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April 30, 2025, 9:56 a.m. ETIf approved to open, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be part of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa. Credit…Nick Oxford/Associated PressThe very identity of the nation’s 8,100 charter schools is on the line on Wednesday, as the Supreme Court considers whether they are fundamentally public or private institutions.If they are public, there is little room for religious instruction, as proposed by the school at the center of the case, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which seeks to open in Oklahoma as the nation’s first religious charter…

A runaway kangaroo forced the closure of an Alabama interstate highway in a bizarre incident captured on video. Footage showed the animal hopping along Interstate 85 in Macon County on Tuesday, between Montgomery and Auburn, before it was captured by state troopers and its owner. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the marsupial had been involved in a two-vehicle crash. “Eventually both the southbound and northbound lanes of Interstate 85 near the 46-mile marker were closed while Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division along with the animal’s owner conducted a recovery of the kangaroo,” it said in a statement.…

Damien Alford can get back to being a football player. The Calgary Stampeders selected the Utah receiver first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday. Alford said hearing his name called was exciting but also a huge relief.“Now that I got drafted it’s back to football now, getting myself ready to play pro,” Alford said during a video conference. “I’m just happy for the most part.”Alford, of Montreal, transferred to Utah after four seasons at Syracuse, where he had 67 catches for 1,291 yards and seven TDs. Alford has great size (six foot five, 224-pounds) and speed (4.46-second 40-yard dash time).Alford…

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SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday (Apr 30) raided the home of the country’s ex-president, Yonhap reported, as part of a probe into a shaman accused of receiving lavish gifts for the former first lady. Former president Yoon Suk Yeol was stripped of all power and privileges earlier this month by the Constitutional Court over his disastrous Dec 3 martial law declaration. He was forced to move out of the presidential residence and into his long-time previous home in Seoul’s Seocho district. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the prosecution raided Yoon’s house “as part of its investigation into various…

Pakistan said on Wednesday that it had “credible intelligence” that India might launch a military strike against it within the next few days. Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a series of security meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, adding to speculation of an impending Indian military operation against its archrival, after the April 22 attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir in which 26 people were killed. Since the attack, barely existent relations between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours have nosedived further, with the countries scaling back diplomatic engagement, suspending their participation in bilateral treaties and effectively expelling…

A federal judge ordered the release of an anti-Israel protester who helped organize riots and protests at the University of Columbia on Wednesday.Authorities with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder, earlier this month in Vermont. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered his release following a hearing Wednesday morning.”I’m not afraid of you,” Mahdawi declared in a message to President Donald Trump as he left the courthouse.According to the court filing, Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia in the fall of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack. He founded the group with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Colorado football head coach and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders sent a cryptic X post on Wednesday. Sanders’ post comes just days after his son Shedeur shockingly fell to the 144th pick in the NFL Draft, in one of the most unprecedented slides in recent history. However, his post did not directly reference that topic. “I can do better, I know better, I was taught better, I’ve seen better and I’m definitely better! I’m also thankful for another opportunity to do what I’m blessed to do and I won’t take it for granted.…

Let’s take a look at the latest news out of Macon County, Ala.“A two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29.”OK, not much to see there. Guess it’s worth finishing the sentence though.“Involving a kangaroo.”Ding. Ding. Ding.Yes, that was a kangaroo on Interstate 85 between the cities of Auburn and Tuskegee on Monday.Video taken from a vehicle just behind the ’roo shows it hopping along the left side of the road accompanied by an understandable “What the … ?” from an occupant of the car. The kangaroo smoothly crosses the road and continues hopping on the right…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was seriously injured in a police-involved shooting in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon. The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the incident occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m. near Rideau Street and William Street, close to the Rideau Centre.As a precaution, the Rideau Centre was temporarily locked down but has since reopened. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. According to preliminary information, Ottawa police were responding to reports of…