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Good form is essential to injury while exercising, and now Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod are telling Canadians to get those elbows up — and keep them up. The duo, known for encouraging generations of Canadians to keep fit and have fun through their BodyBreak commercials, are the latest to enter the political fray amid trade war tensions with the U.S. and President Donald Trump‘s repeated rhetoric about making our nation the so-called “51st state.”Using kettlebells, the couple shows Canadians how to perform an “Elbows Up exercise,” riffing off the term popularized by hockey legend Gordie Howe, which has now…

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The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed militia M23 released a joint statement late on Wednesday announcing a commitment to end the conflict that has raged along the border of the two countries since January, killing thousands.The announcement came as a surprise to some observers. Felix Tshisekedi, the president of Congo, had long said his country would not negotiate directly with M23, which has lately occupied large swaths of Congolese territory, seizing cities and mines rich with critical minerals.In the joint statement, the two sides said they shared a “commitment to an immediate cessation of hostilities,” and that they…

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Washington — A federal judge on Thursday agreed to block portions of President Trump’s executive order that seeks to overhaul U.S. elections, including a provision that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections.U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly agreed to partially grant a preliminary injunction sought by three different groups of plaintiffs, including voting rights groups and the Democratic Party, finding that they are likely to prevail in their challenge.The judge blocked the Trump administration from implementing two provisions of the executive order signed by the president last month: the first orders…

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating after an experimental aircraft crashed on Thursday afternoon at Langley Air Force Base, near Hampton, Virginia.Langley Air Force Base officials told Fox News Digital first responders were at the scene, as of 2:10 p.m. Officials confirmed a plane crash at Langley Air Force Base on Thursday. (Kaitlin McKeown/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)DELTA PLANE, AIR FORCE JET NEARLY CRASH IN ‘LOSS OF SEPARATION’ DURING ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY FLYOVERNo injuries or fatalities were immediately confirmed. It is unclear how many people were on the plane, which the NTSB confirmed was an MX Aircraft…

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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 24, 2025 4:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Superior Court judge will deliberate before deciding what penalty a Quebec man should face after being found in contempt of court for failing to remove swastikas from outside his home. Anthony Delisle, a lawyer representing the municipality of St-Barnabé-Sud, argued that Yahia Meddah should be fined a total of $14,000 and possibly face jail time to ensure court orders for removal of the Nazi symbols are respected. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world,…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shannon Sharpe is temporarily stepping away from ESPN after being accused of sexual assault and battery in a $50 million lawsuit filed on Sunday. Sharpe, who has denied all allegations against him, released a statement on Thursday. “My statement is found here and this is the truth. The relationship in question was 100% consensual. At this juncture I am electing to step aside temporarily from my ESPN duties,” Sharpe wrote in a statement. “I will be devoting this time to my family, and responding and dealing with these false and disruptive allegations set against me.…

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Leonard Zeskind, a dogged tracker of right-wing hate groups, who foresaw before almost anyone else that anti-immigrant ideologies would move to the mainstream of American politics, died on April 15 at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 75.The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, Carol Smith, his wife, said.Long before Donald J. Trump’s nativist rhetoric in 2023 accusing immigrants of “poisoning the blood” of the United States, Mr. Zeskind, a single-minded researcher, spent decades studying white nationalism, documenting how its leading voices had shifted their vitriol from Black Americans to nonwhite immigrants.His 2009 book, “Blood and Politics: The…

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