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Schools shuttered early and cities warned of probable power outages, as potentially dangerous thunderstorms threatened the Upper Midwest late Monday afternoon.In northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin, residents were bracing for storms that could bring high winds, tornadoes and hail the size of Ping-Pong balls. The Upper Midwest is accustomed to severe weather, but the high level of risk for very large hail and strong tornadoes caused alarm for state and local officials, who activated emergency operations centers and closed nonemergency city buildings.“We always have severe weather, I guess, in Iowa,” said Superintendent Joe Carter of the Algona Community…

Dave Dickenson will have plenty of options in the CFL draft Tuesday night. The Calgary head coach and general manager holds four of the first 20 picks, including two in the first round (Nos. 1, 8). The Stampeders currently have a league-high 10 selections after posting a 5-12-1 record last season to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2004.Dickenson was unavailable for comment Monday. But longtime CFL coach/GM Jim Barker has a definite idea who Calgary should take first overall: Receiver Keelan White of Montana, Dickenson’s alma mater. Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson walks off the field…

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Naim Qassem’s comments came as the Israeli military said it carried out more than 50 strikes in Lebanon this month.Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has called on Lebanon’s government to work harder to end Israel’s daily attacks in the country, a day after an Israeli air strike targeted the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut for the third time since a ceasefire was agreed late last November. Qassem said in a televised speech on Monday that Hezbollah implemented the ceasefire deal that ended the 14-month war, but Israel has continued to launch relentless air strikes. Qassem’s comments came as the Israeli…

Noem describes Trump’s effect on border Noem says border agents experiencing “night and day difference” since Trump took office 00:17 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants Monday amid a significant drop in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. “If you talk to all of these agents that have been down here for years, they say it’s night and day difference from where we were a year ago, that they were overwhelmed with illegals and people that were turning themselves in because they knew that they would be released into the United States undocumented with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The University of Pennsylvania was found to have “violated Title IX by denying women equal opportunities by permitting males to compete in women’s intercollegiate athletics and to occupy women-only intimate facilities,” the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Monday.The OCR said it will give the university 10 days to be in compliance with Title IX or risk facing a criminal referral to the Justice Department. Penn Quakers swimmer Lia Thomas finishes eighth in the 100 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, March 19,…

The U.S. Navy on Monday said that an aircraft carrier responsible for launching strikes in the Red Sea against Houthi terrorists lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet that went overboard. The USS Harry S. Truman lost the fighter jet and a tow tractor while operating in the vast waterway. The plane was actively under tow in a hangar bay when the crew lost control of the aircraft. The jet and tow then went overboard and were lost, the Navy said. Sailors towing the aircraft took “immediate action” to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard, the Navy said.NAVY DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL WARSHIP TO…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size With training camp fast approaching, the Edmonton Elks announced a major addition to the CFL club’s offence on Monday with the signing of wide receiver Alexander Hollins. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.Hollis, who was named to the 2023 West Division All-CFL Team, spent the past three season playing football for the B.C. Lions.During his time with the Lions, Hollins played for current Elks offensive co-ordinator Jordan Maksymic.Last season, Hollins played 16 games, recording 937 receiving yards and six touchdowns before suffering a knee injury towards the end of the season.…

Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group killed at least 30 people in an attack on Omdurman, the sister city of the capital, Khartoum, the authorities and an activist group said.Rapid Support Forces are alleged to have kidnapped dozens of people, including women, from Salha, an area in the southern part of Omdurman on Sunday morning, according to the Resistance Committees activist group. It is the latest incident in a series of deadly attacks by the group this month.Footage circulated online showed fighters wearing RSF uniforms holding dozens of men – some half-naked – in an open area, with bodies lying on the…

The head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service announced on Monday that he would step down in June, appearing to end an unusually public and bitter clash with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has roiled the country. Mr. Netanyahu had fired Ronen Bar, who led the Shin Bet agency, in mid-March. The dismissal ignited an immediate public backlash: it came as Shin Bet investigators were scrutinizing Mr. Netanyahu’s aides for potential impropriety in their dealings with the Gulf state of Qatar. Critics of Mr. Netanyahu saw Mr. Bar’s firing as an attempt to consolidate control over the agency or even muzzle…