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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Three people died and nearly 20 first responders were quarantined Wednesday after exposure to an unidentified substance at a New Mexico home, authorities said.New Mexico State Police said officers responded around 11 a.m. to a residence in Mountainair, New Mexico, to assist the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office with what was initially believed to be a suspected overdose involving an unknown substance.Authorities said four people were found unresponsive inside the residence. Three of them were pronounced dead, according to a police statement.Officials said 18 first responders were exposed to the substance and later…

North American stock markets opened lower Thursday as oil prices rose and treasury yields resumed their climb amid the ongoing stalemate between Iran and the U.S. High yields slow economies and weigh on prices for stocks, cryptocurrencies and all kinds of other investments. Besides driving up rates for mortgages, they could also curtail companies’ borrowing to build the artificial-intelligence data centers that have been supporting the U.S. economy’s growth recently.The 30-year Treasury bond’s yield US30YT=RR, which is seen as a barometer of geopolitical and fiscal risk, was last up 1.7 bps at 5.139 per cent. It briefly touched 5.197 per cent on…

A rebel-held area of the Democratic Republic of Congo – hundreds of kilometres from an Ebola outbreak’s epicentre – has recorded a fatal case of ‌the disease.

The United States Department of Justice has introduced an “anti-weaponisation fund” that will be used to financially compensate people who claim they have been unfairly targeted by the federal government.The fund, announced on Monday, is part of a settlement arising from a lawsuit that President Donald Trump filed against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this year, blaming it for a leak of his tax information.How did the ‘anti-weaponisation fund’ come about?Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tax information was leaked to The New York Times. In 2023, Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former contractor at the IRS, was accused of providing those…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Josh Duhamel is leaning into the Western cowboy role to revive his decades-long career in Hollywood.In March, Duhamel was slated as a character in the upcoming show, “The Rescue.” According to Deadline, the Paramount project is “a modern day Western, in which a rodeo cowboy’s skills are put to the test outside the arena.””The Rescue” is the next step in Duhamel’s journey to leave his Hollywood heartthrob legacy behind and step into the boots of a cowboy. He previously starred in Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” as a rancher in Texas, fighting to keep…

Veterans organization raises money for heroes with 24-hour golf marathon The co-founders of Golf Fore Veterans discuss their 24-hour golf marathon fundraiser for Memorial Day. This event honors brave men and women, aiming to raise money for veterans’ well-being. Golf offers tremendous healing powers, providing a vital outlet for those who have served. They encourage donations to support heroes. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Garrick Higgo’s now-former caddie has taken responsibility for the South African arriving late to his first round tee time at the PGA Championship.Higgo, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, was penalized two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Democratic lawmakers are threatening to force repeated votes to expel a fellow Democrat from Congress if Texas voters send her to Washington this November. Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., say they will force repeated votes to remove Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo from the House over comments calling for the jailing of “American Zionists.”Galindo, a sex therapist running in a Republican-leaning district, has not backed away from a campaign proposal to turn a local ICE processing center into a “prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking.”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Massachusetts city on Monday voted to end its contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system used by police to identify possible shootings in real time. The crime-fighting technology deploys a network of acoustic sensors mounted above streets across neighborhoods, designed to detect gunfire-like sounds and automatically alert law enforcement when a suspected shot is heard.The Cambridge City Council’s decision follows criticism from opponents who argue the system is unreliable, and can contribute to over-policing. They have also raised concerns about potential links to federal immigration enforcement.Cambridge’s move comes after Chicago announced in…

Weeks before global soccer fans are due to descend on Toronto and Vancouver for the World Cup, some Uber drivers were trying to score better working conditions during the tournament. At a routine meeting, they told the ride-hailing giant they’re worried about how they’ll contend with the traffic — and tempers — 650,000 expected guests will bring to the Canadian cities in June and July.“Increased traffic causes some customers to be antsy and nervous and frustrated,” said Barry Sawyer, national president at United Food and Commercial Workers, which offers representation to Uber drivers.“We asked Uber to make sure they communicate with all…

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