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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A crowd of rowdy teenagers swarmed the Navy Yard waterfront in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, the latest in a series of “viral takeovers” challenging city officials.Video captured by D.C. activist Elissa De Souza posted on X showed a mass of people in a busy intersection in the city’s Navy Yard neighborhood Sunday.”What should’ve been a great night out in Navy Yard turned into something we’re seeing far too often,” De Souza wrote. “This isn’t a one-off—it’s a repeat pattern, and it’s happening later and later into the night. Residents and visitors…

Canada’s provinces and territories plan to create a single nationwide standard for workplace training that Ontario’s labour minister touts as a “one Canada, one standard” plan. The plan will see the 13 jurisdictions work to harmonize training for working at heights and mobile lifts by Jan. 1, 2027.The proposal was put forward by Minister David Piccini and endorsed by all provinces and territories, along with the federal Secretary of State for Labour John Zerucelli.“I think it was a fundamental recognition that a certification earned anywhere should mean something everywhere and that provincial borders shouldn’t be provincial barriers,” Piccini told Global…

It has been a swift and spectacular fall from grace for US Democratic politician Eric Swalwell, who stands accused of multiple sexual assault allegations.

NewsFeedCement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French court. Former CEO Bruno Lafont was sentenced to six years in prison. Prosecutors said they paid millions to armed groups to keep a Syrian plant running. Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler explains the ruling.Published On 13 Apr 202613 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Former AI company founder and CEO Matt Shumer joins “CBS Mornings” to break down Anthropic’s report about one of its AI models, Claude Mythos Preview. In the report, the company warned the program was “too powerful” to be released to the public and it worried about the program, which is designed to find security flaws in software, falling into the “wrong hands.”

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Saturday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to temporarily resume construction of his planned White House ballroom, granting a near-term win to the administration as it pushes forward with the nearly $400 million project. The case stems from a lawsuit filed late last year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sought to block the construction. The group argued that the project violates multiple federal laws, including the Administrative Procedure Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and charged that the plans amounted…

Eric Swalwell ends California governor campaign amid sexual misconduct allegations Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his California governor campaign amid sexual misconduct allegations. The Department of Homeland Security also is investigating claims Swalwell employed a Brazilian nanny without work authorization and paid approximately $89,700 from campaign funds between 2021-2025. Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno explains potential criminal and immigration law violations. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is investigating sex assault allegations against embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who suspended his campaign to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom after the accusations…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Daniil Medvedev is known for having on-court outbursts, and his latest resulted in a fine for his actions at the Monte Carlo Masters last week.The former world number one men’s singles star was assessed a $7,000 fine by the ATP Tour on Monday for smashing his racket seven times during a blowout loss to Matteo Berrettini.Medvedev, who ranks 10th in the world, was hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct violation by the chair umpire during the tennis match after what transpired early in the second set of his match against Berrettini on Wednesday.…

Members of the Liberal party voted in favour of setting 16 as the age for Canadians to be able to use social media accounts at the federal policy convention on Saturday — but experts say it’s not that simple. Quebec MP Rachel Bendayan, who presented the idea to her caucus and championed it at the convention, said prolonged social media use can be harmful to the mental health of young Canadians.This comes as Australia’s current social media ban for youth under 16 years old continues to spur debate in a growing number of countries about whether to follow suit.In addition,…

A deadline has passed for the start of a US military blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports as authorities in Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down.Oil prices surged, with no sign of a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to ease the biggest ever disruption in supplies.Since the war started on February 28, Iran has largely shut the strait to vessels except its own, saying passage would be permitted only under Iranian control and subject to a fee.US President Donald Trump said United States forces would…