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Authorities are investigating after targeted shootings left one Minnesota lawmaker dead and another injured. Gov. Tim Walz called the shootings “politically motivated” in a news briefing on Saturday. State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, John, were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Walz said. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded at their home in Champlin, a suburb of Minneapolis. Investigators said the shooter was dressed as a police officer.Here’s what officials have said about the targeted attacks. What happened at the homes of Minnesota lawmakers? Police first responded to a call of a shooting at Hoffman’s home…

23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesAnne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has regained control over the embattled genetic testing company after her new nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, outbid Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the company announced Friday. TTAM will acquire substantially all of 23andMe’s assets for $305 million, including its Personal Genome Service and Research Services business lines as well as telehealth subsidiary Lemonaid Health. It’s a big win for Wojcicki, who stepped down from her role as CEO when 23andMe filed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were shot and killed overnight in what Gov. Tim Walz said was a “politically motivated assassination.”Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Ali were fatally shot in Brooklyn Park by a suspect impersonating a police officer, police said.In a related shooting, DFL Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot in Champlin. They are expected to survive and are out of surgery. The incidents unfolded at around 2 a.m. The suspect exchanged gunfire with responding police but fled the scene and is…

Reeling from the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, India says all of its 34 Boeing 787s must be inspected and hasn’t ruled out grounding them.

Here are the key events on day 1,206 during Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here’s where things stand on Saturday, June 14: Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said troops halted Russian forces from advancing in the northeastern Sumy region following Moscow’s deployment of approximately 53,000 troops in its direction. Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s claims that its forces had crossed the administrative border into the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk. Russia’s defence ministry said troops had taken control of the village of Zelenyi Kut in the eastern Donetsk region. Russian air defences shot down 110 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, its defence ministry added. Governor…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel’s ongoing military campaign on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure could mark not just a military escalation but a strategic shift, according to retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin. The former head of Israeli military intelligence and one of the architects behind the legendary 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor said Israel should expand its sights not just military targets, but political ones. “Israel took the decision that, on one hand, it’s time to end the leadership of the Axis of Evil — the head of the snake,” Yadlin told Fox News Digital. “At the same…

The uranium trade’s shelf life may last years.According to Sprott Asset Management CEO John Ciampaglia, a “real shift” upward is underway due to increasing global energy demand — particularly as major tech companies look to power artificial intelligence data centers.”We’ve been talking about uranium and nuclear energy non-stop for four years at Sprott, and we’ve been incredibly bullish on the segment,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.Ciampaglia’s firm runs the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (SRUUF), which Morningstar ranks as the world’s largest physical uranium fund. It’s up 22% over the past two months.The firm is also behind the Sprott…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kiyan Anthony has had eyeballs on him for years, being a top NBA prospect throughout high school. But that number has always been multiplied, given who his father is.His dad is soon-to-be Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony, a 10-time All-Star and widely regarded as one of the best pure scorers in basketball history. Kiyan, like his dad, is going to play college basketball at Syracuse, in his own words, for two years “max.” And now that his dad’s playing days are over, Carmelo is “more hands on deck.” Carmelo Anthony and his son,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 79-year-old passenger at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, with police saying she was “forcefully pushing her,” a report said. Janiyah Wilson-Robinson, 21, of Margate, was taken into custody Wednesday following the incident at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to WPLG. The station, citing a Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report, said Wilson-Robinson attacked the woman from Palm Beach Gardens by “forcefully pushing her,” causing her to fall to the ground and hit her forehead. The passenger, who was at the airport that day traveling on a JetBlue flight, suffered…

Bodies are still being pulled from floodwaters as the death toll from South Africa’s devastating floods reaches 86.