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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant with alleged ties to a violent gang who was deported to El Salvador, had been transferred from the country’s notorious mega prison, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), days before U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., arrived in the country last week to push for his freedom.Van Hollen told reporters after returning to the U.S. on Friday and again on Sunday that Abrego Garcia, 29, is no longer in CECOT, a claim that was filed in the government’s daily update, obtained by Fox News, and now confirmed in writing by the State Department.The filing…

All David Hyde Pierce has to do is step out on stage, and he gets applause, even before he launches into the idiotic tongue-twister from “The Pirates of Penzance”:I am the very model of a modern Major-General,I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historicalFrom Marathon to Waterloo, in order categoricalWith practically no expression on his face, babbling away, all kinds of commotion around him, he’s funny. I asked, “Why do you think ‘less is more’ can be funny?””Well, I think so much of theater, rightly, is MORE,” Pierce replied. “Sometimes, what’s…

Rookie sensation Ingrid Lindblad has broken through for her maiden LPGA Tour win as Australian stars Minjee Lee and Hannah Green tuned up nicely for golf’s first women’s major of the year.Lindblad converted a three-way share of the third-round lead into a nailbiting one-shot victory at the LA Championship with a closing four-under-par 68 on Sunday (Monday AEST).The 25-year-old former world amateur No.1 prevailed after fellow tour rookie Akie Iwai bogeyed the last hole trying to match Lindblad’s 21-under total to force a playoff.German Esther Henseleit fired a bogey-free 64 to share third with Iwai’s fellow Japanese first-year LPGA player…

Traffic moves along midtown Manhattan on February 19, 2025 in New York City. Earlier in the day, the Trump administration terminated approval of New York City congestion pricing. Alex Kent | Getty ImagesNew York City’s $9 congestion toll on drivers in Manhattan’s busiest areas will remain in effect, despite the federal government’s Sunday deadline to scrap the program.In a statement on the deadline, a spokesperson for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, “The program is working. Traffic is down, business is up and the cameras are staying on.”The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday said it expected New York to comply…

The Congolese government accuses former leader Kabila of backing M23 rebels.The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crises. Instability and violence have killed at least 7,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes since the start of this year. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have taken large areas in the east, including the city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. And there are fears the tense and fragile situation could worsen after former President Joseph Kabila returned from exile. Kabila says he returned to the DRC to “participate in…

President Donald Trump is “hopeful” Russia and Ukraine can make a deal this week after a temporary Easter ceasefire between the two countries ended.  “Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.”Both will then start to do big business with the United States of America, which is thriving, and make a fortune!”The war between the two countries has raged for more than three years and has cost the lives of tens of thousands of people on both sides. PUTIN ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY EASTER CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE WAR President Trump says the…

The rise in patriotism prompted by the U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport of basketball belongs on that list. A brick building nestled between an empty lot and a sports bar in St. Stephen, N.B., is claimed to house the world’s oldest surviving basketball court, with records of a game being played there on Oct. 17, 1893.For years, locals have been trying to get the site properly recognized and converted into a museum, and now there is hope that the surge…

For the 40th time in his managerial career, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected, and the reasoning came one pitch after Aaron Judge appeared to be robbed of a home run by the umpires at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday afternoon. The Tampa Bay Rays’ replacement home field, which usually serves as the Yankees’ spring training facility, was part of the problem when Judge roped a ball 111.7 mph off his bat to left field in the top of the eighth inning. It wasn’t a matter of whether it would leave the park; would the ball stay fair?The…

Seven people have died in coastal drownings over the Easter long weekend as beachgoers take advantage of unseasonally warm weather in popular regions.

United States President Donald Trump’s administration announced a major military offensive against the Houthis a few weeks ago.The United States has carried out more air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, after targeting Kamaran Island and Marib governorate earlier, Houthi media outlets report. No details on casualties have been provided yet. In Sanaa, two US airstrikes targeted the area of Attan, which has been controlled by the rebel movement since 2014. US airstrikes also reportedly targeted a sanitation project in the Asir area, as well as the Furwah neighbourhood and a popular market in the Shoub district, according to Houthi media.…