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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Los Angeles residents may begin seeing Marines in the area as soon as Thursday, with protection operations in coordination with the National Guard set to begin Friday.The 700 Marines were reportedly sent by President Donald Trump to Seal Beach, which is south of L.A. County, to train for nonlethal weapons training—including hand-to-hand combat and crowd control.Seal Beach training recently finished, and the Marines have moved to “familiarization” training alongside the National Guard in Los Angeles, a U.S. defense official told Fox News.  U.S. National Guard are deployed around downtown Los Angeles, Sunday,…

After years of devastating hailstorms leaving a trail of damaged neighbourhoods in their wake, the City of Calgary is looking at creating a new hail resiliency program. City administration is recommending the creation of a ‘Hail Resilience Improvement Network’, which would improve collaboration with builders and other partners to develop information and tools for Calgarians on hail resistant home upgrades.It also calls on investments into Calgary hail exposure maps to help with planning decision and “strengthen advocacy efforts.”A “Hail Equity Impact Analysis” would also be completed to assess how repeated hailstorms affect socioeconomic inequity in vulnerable communities, which would inform…

President Donald Trump insists he wants to avoid conflict while warning that Israel could strike Iran soon as nuclear talks with Tehran remain deadlocked.

“DIFFICULT DAY” With its maharajah mascot, Air India was once renowned for its lavishly decorated planes and stellar service championed by its founder, JRD Tata, India’s first commercial pilot. But since the mid-2000s, the carrier’s reputation has worsened as financial troubles mounted. It has flown widebody planes with business class seats in poor condition and grounded some of its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners for lack of spare parts. When Tata regained control, the airline was “just in absolute shambles”, its CEO Wilson told Reuters in a 2024 interview, noting that some of its planes hadn’t had a product refresh since…

On June 9, Israeli forces seized the Madleen ship in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea as it attempted to break the suffocating siege on Gaza. The 12 activists on board – who belong to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition – were abducted in international waters and taken to Israel. One day after their capture, four of them were swiftly deported after waiving their right to see an Israeli judge and signing a deportation order that claimed they had “illegally” entered Israel. Well-known Swedish climate and human rights activist, Greta Thunberg, was among those deported. The other eight refused to sign…

Cuomo takes heat at debate about COVID nursing home scandal Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismisses accusations in a New York City mayoral debate that he lied to Congress about his role in a report that undercounted the number of nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. (WNBC/WNJU) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ahead of the second New York City mayoral debate, former New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted that, despite previous testimony to Congress to the contrary, he did see the report detailing the number of COVID nursing home deaths and that he may…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Oklahoma man who pledged his loyalty to the Islamic State wanted to carry out a terrorist attack on the Oklahoma Sooners’ football stadium in 2023, court records show.Landon Kyle Swinford said he and a source who turned out to be an undercover officer noticed flaws in the stadium’s security situation and began scouting out the venue, according to the documents.Swinford “had looked at barricades and security and thought the stadium could be a potential target for an attack,” the records say. The field at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium as…

Stranger saves 6-year-old drowning boy from pool 6-year-old Oscar went underwater and struggled to breathe in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Roque Ivan Ocampo heard the screaming and immediately rushed in to save Oscar’s life. (Credit: Fort Lauderdale Police Department) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 6-year-old Florida boy who fell into a pool and started drowning was saved due to the quick-thinking heroics of a stranger – and it was all caught on camera.Surveillance video shows the young boy, named Oscar, arrive at the pool in Fort Lauderdale with an adult. He tries to jump onto a pool float,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Argentina’s monthly inflation rate has fallen below 2 per cent for the first time in five years, a boost for libertarian President Javier Milei in his war against the country’s chronic price pressures.Consumer prices rose 1.5 per cent in May from the previous month, the country’s statistics agency said on Thursday. This compares with 2.8 per cent in April and a 25.5 per cent high in December 2023, when Milei took office. However, annual inflation is still 43.5 per cent, one of…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Anthony Pompliano, one of America’s most prominent crypto influencers, is set to be installed as chief executive of a publicly traded company that is raising $750mn to fund a bitcoin buying spree.Pompliano, a podcast host with 1.7mn followers on X, was in talks to lead an entity that would seek to raise $750mn as part of tie-up with a blank-cheque vehicle, according to three people briefed on the talks.The proposed deal is the latest in a growing crypto investment boom fuelled by Donald…