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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police are investigating what they say was an illegal street takeover that blocked a busy intersection over the weekend with dangerous stunts and multiple fireworks in Plymouth Township, Pennsylvania.Multiple cars were caught on video “spinning uncontrollably throughout the intersection” as some passengers hung outside the vehicles before fleeing from the police on Sunday evening. “At approximately 8:03 p.m., the Plymouth Township Police Department received numerous calls regarding street racing in the middle of the intersection,” the police said in a press release on Tuesday.Several vehicles recklessly drove donuts in the middle of the…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 18, 2025 1:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s public security minister says transgender inmates will be incarcerated according to their anatomical sex, not their gender identity. François Bonnardel says in a statement the measure is to ensure the safety of all inmates. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. He says inmates’ bodies will be scanned to determine which detention centre they will be directed to, adding…

Australians living in and visiting Israel are defiant in the face of Iranian missile strikes and escalating threats from its adversary’s leaders.

Nippon Steel’s $14.9bn acquisition of US Steel has conferred an unusual degree of power for United States President Donald Trump after the Japanese company’s 18-month struggle to close the purchase. The deal closed on Wednesday, the companies said. Under the deal terms, Nippon bought 100 percent of US Steel shares at $55 per share which was first used in December 2023. A news release on the filing also discloses details of a national security agreement inked with the Trump administration, which gives Trump the authority to name a board member, as well as a non-economic golden share. Eiji Hashimoto, Nippon…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to elaborate on potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, telling a Senate panel Wednesday his job is to ensure President Trump “has options and is informed of what those options might be.”Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine testified Wednesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, as the president mulls joining Israel’s offensive against Iran. “My job, our job, Chairman and I, at all times is to make sure we, the president, has options and is informed of what those options might be and what the ramifications of what those options…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Dead men tell no tales, in Lebanon as much as anywhere else. But in that country in particular, they are also not even legal persons with estates.Almost a year since Mozambique won a landmark claim for nearly $2bn in damages from Privinvest, the Gulf shipbuilder, over the tuna bond fraud — a scandal over a decade old — this finer point of Lebanese inheritance law became a surprisingly critical obstacle to whether it might see the money.So we thought it was worth…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Hong Kong’s property market was once seen as a financial outlier in Asia. It was defined by scarce land, strong legal safeguards and disciplined local developers. Even as mainland China’s property groups were engulfed in a chaotic storm of defaults and debt, investor confidence in Hong Kong’s developers held, thanks to the belief that pricing dynamics and balance sheets in the city were fundamentally more resilient.But that perception is under renewed scrutiny. Property transactions in Hong Kong fell 28 per cent in…

“Inside Edition” correspondent Alison Hall says actress Olivia Munn saved her life by sharing her breast cancer story publicly, leading Hall to seek testing that detected her own early-stage cancer.Hall was diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer after taking a breast cancer risk assessment test following Munn’s advocacy for early detection. The diagnosis came during Hall’s first MRI screening.”I had no idea that this story would truly save my life,” Hall said. “To get this early diagnosis, she really gave me the gift of early detection by sharing her story.”The two women met for the first time Saturday at Leon’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Defense is sending thousands more National Guard troops to protect federal property amid anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in Los Angeles. “By direction of the Secretary of Defense and in coordination with U.S. Northern Command, 2,000 additional California Army National Guard soldiers have been activated in a Title 10 status to support the protection of federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area,” according to a Tuesday release from U.S. Northern Command. The release says that the 49th Military Police Brigade will be sent to serve alongside the…

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of one of the world’s biggest stablecoins, and Circle co-founder Sean Neville pose outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on the day of the company’s IPO in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. NYSEShares of Circle and Coinbase rallied on Wednesday, as Wall Street cheered the Senate’s passage of the GENIUS Act, which would establish a federal framework for U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins. Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, rose 22% following the passing of the bill late Tuesday. It’s the continuation of a remarkable run for Circle’s stock…