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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shannon Sharpe has found himself in a highly-publicized civil battle after he was accused of sexual assault this week.The football Hall of Famer turned national television star was accused of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery. He was also accused of engaging “in the intentional infliction of emotional distress,” with his accuser seeking $50 million in damages.The situation has already gotten extremely ugly, with Sharpe calling the allegations a “shakedown” while he and his legal team released sexually explicit messages the woman had allegedly sent him over time. The woman is…

Kyiv summons China’s ambassador to express ‘serious concern’ over ‘Chinese citizens in hostilities against Ukraine’.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Chinese citizens are helping to produce drones at a facility in Russia and suggested that Moscow may have “stolen” drone technology from Beijing. The Ukrainian leader made the comment at a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, just days after he said China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia and following the recent capture of two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia against Ukrainian forces. “I asked the Security Service of Ukraine to transfer information of a broader nature…

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, say the government has failed to provide appropriate responses to a judge’s order for expedited discovery and to her questions about facilitating his return to the U.S. In a letter addressed to U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers requested a hearing to be scheduled Wednesday “to address the government’s failure to comply” with Xinis’ order for expedited discovery in the case.Xinis on Tuesday issued a scathing order denying the Justice Department’s objection to some of the discovery in the case, accusing the…

Roger Cook has dodged questions on the future of the WA Electoral Commission boss, who is leave as a special inquiry examines the running of the State election.Former WA governor Malcolm McCusker is leading the investigation, which will review the planning, management and resourcing of polling booths, ballot paper management and the glacial processing and counting of votes.Asked about the status of the employment of WA Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy on Wednesday, Mr Cook said he was on leave and denied he had resigned or been “sacked.”“He’s on leave at the moment and obviously I’ll avoid comment beyond that but…

Tesla CEO says he will spend ‘far more’ of his time running carmaker after putting cost-cutting team in place.Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he will scale back his work with the administration of United States President Donald Trump following a steep plunge in the electric carmaker’s first-quarter profits. Musk, who leads Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said on Tuesday that he would allocate “far more” of his time to running Tesla and cut back his work in the government to one or two days per week from May. “The large slog of work necessary to get the DOGE…

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While health care hasn’t taken centre stage in the 2025 federal election, candidates recently brought it back into focus, unveiling platforms that spotlight key health issues — from the need for more family doctors to better access to mental health support. The Liberal platform, released by the party’s leader, Mark Carney, on Saturday, touches on health care with proposals to hire more physicians and create a national licensing system so doctors and nurses can move easily from province to province to address shortages.Meanwhile, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh released his party’s platform on Saturday. The platform includes several health care commitments,…

More than a dozen quolls have made a long-awaited return to NSW bushland as part of a major effort to rewild the marsupials on the Australian mainland.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Mike Patrick, a 36-year play-by-play announcer for ESPN, died of natural causes on Sunday. Patrick was 80 years old. Patrick’s doctor, as well as the City of Clarksburg, West Virginia, confirmed the longtime broadcaster’s death on Tuesday.  ESPN announcer Dick Vitale and Mike Patrick get ready before the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils at the Smith Center. (Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports)After starting his career in 1982, Patrick became well known as the voice of ESPN’s “Sunday Night Football,” a role he starred in for 18 years. He began that…

United States President Donald Trump has backed off his threat to fire the head of the US Federal Reserve, after his broadsides against the central bank boss prompted a plunge in the stock market and the dollar. Trump’s comments on Tuesday appeared to rule out any imminent plans to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom the US president has repeatedly criticised for not moving faster to lower interest rates. “The press runs away with things. I have no intention of firing him,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I would like to see him be a little more…