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Freestyle skier Matt Graham’s courageous quest to win another world championship moguls medal has fallen short in Switzerland, as the evergreen Australian star had to settle for fifth place.Hardly in his finest shape after a crash in Livigno, Italy, a week-and-a-half ago resulted in the 30-year-old suffering bruised lungs, four-time medallist Graham showed real heart in his determination to compete in the St Moritz showpiece.But after a superb effort in Tuesday’s qualifying and Wednesday’s final, Gosford’s Graham, who had been left vomiting blood in his painful build-up to St Moritz following the crash, could only finish fifth as Japan’s Ikuma…

The embattled lead investigator into suspected Boston cop killer Karen Read has been fired by Massachusetts State police.Michael Proctor, a 12-year veteran of the force who led the probe into the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, has been terminated in a move that his wife and sister say “unfairly exploits and scapegoats” him and the work of his detectives. Read, 45, is a former finance professional accused of ramming O’Keefe, her boyfriend, in a hit-and-run, then leaving him to die in the street during a January 2022 snowstorm. Read’s murder trial ended with a hung jury on July 1, 2024.…

The Trump administration paused $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, FOX Business exclusively reported on Wednesday morning. The Ivy League university now stands to risk losing all of its federal funding amid an investigation into potential Title IX violations.  Riley Gaines, now a spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum, famously tied Lia Thomas, left, for fifth place in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)A senior administration official told FOX Business that the administration has paused $175 million in federal funding. This…

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it is set to release its preliminary report on Thursday into the Delta plane crash from last month. The TSB said on social media platform X that the update on the crash at Toronto Pearson Airport on Feb. 17 will come at some point on Thursday.Delta Air Lines flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto, operated by subsidiary Endeavor Air, crash landed on Toronto Pearson Airport runway on the afternoon of Feb. 17.The CRJ-900 aircraft, manufactured by Bombardier, was carrying a total of 80 people on board — 76 passengers and four crew members.Several…

President Trump was speaking with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Wednesday to discuss next steps after the American leader’s discussion with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.The phone call began at 10 a.m. and was still underway nearly an hour later, according to a social media post by Dan Scavino, a senior White House aide to Mr. Trump.Mr. Zelensky had said he expected Mr. Trump to brief him on the American president’s conversation a day earlier with Mr. Putin, in which the Russian leader agreed to a limited cease-fire. That proposal, which would halt attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure,…

New parents in New Jersey are receiving shocking documents from a health network — and it’s not the hospital bill. A form from Inspira Health went viral as it asks parents about their newborn’s sexual orientation and gender identity. Now, New Jersey State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-District 39), is introducing legislation to exempt minors from these types of questions.Schepisi — also a mother of two — told Fox News Digital that when she first saw the form being circulated on social media, she was “skeptical” because of the “outrageous” and “nonsensical” nature of the forms. However, her staff were able to…

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating a new agreement to refrain from attacks on energy targets hours after it was agreed by presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin but a prisoner swap touted as a confidence-building step went ahead.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was on a phone call with Trump on Wednesday, had earlier urged the United States to monitor a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.Putin had agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure, a proposal Zelenskiy accepted despite denouncing Russia for rejecting a more comprehensive truce. Today is another day when Ukraine brings its people back.…

“It is wholly inconsistent with Louisiana’s pro-life values, as it quite literally promotes a culture of death,” Mr. Edwards said in 2023, boosting the hopes of activists who wanted to end the death penalty in the state and prompting clemency requests from nearly every prisoner on death row.Mr. Landry, then the state’s attorney general, argued that many of those prisoners were not eligible for clemency. More recently, he said the state needed to follow through on their sentences. The state currently has 56 people on death row.“These capital punishment cases have been reviewed at every judicial level, have had decades…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 19, 2025 10:31 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is promising billions in low-cost financing to help build thousands of rental homes in Toronto, including more than a thousand affordable units. Ottawa says it will provide $2.55 billion in financing through its Apartment Construction Loan Program, to be administered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.The city says the money will go toward building more than 4,800 rental homes, of which at least 1,075 will be affordable housing.Toronto, meanwhile, says it will offer nearly $235…

Judge Jesse Furman says effort to deport Palestinian rights advocate is ‘exceptional’ and requires ‘careful’ review.A federal court in the United States has dismissed an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismiss Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil’s legal challenge against his detention and deportation. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and legal permanent resident, has been held by the government since March 8 in a push to deport him over his participation in campus protests for Gaza last year. On Wednesday, Judge Jesse Furman ruled that Khalil’s legal request for a judicial review against his detention, known as a…