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The removal of the bounty comes days after Afghan group releases US citizen.The United States has lifted a $10m reward for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesperson says. Despite the announcement on Saturday, the FBI still lists the reward on its website, saying Haqqani was “believed to have coordinated and participated in cross-border attacks against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan”. The move comes after the Taliban on Thursday released a US citizen who had been kept in captivity for two years. The release of George…

President Trump said Friday he liked the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after a report claimed King Charles III would make an offer. “I love King Charles,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning while linking to an article citing a Daily Mail report that said the monarch would secretly offer the U.S. associate membership in the Commonwealth during Trump’s second state visit to Britain. “Sounds good to me!” Trump also reposted the same report about the king’s “secret” offer of membership late Saturday morning. Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment. PRINCE WILLIAM VIEWS…

Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic US presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles with depression and addiction, has died. She was 88.Dukakis died on Friday night surrounded by her family, her son, John Dukakis, said on Saturday.She fought to make the world better, “sharing her vulnerabilities to help others face theirs”, her family said in a statement.”She was loving, feisty and fun, and had a keen sensitivity to people from all walks of life,” the family said.”She and our dad, Michael Dukakis, shared an enviable partnership for over 60 years and loved…

A judge granted Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team more time to review his immigration case during a hearing Friday in Louisiana. Khalil, a 30-year-old green card holder who is married to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on March 8. He is facing possible deportation over his alleged support for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, although he has not been charged with a crime. The judge at Lasalle Immigration Court in Jena said she thinks Khalil “deserves more time” to prepare before a pleading and delayed further proceedings until April 8. A lawyer representing the Department of…

Heathrow Airport in London surged back to life on Saturday, one day after a fire at a power substation shut the travel hub down for about 16 hours, disrupting flights worldwide and raising questions about the reliability of the British electrical grid.The police were still investigating how the fire at the substation in western London started. The blaze caused a power cut to tens of thousands of nearby homes as well as to Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports. The Metropolitan Police in London said that there was no indication of foul play, and intelligence officials in Europe and…

Thomas Hoobler, who with his wife, Dorothy Hoobler, wrote 103 books across a vast range of subjects, including young-adult biographies of Margaret Mead, mystery novels set in 18th-century Japan and, most recently, a book about presidential love letters with the attention-grabbing title “Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?,” died on Feb. 22 in Manhattan. He was 82.His wife and their daughter, Ellen Hoobler-Banavadikar, said the cause of his death, at a hospital, was a stroke. His death was not widely reported at the time.The Hooblers were journeyman writers, contributing to series that will be familiar to any…

Cassidy Carlisle was in seventh grade, she said, when had to change in the same locker room as a transgender student. During a gym class at Presque Isle Middle School in northern Maine six years ago, she said, she walked into the locker room to find a biological male who would change with her and other girls. She alleges she was told by administrators that if she tried to avoid changing with the trans student, she would risk being late to class. “That was really my first experience in just knowing that something isn’t right, but not knowing what to do with…

After firing more than 200 probationary workers from the nation’s federal disaster relief agency, the Trump administration has taken its first step to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just months ahead of hurricane season. In an email labeled, “Hiring Update” and obtained by CBS News, FEMA informed employees on Friday night of a new hiring process that overhauls contract renewals for more than two-thirds of the agency’s workforce, requiring all employees to submit requests for further extensions to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for approval. The decision has created confusion among the ranks of thousands of employees impacted, with…

Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir is one of the last men standing in his legendary rock band. The thought of mortality has crossed Weir’s mind, as he’s seen many of his band members pass. Despite having lived a life full of music and memories, Weir’s sentiment wasn’t one of fear, but rather of acceptance.GRATEFUL DEAD FOUNDING MEMBER PHIL LESH DEAD AT 84 Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir confessed he was looking forward to dying after he witnessed several of his bandmates’ deaths. ( Steve Jennings/Getty Images)”Every day, things change. I’ll say this: I look forward to dying,” Weir, 77, told Rolling…

When economists seek to account for the dollar’s outsize role as the only true global currency, they point to structural factors such as the US share of world GDP, or the depth and liquidity of US financial markets. This approach underlies the sanguine view of many financial market participants that, come what may, so long as the US remains the world’s leading economy, the dollar will remain its safe haven.The second Trump administration is a reminder that raw numbers can only take us so far. For as historians will tell you, it is the actions of people, not economies or…