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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida mom was arrested Saturday after chaos erupted at a youth football game — ending with an adult allegedly kicking a child, authorities said.Renee Lambert was taken into custody and charged with child abuse without great bodily harm and resisting an officer after she allegedly stormed a Pop Warner game at Brooks Park in Fort Myers and kicked a juvenile player, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies working security at the park said they were called to the field after a fight broke out between players following a play. Video…

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It’s not a matter of if —  but when. In Lethbridge, some residents have already experienced evacuations as part of emergencies in 2026.“The very first fire we had this year, it was scary how close it got to those condos on Scenic (Drive),” said Troy Hicks, chief fire marshal for Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services.Across Alberta, floods and fires have some communities on edge.“We are seeing some overland flooding from ice jams, as well as this weekend there were also two major wildfires,” said Breea Tamminga, emergency management coordinator for Lethbridge County.“I think that is also a huge perspective in…

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On paper, Sanae Takaichi’s visit to Australia should have been a blockbuster.Having broken the mother of all ceilings, charmed the world with her drumming skills and survived Donald Trump’s Pearl Harbour gag in the Oval Office with aplomb, the visit by Japan’s first female prime minister was one to eagerly anticipate.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been on a diplomatic roll this year, unveiling the red carpet for a host of world leaders, including EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canada’s Mark Carney and now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi.In today’s climate, welcoming faraway friends to our soil is a vital and…

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NOT THE END OF THE STORYIt’s encouraging that this is happening in large economies like China and in emerging markets with historically strong reading cultures such as India, but this is by no means the end of the story.Surveys suggest that on average, Asians read fewer books than their counterparts in the West. In fact, India is the only Asian nation that makes it to a top six list of countries that read the most per capita and that statistic likely reflects only the habits of the middle and upper classes.Embedding reading more firmly in education systems, the way that…

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ISIS-linked group has tortured, killed and abducted civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including children.Amnesty International has accused a rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of mass war crimes and crimes against humanity.In a damning new report published Monday, the rights group said the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) was behind multiple cases of murder, abductions, forced labour and marriage, sexual abuse of women and girls, and the exploitation of children.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe report is entitled “I’d Never Seen So Many Bodies: War Crimes by the Allied Democratic Forces in the eastern…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joe Kaufman knows what it’s like to lose a close race in a historically Democratic District. In fact, in the 2024 election cycle, Kaufman ran in the closest congressional race in the state, narrowly losing in the 23rd district to incumbent Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., a two-term congressman who has sought to build a moderate profile.Florida has just completed its redistricting process, and this time around, Kaufman is confident that he can win, despite the Republicans facing headwinds.Kaufman confirmed to Fox News Digital that in 2026, he will be running in the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The first Monday in May is back.Lauren Sánchez Bezos dazzled in a midnight blue gown as she kicked off arrivals for the Met Gala.The 2026 Met Gala is held annually at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The coveted, invite-only event welcomes the biggest stars in Hollywood to raise money to support the Costume Institute. According to Town & Country, the Met Gala broke records this year and raised $42 million.The outlet reported that individual tickets cost $100,000, and this year’s event is primarily funded by Jeff Bezos and Lauren…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida detectives are pursuing a group of teenagers whose late-night joyride across a local golf course left the pristine landscape scarred by deep tire tracks and thousands of dollars in property damage.It happened around 7:17 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, at the Weston Hills Golf Course, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO).Deputies responding to reports of suspicious activity arrived to find evidence of significant damage to the course’s greens. A witness at the scene told deputies that several juveniles had been riding motorized bikes and a golf cart across the course.The…

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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the identity of Canada’s next governor general on Tuesday, Global News has learned. Carney, on Monday, was travelling back to Ottawa from the Armenian capital of Yerevan where he had participated in the 8th European Political Community summit.Neither he nor his senior aides were available to comment while they were in transit but his public itinerary for Tuesday indicates that, on Tuesday morning, he will be in Ottawa to “announce a new appointment.”The current governor general, Mary Simon, an Inuk woman born in northern Québec, was…

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