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Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring. Fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City can expect to shell out $150 for a round-trip train fare for each match, transportation officials confirmed Friday. That’s nearly 12 times the regular $12.90 fare for the roughly 15-minute, 9-mile (14-kilometer) ride from Manhattan’s Penn Station to the stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. On-site parking won’t be available for most fans, so New Jersey offi

$13 train fare spikes to $150 for World Cup fans attending matches in New Jersey

Patients and dental community mourn Dr. Cerina Fairfax, killed by Virginia's ex-lieutenant governor

Congo Republic signals privately it requested new IMF loan, sources say

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China's DeepSeek is raising funds at $10 billion valuation, The Information reports

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is in talks with investors to raise at least $300 million at a valuation of $10 billion, The Information reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter.The company, whose low-cost models took the AI industry by storm and rattled stock markets last year, has previously turned down multiple funding offers from China’s top venture capital firms and tech giants, the report said.The potential fundraise underscores the intense capital requirements for developing and running top-of-the line AI models amid the rise of advanced reasoni

Ships crossing Hormuz need IRGC OK, unfreezing of assets part of deal, Iran official says

Mine threat in parts of Hormuz not fully understood, US navy advisory says

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Warsh may have ideas for Fed, but economy may require something different, Daly says

San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Friday said that while Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh will come into the job with plans for the central bank, in the end -- like each Fed chair back to Paul Volcker -- he will need to respond to whatever surprises the economy delivers. "He'll come in with an idea of what he would like to think about and do," Daly said at the UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics’ Spring 2026 Policy Advisory Board meeting. "And then the economy will deliver what we actually work on, and that will be the journey of

Drone maker AEVEX valued at $2.6 billion as shares rise in NYSE debut

Geopolitical stress not yet reflected in euro zone bank earnings, supervisor says

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QVC’s parent company files for bankruptcy

QVC, the home shopping TV network that has been a staple for almost four decades, has filed for bankruptcy.The channel’s parent company, QVC Group, announced Thursday that it has voluntarily entered Chapter 11 proceedings in an effort to slash its debt from $6.6 billion to $1.3 billion.Based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the network sells everything from kitchen appliances to a Martha Stewart clothing collection. However, it has struggled in recent years from a surge in online shopping and live-streaming apps, like TikTok and Whatnot; as well as President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the de

Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk pushes to ban cameras from court

The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wants a judge to ban cameras from the courtroom and says live broadcasts of the prosecution are violating his right to a fair trial. Tyler Robinson was back in state court in Utah Friday as his attorneys asked to delay his May preliminary hearing and pressed their claims that biased coverage is tainting potential jurors in his aggravated murder case. Among numerous examples cited was a New York Post story they say suggested Robinson confessed to Kirk's killing during a courtroom conversation on Dec. 11, in his first appearanc

Congress extends contentious surveillance law for 10 days after GOP leaders’ push for more collapses

Severe storm outbreak poised to clobber central US during relentless week of tornadoes, hail and floods

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down from agency

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons is stepping down from his role later this spring, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Thursday.Lyons, a veteran of the federal agency, was tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan as the acting ICE chief, placing him under immense scrutiny as the agency ramped up arrests last year and on the heels of the shootings of two US citizens by federal agents in January.In a statement, Mullin called Lyons a “great leader of ICE and key player in helping the Trump administration remove mu

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Progressive Democrat wins New Jersey special election to succeed Mikie Sherrill

Voters in northern New Jersey chose Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat who worked on Senator Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential election campaign, as their next representative in a special election on Thursday, according to U.S. media.The race was called minutes after polls closed, with Mejia leading by nearly 40 percentage points in early returns.Mejia's election will narrow Republicans' grip on the U.S. House of Representatives heading into the November midterm elections. She was favored over Republican Randolph Township Councilman Joe Hathaway to fill the seat vacated by former U.S. R

Arrest warrant issued for ICE officer accused of pulling gun on Minnesota driver

Sniping by justices underscores tension over Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’

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Oil plunges 13%, Dow soars 1,000 points after Iran says Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open’ during ceasefire

Oil prices dropped sharply and US stocks surged Friday after the Iranian foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” for commercial transit during the remainder of the ceasefire.Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 13%, to $86.30 per barrel. WTI, the US benchmark, also sank 13% to $79.20 per barrel. Oil prices traded at their lowest levels since the first week of March.“In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” Iranian Foreign Mini

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What's in the Lebanon ceasefire deal and will it hold?

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, a deal meant to enable broader U.S.-Iran negotiations but one that will see Israeli forces maintain positions deep inside southern Lebanon. WHAT DOES THE DEAL SAY? Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a "cessation of hostilities" on April 16 at 2100 GMT for an initial period of 10 days to enable peace negotiations between the two countries, according to a text of the deal released by the State Department.The deal says Lebanon's government, with international support, would take "m

Oil prices drop more than 10% and US stocks soar after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz

Pope’s Mass for more than 100,000 in Cameroon highlights Catholicism’s growth in Africa

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Iran says Hormuz Strait open after Lebanon truce, Trump expects Iran deal 'soon'

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, while U.S. President Donald Trump said talks could take place this weekend and he believed a deal to end the Iran war would come "soon".Araqchi said in a post on X the Strait was open for all commercial vessels for the remainder of the U.S.-brokered 10-day truce agreed on Thursday between Israel and Lebanon to halt fighting between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah.Trump told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring i

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CEO of blacklisted Anthropic is going to the White House

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is visiting the White House on Friday for a high-stakes meeting with the president’s top adviser, while his AI company battles the Trump administration in court for blacklisting its Claude AI model.Amodei will meet with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, two sources familiar with the meeting told CNN. Axios first reported on the meeting. Anthropic declined to comment.The meeting is taking place as the US government is trying to balance its hardline approach to Anthropic with the national security implications of turning its back on the company’s breakthrough