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A California woman wanted in the murder of her fire captain wife has been captured in Mexico after more than a month on the run, according to U.S. and Mexican authorities.Yolanda Marodi, 53, was arrested Saturday at a hotel in Mexicali near the U.S. border, according to the Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat.She was later handed over to U.S. marshals in San Diego, where she was booked for the murder of 49-year-old Rebecca Marodi, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said.Yolanda previously served more than 13 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the death of her then-husband, James Joseph Olejniczak Jr.,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney will run in the Ottawa riding of Nepean at the upcoming federal election. The Liberal Party made the announcement in a social media post Saturday night on the eve of an expected election call.“We’re thrilled to announce that our Leader, Mark Carney, will be our candidate for Nepean in the next election. Together we will build an even stronger Canada,” the post read.Global News has learned that Canada’s next federal election will be held on April 28. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political,…

Tens of thousands in cities around Turkiye protested on Saturday against the arrest of a prominent opposition politician. Citizens defied a ban on gathering and took to the streets, with supporters of the opposition politician describing the charges as politicised. These are Turkiye’s largest protests in more than a decade. Here’s what you need to know about the mass protests and what’s happening in Turkiye. Protesters gather outside the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building on March 19, 2025 [Murad Sezer/Reuters] Why are there protests in Turkiye? People took to the streets over the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and a…

Democrats have pushed back after Elon Musk claimed that social security operates like a “Ponzi scheme” as he continues to argue for cuts to the federal bureaucracy, but one expert tells Fox News Digital that Musk is on track with his criticism of the agency.”Musk’s statement about Social Security being the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme does have validity,” James Agresti, president of the nonprofit research institute Just Facts, told Fox News Digital in response to pushback from Elon Musk’s claim, which included a “false” rating from Politifact. “A Ponzi scheme operates by taking money from new investors to pay current investors. That’s…

Australians will get more help with the cost of living in Tuesday’s Budget, but the Federal Government is eyeing an exit date when it can leave the task of driving economic growth to the private sector.Finance Minister Katy Gallagher acknowledges it is never easy for governments to withdraw supports, especially ones that have continued for a period of time.But she believes Australians recognise some — such as the electricity bill rebates that will be extended for a further six months — were only ever intended as temporary or one-offs.Other measures aim to deliver broader community benefits, like the push for…

Within the Trump administration’s Defense Department, Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the Pentagon could move military cargo rapidly around the globe.In the Commerce Department, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service will now be fully eligible for the federal government’s $42 billion rural broadband push, after being largely shut out during the Biden era.At NASA, after repeated nudges by Mr. Musk, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to Mars, allowing SpaceX to pursue federal contracts to deliver the first humans to the distant planet.And at the Federal Aviation Administration and the White…

In SummaryBy the end of 2025, the African mining sector is projected to produce 734.26 billion kg of minerals, with South Africa specifically projected to produce 271.44 billion kg.The mining sector is a leading economic driver in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a value exceeding $108 billion in 2023. In 2021, the sector accounted for 10% of GDP on average for Africa’s 15 most mineral-rich countries. Africa is home to nearly 30% of the world’s mineral resources. South Africa leads the pack for top countries with the highest mining activities in Africa.Deep Dive!!The African mining sector is a significant economic driver, hosting a large share of global…

A foul cell in a Moscow detention center was about the last place an American businessman named Michael Calvey expected to find himself after spending 25 years building a flourishing venture capital firm in Russia that transformed some tech startups into global brands.First, beefy agents from the F.S.B., the federal security service, ransacked his apartment before dawn. Hours later he was confined to a holding cell with two other inmates and a filthy hole in the floor for a toilet.“The cell is stuffy and hot, an oppressive stench hanging in the air as if from accumulated decades of human sweat…

Nancy Pelosi flicked her hand like she was shooing away a gnat.She had just been asked whether she was concerned about her new challenger in next year’s election to represent San Francisco in Congress. His name, Saikat Chakrabarti, is unfamiliar to many of the city’s voters. But it’s one that gets under Ms. Pelosi’s skin, given the tense history between the two Democrats going back to his brief and contentious time on Capitol Hill.“I have them every time,” she said of challengers as she made the hand flick.Then came an even peskier question. Will this term in Congress — her…

One of the most exciting aspects of every MLB season is when young up-and-coming players have breakouts that make pretenders into contenders, or contenders into champions, or simply just give their team’s fan bases new hope.This is my annual roster of the players I think are most likely to have “breakout” seasons. My definition for a breakout candidate is a player I expect to perform at a significantly higher level than their major-league track record, or to burst onto the scene and blow away the rookie field. Breakout players share common traits including the ability to adjust and adapt, a…