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Washington — The White House released the results of President Trump’s physical on Sunday, in which the White House physician detailed that the president “remains in excellent health.””His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his well-being,” Capt. Sean Barbabella, Mr. Trump’s physician, wrote in a summary of the results of the president’s physical. Barbabella cited Mr. Trump participation in meetings, public appearances and press availability, along with “frequent victories in golf events.””President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State,” Barbabella concluded.  President Trump speaks during…

A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen accused of killing his mother and stepfather had also plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump to start a “political revolution,” according to court documents.Nikita Casap, 17, had images and messages on his phone that referenced a “self-described manifesto regarding assassinating the president, making bombs, and terrorist attacks,” FOX6 Milwaukee reported, citing a search warrant filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.Images of a three-page document titled “Accelerate the Collapse” called for the assassination of Trump, according to the report. Trump was specifically referenced in an excerpt from the document, which said “getting rid…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 14, 2025 12:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police say the body of a scuba diver who disappeared in the water in Kingston, Ont., has been found. Ontario Provincial Police say emergency crews responded on Sunday to the shore along Ontario and Lower Union streets for a scuba diver in distress on the surface of the water. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Kingston firefighters pulled the…

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual liberty in Latin America, while also writing essays that made him one of the most influential political commentators in the Spanish-speaking world, died on Sunday in Lima. He was 89.His death was announced in a social media statement from his children, Álvaro, Gonzalo and Morgana Vargas Llosa.Mr. Vargas Llosa, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, gained renown as a young writer with slangy, blistering visions of the corruption, moral compromises and cruelty festering in Peru. He joined…

That “Gypsy” is finally making its debut in France would be noteworthy enough: It took 66 years for one of the most acclaimed works in the musical-theater canon to get there.But there is an extra twist.The production running Thursday through Saturday at the Philharmonie de Paris stars the soprano Natalie Dessay and her daughter, Neïma Naouri, as Rose, the stage mother to end all stage mothers, and Louise, Rose’s long-suffering older child.“Well, that’s acting,” Dessay, 59, said when asked if there was baggage involved with bringing the show’s psychodrama to life with her daughter. “I can play the evil witch…

Read Dane Brugler’s 2025 ‘The Beast’ NFL Draft guide.At least beyond Cam Ward, there is no consensus on where each of this year’s crop of quarterbacks may get drafted. After Ward presumably becomes a Tennessee Titan, the rest of the group is a complete mystery. It’s just as likely Ward is the only quarterback we see on Thursday night as it is that four quarterbacks go in the first round.Lucky for us, we’re going to cut through all that uncertainty and play quarterback matchmaker, placing all of this year’s top quarterback prospects on the teams that make the most sense. In some…

Former U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook “panicked” when making the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp as smartphone use took off.”It saw companies like Instagram and WhatsApp experiencing astronomical growth, and that’s the point at which it resorted to this buy-or-bury scheme where, if it couldn’t outcompete a rival, it either bought them out or cut them off its network,” Khan said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, begins a trial with the FTC on Monday. The government alleges that the company monopolized the personal social networking market with…

A view from the Delta Sky Club at Los Angeles International Airport, Sept. 2, 2022.AaronP | Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty ImagesAirlines have a bird’s eye view of the economy, and CEOs are seeing clouds.Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines pulled their 2025 outlooks last week, calling out a murky U.S. economic picture and weaker near-term demand.Airline CEOs are warning about slowing bookings, including weaker corporate travel, citing President Donald Trump’s trade war, mass government layoffs, fewer visitors from Canada and other countries, and more recently, weaker demand for domestic coach seats as price-sensitive consumers grow skittish about planning…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Goldman Sachs — The investment bank gained nearly 2% after reporting a top- and bottom-line beat in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs posted earnings of $14.12 per share, while analysts had called for $12.35, according to LSEG. Revenue of $15.06 billion also beat consensus expectations for $14.81 billion. Pfizer — Shares were down slightly in the premarket after the company said it would halt development of its daily weight loss pill. This comes after a patient experienced a liver injury possibly caused by the drug during a trial. Apple — The…

Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years.The crew lifted off from West Texas at 9.31am local time on Monday and traveled to the edge of space, where they experienced a brief period of weightlessness before returning to Earth in a flight lasting around 11 minutes, according to a live broadcast by Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos.The spaceflight is a high-profile win for Bezos’ New Shepard launch vehicle, which has been developed…