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President Trump on Friday night authorized the military to take control of a strip of public land along the southern border. The president justified the use of the military by saying the United States is “under attack from a variety of threats.” “The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past,” the order reads.A memorandum released by the White House directs the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security to transfer the jurisdiction of federal land along the southern border to the Department of Defense. The…

A 52-year-old Florida woman was recently arrested after she knowingly bought and sold human bones online, police say.Kymberlee Anne Schopper of Deltona was charged with trading in human tissue, according to the Orange City Police Department.Schopper was released Friday from the Volusia County Jail on $7,500 bond. Kymberlee Schopper, 52, is charged with trading human tissue. (Volusia County Jail )MAN WANTED FOR WASHINGTON STATE TESLA SUPERCHARGER ARSON MAY HAVE ‘SHRAPNEL INJURIES’ FROM EXPLOSION: FBIPolice received a report Dec. 21, 2023, about a local business selling human bones on Facebook Marketplace, FOX 35 Orlando reported.Officers were sent images from the business’s Facebook…

The NHL regular season is almost in the books, and every team from the top to the bottom of the standings had individual performances worth highlighting.Before we get set to turn the page to the playoffs for some teams and the offseason for others at the end of next week, The Athletic asked its NHL staff for the player who provided the very best on a nightly basis on each team: our 2024-25 MVPs.Here’s who our writers picked.Anaheim DucksLukáš Dostál, GAt times this season — especially early on — Dostál won games for the Ducks that they didn’t deserve. The…

A number of prominent business leaders formally threw their support behind Pierre Poilievre in the upcoming federal election on Saturday, arguing his Conservative Party will best handle Canada’s slowing economic growth. The group of more than 30 current and past executives includes Fairfax Financial CEO Prem Watsa, Canaccord Genuity CEO Dan Daviau, former RBC Capital Markets CEO Anthony Fell and former Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter.They published an open letter in several Canadian newspapers on Saturday saying Poilievre’s plans are best to get the country’s economy “back on track.”“Productivity has stalled. Economic growth has slowed. Our GDP per capita is shrinking,”…

Floral arrangements and tributes have been laid out to mark one year since six people were killed in the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attack.Ashlee Good, Jade Young, Pikria Darchia, Dawn Singleton, Faraz Ahmed Tahir and Yixuan Cheng were stabbed to death by killer Joe Cauchi on April 13 last year.Cauchi, 40, stabbed 16 people in less than three minutes before he was shot by NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott.The fatal attack stopped the nation, with haunting images and footage emerging in the immediate aftermath.Camera IconTributes have been laid out to mark one year since six people were killed in the…

Who: Liverpool vs West Ham UnitedWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Anfield, Liverpool, United KingdomWhen: Sunday at 2pm (13:00 GMT) Follow Al Jazeera Sport‘s live text and photo commentary stream. Liverpool entertain West Ham United in the Premier League with the chance to move 13 points clear at the top of the table. Second-placed Arsenal’s 1-1 home draw with Brentford on Saturday means the Reds could secure the title with two more wins, should the Gunners lose their next match. Al Jazeera Sport takes a closer look at the match after an eventful few days for Arne Slot’s club. What is the…

The Trump administration is ending the protected status for thousands of Afghans who entered the U.S. after its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 under the Biden administration. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security doesn’t plan to renew Afghans’ Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which lasts six to 18 months and applies to people from countries that are war-torn, have a natural disaster or some other event that makes returning dangerous. Immigrants will have TPS protection and also have access to work permits. The U.S. military evacuated more than 82,000 Afghans from the country when the U.S. withdrew in 2021, and the Taliban took…

Veteran sprinter Rohan Browning has declared his best years are still to come after producing a personal best run to win the Australian national 100m crown in Perth.Much of the talk leading into the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth was whether 21-year-old Lachie Kennedy or 17-year-old Gout Gout could break the magical 10-second mark.Gout posted two runs of 9.99 in the Under 20 field on Thursday night, but both were achieved with illegal tailwinds.Kennedy ran 10 seconds flat in his first-round heat and was a hot favourite for the final.But it was Browning who came up trumps, winding back to…

An overly excited contestant on “The Price is Right” had a fashion slip-up during the beloved game show earlier this week. Arkansas native Christianne jumped up and down with excitement when she was called down to meet “The Price is Right” host Drew Carey, 66. After she ran down the stage to meet Carey, she held up the top of her red and white checkered dress multiple times. BOB BARKER, LONGTIME ‘THE PRICE IS RIGHT’ HOST, DEAD AT 99 A “Price is Right” contestant had a fashion slip-up during the beloved game show. (CBS/Price is Right)”Hi, right over here. How are you doing?”…

AUSTIN — On a Friday morning last spring, Mark Suman called out sick from his job as a senior engineering project manager at Apple and made his way downtown to a place called the Bitcoin Commons, a sort of clubhouse for enthusiasts of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, situated a few blocks south of the Texas State Capitol.At the time, Suman was, in his words, “an active hobbyist,” tinkering with the technology in his spare time. “I actually played around with it a bit within Apple as well,” he says. “There’s not a lot I can say, other than we were…