feb. 3. (Getty Images) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ACTIVISM TAUGHT: Inside teachers’ union May Day ‘dress rehearsal’ critics warn will ‘groom’ students into Dem ‘foot soldiers’CAMPUS CRACKDOWN: Duke suspends Students for Justice in Palestine following complaints over antisemitic Instagram postSIGN UP TO GET THE CAMPUS RADICALS NEWSLETTERLEFTIST RHETORIC: Far-left streamer Hasan Piker warns ‘American empire’…

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Bank of America — The stock gained more than 1% after the banking giant posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter . Bank of America earned $1.11 per share on revenue of $30.43 billion. Analysts expected a profit of $1.01 per share on revenue of $29.93 billion. BofA’s strong results were bolstered by its equity sales and trading unit. Broadcom — The chipmaker jumped more than 2.5% after it announced with Meta a plan to deliver 1 gigawatt of custom chips , with further plans to deliver multiple gigawatts in the…