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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Meghan Trainor hit the brakes on her next big thing.Trainor abruptly announced she was canceling her upcoming tour as the pop star revealed growing her family and performing across the country is “more than [she] can take on right now.””After a lot of reflection and some really tough conversations, I’ve made the difficult decision to cancel ‘The Get In Girl Tour,'” she wrote Thursday on her Instagram Story.”Balancing the release of a new album, preparing for a nationwide tour, and welcoming our new baby girl to our growing family of five has…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Harrowing surveillance video captured the moment a Michigan teenager was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint by a three-time repeat offender as she and her classmates waited for their school bus earlier this week. The alleged abduction unfolded just after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 13, when police say a 16-year-old student was waiting to board her school bus near the area of Edwinand Brombach streets in Hamtramck, authorities said in a news release. While she was standing at the bus stop, surveillance video shows the moment a man allegedly approached her, held a handgun to…

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Diane Cooper and her Dalmatian have been missing for more than 10 days, and RCMP believe the 82-year-old Alberta woman is somewhere in Saskatchewan. Her last confirmed sighting was in Hoosier, Sask., a community 260 kilometres from Saskatoon, 11 days ago. If seen, she may be “disoriented and confused,” according to Mounties’ news release.Mounties believe she is still travelling with her dog, Halo.Initially, after their disappearance on April 6, an Air Tag tracking Cooper and Halo’s location was responsive, and said she was near Veteran, Alta., according to Consort RCMP.When police in Alberta responded to the call, they could not…

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Like all parents, Marlene and Caillin Blackwood want their little boy Charlie to “grow old, fall in love, have a career and enjoy his life along the way.”Marlene describes Charlie, 5, as a funny, charismatic and adorable child who deserves every opportunity to thrive. But life has not been easy for Charlie, who was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis just days after he was born.Since then he has spent more than 230 days in hospital, taken more than 27,000 doses of medicine and spent 1643 hours doing chest physiotherapy and nebulised treatments.His family lives in Bunbury, requiring hundreds of trips to…

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Lebanon and Israel are holding first direct talks in decades.Israel agreed to the 10-day pause in attacks against Lebanon but has refused to withdraw its troops from the south.The ceasefire was announced after officials met in person in Washington, DC – the first direct talks since 1993.Now, there is hope for an agreement to end Israel’s invasion and air strikes.The Iran-aligned armed group Hezbollah remains the main stumbling block.Israel says any deal must include the dismantling of the group, while Hezbollah says it will not lay down its weapons.So, is a lasting peace agreement possible?And how much influence does Iran…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Houston Texans star defensive end Will Anderson Jr. reportedly agreed to a Texas-sized contract extension on Friday.The Texans and Anderson reportedly agreed to a three-year, $150 million extension, making the 24-year-old the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history, according to multiple reports. The deal includes $134 million in guaranteed money.The Texans exercised Anderson’s fifth-year option in April. With the reported extension, Anderson is under team control for five years and will be paid $177 million overall across those seasons. Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. leaves the field after defeating the Buffalo…

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The lead career federal prosecutor in Miami who was overseeing a criminal investigation into whether former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress is no longer assigned to the case, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News on Friday.Maria Medetis Long, who is the head of the national security section for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of Florida, informed lawyers who have clients involved in the matter late this week that she was off the case, several of them confirmed. Medetis Long did not explain the reason for her removal, though a source familiar with the matter told CBS…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A swarm of one million bees shut down part of a highway for hours as authorities quickly moved to address the situation.Around 11 a.m. Friday, a pickup truck transporting the bees crashed on Interstate 40 in Knoxville, Tennessee, heading toward the Henley Street exit and unleashing the bees, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).Authorities did not say how many hives were being transported, but large-scale bee shipments are commonly used by commercial beekeepers to support agriculture and pollination efforts across the country.Drivers stuck near the crash were told to stay…

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As some cities in North America massively increase transit costs for World Cup matches, politicians in Toronto are pledging to keep train, bus and subway fares unchanged. Travel to and from some soccer stadiums in the United States on matchdays is raising concerns for travelling fans, as local agencies hike the cost of a ticket.In Boston, a ticket that normally costs US$20 return from downtown to the stadium will be set at US$80. Travel from New York to New Jersey for matches will be US$150, compared to a normal fare of less than US$15.In Toronto, however, the provincial and municipal…

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