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The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the re-capture of a former Arkansas police chief serving time for murder and rape — dubbed “the Devil in the Ozarks” — who escaped on the afternoon of May 25.Former Gateway Police Department Chief Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit, a medium-security prison, that Sunday afternoon in Calico Rock, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC).The FBI said Hardin has ties to Garfield, Eureka Springs, Holiday Island and Huntsville. “The FBI’s Little Rock Field Office is assisting the U.S. Marshal Service, the Arkansas Department of Corrections,…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will double the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent. The increase will take effect Wednesday, Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly after he announced the new rate for steel imports at a rally with steelworkers in Pennsylvania.“Our steel and aluminum industries are coming back like never before. This will be yet another BIG jolt of great news for our wonderful steel and aluminum workers,” Trump wrote.Trump initially announced the boosted duties on steel during a rally at U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works–Irvin Plant near Pittsburgh…

Beijing’s nuclear ambitions and Chinese military build up create daunting and grim challenges across the Asia-Pacific, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister has warned.Defence Minister Richard Marles used a speech at a summit in Singapore to reiterate alarm bells over Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons.“China’s decision to pursue rapid nuclear modernisation and expansion, which aims in part to reach parity with or surpass the United States, is another reason the future of strategic arms control must be revitalised,” Mr Marles said in a speech on Saturday.Camera IconRichard Marles says Cold War era arms controls are now inadequate. NewsWire / Martin Ollman Credit:…

WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania: US President Donald Trump on Friday lauded an “agreement” between Nippon Steel and US Steel at a political rally but stopped short of clarifying whether he planned to approve the companies’ diplomatically sensitive merger. On a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area stage decorated with signs celebrating “American steel”, Trump declared the American steel company would remain American, while extolling its new Japanese partner. It is unclear whether he approves of a deal giving Nippon ownership, as sought by the firms, or whether he had formally given the merger the green light. “We’re here today to celebrate a blockbuster agreement that…

Lawyers for the six victims say ‘historic’ court decision recognises the plight of survivors who demanded justice for decades.A top Guatemalan court has sentenced three former paramilitaries to 40 years each in prison after they were found guilty of raping six Indigenous women between 1981 and 1983, one of the bloodiest periods of the Central American nation’s civil war. The conviction and sentencing on Friday mark another significant step towards attaining justice for the Maya Achi Indigenous women, who were sexually abused by pro-government armed groups, during a period of extreme bloodshed between the military and left-wing rebels that left…

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is firing back at accusations she directed staffers to create so-called “burner” accounts to boost her image online, telling Fox News Digital the claims are from “bitter exes” and lack any real proof.”When a story relies on ‘anonymous former staffers,’ it’s journalist-speak for ‘We didn’t have anything real, so we called the bitter exes,’” Mace said, responding to a recent article published by Wired magazine.The article cited former aides and consultants, including a deposition from political consultant Wesley Donehue, to allege Mace used burner accounts and even automated bots to amplify her political messaging. EXCLUSIVE: NANCY…

Louisiana police have arrested a third suspect in connection with Super Bowl reporter Adan Manzano’s hotel room murder.Manzano, a 27-year-old Kansas City, Missouri-based Telemundo sports reporter, was in New Orleans on assignment to cover Super Bowl LIX. He was found dead with Xanax in his system in his room at the Comfort Suites hotel in Kenner, Louisiana, on the morning of Feb. 5.Officials said his death was caused by the combined toxic effects of Xanax and alcohol, noting that he had been found “face-down in a pillow with no lividity around his nose and mouth.” Since then, Kenner police have…

More non-profit groups are denouncing what they call significant rental fee increases imposed by the City of Vernon at civic properties used for community events. “It’s hard,” said Ingrid Baron, chair of the Creative Chaos event.  “It’s hard if we all go, ‘Who is going to rent these facilities?’”Creative Chaos, Canada’s largest craft fair, brings in thousands of people every year.The event is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and for the first time in its history, aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, will be operating at a loss.“We tightened up on a few things,” Baron said. “We were going to…

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter admits it will take more than one man to stop Geelong megastar Jeremy Cameron, as the athletic forward looms large against West Coast on Sunday.Cameron kicked an equal career-high nine goals in the Cats’ last meeting against the Eagles — a 93-point smashing at GMHBA Stadium in the final round of last season.The 32-year-old booted seven goals before half-time as Geelong led by a whopping 100 points at the main break to set up the massive victory at Eagles’ notorious bogey ground.Reuben Ginbey was given the near-impossible task of trying to stop Cameron and he…

SHANGHAI: China called on Saturday (May 31) for its automotive industry to halt brutal price wars, as a threat to the sector’s health and sustainable development, after key executives jousted over pricing pressure following large discounts offered to buyers. Tension between some top players in the world’s largest auto market has spilt into the open as competition intensifies, with price wars begun in early 2023 showing little sign of abating, despite concern among both government and industry. The industry ministry vowed to step up efforts to correct what it called excessive competition, the official news agency Xinhua said on Saturday. “There…