NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Canadian national team skeleton coach Joe Cecchini has spoken out about the sudden national controversy surrounding his team’s decision to withdraw athletes from an Olympic qualifier, costing American Katie Uhlaender a chance to make the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Uhlaender has responded to his claims. Cecchini told CBC News “there’s nothing wrong” with his team’s decision to withdraw four athletes from the North America Cup earlier this month, which reduced the total amount of points the event could award. The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) determined this week that the decision was “intentional…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Perhaps Jon Gruden was not on the New York Jets’ list after all.A report circulated earlier this week that Gruden was reportedly contacted by the Jets about the idea of joining their staff, but he was not interested.But in an appearance on WDAE radio, Gruden insinuated that the report was false. “There’s a lot of stupid rumors out there. Some of these reports are ridiculous. Let’s just say there was never anything from the Jets and I wish them well in their search for a new offensive coordinator,” Gruden said.The Jets have…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the threat of a possible U.S. attack against Iran looms, President Donald Trump’s administration has announced additional sanctions targeting Iranian figures.The Treasury Department announced Friday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “took additional action against Iranian officials responsible for the regime’s brutal crackdown on its own people.””Among the officials sanctioned today is Eskandar Momeni Kalagari, Iran’s minister of the interior who oversees the murderous Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF), a key entity responsible for the deaths of thousands of peaceful protesters,” the department said.HEGSETH…
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The Mill Cove Ferry project — which is poised to connect Bedford to the Halifax transit system — will continue as planned despite budgetary concerns. For Coun. Kathryn Morse, broaching the possibility of cancelling the project was a tough decision.But the District 10 councillor said she felt she needed to ensure the municipality is financially responsible.“I really love the idea of this electric ferry and it bothered me to bring this up, but we have to make sure that they’re both environmentally and financially sustainable because it will impact other projects,” she said.Morse brought forward a motion this week asking…
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The Ford government says its long-held promise to return the Northlander train service from Toronto through cottage country to Timmins, Ont., is almost complete. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria visited North Bay Friday to celebrate renovations to the city’s Northlander bus and train station, promising that $100 million in fixes and maintenance work on the route is almost complete. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. “The rail work underway will help reduce travel times and deliver a smoother and more comfortable ride…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump vowed during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting that he would block federal funding from going toward low-income housing in the Pacific Palisades, an affluent area in Los Angeles that was devastated by last year’s fires.”They want to build a low-income housing project right in the middle of everything in Palisades, and I’m not going to allow it to happen,” Trump said. “I’m not going to let these people destroy the value of their houses. I built a lot of low-income housing. I made a lot of money building low-income housing..”We’re not…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security lodged a detainer Thursday in California in the case of an illegal immigrant accused of a crime that a top official there is calling the “most heinous one we’ve ever seen.”DHS has been pressing sanctuary states and sanctuary cities to respect and honor ICE detainers for public safety and national security reasons, with little headway from those jurisdictions, telling Fox News Digital they hope this is the case that will change their minds.A 20-year-old Mexican national, Enrique Bautista-Vasquez, was charged with rape, a sentence enhancement for…
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Crappy landings. A Philippine Airlines flight went down the toilet after crewmembers were forced to scoop poop mid-air due to a lavatory malfunction, as seen in a viral video. The Boeing 777 had been flying from Los Angeles, California to Manila, Philippines on Jan. 11 when it suffered “an inflight lavatory malfunction,” airline reps said in a statement, Insider PH reported. As a result, they were unable to flush the toilets on the nearly 15-hour flight, Live and Let’s Fly reported. Reps said they were prepared to divert the flight, noting that a Guam airport — situated some six hours…
