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A newly-minted law allowing Arizona law enforcement officers to shoot down drug-carrying drones along the U.S.-Mexico border has taken effect after sailing through the state’s legislature with bipartisan support. HB 2733 was signed into law on April 18 and grants officers the ability to target drones suspected of carrying out illegal activity within 15 miles of the state’s international border. “Cartels are increasingly using drones to survey the border to locate [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] officers’ locations and to transport illegal drugs from Mexico into our state,” state Rep. David Marshall, the bill’s sponsor, said in a statement to Fox News…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he opposes Alberta separatism but added that Albertans have a “right to be frustrated” with Ottawa. Speaking to reporters Tuesday shortly after Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new federal cabinet, Poilievre was asked whether he was willing to “publicly denounce Alberta separatism and the Alberta separatist movement.”“I’m against separation. I’m a born and raised Albertan. I love Canada. I think we need to unite this country,” he said.“Albertans have a lot of legitimate grievances. I mean, let’s be blunt.”Poilievre, who lost his long-held riding of Carleton in last month’s federal election, will be running…

Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFinancial technology company Chime on Tuesday filed paperwork to go public on the Nasdaq. The company intends to file under the ticker symbol “CHYM.””Chime is a technology company, not a bank,” the company said in its prospectus, noting it’s not a member of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Still, the company cited Bank of America, Capital One, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank and Wells Fargo as competitors.According to the filing, Chime picks up revenue from interchange fees associated with purchases that members make with Chime debit cards and credit cards.…

For 17 years, Airbnb has taken on the hotel industry, and now, two billion guests later, the company is upping the competition. In an announcement today, Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s chief executive, said the company will offer the kinds of services typically found at hotels, including room service, spa treatments and personal training, all bookable on Airbnb’s redesigned app. Other services could include meals prepared by professional chefs, and salon treatments like hair, nails and makeup.The company is also reimagining Airbnb Experiences, its service that offers tours and events hosted by experts, to emphasize authentic cultural, culinary, sports and wellness activities…

Automakers are worried that President Trump’s tariffs on imported cars and auto parts will soon increase their costs and start eating into profits.But at least one business in the auto industry thinks the tariffs could give it a lift. That company is Carvana, an online retailer of used cars that has gained fame for storing vehicles in distinctive “vending machine” towers.The Trump tariffs, which include levies of 25 percent on vehicles made in Mexico, Canada, Germany and many other nations, are widely expected to raise the prices new cars and trucks, forcing more car shoppers to opt for a used…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe US Treasury Department has sanctioned more than 20 companies it says are involved in shipping Iranian crude oil worth billions of dollars to China, the latest move in the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Tehran.The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said it was sanctioning nearly two dozen groups involved in Iran’s “illicit international oil trade”.“Today’s action underscores our continued focus on intensifying pressure on every aspect of Iran’s oil trade, which the regime uses to fund its…

After an afternoon spent soaked and shivering Italian tennis fans were able to enjoy their returning hero Jannik Sinner securing an increasingly authoritative progress to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open in Rome.Unseasonal heavy rain, topped by a hailstorm, delayed the world No.1’s arrival on Campo Centrale to play Francisco Cerundolo. He initially made heavy weather of the tie, the Argentine being in good form on clay this season.But having taken the first set on a tiebreak the world No.1 eased to victory in what was his third match back since a three-month ban for a doping offence.While Sinner was…

BILATERAL TALKS On the sidelines of the gathering, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is scheduled to hold at least one bilateral trade talk with his South Korean counterpart on Friday. The gathering comes after the Trump administration signed its first bilateral trade agreement with Britain last week and agreed with China to lower tariffs significantly at their first face-to-face talks in Geneva on May 10 and 11. It was not clear who would represent Beijing at the gathering and whether there might be more bilateral meeting with the US. Reuters has confirmed at least a third of the countries are…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Nearly 60 per cent of British women say they have been “mansplained” on financial matters, leaving many to choose to actively avoid talking about money around men to limit chances of it happening, a digital wealth manager has found. New research commissioned by platform Moneyfarm found that women still face the “ingrained assumption” that they lack the same level of financial knowledge as men, while nearly two-thirds said they had been interrupted or talked over by a man who assumed they would…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The state of Maine has continued to go against President Donald Trump’s executive order of keeping biological males out of girls’ and women’s sports.The back-and-forth has been highly publicized and even included a war of words between Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills.The Department of Education also launched a Title IX investigation into the state, while the Department of Agriculture froze federal funding, a decision that was reversed by a federal judge. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and Gov. Janet Mills (Getty Images)The state of Maine dropped its lawsuit against Trump once the funds…