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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Virginia state Del. Jay Jones secured the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general.The Associated Press projects that Jones has won the Democratic primary and will challenge incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares this November. Miyares was elected attorney general in 2021 alongside Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who is term-limited this year, and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican gubernatorial nominee. All three Republicans flipped Democratic seats during the statewide elections in 2021, and Democrats are seeking to regain control of Virginia later this year. President Donald Trump’s name did not appear at the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Michigan mother is heartbroken again after the teenager who killed her son in a 2023 car crash was spared prison time during his sentencing last week.Grosse Pointe police initially responded to the single-vehicle crash on Nov. 17, 2023, and located the defendant, Kiernan Tague, belted into the driver’s seat, and the 18-year-old victim, Flynn MacKrell, unresponsive and belted into the passenger seat. Prosecutors accused Tague of driving about 100 mph in a 25-mph zone around 9 p.m. when he crashed the vehicle into a telephone pole.The defendant was initially charged with second-degree…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Kelowna is opening the door to new discussions about who should pay for what — and how much — when it comes to city services. During Monday’s council meeting, city officials agreed to start developing a policy framework for setting and reviewing fees and charges for various services, including recreation programs, daycare, and other community offerings.Mayor Tom Dyas said the goal is to ensure services remain accessible, but also financially sustainable.“We want to be able to continue offering a variety of services — sports, daycare, whatever it may be…

Labor is celebrating after the High Court backed its action against the CFMEU after revelations of endemic corruption and criminal gang links.

French forward Kylian Mbappe is battling illness on the eve of Club World Cup opener for Real Madrid against Al Hilal.Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe is a doubt for the club’s opening Club World Cup match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal after missing training on Tuesday due to illness. The club said Mbappe had been suffering from a fever, with newly-appointed manager Xabi Alonso, who will make his debut in the dugout in Wednesday’s match, adding that a decision on his participation would be made in the morning. “Kylian was a bit better this morning, but he was not fully fit,…

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R. Kelly was hospitalized for an overdose after prison staff gave him “an amount of medicine that could have killed him” and was later forcibly removed from a hospital against medical advice, his lawyer alleged in a statement to CBS News and a federal court filing.The disgraced singer’s lawyer, Beau Brindley, is requesting that a judge move him to home detention from the North Carolina prison where he is serving his sentences.”Mr. Kelly’s life is in danger and the threat comes from Bureau of Prisons officers whose duty is to protect him,” Brindley wrote in a court motion filed Monday.He…

The World Liberty Financial website arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Senate on Tuesday passed the GENIUS Act, a landmark bill that for the first time establishes federal guardrails for U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins and creates a regulated pathway for private companies to issue digital dollars with the blessing of the federal government.The bill passed with a 68-30 vote.It’s a milestone day for the crypto industry, which put around $250 million into the 2024 cycle to elect what’s now considered to be the most pro-crypto Congress in U.S.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joe Mauer entered the Baseball Hall of Fame last year with a career that’s getting rarer each MLB season as he spent it all with the Minnesota Twins.Mauer, who is from St. Paul, Minnesota, and was the No. 1 overall pick of the Twins in 2001, played each of his 15 MLB seasons with the organization. He was a one-time American League MVP, hit 143 home runs, batted .306 and was an All-Star six times. Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer (Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports)Todd Helton, Tony Oliva, Derek Jeter, Edgar Martinez, Mariano…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The human remains found in a ritzy Rhode Island beach town near pop icon Taylor Swift’s mansion have been identified as police close the investigation.The remains washed ashore on May 14 in the wealthy coastal enclave of Watch Hill, part of the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, just down the beach from a sprawling mansion owned by Swift. The South Kingstown Police Department positively identified the remains of Eric Wein, 31, of Massachusetts, who was reported missing on April 18.Police said Wein’s vehicle was located in South Kingstown on April 10, days before…