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The State Department announced Wednesday that it is modifying the Foreign Service Officer Test to reflect the foreign policy goals of the Trump administration and meet “the challenges of the 21st century.”Under the new guidance, the exam is now revised to emphasize “merit in the selection process” by eliminating questions “intended to test alignment with the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda.””The Trump administration is modernizing the Foreign Service to prepare America’s diplomats to advocate for our national interest on a dynamically changing world stage,” Tommy Pigott, the Department’s deputy spokesperson, said in a statement. “In this revamped program, Foreign Service…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than half a century after NASA’s final Apollo mission, astronauts prepared Wednesday to return to the moon, but this time, they will not land.Instead, four crew members aboard Artemis II will fly past the moon on a 10-day mission, traveling farther into space than any humans since the Apollo era.The mission is designed as a crewed lunar flyby, a critical test of NASA’s deep-space systems before attempting future landings, according to NASA.Launched aboard the Space Launch System rocket, the Orion spacecraft will first enter Earth’s orbit before following a precise path…

Two people have now been charged in connection with a fatal highway shooting south of Edmonton earlier this month in what Alberta Police described as a “senseless crime.” In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, RCMP staff Sgt. John Brown said 22-year-old Barinder Singh was driving with two close friends on March 14 along the QEII Highway near Leduc when he was shot in the neck.“Despite being shot, Barinder and his two friends were able to safely stop the vehicle. He died shortly after,” Brown said.Police say that at around 2:50 p.m. on March 14, a witness saw a pickup truck…

RH (NYSE: RH) tanked 19.29% on Apr. 1 after the luxury home furnishings retailer posted disappointing Q4 earnings and issued muted guidance for the current quarter.In its press release, the company said its gross margin contracted by 180-basis-points to 42.9% due to tariff-related costs and adverse weather conditions toward the end of the quarter.That said, there were several “under the surface” updates in the earnings report that may form the basis of a contrarian “buy-the-dip” thesis – especially now that RH stock is down over 50% versus its year-to-date high.The ‘peak investment’ pivot warrants buying RH stockOn the earnings call,…

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NewsFeedFour astronauts have boarded NASA’s Orion capsule as they prepare for the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years. US Senator Mark Kelly said the mission highlights a “contrast” with the US war on Iran.Published On 1 Apr 20261 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Birth tourism in the U.S. remains notoriously difficult to measure, but Solicitor General John Sauer on Wednesday pointed the Supreme Court to what he called “striking” figures as the justices weighed President Donald Trump’s effort to curb birthright citizenship.”Here’s a fact about it that I think is striking,” Sauer said. “Media reported as early as 2015 that, based on Chinese media reports, there are 500 — 500 — birth tourism companies in the People’s Republic of China whose business is to bring people here to give birth and return to that nation.”Sauer’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Utah teenager found dead more than 50 years ago has been named as yet another victim of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Authorities said Wednesday that DNA helped link Bundy to the killing of Laura Ann Aime. The 17-year-old vanished after leaving a Halloween party to buy cigarettes on Oct. 31, 1974, according to KTVX. Her body was discovered by hikers in an embankment near American Fork Canyon road just days later.”Laura didn’t live with the family at the time,” Aime’s niece, Tara Stucki, told the outlet last year. “She was kind of…