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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! War Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Iran does not have so-called “kamikaze dolphins” — dismissing an unusual claim that emerged from recent reporting on Iran’s potential tactics in the Strait of Hormuz.”I can’t confirm or deny whether we have kamikaze dolphins, but I can confirm they don’t,” Hegseth said during a Pentagon briefing Tuesday. The question stems from a Wall Street Journal report that said Iranian officials have at least discussed reviving a Cold War-era program involving trained dolphins capable of carrying mines toward enemy ships.Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas man facing charges for allegedly killing his pregnant wife has reportedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled abroad. Lee Mongerson Gilley, 39, is accused of murdering his wife, Christa Bauer Gilley, and the couple’s unborn child in Houston in 2024, according to KPRC. Gilley was set to appear in court Tuesday, but instead flew from Texas to Canada, and finally Italy, where he told authorities he was seeking asylum after being “wrongfully prosecuted” and is fearful of receiving the death penalty, his attorney told the outlet. “I’m concerned that the prosecution will…

A Vancouver couple is crediting the Downtown Eastside community and police, for finding their two and a half year old pug, who went missing for nearly a week last month. Munchy means everything to us,” Jessica Chen told Global News in an interview. “I would say Munchy was the beginning of our relationship.”Chen and her partner, Warren Chen, went to high school together in Taiwan and got Munchy when they started dating during university. Jessica attended UBC while Warren went to the University of Washington in Seattle.The pug has accompanied the couple on road trips to California, Arizona and Nevada,…

Spies will scour gaming platforms and social media for extremist content in a bid to clamp down on terrorist activity across Australia.The federal budget will include funding to set up a national centre for online counter-terrorism work, to be jointly run by spy agency ASIO and federal police.The $74 million program will have specialist counter-terror investigators and analysts monitor high-risk online spaces, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said in a statement.”We already have centres dedicated to protecting children and combating cyber crime; establishing a centre for online violence extremism and terrorism is the next logical step in a fast-moving threat…

“NEW FACE”Political analyst Sushila Ramaswamy said that the BJP’s victory in West Bengal would consolidate the party’s hold in eastern India.”It’s a tremendous victory,” she told AFP.”It also shows the electoral machinery of the BJP, how effective and how much detailing goes into their election campaign. And it establishes the BJP as the dominant party in the country.”Modi, in his address to BJP members and supporters in Delhi, urged peace and calm across the election zone.”Today, when the BJP has won, the talk should not be of ‘revenge’, but of ‘change’. Not of fear, but of the future”, he said.In…

The deal comes days after the Pentagon announces an agreement with seven tech giants to use AI in classified systems.Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026Tech giants Microsoft, Google and xAI say they will allow the United States federal government access to their new artificial intelligence models for national security testing.The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the Department of Commerce announced the agreement on Tuesday amid increasing concerns about the capabilities that Anthropic’s newly unveiled Mythos model could give hackers.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUnder the new agreement, the US government will be allowed to…

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford to discuss his new children’s book, “Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence,” why he tells young people they are the luckiest people alive “in the history of the world” and more.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Southern California rescue call turned tragic Saturday afternoon when a hiker fell into a steep ravine along the rugged Mount Wilson Trail and was later found dead.Rescuers responded around 1:51 p.m. after reports that a hiker had fallen below the trail near a challenging “fixed rope” section, the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team said in a statement. Climbers often rely on anchored lines to navigate steep terrain.Search and rescue crews, along with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Air 5 helicopter medics, located the man about 30 feet below the trail…

Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will be Canada’s next governor general, replacing Mary Simon in the role, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. Simon, who made history in 2021 by becoming the first Indigenous person to be named as the representative for Canada’s head of state, will see her five-year term end this July.“Canada is a wonderful country, shaped by its diversity of people, of perspectives and experiences, but I think shaped, also, mostly by a common respect for strong public institutions and for the rule of law,” Arbour said.“I will strive to serve with honour, dedication and integrity,”…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Tuesday that the company will cut roughly 14% of its workforce, or about 700 employees, citing a combination of market volatility and AI quickly changing how the company operates. The move comes ahead of Coinbase’s first-quarter earnings, which the company is scheduled to report Thursday. Shares fell 3% midday, after gaining in premarket trading. In a memo to employees, which he shared on X early Tuesday, Armstrong described the decision as necessary to position the firm for its “next phase of growth” while navigating the current downturn in the crypto market. He cited two “forces…