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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Riots against the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Southern California are rocking Los Angeles this weekend and California Republicans are pinning blame for the violence on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass. “Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have a real habit of letting Los Angeles burn,” Republican California Rep. Darell Issa posted to X on Saturday evening. “If only Karen Bass fought against the Los Angeles fires like she fights for illegal aliens,” Issa added in another post, referring to the Palisades fire that tore through Southern California in January. Riots broke…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A wild video making the rounds on social media captured the moment shots were fired on the Las Vegas strip near the iconic Bellagio fountains.The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed they were responding to a shooting and asked the public to avoid the area.”We are responding to a shooting in the 3600 block of S. Las Vegas Boulevard. The shooting did not occur inside a casino. Please avoid the area,” police shared in a post on X.The reported shooting was captured during a livestream on the strip, showing people dropping the…

Royalties billionaire Clive Palmer has begun his fight to blame iron ore miner CITIC Pacific for his alleged $1 billion collapse of mineral processing play Queensland Nickel.Mr Palmer is trying to pin the Yabulu refinery’s permanent closure on delays in the payment of royalties from the Cape Preston iron ore operation, 90km south-west of Karratha.Mr Palmer has become a billionaire thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars in big-ticket royalties paid by CITIC subsidiaries since it kicked off its $20 billion magnetite iron ore mining, processing and export operations early last decade.He blames Queensland Nickel’s January 2016 collapse on delays…

Supporters of conservative Popular Party demand Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez step down amid corruption scandals.Tens of thousands of people have taken part in an opposition-organised demonstration in Spain’s capital, Madrid, accusing the government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of corruption and urging him to call early elections. Protesters, many waving red and yellow Spanish flags, massed on Sunday in the Plaza de Espana, a large square in the centre of Madrid, and chanted, “Pedro Sanchez, resign!” The conservative Popular Party (PP) called the rally after leaked audio recordings allegedly documented a member of the Socialist Workers’ Party, Leire Diez,…

Washington — President Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.The new proclamation, which Mr. Trump signed last week, applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also imposes heightened restrictions on people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela who are outside the U.S. and don’t hold valid visas. The new ban doesn’t revoke visas previously issued to…

“Maybe Happy Ending” won big at the 2025 Tony Awards, taking home six awards, including the coveted Best Musical at the ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.”Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending” each came into the night with 10 nominations. “John Proctor is the Villain” and “The Hills of California,” up for Best Play, both earned seven nods, but lost out to “Purpose” in the top category.Nicole Scherzinger, formerly of the Pussycat Dolls, won Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her Broadway debut role in “Sunset Boulevard.” She beat out…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are beginning a nationwide initiative to arrest illegal immigrants after asylum hearings as they leave courtrooms, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News.The effort will target those who have been living in the United States for less than two years, sources said.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strategy aims to get illegal immigration cases dropped. Federal officials plan to arrest migrants and place them in expedited removal proceedings, fast-tracking them to deportation out of the country, allowing for almost-immediate removal without a hearing…

The high-profile sexual assault trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team will generate “big conversations” for years to come, one advocate says, as closing submissions are set to begin. The London, Ont., trial, which has seen two juries dismissed since it began in late April, has been proceeding by judge alone and was adjourned last Monday after defence lawyers rested their cases.Closing submissions will begin Monday, and Crown prosecutors said they’d need a day for it. Defence lawyers said they would collaborate to avoid repetition during their submissions.Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain’s financial services watchdog on Monday announced a new tie-up with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to let banks safely experiment with artificial intelligence.The Financial Conduct Authority said it will launch a so-called Supercharged Sandbox that will “give firms access to better data, technical expertise and regulatory support to speed up innovation.”Starting from October, financial services institutions in the U.K. will be allowed to experiment with AI using Nvidia’s accelerated computing and AI Enterprise Software products, the watchdog said in a press release.The initiative is designed for firms in the “discovery and experiment phase”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t blow a lead to the Indiana Pacers this time, as they evened up the series at one apiece after a strong Game 2 win, 123-107. Last game, it was Tyrese Haliburton showcasing another bit of heroics with a last-second shot to win it for Indiana on the road in Game 1. But Haliburton, or any of his teammates, could get back into this game as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander & Co. ran up the score and kept it that way. The league’s MVP had the right answer for the Pacers’ wild…