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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine are holding a news conference on the war with Iran on Tuesday as an Iranian drone hit a Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai and the average gas price in the U.S. hit $4 a gallon. “The Kuwaiti giant crude oil tanker was subjected to a direct and malicious Iranian attack while in the anchorage area of Dubai Port in the UAE,” official news agency KUNA reported, citing Kuwait’s state-owned oil company. The Kuwaiti Very Large Crude Oil Carrier (VLCC) Al-Salmi was targeted, according to state media.In a post on social media…

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The Russian authorities have deepened their crackdown on popular foreign apps and have begun periodically turning off mobile internet across the country, after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build up censorship technology that they plan to expand.Here is how the government is going about its assault on internet freedom and what Russians are doing to evade the ever-expanding restrictions.Russia’s Methods of ControlA new law means that the authorities do not need to provide any justification when cutting off mobile data.They are making “white lists” of sites and apps that should remain available during an internet shutdown. There isn’t…

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The passenger cabin on a Delta Boeing 737-900ER is shown while landing in Salt Lake City, Utah.Mike Blake | ReutersDelta Air Lines has tapped Amazon Leo to provide fast internet service on hundreds of jets starting in 2028, the latest salvo in airlines’ in-flight Wi-Fi and streaming wars.Amazon Leo, which stands for low Earth orbit, is offering satellite Wi-Fi, which Delta says will initially be available on 500 of its aircraft. Delta will start with domestic-focused, narrow-body planes from Boeing and Airbus. The airline also uses Hughes and Viasat for in-flight Wi-Fi. “People want faster speeds, they want more bandwidth,…

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s father was a baby when he and his mother left their home in Italy bound for New Jersey, where he later became a U.S. citizen.Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s ancestors’ passage remains unknown, but her relatives were enslaved in Georgia, becoming citizens only through the bloodshed of the Civil War.Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s great-grandparents emigrated in the late 1800s from a mining town in what is now Slovakia, bound for Pennsylvania coal country. In the United States, the couple had a son — the chief justice’s grandfather. Albert Podrasky was born before his parents…

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Baby trafficking has made the news in Indonesia and Singapore in recent months.In Indonesia, many expectant mothers struggle to afford prenatal care and the costs associated with childbirth and raising a child.According to the World Bank, around 60 per cent of Indonesia’s population – or 171.9 million people – lived on less than US$6.85 a day in 2024, the World Bank’s poverty line for upper-middle income countries like Indonesia.Experts have told CNA that while poverty remains the biggest driver of the trade, the problem is compounded by deep social stigma surrounding abortion and widespread misunderstanding of how the legal adoption…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ahead of Tax Day, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is spotlighting a new tax break enacted by Republicans last year that is boosting millions of Americans’ take-home pay.Bob Mitchell, an Uber driver from South Florida, recently gave Johnson a first-hand account detailing how the “no tax on tips” deduction allowed him to claim a 20% larger refund compared to last year, according to a video obtained by Fox News Digital. “I usually get a very nice return. And I was shocked. Even my accountant was shocked,” Mitchell told Johnson after delivering an Uber…

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Tiger Woods awaits trial after DUI arrest Fox News contributor Donna Rotunno joins ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest in Florida, explaining how the golfer’s refusal to submit to chemical testing and his history of drug use may impact prosecutors’ strategy. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tiger Woods was thrust back into the limelight last week when he was arrested on a DUI charge following a car crash in Florida in which authorities said he was driving at “a high rate of speed.”Woods took a breathalyzer test at the scene and blew “triple…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sarah Ferguson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein are casting a longer shadow over her public legacy, as the City of York moved swiftly to strip the Duchess of York of a ceremonial honor in a rare, unanimous vote.Ferguson’s honorary Freedom of the City of York was stripped by the city’s council in a unanimous vote on Thursday, the BBC reported. The move comes after Ferguson’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed in investigative files released by the Department of Justice (DOJ).Royal experts claimed the removal, although mostly ceremonial, cemented a dramatic shift in…

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